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Although the VW Scirocco was based on the Golf chassis, the Scirocco was launched in 1974 six months before the Golf. |
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The 2.2 miles long Leguna Seca racetrack was first used in 1957. |
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The 1954 Kaiser-Darrin 161 was America's first fiberglass sportscar beating the Corvette to market by one month. |
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Although consider rare, Porsche made over 4244 356 Speedsters; more than the combined amount of 3.2 and 964 Speedsters. |
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The Toyota Supra was produced from 1979 to 2002 with either a normally aspirated or turbo charged inline six cylinder. |
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The first Gen Camaro went on sale in September 1966 as a 1967 model and stayed in production until 1969. |
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The Tucker Torpedo had a rear mounted engine similar to the Tatra T77. |
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The 1973 Porsche 2.7RS is the first production Porsche with any aerodynamic aid; in this case the rear ducktail spoiler. |
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Eric Broadley, the founder of Lola, is credited as the design of the car that eventually became the GT40. |
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Volkswagen bought Roll Royce in 1998 for 430M pounds. |
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The first American driver to win a FIA race in an American car was Dan Gurney driving a Cobra in the 1963 Bridgehampton race. |
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Giotto Bizzarrini was involved in both the development of the Ferrari GTO and the 1963 ATS. |
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The British car company Daimler which is now owned by Jaguar was founded in 1896 by Gottlieb Daimler who also formed Daimler-Benz. |
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The 1958 through 1960 Cadillacs had a 'V' instead of the longstanding crest. |
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The "166" in the Ferrari 166 referred to the displacement of a single cylinder, 166cc. |
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Peugeot started as a flour then steel mill in 1810. It didn't produced its first car until 80years later in 1891.
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The original MG emblem was a brown "MG" on a cream background. This was later changed to a silver letters on a red background in 1962. |
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The Malaysian Proton which was first made in 1985 were effectively rebadged Mitsubishi Lancers. |
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Volvo which is now a part of Ford was formed in 1927. |
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The Romeo in Alfa Romeo comes from Nicola Romeo, an engineer, who took over the A.L.F.A (Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili) in 1915. |
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