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1.1 kW (1.5 hp; 1.5 PS) 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
Best-selling vehicle nameplate – Toyota Corolla (50,000,000+ units sold since 1966) [64] Best-selling single model – Volkswagen Beetle (21,529,464 units sold between 1938 and 2003) Best single-year sales – 1.36 million – 2005 Toyota Corolla [65] Best single-month sales – 126,905 – July 2005 Ford F-Series [66]
The high prices drove enthusiasts away from the market, and cars passed from investor to investor with little or no profit gained. [18] The 1980s boom was followed by 1990s bust, and the values of classic cars plummeted, causing most owners to lose considerable portions of their investment portfolio values. [33]
The biggest car or SUV isn't necessarily the best, but that doesn't make it any less impressive when it pulls up curbside. ... 265-horsepower V8 engine and an optional 6.3-liter, 305-horsepower V8 ...
Wards 10 Best Engines is an annual list of the ten "best" automobile engines available in the U.S. market, that are selected by Wards AutoWorld magazine. The list was started in 1994 for model year 1995, and has been drawn every year since then, published at the end of the preceding year.
Plug-In-Hybrid Power. The W1's twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8 is a new engine for McLaren. The power-dense powerplant features a flat-plane-crank design, revs to 9200 rpm, and produces 916 horsepower on ...
The streamlined 3.9-litre V12 delivered was free of both coverings and belt-driven accessories and became the highest-revving engine ever made for a production car. [citation needed] The T.50’s version of the GMA V12 engine generates high-end power of 663 PS (654 hp) at 11,500 rpm.
The base engine is rated at 865 kW (1,176 PS; 1,160 hp), 11 cars were factory specced with the 1 MW (1,360 PS; 1,341 hp) option. Niklas Lilja drove the 1 MW Agera RS to a top speed of 447.19 km/h (277.87 mph), independently verified by Racelogic.