With all of the hype associated with major cinematic releases, it would be difficult not to have heard of the upcoming Michael Mann film Ferrari. Brock Yate’s book, Enzo Ferrari: The Man, the Cars, the Races, published in 1991, provides the basis of the storyline As I understand it, the film narrative begins in 1957, […]
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The Ford Flashback was launched at the 1975 Chicago Motor Show and had been designed (not sure that’s the best word) by Ghia Torino in Italy. The rationale behind what, fortunately, remained a concept was a ‘Flashback’ to the 1930s and 40s designs. For some bizarre reason, Ford felt there was a market for a
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Brazilian GPDate: Sunday, 05 NovemberTrack: Autódromo José Carlos Pace ♖ Rumours have been circulating that Alonso could make a sensational switch to champions Red Bull in the future. ♖ Verstappen claims record win to draw level with Prost. ♖ Helmut Marko has revealed that Max Verstappen has an escape clause in his contract should Red
Dillon, Read & Co., a leading New York investment bank, acquired Dodge Briothers Inc. on April 30, 1925. The money that changed hands was astounding, $146 million plus an additional $50 million given to various charities. It was the largest sum for a car maker ever made. Adjust for today, a cool $2.7 billion. Dillon,
Bugatti, a French hypercar maker, is known for producing some of the finest high-performance luxury cars since 1909. All Bugatti’s are ultra-rare and produced in very limited numbers in the company’s factory in Molsheim, France. Bugatti is known for producing some of the world’s fastest, exclusive, and aesthetically breathtaking motor cars. Ettore Bugatti was an
As far as I know, no official trade terms categorise Supercars or Hypercars. When you hear supercar, you know that the motor car is unique, a rarity, even exotic, but when you hear hypercar, you know that motor car is at the pinnacle of hierarchy. There are four main criteria for categorising super and hypercars:
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The 24 Hours of Le Mans, named initially the Grand Prix de Vitesse et d’Endurance, is, indubitably, the world’s best-known car race. The winner of Le Mans is the car that has covered the greatest distance in 24 hours. In comparison, the car wins a fixed-distance race with the minimum time. The famous race has
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Designed to Beat Ferrari: The GT40 was explicitly developed to beat Ferrari at their own game. In the early 1960s, Ford attempted to buy Ferrari, but the deal fell through. The deal failure led Henry Ford II to decide to beat Ferrari on the track. The undertaking began in the early 1960s when Ford Advanced
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Mexican GPDate: Sunday, 29 OctoberTrack: Autódromo Hermanos Rodriguez ♖ Ferrari of Leclerc and Mercedes of Hamilton both failed the skid block inspections. ♖ The skid block was introduced as a safety feature in 1994 after the deaths of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna. ♖ Lewis Hamilton shows true colours after being disqualified from the US
Hydrogen cell can be a clean and efficient fuel source; it converts hydrogen into electricity with high efficiency and a low power loss. Manna from Heaven, well, not quite. H2 will require new and costly infrastructure. Although it is the most abundant element in the universe, hydrogen is produced by separating it from other elements
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