It’s hard to imagine but not that long ago Jaguar laid claim to building the world’s fastest production car with its XJ220 supercar, which during the early 1990s was speed king until it was knocked off its throne by the McLaren F1. The car featured a turbocharged mid-mounted V6 developing 549hp (409kW) and was […]
Volkswagen surprised many in the automotive field when it rolled out a new supercar concept at the 2001 Tokyo Motor Show. VW, after all, was a brand synonymous with selling budget hatchbacks and frugal runabouts but then at the Tokyo event motoring press were presented with the 600hp W12 Nardo concept. Weighing in at just […]
The 1970s was a wild and revolutionary period for America. The cultural tsunami of the Summer of Love was sweeping across the nation. Concepts such as pre-marital sex, gay rights and feminism were being introduced into the average American home. It was a time when Sonny and Cher were discovered, when the […]
In 1967, brothers Ju-Yung and Se-Yung Chung established the Hyundai Motor Company. The next year they entered into a contract with Ford to produce the Cortina and Granada for the Korean market. With the knowledge gained from this venture, Hyundai’s dream of creating its first independently designed motor car could soon be achieved.
Hoping to […]
In 1975 Aston Martin was sold to a pair of North American businessmen named Peter Sprague and George Minden. One year later the iconic Lagonda was introduced to the world, a futuristic car designed by stylist William Towns. However, that same year, Towns sketched up an even more radical version of his design that would […]
Though its common knowledge Lamborghini produced a SUV in the 80’s, what’s less known is they produced a motorbike in 1986 in collaboration with French constructor Boxer-Bike.
Boxer-Bike has been known for producing the some of the fastest and most sophisticated bikes and was thus chosen as the only partner capable of making a bike […]
It seems that while the Nazi’s were quite a busy lot during their reign, they weren’t too busy to try and break some world speed records. They maneged to build the sinister looking beast below - the 1939 Mercedes-Benz T-80 Weltrekordwagen. The ‘car’ features the largest engine that Mercedes had ever been responsible for at […]
Less than a year after being purchased by Volkswagen for the princely sum of £430 million, Bentley Motors created one of the most breathtaking and technical masterpieces in the automotive world. The Bentley Hunaudières Project, as it was known, was developed to proclaim to the world that Bentley was not just some stuffy old British […]