Plymouth's Volare Street Kit Car appeared in 1978, a confused time for high-performance cars in the United States, which helps explain its obscurity today.
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"Nicely understated, never underrated," is the motto of Britain's Bristol Cars Ltd., now in its 62nd year of producing vehicles they describe as "Great Britain's most exclusive luxury car."
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Perfect for rambling around Europe in the 1970s, the Campingwagen is no less capable today. Never sold in the United States, it mystifies folks who pass it on the highway and wonder why a Volkswagen camper has a three-pointed star on it.
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World War II interrupted C.D. Gill's plan to put his Thrif-T prototype into production, and when work resumed in 1947, even the postwar sellers' market couldn't save it.
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When Chrysler resumed production after World War II, its station wagons initially came from Plymouth.
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Possibly one of the most elegantly handsome Rolls-Royce motorcars ever was the Phantom II Continental close-coupled Sport Saloon exhibited by coachbuilder Park Ward on its London show stand in 1933.
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Flamboyantly professing that its product was the automotive heir to the Order of Knights Templar (formed in the 12th century during the Crusades), the Templar Motors Corp. was born in 1917 in Cleveland.
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A few weeks back, we revealed spy shots of the next-gen Porsche 911 GT2.
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EDITOR WES RAYNAL: The dog kennel in the back was really annoying. The way it thunks around back there under braking or accelerating or cornering sounds like thereand#8217;s a body rolling around back there.
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VW's first-quarter financial results were impressive and the German giant appears to be in a great position to continue its hot streak.
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PSA/Peugeot-Citroen has reached an initial agreement to set up a 50-50 vehicle manufacturing venture with China Changan Automotive Group as it speeds up expansion in the world’s largest auto market. Full story…
Supplier Linamar Corp. reported a quarterly profit on Wednesday because of a pickup in the auto sector along with recent cost cuts. Linamar reported earnings of C$21.6 million ($21 million) for the first quarter. That compares with a loss of C$12.
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Mitsubishi is counting on the ASX to pass the aging Colt to become the automaker's No. 1 seller in Europe. Mitsubishi aims to sell 37,000 ASXs in Europe and Russia during the year ending in March 2011.
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TRW Automotive Holdings Corp., which generates more than half its sales from Europe, posted a better-than-expected first-quarter profit Wednesday on higher auto production and benefits from cost-cutting restructuring.
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PSA/Peugeot-Citroen plans early repayment of part of state aid given to French automakers last year to help them through the financial crisis, CEO Philippe Varin said. PSA and Renault both received state loans of 3 billion euros ($3.
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Ford's new 2011 Mustang GT and its free-revving five-litre V8 are getting an awful lot of attention these days. Ditto the new 305-horsepower standard V6 engine, standard limited-slip differential and standard six-speed manual transmission fitted to the entire model lineup.
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Porsche and Subaru enthusiasts aside, your average driver is still mainly in the dark about just what a 'boxer' engine is. After all, most machines on the road have an 'inline' or 'V' engine bolted between the front wheels.
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One of the innovations on the Mercedes GP car for the Spanish grand prix in Barcelona is the disappearance of the traditional 'airbox'.
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The Research and Development department of every Formula 1 team, or any serious race team, houses one of our most complex bits of kit, the chassis dynamics rig.
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Baltimore could be on next year's IndyCar IZOD Series after local authorities have agreed to a to a five-year contract with Baltimore Racing Development Corp to hold a race in the streets abutting Baltimore's Inner Harbor.
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