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Only 506 of the Nash-Healey were made of which the last 402 made were a re-design by Pininfarina. |
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A Porsche 908 served as the camera car for the movie LeMans. |
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New Hampshire is the only US state which does not mandate the use of seatbelts. |
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Fiat can be considered the Italian GM since it owns Ferrari, Maserati and Alfa Romeo. Lamborghini is owned by the VW group. |
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The BMW M1 of which only 456 were built was designed by Giugiaro and was made from fiberglass not steel. |
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Marcello Gandini is creditted for not only designing the Lancia Stratos but also the Lamborghini Miura and Countach. |
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1972 saw the implementation of the "Fasten Seat Belt" warming lights and buzzer in all US sold cars. |
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At top speed of 250mph the Bugatti Veyron will empty its 26 gallon fuel tank in just 12minutes. |
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In its competition debut at LeMans in 1995 the McLaren F1 not only won the race but took third, fourth and fifth places. |
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Ford sold over 16,000 Thunderbirds in 1955, its first year of production. |
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The current Nurburgring on which any driver can buy a day pass has a 1000ft elevation change over 13miles and 160 corners. |
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The 1957 Jaguar XKSS of which only 16 were made was made from leftover Jaguar D Type parts and chassis. |
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Jaguar is now owned by the Indian based car company, Tata Motors. |
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The Fiat 124 Spider had a very long production run from 1968 until 1985 with just over 130,000 made. |
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The Aston Martin DBS made from 1967 until 1973 is rarer than the DBS V8 with only 857 made compared to over 2000 of the DBS V8. |
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The Triumph TR7 made from 1975 until 1981 was the first Triumph to have unibody construction rather than a body on frame. |
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BMW produced only 253 507's between 1956 and 1959. The 07 was BMW's first post war two seater. |
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Chevy produced just 674 Corvettes in 1955 with the new V8 engine. |
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The Jaguar XK120 introduced in 1948 was so named for its indicated top speed of 120mph. |
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The HFS in HFS Morgan, the founder of the Morgan Car Company, stands for Henry Frederick Stanley. |
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Malcolm Bricklin who brought Subaru to the US is also responsible for bringing the Yugo to the US. |
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The last Beetle to be sold new from a dealer in the US was a convertible in 1980. |
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The designer Raymond Loewy is credited for not only designing the Coca Cola bottle but the Studebaker Avanti and Starliner. |
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The 1971 Pontiac Pegasus concept car was a one off Firebird with a Ferrari Daytona V12 engine. |
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While Chevy was able to sell 220,000 Camaros in 1967 Pontiac managed to sell just 82,000 Firebirds. |
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The 1973 to 1974 Lotus Europa initially came with the 1.6L inline four cylinder engine and transaxle of the Renault 16. |
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Did You Know that.....although Lotus designed the engine for the 1990 to 1995 Chevy Corvette ZR-1 the engine was built by US based Mercury Marine. |
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The VW Karmann Ghia made from 1955 to 1965 was styled by the Italian Ghia but built by the German company Karmann hence the name. |
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Mercedes Benz built only 2677 600s over the car's long production cycle from 1963 until 1981. |
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Only 10 Ferrari 275GTB/4 Spyders were built of the 25 that were planned. |
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