History
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Before the 1962 Chrysler Turbine Car, Ford put a Boeing turbine engine into an ill-fated 1955 Thunderbird for testing.
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Porsche celebrates 45 years of the V-8 with a love letter
This two-minute video covers the limited but important history of the V-8 at Porsche, a brand known mostly for flat-sixes.
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How the Audi RS 2 Avant came to be thanks to Porsche
Porsche contributed about 20% of the parts for the 1994 and 1995 Audi RS 2 Avant and fundamentally re-engineered its turbocharged 2.2-liter 5-cylinder engine.
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The VW Beetle successors that never were
Check out the cars that Volkswagen developed to replace the Beetle but never made it to market.
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GM considered a four-seat Chevrolet Corvette in 1962
Chevrolet built a four-seat Corvette prototype in 1962 to compete with the Ford Thunderbird, but it was nixed when an executive got stuck in the rear seat.
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Meet the father of NOS part 2: Mike Thermos
Part 2 of the Father of NOS: How the business took off, racing, selling to Holley and "The Fast & The Furious"
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Thermos took a WWII concept and applied it to making everything faster. Part one of the high horsepower saga of NOS.
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Ford unearths early GT40 design sketches
The Ford GT40 made history by winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans four years straight, but it could have looked much different.
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How the Porsche crest was created
Porsche was already building cars years before the brand's familiar crest appeared.
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Here's what it takes to earn an Audi RS badge
Audi RS models undergo rigorous testing, including 5,000 miles on the Nurburgring, and are subject to millions of exact measurements to ensure their performance.
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The Porsche 911 Targa was created because the US wanted to ban convertibles
Fears of a push to ban convertibles in the U.S. in the 1960s spurred Porsche to create a new body style that offered more safety but still let the outside in: the Targa.
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Deep dive: Volkswagen GTI history
There's now been seven generations of the Volkswagen Golf GTI, and an eighth is just around the corner.
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Aerodynamic Autotram was designed to carry 42 passengers in comfort, style and speed on rails.
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Ferrari’s on-again, off-again love affair with the Indianapolis 500
As Ferrari considers yet another stab at the iconic US race, here's a look at the previous efforts ranging back to 1952.
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How the Chrysler Hemi turned the Indianapolis 500 establishment on its head
A specially-developed stock block version of the original Chrysler Hemi nearly brought an end to the Offenhauser dynasty at the Indy 500
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The Porsche 911 GT2 has been terrorizing supercars for 25 years
A history of the Porsche 911 GT2 from 1995 to present.
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Domino’s Pizza, Ben & Jerry’s and Nike all started out with VWs
Volkswagen's little air-cooled vehicles served some iconic fledgling companies before they hit it big.
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Ford F-1 bonus built: The first modern half-ton pickup truck
The 1948 Ford F-1 Bonus Built kicked off the light truck revolution.
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The U.S liberated Germany's Volkswagen factory and the 7,700 slave laborers who worked there 75 years ago, setting the stage for VW's rebirth as a peacetime automaker.
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The iconic sports cars of Alejandro De Tomaso
Every car builder in Italy wanted to be the next Ferrari. Alejandro De Tomaso created a wonderful marriage between sleek Italian design and American horsepower.
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"Big Willie" came home from Vietnam and used drag racing to calm gang violence
A tribute to "Big Willie" Robinson, a gentle giant who raced against LA gangs and drugs.
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Bentley marks 100 years with a book weighing 66 pounds
Next year marks Bentley's 100th year of operation and the brand revealed its first celebration plan. To mark the milestone date, Bentley will release a limited edition book covering a century of operations and the brand's future. As we learned in July, it will also build a special Mulsanne as a...
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Porsche celebrates 70 years with video tribute
"We are what nobody needs, but everyone wants." That's a hell of a statement, but it's one that Porsche can certainly make, and the brand does just that in this video tribute to 70 years of building sports cars. This video is not a deep dive into Porsche's history. Instead, it's a quick and...
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Hitler's 1939 Mercedes-Benz heads to auction
No car chooses its owner, and such a statement rings truest with this 1939 Mercedes-Benz 770K Grosser Offener Tourenwagen. We say that because this example was Adolf Hitler's personal vehicle, and it was also used by his staff during World War II. The historic, and controversial, Mercedes will head...
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