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The first was an auto show version using performance expertise from DaimlerChrysler, but with limited operational capabilities. It was designed behind-the-scenes during 2003 by a small team. [ 3 ] The auto show vehicle, unveiled at the 2004 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, Michigan took less than one year for design ...
As TopSpeed noted, there are plenty of budget-friendly, high-performance cars available to those willing to take a chance on a 5- to 20-year-old model, like a 2002 Chevy Corvette C5 ($21,000), a ...
A performance car is a car that exhibits above-average capabilities in one or more of the following areas: acceleration (torque and throttle response), top speed , cornering and braking. [1] It is debated how much performance is required to move classification from standard to high performance.
The new 1957 model debuted as a high-performance vehicle that combined AMC's lightweight 108-inch (2,743 mm) wheelbase Rambler four-door hardtop body with AMC's newly introduced 327 cu in (5.4 L) V8 engine. [13] [14] This made it the first-time that a large block V8 was installed in a mid-size car in the post-World War II marketplace.
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The company's first car, the Elemental RP1 (or Race Project One) [5] was introduced as a prototype at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2014. [6] A re-engineered, production-ready model was presented at the same hill climb event in 2016. [2] [7] The first customer cars were delivered in 2017. [8] [9]
The Quadrifoglio (Italian for 'four-leaf clover'; pronounced [kwadriˈfɔʎʎo]) is the brand used by the Italian auto manufacturer Alfa Romeo to indicate a high performance model. The Quadrifoglio is usually placed on the side panels of the car, above or behind the front wheels—on the front wings in the case of modern vehicles. The logo ...
The T-head Raceabout was announced late in 1910 for the 1911 model year, this car was the idea of Washington A. Roebling II, and built by the engineer, Finley Robertson Porter. The Mercer T-head engine would power all Mercers through 1914. [1] Mercers were relatively expensive cars with a median price in 1914 of $2,500, equivalent to $76,047 in ...