13 June 2022 Iso Rivolta started life as Isothermos, a company founded by Renzo Rivolta just before WWII that manufactured electric heaters and cooling units. The war took its toll with bombing destroying much of the factory; after the war, Rivolta decided to focus on motor scooters and small motorcycles. Rivolta then created the tiny […]
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13 June 2022 The Revuelto If it does become a car, it will be the third Lamborghini not named after a bull; the previous two are Sesto Elemento and, most famously, Countach. The name Revuelto roughly translates to unruly, with its adjectives, wild and turbulent, which sounds more like it. The trademark is filed with
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03 June 2022 On May 20th, 1964, after 22 days of intense discussions, Enzo Ferrari ended negotiations with Ford for the takeover of his company. Enzo had immense animosity for Ford and Carroll Shelby; Enzo always held a grudge because the Americans bombed his factory in WWII. Additionally, when the highly talented race driver Carroll
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03 June 2022 Enter the Limo-Jet, a unique mix of Lear Jet and a novelty 42′ long, 12′ high and 8′ wide stretched limousine and a mobile entertainment system. The Limo-Jet was the brainchild of Dan Harris, the guitarist and the Canadian restaurant and entertainment entrepreneur, Frank DeAngelo. The Limo-Jet doesn’t just look like a
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03 June 2022 On 5 May 2022, the sale of the 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé at an auction held at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart. The bidding topped out at £115million, which more than doubles the previous record holder for the most valuable car. The previous record-holder for the most expensive car was a 1963
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03 June 2022 Most people have not heard of Ralph R Teeter, and yet his contribution to the motor industry was immense, made even more incredible because he was blind. Best known as the man that invented Cruise Control. Fuel and tyre rationing during WWII was enforced by a national speed limit of 35 mph.
03 June 2022 Recently leaked news saying that Ferrari has blacklisted the Kardashians. Ferrari has always imposed limits about who can and can’t buy a Prancing Horse, and whilst not everyone is happy about their stance. Still it is their choice; at the end of the day, many aficionados believe it enhances the brand’s prestige
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03 June 2022 From an article in 1913 Copy of Automobile Topics magazine: ‘It’s hard to believe automobiles will get any more advanced than this.’ How wrong were they? It was Henry Ford who kick-started large-scale production in the UK. He set up Ford’s first production plant in Manchester in 1913 and became the UK
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27 May 2022 Randy Thomas Lanier (born 1954) was a professional race car driver and a convicted drug trafficker in the United States. He is best known for his racing efforts in the mid-80s, including winning the 1984 IMSA Camel GT title for the wholly independent Blue Thunder Racing team and for being arrested for
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27 May 2022 Considered among the so-called holy trinity of hypercars launched in the last decade, the LaFerrai was Ferrari’s first foray into hybridisation, rivalling McLaren’s P1 and Porsche’s similarly-hybrid 918 Spyder. The LaFerrari was Ferrari’s first-ever production car equipped with the F1-derived hybrid solution, the HY-KERS system, which combines an electric motor producing over 150
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