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996 featured the most significant changes to the Carrera model since its 1963 introduction. That’s why i focus on this model. Moreover it looks just simply sexy. This atmo-aspirated model was featured in “Gone in 60 seconds” remake movie and called “Tina”. Among 996 models, this one is not vety common. Thing is new turbo model was intorduced in 2000, also called 996. BUT turbo models had…not pretty head light at all. It was a big stem away from icon shapes. Even N/A model had this feature, however it looks more delightfull. Yes, for this reason i love it more. The Porsche 996 was anRead More →

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How can you justify spending $135,000 on what appears to be a modified Porsche 911? Simly – The first-generation Ruf RGT was introduced in 2000 using an engine and chassis based on the Porsche 996. The RGT does use the same basic engine as the 911 GT3 — Porsche’s “old-school” 3.6-liter flat-6. With modified catalytic converters, a Ruf exhaust, modified combustion chambers, a different ECU and a high-flow air filter. The result is 387 hp and 382Nm of torque (fed through a stronger 6-speed transmission). Aerodynamic aids are also an integrated part of the RGT package, which includes a new front bumper/spoiler sill extensions, sideRead More →

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RE-Amemiya 雨宫 (рус-храм дождя) whish is infamous for totary beasts tuning like FD far in past showed this bombing concept car! RE-Amemiya Bomex Todawas showed up in 1988 on Tokyo Auto Salon. What is this car aboot? Well, Actually it’s based on tiny Honda Today K-car, but powered with 12A rotary engine from 1st gen of Mazda RX-7 SA22C/FB. Other underhood parts took from 2nd gen FC3S. It looks as beautifull as other well made Japanese DIY cars, trying to copy the charm of Porsche 911 or other retro cars. Moreover this BOMEX Re-Today has gull-wing doors, and in combination with wide side pannels, itRead More →

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When 356 production ended and was replaced in the market by the 911/912 pair, nearly everyone wanted to know when Porsche would again produce an open air version of their new sports coupe. Looking to meet this demand, dealer and importer Johnny Von Neumann teamed with Italian design house Bertone to create a drop-top Porsche. Von Neumann felt that developing the new-for-’66 911 Targa would not be enough for the fickle and volatile California market (who were pestering him for a roadster/speedster/spyder replacement of some kind). In speaking with Porsche about this problem, Von Neumann was approved for release of a single chassis. This 911Read More →

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Innotech Mystero is is a two-seater roadster built in Czech Republic. True pasterpiece and obe of the rarest car now. And designed by legendary Czech designer Václav Král (MTX Tatra V8 (very similar to Mysterro, Tatra Prezident, Dioss Rebel). In 1993, the car won the 1st prize in the national design competition. First car was introduced to the public in 1995 at the motor show in Brno. It was planned to make 25 cars, but somehow rich customers did’t appraised this model. Outside: The steeply raked windscreen is almost level with the sweeping spoiler dominating the powerful rear end. The doors of the Mysterro haveRead More →

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Ford redesigned the Lincoln MKZ for the 2013 model year, sharing the company’s CD4 platform with Fusion and Mondeo. The concept model debuted at the 2012 North American International Auto Show. Elegant simplicity – that’s how design of MKZ can be described. Designer: Max Wolff (Exterior) & Soo Kang (Interior). And what is really special and damn hot in this car is her simply perfect tail lights ♥. The production version of the second-generation MKZ was unveiled at the 2012 New York Auto Show. Engine variations of ’13-16 MKZs: Ford offered the 2013 MKZ with three powertrains: a 240-horsepower EcoBoost 2-liter four-cylinder (FWD or AWD),Read More →

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The Mazda K360 is a three-wheeled mini-truck K-car made by Mazda. It first went on sale in 1959 in Japan. It was the replacement for the Mazda Mazdago. Great rival to Daihatsu Midget 1 The three-wheeled small truck has been in development in Japan since the twenties, as it was ideally suited to the narrow and steep roads of that country, and it has grown to become the quintessential Japanese commercial vehicle, with millions produced by virtually every manufacturer. The Daihatsu Midget, the Mitsubishi Pet, the Humbee, the Cony, the Giant, and the Kurogane three-wheelers were already being built in a bewildering variety of bodyRead More →

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The Daihatsu Midget is a single-seat mini-truck K-car made by Japanese automaker Daihatsu (Toyota in fact). Several distinct vehicles have borne the Midget name over the years, but all have had in common a single or two-seat utilitarian design, with an enclosed or semi-enclosed cab. Greeat rival to Mazda K360. The original Midget featured a single seat, a doorless cab, an handlebar steering. In 1957 the DKA Midget wis introduced. The engine wis an air-cooled 2-stroke design o 250 cc which produced 8 PS. Beginning in August 1959 it was replaced by the more comfortable DSA, which has doors and a more powerful 10 PSRead More →

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The Edonis is a car created by Italian automobile manufacturer B Engineering designed by Nicola Materazzi. The premiere of the model was held in the first day of the XXI century, January 1, 2001, in Modena. The name Edonis, i guess, comes from devine figure in Greek myphology – Adonis – beautiful youth and his cult was associated with fertility. What makes it go? It is based on the Bugatti EB110 Super Sport but was extensively re-engineered. The only major component retained from the original Bugatti is the carbon-fiber chassis. Both the exterior and interior of the car were completely redesigned. The 3.5 liter BugattiRead More →

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Welcome to overview on of the most progressive concept car from last years of Soviet Union – 2144 Istra. AZLK (АЗЛК – Автомобильный завод имени Ленинского Комсомола in Russian, Automobile Manufacturer by the name of Leninskiy Komsomol) was a Soviet and Russian automobile manufacturer (Moscow), the maker of the Moskvitch brand. This pretty demo car was made in a single copy in about 1985-88 s series but was never produced. Design of Istra The project group’s task was to develop promising “Millennium car 2000”. Alexander V. Kulikov led a group of design engineer -he gave her a name – Istra. Why do I mentioned thisRead More →

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The Lister Strom was a homologated racing car built in 1993. The Storm used the largest V12 engine fitted to a production road car since World War II, a 6,996 cc Jaguar unit based on the one used in the 90’s XJ-S Jaguars. With 546bhp, 583lb ft of torque, a Motec management system, a weight of 3,668lb and a drag co-efficient of 0.35cd, the Storm had a claimed top speed of almost 208MPH and 0-60mph in just 4.1 seconds, making the Storm a fitting contender for the Le Mans 24 hours. It was certainly proved as a supercar due to its performance and for aRead More →

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Ten years after the first Viper Concept was revealed, the 2000 GTS-R concept continued the legacy of the V10 Viper. Osamu Shikado was responsible for the vehicles exterior which is 3 inches lower and 2 inches wider than the production Viper at the time. Shikado used race inspired lines with an aggressive stance to create the most striking viper to date. Some of these design cues, to a lesser extent, have been landed to the 2003 production Viper. Said Shikado: We gave the body a strong profile with higher belt line, dramatic side gill, ‘bump-up’ rear fender shape and a more defined side crease. SeenRead More →

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Gigliato Design presented a new Sport car on the 1997 Geneva Auto Show, the Aerosa. Automobili Lamborghini and Gigliato Design were to build this car as a Joint-venture between Japan and Europe. The engine was a special 4.8 Litre Ford Musting V8, pumping out enough horsepower for this small race car to arrive at 100 Km/h. in less than 5 seconds. The car would be entering several races through out Europe, Japan and the United States, were it should have posed quiet a threat to the McLaren F1 and Porsche GT1 race cars which dominated their classes. If this car would become a competitor forRead More →

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Haters gonna hate, but this grotesque and beautifull car is for special drivers. The Mitsuoka Orochi (光岡大蛇) is a Japanese supercar designed and built by Mitsuoka Motors as a concept car in 2001, with updates and revisions to the design appearing in 2003 and 2005. In October 2006, Mitsuoka officially launched the production version of the Orochi. The first Orochis were set to be delivered in January 2007. The car takes its name from the mythical Yamata no Orochi 8-headed Japanese dragon. Mitsuoka says “Orochi is the car to ride to gather attention from everyone”, and categorizes this car as a “Fashion-Super Car”. The OrochiRead More →

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Built just before the start of WWII, it is known as the Göttinger Ei (“an egg from Göttingen”) or the Schlörwagen. Its designer, Karl Schlör, a Krauss Maffei engineer, proposed a bodyshell with extremely low drag coefficient as early as of 1936. A model built at AVA (Aerodynamic testing Institute, Göttingen) was dubbed “tortoise”. During the wind tunnel tests, it showed an anheard-of Cd: 0.113. The real full-scale car was built on the rear-engine Mercedes-Benz 170H chassis: With the body built by Ludewig Bros., Essen, the Schlörwagen was also tested in the AVA wind tunnel, Göttingen. Its Cd could not compare to the model’s butRead More →

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The Z8 was designed by Henrik Fisker announced in 1999 was a luxury open-top sportscar that takes its roots from the legendary BMW 507 of the 1950s (of which only 252 cars were ever made). It drew additional attention when its styling was shown for the first time to the world, as the Bond car in the 19th 007 movie, “The World is Not Enough”. Prototype for the first time was showed at Tokyo Motor Show in 1997 and people liked it. While the Z8 is a production car, it was positioned as a very special model in BMW and they spared no expense inRead More →

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A coupe model called the GTS was introduced in 1996. 6796 Coupes & 3626 Roadsters (RT/10) have been produced. Dubbed “double bubble”, the roof featured slightly raised sections above each seat to accommodate usage of helmets, a throwback to its intended purpose, taking design cues from the Pete Brock designed Shelby Daytona. The GTS, like its predecessor, was chosen as the pace car for the 1996 Indianapolis 500. Despite its similar outward appearance, the car was distinct enough to be considered a new generation model. Differnces with First Gen Viper. The GTS would come with the same 8.0 liter V-10 engine but power would beRead More →

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  It’s more then classical Muscle car, much more. Created during “golden age” of design in 1992 by Tom Gale, who is also notable for Plymouth Prowler. The centerpiece of the car was its engine. Lamborghini, then owned by Chrysler Corporation, designed the V10 for the Viper by recasting the block and heads in an aluminum alloy, and was based on the Chrysler LA V8 engine. A major contributor to the Viper since the beginning was Dick Winkles, the chief power engineer, who had spent time in Italy. Viper debut The first prototype was tested in January 1989.I was in love in this car sinceRead More →

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Rarest road-going Godzilla was born in 1995 to meet Le Mans regulation! This street-legal Nismo GT-R LM is one rare bird: When Nismo decided to compete in the GT category of the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1995, the rules for the class stipulated that at least one road-worthy example must be built of a given model, thus a single, ultra-wide bodied Nismo GT-R LM was built and registered in the United Kingdom. Engine and drivetrain: the power of 2.6 liter RB26DETT twin-turbocharged Inline-6 GT-R originally generating 305 horsepower which display the fact that they are not 280 horsepower. Drive system is notRead More →

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SVT for Special Vehicle Team. This model was designed to be a race-ready high-performance vehicle in a perfectly street legal package; as such, it lacked many of the comforts the base production line Cobra enjoyed. The 2000 Ford SVT Mustang Cobra R, wearing its production Performance Red paint, was displayed for the first time at the SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association’s) annual convention. Built with the race track in mind, the Cobra R features a 5.4L 32-valve V8 engine, solidifying the modular family of engines as the high-performance benchmark in Ford’s lineup. In order to keep this power on the ground, the Cobra R featuresRead More →