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The 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado designed by David North is unique for both being front wheel drive and by having a two piece automatic transmission. |
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The Kaiser Darrin of which only 435 were made was produced for only one year, 1954. |
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David Brown bought Aston Martin in 1947 for 20,000 pounds. |
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The Auto Union Type C made from 1936 to 1937 was designed by Ferdinand Porsche and had a V16 engine with a capacity of 6L producing over 500hp. |
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The 5.7L V8 in the 1989 Corvette ZR1 was developed by Lotus. The engine produced 380hp.
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The first entirely new Aston Martin produced after David Brown acquired the company in 1947 was the DB4. |
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MG, which stands for Morris Garage, was founded in 1924 by Cecil Kimber. |
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Cadillac produced its first V8 engine in 1915 and in the 1930's produced both V12's and V16's powered cars. |
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Bentley produced only 207 Continental Type R between 1952 and 1955. |
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The 1973 to 1979 Ferrari Dino 308GT4 was initially produced without the Ferrari name on the the exterior of the car except for the last three years of production, 1976 to 1979. |
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Cadillac was formed in 1903 by Henry M. Leland and in 1908 became one of the founding members of General Motors. |
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The Ford Thunderbird was introduced in 1955 with a Mercury 4.8L V8. The supercharged 5.L V8 was offered as an option in 1957. |
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Alfa Romeo produced 2,796 Giulietta Spyder Veloce between 1955 and 1962; about 300 less than the Sprint Veloces. |
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Once a car has being accepted to the Pebble Beach Concours it can not be entered in the event for 10 years unless the ownership has changed. |
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The Porsche 917 which give Porsche its first overall win at LeMans in 1971 was powered by aircooled flat 12. |
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The Porsche 904 introduced in 1964 was designed by Butzi Porsche who was also credited for designing the 911. The car has a fiberglass body with a aircooled flat 4. |
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The Porsche 908 introduced in 1967 to replace the 906/907 had a 3.0L flat 8 producing 350hp. |
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The Porsche 935 race car which was based on the production 930 came to dominate sports car racing in the late 1970's into the early 1980's including an overall win in the 1979 24hrs of LeMans. |
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Porsche built 91 962s between 1984 and 1991. The car debuted at the 1984 24hrs of Daytona with father-son team of Mario and Michael Andretti. |
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Porsche first raced at LeMans in 1951 with a streamlined 356 winning its class and placing 20th overall. |
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Porsche made only 43 917s of which five were in the longtail body. |
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Porsche won the World Sportscar Championship in 1970 with the 917. The 917 was so dominating that it won ever race of that season except the race at Sebring. |
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Ferrari made 1200 246GTS's to 2800 246GT's. |
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Austin and Morris merged in 1952 to form the British Motor Corporation (BMC). |
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Caterham became the only official and authorized manufacturer of the Lotus Seven after purschasing the rights from Lotus. |
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Alfa Romeo produced only 3,058 Giulietta Sprint Veloce between 1955 and 1962. |
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Ford of Britain was formed 1911 and by 1914 was the largest automobile manufacturer in Europe. |
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Citroen produced 12,920 SM's between 1970 and 1975. |
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The Ford GT40 is the derivative of the Lola MK Vl designed by Eric Broadley, founder of Lola. |
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The 1951 BRM 1.5L V16 engine had the smallest individual cylinders ever used in Grand Prix racing. This remarkable engine was supercharged and had a redline of 12,000rpm. |
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