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Three engineers at Lamborghini — Gian Paolo Dallara, Paolo Stanzani, and Bob Wallace — built the Miura’s chassis on their own time, without official company authorization, because they believed that a mid-engine sports car was the right direction and that the best way to convince …
The doors open upward because they had no choice. The 300 SL’s tubular space frame — the structure that gave the car its extraordinary …
The Boss 429 exists because NASCAR’s rules required Ford to produce 500 road cars equipped with the 429 cubic inch engine it wanted to run at Daytona …
The attribution is disputed, as most famous automotive quotations are, but the sentiment is not: when the Jaguar E-Type was unveiled at the 1961 …
The debate between 275 GTB purists — those who insist the long-nose, alloy-bodied, six-carburettor 275 GTB/4 is the definitive expression — and those …
Autodelta, Alfa Romeo’s racing arm, produced the Giulia Sprint GTA by taking the standard Sprint GT coupe and replacing most of its steel body panels …
The Dodge Charger Daytona is one of the more extreme objects ever to wear a manufacturer’s badge and a license plate simultaneously. The 18-inch …
The 1970 model year was the last before emissions regulations, insurance industry pressure, and fuel economy concerns began the systematic reduction …
The claim that the BMW 2002 invented the sport sedan is made with enough regularity in automotive writing that it risks losing its meaning. It is …
Cesare Fiorio, Lancia’s competition director, decided in 1970 that the Fulvia — which had won the World Rally Championship in 1972 — was obsolete and …