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The Sunbeam 1000 HP Mystery, or "The Slug", is a land speed record-breaking car built by the Sunbeam car company of Wolverhampton that was powered by two aircraft engines. It was the first car to travel at over 200 mph. The car's last run was a demonstration circuit at Brooklands, running at slow speed on only
The CARS Program was implemented by the Department of Trade and Industry in order to attract and encourage new car companies to produce vehicles in the Philippines [15] and stimulate demand and impose industry regulations that will restore the country's automotive industry, and make the country a regional automotive manufacturing hub, [16] and ...
The RA is a 6.5-litre, naturally-aspirated V12 engine, commissioned by Adrian Newey, and designed, developed and produced by Cosworth for the Aston Martin Valkyrie sports car. The road-going engine is rated at 1,000 hp (746 kW; 1,014 PS) at 10,500 rpm, with a max torque figure of 740 N⋅m (546 lbf⋅ft) at 7,000 rpm, making it the most ...
1.1 kW (1.5 hp; 1.5 PS) First production car [57] Peugeot Type 15: 1897 6 kW (8 hp; 8 PS) Peugeot's first in-house engine [58] Daimler Phoenix 1899 17 kW (23 hp; 23 PS) First four-cylinder road car [59] Mercedes 35 HP: 1901 26 kW (35 hp; 35 PS) Originally designed as a race car, developed for road use [60] Mercedes Simplex: 1902
The 1000 in the name stood for the number of horsepower it produced. [4] It was powered by a twin-turbocharged Mercedes-Benz M117 V8 engine , capable of producing 1,000 hp (750 kW), which enables it to accelerate from 0–60 mph (0–97 km/h) in 3.2 seconds, and could reach a theoretical top speed of 268 mph (431 km/h). [ 5 ]
A growth version of the LTS101 which it is designed to replace, [1] the HTS900 is in the 1,000 shp (745 kW) class. At the October 2018 NBAA convention, it was shown with two 200 kW (270 hp) electric generators for hybrid electric aircraft , and it can be developed up to 1 MW (1,300 hp), targeting a conversion efficiency of 98%.
The atmospheric engine used a gas flame ignition system and was made in output sizes from 0.25 to 3 hp (0.19 to 2.24 kW; 0.25 to 3.04 PS). When in 1872 N.A. Otto & Cie reorganized as Gasmotoren-Fabrik Deutz , management picked Daimler as factory manager, bypassing even Otto, and Daimler joined the company in August, taking Maybach with him as ...
Acronym for Motor Car Trailing Coaches. Built as trailer cars for the Rail Motor Car (RMC) class gasoline-powered multiple units. [24] [22] 1930s coaches: C 48 75 At least 5 c. 1929–37 New Unknown The Manila Railroad reported a net increase of 5 passenger cars between 1929 and 1937. [50] 7A C 59 95 9 1948–58 New Nippon Kinki