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Wysłany: Wto 17:34, 05 Gru 2006
Temat postu: Now and next
Good morning!
A torrent of water passed under the bridge between the in
AC Cars Cobra
A torrent of water passed under the bridge bet
Acura EL
een the introduction of the Jaguar XK 120 show car
Acura SLX
at the Earls Court Motor Show in 1946 and the Geneva
Acura TL
Auto Show in 1961. For one thing, armed with the potent XK
Acura RL
six-cylinder engine, Jaguar had gone sports car racing in a most
Alfa Romeo 33
uccessful way. With the aerodynamic D-Type, the marque ha
Alfa Romeo 164
won the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the world's most prestigious ro
Alfa Romeo 155
d race, three years in a row. Jaguar had transitioned from off
Alfa Romeo 146
ring the public a competent sp
orts car for the street based on se
Alfa Romeo 166
an mechanicals to building very specialized sports rac
Alfa Romeo Spider
ng machinery, and then, finding the cost of world-cl
Alfa Romeo GTV
ss competition rising ever-higher, it had pulled bac
Alfa Romeo 147
from its racing commitments to concentrate again of
Alfa Romeo GT Coupe
cars the public could buy. With its emphasis movin
Alfa Romeo x kamal
back toward cars for the street, William Lyons, who wou
Alfa Romeo 8c Competizione
d eventually be knighted for his efforts at Jaguar, lo
Alfa Romeo Brera
ked to infuse his production cars with the flavor of his s
Aston Martin DB7
orts racing winners. One of the first attempts at this w
Aston Martin V12
s the XK-SS, a thinly disguised D-Type fitted with just enoug
Aston Martin DB9
equipment to make it street legal. Equipped
Aston Martin AMV8
ith a 3.4-liter version of the XK engine essentially in ra
Audi 100
e tune, it offered 250 horsepower at 5750 rpm, a staggerin
Audi 80
figure, particularly in a car so light. Top speed was just
Audi A6
hort of 145 miles per hour. But on the other side o
Audi 90
the coin, the XK-SS set one back $7,000 1957 dollars, whi
Audi 200
e a fuel-injected Corvette of the same year cost little
Audi V8
ore than half as much. Further, the Corvette wa
Audi A4
far more civilized an automobile. By 1957 it had roll-up windo
Audi C-4
s and a decent convertible top, while the XK-S
Audi A3
was in most ways rudimentary. And because its engin
Audi S4
was essentially ready for the track, it proved to be a hand
Audi A8
ul to drive well on public roads. Just getting it
Audi TT
oving from a standing start was often a frustrating expe
Audi A2
ience due to its lack of low-end torque, hair-trigg
Audi S6
r accelerator and recalcitrant clutch. Fewer than 20 of these li
Audi RS6
tle devils had been produced in the early part
Audi allroad
of 1957 when a fire raced through the Browns Lane factory where t
Audi a8l
ey were built. Most of the tooling for the XK-S
Audi rs2
was destroyed, and Lyons, sensing that this car
Audi rs4
wasn't what he really wanted anyway, decided not to r
Audi q7
sume its production. Those few that remain in exi
Audi nuvolari
tence are rare and wonderfully quirky cars indeed. Instead of
Audi pikes peak
aking the XK-SS path, Lyons set his engineering team abuilding
Audi le mans
on two experimental cars that bore the "E" designation. The E1
Audi avantissimo
was powered by Jaguar's 2.4-liter six-cylinder engine, basical
Audi rsq
y a de-stroked 3.4 liter. For its chassis structure it u
Audi shooting brake
ed a monocoque tub with a space frame carryin
BMW 5
the engine and front suspension components. The front suspension
BMW 3
was, of course, an independent design, but the E1A departe
BMW 7
from the D-Type's model by using an independent rear suspensio
BMW 6
as well. (For all its racing success, the D-Type had use
BMW M5
a fairly mundane live rear axle.) While the E1A
BMW x3
as piling up clandestine test miles, Jaguar engineers were
BMW x5
hard a work on the E2A, which many in their number
BMW z3
hoped would put Jaguar back in the motor racing spotlight.
Wit
BMW z4
racing rather than volume production in mind, the E2A was
BMW z8
n exotic machine for its day. Its powerplant was an alloy
BMW z9
block version of the XK engine equipped with a racing
BMW h2r
type dry sump system and mechanical fuel injection
BMW xcoupe
With a displacement of just a hair under 3-liters,
BMW xactivity
t offered 293 horsepower at a motorcycle-like 6750 rpm.
Bentley Arnage
Its aluminum envelope body enclosing a monocoque tub and spa
Bentley Continental
e frame, the E2A would have a somewhat belated and largely
Bentley Hunaudieres
nsuccessful career on the racetrack.
Though de
Jaguar xkr
igned and built in 1957 and 1958, it didn't find its way to Le Ma
Jaguar R-D6
s until 1960 and then as part of Briggs Cunningham's multi-car ef
Jaguar ALC
ort that also involved Corvettes, not with a rejuvenated Jaguar
Jaguar Daimler
"factory team." Initially fast, it quit short of
Jaguar XK
the halfway mark in the race, and that was pretty much th
Land Rover Freelander
t as far as international racing was concerned for t
Land Rover Discovery
e car. While it didn't enjoy the stunning succ
Land Rover Range Rover
ss of its D-Type predecessor, the E2A did set the
stag
Land Rover Defender
for the production E-Type. In fact, Jaguar's breathtakin
Land Rover Range Stormer
new sports car would take most of its architect
Lotus Elise
re from the E2A. Of course, with volume product
Lotus Exige
on in mind, Lyons wisely chose steel as the p
Lotus Expirit
imary body material. The basic tub was a monocoque of
Lotus M250
sheet steel to which were attached steel space f
MG Rover TF
ames for front suspension and engine and rear suspension
MG Rover ZR
The front suspension borrowed from Jaguar racing pra
MG Rover ZS
tice with torsion bars as the springing medium,
t
MG Rover ZT
bular shocks controlling rebound and forged con
MG Rover Streetwise
rol arms handling wheel location. The rear suspension was
MG Rover X80
an all-independent unit so elegantly designed that it beca
MG Rover Mini
e a model for a wide variety of other suspensions that would
MG Rover TCV
follow it and even found its way under some of America's m
Rolls-Royce Phantom
st beloved hot rods. In the scheme (a version
Rolls-Royce Silver
imilar to which found its way into the 1963 Corvette Sti
Rolls-Royce 100ex
gray) the differential was mounted to the cha
Mercedes A
sis sub-frame with in-board disc br
akes on each side and
Mercedes B
then, through universal joints, halfshafts sent p
Mercedes C
wer to the rear wheels. Ingeniously, the halfshafts themselves
Mercedes E
represented the upper control link while another, low
Mercedes S
r arm and a link that controlled braking and acceleration f
Mercedes ML
rces completed the simple but effective system. S
Mercedes G
rings and damping was not nearly so simple with dual c
Mercedes CLK
il-spring/tubular shock absorber units on each side, but
Mercedes CL
they were at least compact and effective. Instead of a
Mercedes SL
exotic alloy racing engine, Lyons decided to stick with the 3.8
Mercedes Vaneo
liter XK in-line six that was a direct descendent of
Mercedes Viano
he original XK engine in the XK 120. With fuel d
Mercedes slr
livered by twin Weber carburetors, the iron block engin
Mercedes slk
delivered 265 horsepower at 5500 rpm and 260 po
Mercedes r
nds/feet of torque at 4000 rpm. Despite all this mechanical fa
Mercedes f 500
dural the most striking part of the production E-Type was it
Mercedes f 600
absolutely lascivious body. Try as designers might
Mercedes Sprinter
o top it, the E-Type has the most sensuous lines of any car ever
Mercedes Viano
roduced, and it is many critics' pick as the
most beautif
Opel omega
l car ever made. Further description is unnecess
Opel agila
ry because the look of the E-Type has become such a
Opel corsa
automotive icon that at the mere mention of its name,
Opel meriva
the luscious picture comes to mind. The hit of the 1961 Gene
Opel astra
a show, the E-Type was offered as both a convertible
Opel speedster
with an available hardtop) and a coupe, and aut
Opel vectra
journalists immediately fell all over themselves pra
Opel combo
sing the car. And for good reason. The independent rear suspens
Opel zafira
on provided a huge advance in handling, particularly
on
Opel frontera
ad roads, and in street form the car had true 150 mile-per-ho
Opel signum
r potential. It was also quick enough as a drag racer
Opel tigra
o find itself included in a Jan and Dean hit tune of the era, "D
Opel insignia
adman's Curve." In fact, the E-Type was, argu
Opel trixx
bly, the car of the decade. With looks, style, pe
Opel eco speedster
formance and handling, the Jaguar E-Type was everything
Opel antara
a car should be. A lot of water passed through the mi
Opel Record
l from the time the Dodge brothers built engine
Opel Kadett
for Henry Ford until the Dodge Viper peeked
Opel Senator
ut
from under its wraps at the 1989 Detroit auto show.
Porsche boxter
ver the course of that time the Dodge brothers split wit
Porsche 911
Ford to start building cars of their own under
Porsche carrera gt
the imaginative Dodge Brothers name; Dodge Brothe
Porsche cayenne
s was acquired by Walter P. Chrysler as he built
Porsche cayman
Chrysler Corporation in the image of his former
Porsche 924
employer, General Motors; and Dodge (sans Brothers) went
Volkswagen lupo
from an icon of performance during the halcyon years o
Volkswagen polo
the Sixties to becoming largely irrelevant by the late
E
Volkswagen new beetle
ghties. K-cars and Omnis will do that, no matter h
Volkswagen golf
w proud one's history. A rapidly fading brand with a drea
Volkswagen bora
y image were what faced Chrysler Corporation planners as the
Volkswagen touran
considered what they should do for the '89 Detroi
Volkswagen passat
show, and their response -- a big, brutal two-seat sports car
Volkswagen phaeton
-- stood show attendees, including your author, on their collect
Volkswagen sharan
ve ear. Who could have expected such a thing from a nameplate th
Volkswagen touareg
t seemed to be barely producing a pulse, lot less a vibe?
Volkswagen golf plus
ut the Dodge Viper did emerge from the corporate cau
Volkswagen multivan
dron -- somehow -- and it proved there was stil
Volkswagen jetta
some life in the old Dodge brand yet. The goal of
Volkswagen fox
what was referred to as "Team Viper" was a purpose-built pe
Volkswagen magellan
formance vehicle. Everything else took a backseat to performance
Volkswagen concept c
nd, because of that, the Viper had no backseat at a
Volkswagen concept t
l. Like the Shelby Cobra that inspired it, the veh
Volkswagen concept r
cle was rough, crude and unsophisticated but, at the same.
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