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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Mercedes-Benz 190 SL (W121) is a two-door luxury roadster produced by Mercedes-Benz between May 1955 and February 1963. Internally referred to as W121 (BII or B2), it was first shown in prototype at the […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chevy changed everything about the Corvette for 2020, and 2021 sees incremental updates. The Corvette’s phenomenal Magnetic Selective Ride Control is now available as a standalone option (previously Z51 package equipment). It also gets wireless […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Lancia Fulvia was an automobile produced by the Italian car maker Lancia between 1963 and 1976. It was named after the Via Fulvia, a Roman road connecting Tortona and Turin. The Lancia Fulvia was […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes This 1991 Toyota MR2 Turbo is finished in silver over black leather upholstery and is powered by a turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-four paired with a five-speed manual transaxle. Equipment includes pop-up headlights, integrated fog lamps, removable […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Nissan based the vehicle on the seventh-generation Z road car, however, the GT500 class is a silhouette class, where the actual chassis of the racecar is a tube frame, carbon fiber monocoque mashup, and the […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes This 2011 Cadillac CTS-V coupe is powered by a supercharged 6.2-liter LSA V8 mated to a six-speed manual transmission and a limited-slip differential and was special-ordered new by the seller from Cadillac of Novi, Michigan. Modifications […]
Reading Time: 12 minutes The 924 was originally a joint project of Volkswagen and Porsche created by the Vertriebsgesellschaft (VG), the joint sales and marketing company founded by Porsche and VW to market and sell sports cars (Ludvigsen: Porsche, […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Today, you can order more than 30 different BMW models with an M badge on them. Back in 1998, it was a completely different story, with the 850CSi long in the tooth along with the […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute This 2006 Lotus Exige is finished in yellow over black leather and is powered by a Toyota-sourced 1.8-liter 2ZZ inline-four paired with a six-speed manual transaxle. Notable modifications consist of a MonkeyWrench Racing cylinder head, […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes In the late 1970s, Italian automobile manufacturer Lamborghini entered into an agreement with BMW to build a production racing car in sufficient quantity for homologation, but conflicts arose that prompted BMW to produce the car […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute This 2019 Porsche 911 GT2 RS is #99 of 200 track-only Clubsport models built for the model year and was purchased new by the current owner in October 2019. The lightweight body panels are finished […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Powered by a massive 8.0-liter V-10, the Dodge Viper brought new meaning to domestic dominance and seriously outperformed its contemporaries, in particular the long-in-the-tooth Chevrolet Corvette C4. Unsure of the path forward, General Motors decided […]
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