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First production car [55] Peugeot Type 15: 1897 6 kW (8 hp; 8 PS) Peugeot's first in-house engine [56] Daimler Phoenix 1899 17 kW (23 hp; 23 PS) First four-cylinder road car [57] Mercedes 35 HP: 1901 26 kW (35 hp; 35 PS) Originally designed as a race car, developed for road use [58] Mercedes Simplex: 1902 33 kW (44 hp; 45 PS)
6 Performance. Toggle Performance subsection. 6.1 Acceleration. 6.2 Top speed. ... Current production car – 2,099 mm (82.6 in) – Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 [3]
By 1956, this would be the first American production car to top 355 hp (265 kW), and the letter series was for many years the most powerful car produced in the United States. The engine and transmission were shared with the French automaker Facel Vega in the Facel Vega Excellence and the Cunningham C-4R which was entered at the 1954 24 Hours of ...
A muscle car is an American-made two-door sports coupe with a powerful engine, generally designed for high-performance driving. [1] [2] In 1949, General Motors introduced its 88 with the company's 303-cubic-inch (5 L) OHV Rocket V8 engine, which was previously available only in its luxury Oldsmobile 98. This formula of putting a maker's largest ...
For the purposes of this list, a production car is defined as: Being constructed principally for retail sale to consumers for their personal use, and to transport people on public roads (no commercial or industrial vehicles are eligible); Fitted with the original manufacturer-supplied road tires;
First production car 1949 Jaguar XK120: 200.5 km/h (124.6 mph) [4] 3,442 cc (210.0 cu in) inline-6 119 kW (162 PS; 160 hp) 12,000 Some publications cite the XK120's timed top speed as almost 214 km/h (133 mph) in 1949. [5] The XK120 that achieved this speed was a tuned prototype, not a production car.
The G8 gained positive reception for its high performance and low costs. Many noted the G8 as the poor man's BMW M5, due to its similar performance at a much cheaper price. [31] The G8 GXP was the most powerful production car Pontiac had ever built and is regarded as the best driver's car ever to wear the Pontiac badge.
The AMX was the first steel-bodied, two-seat American performance car since the 1955 through 1957 Ford Thunderbird. [8] Ford's original two-seater evolved into a four-seat personal luxury car starting in 1958. The AMX was also the only mass-produced, domestic two-seater to share the market with Chevrolet's Corvette since the 1957 Thunderbird.