The history of Invicta Cars is a tale of British car innovation and revival. Invicta Cars has seen a few incarnations since its beginnings in the 1920s. The Invicta Type-S designed as a high-performance sports car with an aerodynamic body, originally fitted with a 2.5 litre Henry Meadows six-cylinder engine. It was known for its […]
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‘Tesla scrambles to boost Cybertruck battery output.’ Tesla delivered the first stainless steel plated electric Cybertrucks in November 2023. Elon Musk reported that they aim to produce 250,000 trucks annually by 2025. However, Tesla’s Giga factory only produces sufficient battery cells to allow the building of approximately 10% of the requirement. Mr Musk explained. ‘Prototypes
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Restomods are said to be the ‘Frankensteins’ of the car world, bringing vintage cars back to life with a modern twist. The Mercedes-AMG EVO II restomod is the celebrated Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II redefined. First unveiled in March of 1990 at the Geneva Auto Show, the original AMG 190 E 2.5-16 Evolution II —
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‘Owning an electric car is great until you forget to charge it. Then it’s just an expensive paperweight.’ It appears that fewer new car buyers feel that Electric Vehicles are the future than at any time in the last three years. There are various reasons: affordability, practicality, buyers feeling that EVs shouldn’t cost more than
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♖ 24 Grand Prix ♖ 6 Sprint Races ♖ 20 Drivers will line up in Bahrain, which will be the same as the ones that finished the 2023 in Abu Dhabi.
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Weismann GmbH was a German car manufacturer started in 1988 by Martin and Friedhelm, the brothers Weismann. Originally, they built hardtops for other marques before deciding to build their own motor cars. In 1993, the first Weismann MF3 Roadster was introduced to the world. Weismann built 1,600 cars, all receiving wide acclaim. Journalists said that
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Bentley and Ducati have joined forces and created the Ducati Diavel V4 motorbike. At first, this would seem an odd marriage; however, both are part of the mighty VW Group. But more than that, some bright spark in marketing has concluded that 50 Bentley owners would also like a Ducati. This motorised velocipede ‘links performance,
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James Bond has always been the image that every man dreamed of becoming, and every girl wished to seduce. More relevant, James Bond has driven numerous different cars in his films, and if like me, I think immediately of Aston Martin. Particularly the Aston Martin DB5, which appeared in numerous films and is widely recognised
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A new kid is on the block for the 2024 F1 season; Sauber has named ‘Stake’ their Title Partner for the 2024 and 2025 seasons. ‘Stake’ has been billed as an ‘Entertainment and Lifestyle’ brand. Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought ‘Stake’ was more of a ‘Crypto Betting’ platform. ‘Stake’ has a
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Mark Webber’s Mercedes-Benz CLR became airborne and flipped during the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans warm-up laps. And not just Mark; a similar incident occurred when Peter Dumbreck drove an equivalent Mercedes-Benz CLR. There were a series of aerodynamic miscalculations due to the sensitive platform. These events resulted in Mercedes-Benz withdrawing the Mercedes team
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