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Mercedes-Benz 190SL info
The first small Mercedes SL model was introduced in 1954, the 190SL. The 190SL was aimed at a similar market as today's SLK model and had pretty styling modelled on the larger 300SL model. The 190SL shared many of its components with the 190 saloon range including the 1897cc straight four engine. Unlike the saloon the 190SL benefited from having twin-carbs which helped produce a top speed of 105mph.
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Triumph TR2
The Triumph TR2 was built between 1953 and 1955 by the Triumph Motor Company in the United Kingdom, during which time 8,636[1] cars were produced. The DVLA revealed in 2002 that only 517 examples of this car remain on UK roads.
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Triumph TR1 – 20TS
Only one example of this car was ever made by Triumph. The TR1 prototype was unveiled in 1952 and was greeted with great hostility. The car was a poor handler and an overall disapointment to it's early viewers described by some as a 'death-trap.'
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Plymouth Barracuda 1970-1974
As 1970 rolled around, another redesign was in order for the Barracuda. The performance version was badged and advertised as the 'Cuda. This year's new design looked quite a bit different from the previous models. One of the reasons was that it was now built on a new, slightly shorter, wider, and sportier version of Chrysler's existing B platform, the E-body. This new generation eliminated the fastback, but kept the two-door coupe and convertible versions. It also had a Dodge near-twin known as the Challenger; however, not one body panel interchanged between the two cars and the Challenger had a slightly longer wheelbase. Both were aggressively and cleanly styled, although they were clearly influenced by the first-generation Chevrolet Camaro.
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Plymouth Barracuda 1964-1969
The original Plymouth Barracuda was built upon the A-body chassis, which was also common to several other vehicles manufactured by Chrysler, including the popular Dodge Dart. The 1964 model was offered as an option of the Valiant line and carried Valiant insignia. It was designed to appeal to a sportier market, and some might claim it was the first pony car because it preceded the Ford Mustang to market by two weeks. However, the Mustang, unlike the Barracuda, featured a completely unique body style from the car on which it was based (the Ford Falcon), making it the first true pony car. Plymouth's executives initially wanted to call the car the 'Panda' but the designers complained and John Samsen's idea of 'Barracuda' was chosen.
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Volkswagen Karmann Ghia
HistoryIn the early 1950s, Volkswagen was producing small, fuel efficient, reliable automobiles (like the Volkswagen Beetle); but as the world recovered from World War II, consumers began to demand more stylish and elegant vehicles. Executives at Volkswagen decided that it was necessary to produce an "image" car to satisfy the demands of post-war automobile buyers.
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Fiat Abarth Zagato
The Abarth 750 Zagato has the familiar Zagato bubble roof top. The Abarth Company was a small Italian tuning company founded in 1950 by Carlo Abarth. Within a short amount of time, the business had established itself as a prominent tuner of vehicles. This vehicle is built atop a Fiat vehicle and powered by a four-cylinder engine. Horsepower was just over 40 which is about double what the standard Fiat engine used. The optional Bialbero GT engine raised horsepower even further. It is matted to a four-speed manual gearbox and has four-wheel hydraulically operated drum brakes.
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Chevrolet Corvette C3
Mako Shark Attacks C31968 brought us the body that most closely resembled the XP-755 Mako Shark Concept of 1961, and this new style Sting Ray would prove to be a popular design, as well as the longest lasting generation of styling to date. While the flip open headlights and the dual round tail lights remained, as well as the general Corvette feel, this new style was clearly a new generation. Where as the nose sat higher on the C2's, this new design had it lower to the ground and with the high arches of the fenders swelled over all four wheels, it carried a very muscular look, whether in a hard top or convertible.
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Chevrolet Corvette C2
The Aquatic facelift-C2In 1963 the Corvette of old was gone, and with the beginning of the Corvette Sting Ray, and it was an entirely new body. The 1963 was the first offering of a coupe, and this is often considered one of the most famous, and most valuable production models, thanks in part to the 1963-only rear window; the famous split window. Production of this model year, for both the split window coupe, and the ragtop combined put the Corvette production over twenty-thousand units for the first time. The 63 Corvette still featured the 327, building 360 horsepower, and in this model year five Grand Sport Corvettes were built with an all aluminum 377 cubic inch engine with dual ignition and port fuel injection, strictly for racing purposes. All five of those Grand Sports still exist in ...