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This is a list of vehicles that have been considered to be the result of badge engineering (), cloning, platform sharing, joint ventures between different car manufacturing companies, captive imports, or simply the practice of selling the same or similar cars in different markets (or even side-by-side in the same market) under different marques or model nameplates.
Driving.co.uk ranked it #14 on their list of the 23 ugliest cars ever made, [136] Auto Express ranked it #5 on their list of the ten ugliest cars ever made, [137] and Drive.com.au included in their article on the worst cars of the 20th century, calling it "one of the silliest-looking cars of the century".
The front suspension of the Mirage was an upper and lower A-arm system from the Jaguar Mark 2. [8] The rear system was similar in principle, but used custom uprights. [1]: 65 Shock absorbers and brakes front and rear were Koni telescopics and Girling disks respectively. [1]: 65 Steering was a power assisted rack and pinion from Alford & Alder.
The Mirage Lightweight Racing Car was a family of racing cars built by John Wyer Automotive Engineering (JWAE) in Slough, England, initially to compete in international sports car racing in the colors of the Gulf Oil Corporation. The project started in the spring of 1967, after Ford's decision to discontinue the Ford GT40 project.
The RGS Mirage GT1 is a grand tourer-style race car designed and built by RGS Motorsport. Built to GT1 regulations, it competed in the British GT Championship from 1997 to 1998 before contesting select rounds of the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship in 2000 and 2003.
El Matador is a custom car built by Bill Cushenbery during 1959–1961. It was his first show car. [1] Cushenbery began work on El Matador in late 1959 as a showcase for his talents and a rolling advertisement. [1] It started as a 1939 Ford, [1] chopped 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (110 mm) and sectioned 5 in (130 mm). [2] '57 Olds parking lights were used ...
Formats for license plate numbers are consistent within the state. For example, Delaware is able to use six-digit all-numeric serials because of its low population. Several states, particularly those with higher populations, use seven-character formats of three letters and four digits, including 1ABC234 in California, 1234ABC in Kansas and ABC-1234 (with or without a space or dash) in Georgia ...
The anti-lag system (ALS) is a method of reducing turbo lag or effective compression used on turbocharged engines to minimize turbo lag on racing or performance cars. It works by retarding the ignition timing and adding extra fuel (and sometimes air) to balance an inherent loss in combustion efficiency with increased pressure at the charging side of the turbo.