fifty years
When Volkswagen created the New Beetle in the late '90s, it revived the iconic shape of the original people's car, but not much else. The original was pushed around by an air-cooled boxer four-cylinde ... Tags: volkswagen, cylinder engine, lupo, turbocharged, rear axle, new beetle, smart fortwo, target price, car vw, fifty years, ypsilanti, veedub, kit cars, south east michigan, dune buggies, karmann ghia, porsche engines, vintage volkswagen, riverside park, emerging market
Click above image for addition high-res shots of the Caterham Seven anniversary packageCaterham's letting buyers in on a bit of the fun (as if buying, driving and owning a Seven isn't fun enough) for ... Tags: wheel, leather seats, plaque, appearance package, badges, fifty years, 50th anniversary, silver paint, colin chapman, caterham seven, golden jubilee celebration, anniversary badge, jubilee anniversary, anniversary package, gold accents, cars gallery, silver and gold, wheel centers
Ah, the Edsel. A historical signpost warning against innovation for the sake of innovating. Of course, that wasn't the only reason for the car's birth. Ford perceived a hole in their offerings and dec ... Tags: steering wheel, launch, new model, upmarket, lincoln mercury, different story, advertising campaign, v8s, skids, marketing campaign, conundrum, fifty years, model range, edsel, comet, center hub, compact models, edsels, subjective issue, signpost
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The Ferrari 166 MM Barchetta is one of the most sought-after collector's cars of all time. It was the first true Ferrari; only 25 of them were built and only a handful remain in existence – thes ... Tags: liter, paris, ferrari, prototype, handful, existence, fifty years, targa florio, camshaft, obscurity, classic automobile, mille miglia, marcel, historians, chequered flag, speciale ferrari, conventional chain, competition engine, massini, reverence
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Last year's SEMA show saw the debut of the Anteros XTR Convertible (shown at right), but we've had to wait 365 whole days for the debut of the XTR (shown above) and XTR Targa. The entire Anteros line ... Tags: cars, sports car, hp, ferrari, europe, horsepower, aston martin, sema show, production car, marketing, maserati, debut, fifty years, running gear, winding road, corvette c6 z06, anteros, xtr
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Predicting the path of the automotive industry in the long run is nigh impossible, as the technologies we will find ourselves beholden to in fifty years haven't even been invented yet, that is, of cou ... Tags: automotive industry, dashboard, science fiction, businessweek, bets, alternative fuels, guess, future car, zero emissions, safety technology, horizon, fifty years, car entertainment, passive safety, volkswagen gx3, moller skycar, ford synus, robot army, world coup, armored truck
On June 15th, 1957 the residents of Tulsa, Oklahoma buried a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere beneath a downtown sidewalk in front of the Tulsa County Courthouse. At the time Tulsa has more cars per capita tha ... Tags: gasoline, purse, automobile, rivalry, city officials, oklahoma city, all sorts, maps, centennial, fifty years, sidewalk, capita, 1957 plymouth belvedere, tulsa county courthouse, tulsa area, time capsule, mementos, quarts, tulsa oklahoma, precaution
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We've all heard the stories. Some mid-century family stows their gorgeous car, which they used minimally and of which they took excellent care, in some old barn, where it was forgotten until fifty yea ... Tags: amp, car lover, headlamps, radio, classic car, fifty years, fairy tale, leather upholstery, conscience, original equipment, lagonda, half a century, buxton derbyshire, derbyshire uk, gorgeous car, century family, excellent care, mid century, brown leather, sot
The famous Vespa scooter you always see nauseatingly trendy characters tool around on in TV shows and movies was launched by Piaggio in 1946. Fifty years later the company is introducing the MP3, a th ... Tags: wheel, wheels, tv shows, fifty years, donuts, stroke, speed power, three wheeled scooter, wheel scooter, cobblestone streets, vespa scooter, streets of europe, extreme levels, kickstand, 125cc, mechanisms
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Autocar is reporting that HFI Automotive, which concluded its purchase of the Healey brand in late January, is now taking deposits for its new sports car, shown at right in an HFI design sketch. To co ... Tags: cars, sports car, prototypes, autocar, bonneville salt flats, new sports, land speed record, fifty years, design sketch, donald healey, hfi automotive
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So what does a Lexus look like fifty years from now? That’s the question director Steven Spielberg asked himself when making the movie, Minority Report, based on the short story by Philip K. Dic ... Tags: lexus, capability, body panels, production model, parent company, computer system, fifty years, night vision, flat tires, concept model, rsquo, gesture recognition software, director steven spielberg, philip k dick, gizmag, 2054 lexus, steven spielberg, kilowatt, minority report, short story
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Stopping just short of going on to America's Most Wanted, Volo Auto Museum announced it will pay $1 million for the missing 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder that James Dean drove to his death almost fifty year ... Tags: porsche, deaths, mercury, curse, 1 million, risk, spyder, george barris, volo auto museum, porsche 550 spyder, james dean death car, 1955 porsche 550 spyder, james dean, america s most wanted, rebel without a cause, fifty years, disappearance, dean
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