What do you think it takes to make a muscle car? Is it foot/lbs of torque? Horsepower? Is it purely the image? The hype and build-up surrounding a muscle cars can get a little confusing when a new model is released‚ but the "tried and true" dream cars have proven their power and performance year after year and decade after decade. American‚ European‚ and Asian cars appeal to different segments of muscle car enthusiasts‚ for different reasons. Several cars immediately race into your thoughts when
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In 1950‚ Ford took the wraps off a range of cars that were nothing less than revolutionary. Billed as five-star cars on account of the quintet of areas in which they pushed the boundaries‚ the Mk1 Consul‚ Zephyr and Zodiac packed independent front suspension‚ oversquare overhead-valve engines and monocoque construction – all firsts for the Blue Oval. As if that wasn’t enough‚ there were also 12-volt electrics and hydraulic brakes all round‚ making these family cars more usable than anything that
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Whether we want to or not‚ we all remember our first cars. Small‚ slow‚ clunky‚ and sometimes a little rusty‚ they usually weren’t something impressive. Transporting us to work‚ school‚ and home again and providing a level of freedom that we had never enjoyed before‚ they were necessary in our everyday lives. For that‚ we all retain fond memories; however‚ we all acknowledge that‚ when given the choice‚ we would have chosen to drive the coolest car on the market‚ especially when we have people to
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Honda concentrated on establishing and then expanding its assembly operations‚ while carefully probing the capabilities of domestic suppliers. Honda has established new auto manufacturing facilities in Mexico and increased exports to Central and South America . Suppliers in the car industry have very little power. In fact quite the opposite is true they are at the mercy of the manufacturer. The importance of avoiding suppliers that fix their own terms because they are the only supplier of the produce
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Vitara Brezza Vs Hyundai Creta vs Ford Ecosport – Autovista Only a year has passed by and the Vitara Brezza is still doing the rounds when it comes to dominating the automobile market under the SUV series. One look at the vehicle and it would give you the feel of a car that is mix of both the sporty and the classy look. Complete with finesse‚ this SUV from the Maruti is considered to be one of the best selling cars in the present days. Needless to say‚ the features and the specifications have made
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5 Range Rover Technologies to Revolutionize the Future of Driving Aiming to take driving experience to a whole new level‚ Land Rover’s dedicated team of experts is continuously devising‚ building and testing new vehicle technologies. Avant-garde features such as All-Terrain Progress Control and Intelligent Seat Fold technology are already available to Land Rover drivers‚ but this doesn’t make the British automaker rest on its laurels. The technologies it is currently developing will soon find their
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2 INTRODUCTION In February 2016 my team and I partook in the MEGA business simulation‚ a game in which teams take over different struggling car manufacturers in order to right the ship and compete against each other. The simulation consisted of a set amount of periods which I saw as turns in a game. For each turn we had to make decisions on what to do with your team’s company. These decisions were then put in an excel sheet and the results were often known the next day. The goal of business simulations
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[CLICK-> 1969 Chevy Camaro project car full story [PART-2] is here <-CLICK] Engine‚ Engine Accessories‚ Cooling‚ and Exhaust: When it came time to choosing the engine setup‚ I knew it had to meet the following requirements: 1. Big block (easy power and less common). 2. Around 475 to 550HP‚ 525-600 ft/lbs torque. Nice rumble but still very street-friendly. No more power than that because I’d have no way of transferring it to the pavement with my street radials and I don’t want spend too much
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In the article “Artificial Stupidity” linguist Geoffrey Pullum states his opinions on artificial intelligence and how his every day interactions with simple technology affect his opinions on this. He starts his article by reciting a log of the redundancies of specific user-interfaces that he encounters throughout a five day period. Most of these interactions are with simple appliances such as a projector giving a notification that it will go to standby mode in “one minutes” or a self-checkout machine
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1. Koenigsegg CCXR Price: $4‚800‚000 Features: CLASS Sports car ENGINE TYPE 4.7 L V8 (twin supercharger gasoline/ethanol) 4.8 L V8 (twin supercharger gasoline/ethanol) BODY TYPE 2-door with removable hardtop; made from carbon fiber/Kevlar LAY-OUT Rear mid-engine; rear wheel drive GEARBOX 6 speed manual; 6 speed automated manual WHEELBASE 104.7 inch ACCELERATION 62 mph in 3.1 sec FUEL CAPACITY 70 litres Why: The most special feature that CCXR boast of is the fact that it is powered by E85 and E100
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