The concept of muscle cars is defined as being a high-performance automobile. The term mainly refers to American Muscle Cars, Australian and South African models and usually describes a 2-door rear wheel drive mid-size car with a large, powerful V8 engine and special trim, intended for maximum torque ... August 21st, 2008 by admin | Comments Off

As a continuance to the former post, Muscle car origins this article is a follow-up. The time when the fierce competition between muscle cars achieved its peaks was in 1970, when some cars offered as much as 450 horsepower ( 336 KW ). This continuous race of horsepower had take an ... August 21st, 2008 by admin | Comments Off

Australia has developed its own tradition regarding muscle cars around that same period, with the top three big manufacturers Ford Australia, Holden and Chrysler Australia. The cars produced in Australia were especially made to run in the Armstrong 500 miles race and later on even in the Hardie Ferodo 500. In ... August 21st, 2008 by admin | Comments Off

The Buick Gran Sport or simply the GS was a high-performance optional package available on a certain number of Buick models, including the well known Riviera and Wildcat. The car known as the intermediate Buick was the 1965 Skylark Gran Sport, although already powered by a V8 engine, the Gran Sport ... August 21st, 2008 by admin | Comments Off

In the U.S., the full-size, 4-door Chevrolet Impala SS had a short but popular production run from 1994?1996 as a high-performance limited-edition version of the Caprice equipped with a Corvette-derived 5.7 L V8 LT1 engine and other specific performance features and body styling. The Impala SS nameplate was resurrected again ... August 21st, 2008 by admin | Comments Off

1949 The Dodge Coronet was introduced with the division's first postwar body styles. Lower trim lines were the Wayfarer and Meadowbrook. The only engine for Dodge was a 230 cubic inch flat-head straight six cylinder engine with a single barrel Stromberg carburetor, producing 103 horsepower (gross). For 1953, the Coronet gained an ... August 21st, 2008 by admin | Comments Off

The Chevrolet Chevelle (pronounced "shevell") is a mid-sized automobile from Chevrolet debuting in 1964. It was produced from 1964 through 1977 and was one of General Motors' most successful cars. Chevelle models ranged from economical family cars to powerful coupes and convertibles. The Malibu was at first the top trim ... August 21st, 2008 by admin | Comments Off

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We know already that McLaren is preparing a super-car for 2010, but it`s design was uncertain. Until now.

Given that the pictures have appeared on a “underground” site in Slovenia, it`s not excluded that this are only a few computer drawings made by a McLaren fan. Even so, the give us some ideas about how the future British super-car might look.

Put in motion by a middle-mounted engine, the super-car uses the technical platform originally developed by McLaren and Mercedes as the basis for a replacement of the SLR, but abandoned by the Germans in 2004. Instead, the “power plant” will be a powerful V8, borrowed from AMG. But more details we will find out as time passes. We have time … about 2 years till the end of 2010 …

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