The MG Midget, right, was mechanically identical to the Austin-Healey Sprite. It had the traditional MG grille and a different trim. The ‘frog eye’ Sprite was never badged as an MG, so the MG Midget was always one mark number behind the corresponding Austin-Healey Sprite. The Midget was always slightly more expensive and few people questioned the value of paying a little extra for the MG name. (Read post…)
For many people, the first choice as a classic car today is a classic sports car from the sixties. The 60s sports car evokes an age of carefree, open top motoring down narrow, country lanes, or on motorways free of traffic. Sixties’ classic sports cars with gleaming chrome and vintage style wire wheels draw admiring glances from passers by and comments of ‘I used to have one of those’. A sixties’ classic sports car seems the ideal way to travel: fast enough to keep up with modern traffic; yet quaint and charming enough to be different from today’s cars. (Read post…)
Car ownership, alongside television, meant that for most people the fifties were very different from previous decades. More people now had the freedom to go where they wanted, when they wanted and there was nothing third class about motoring.
At first they had to make do with pre-war cars, as rationing and the drive for exports restricted the home market. Once rationing was finally over there was a boom in car ownership. The car and the booming British car industry was a symbol of the new prosperity. People had “never had it so good”. (Read post…)
In 1953 America got its first American made sports car and since then there was no looking back. Since then Chevrolet has released almost six different generations of Corvettes. The latest is the C6, which costs around $100,000 and is in production. The performance of corvette has improved through generations. This is the car America drives.
C1 or the first generation Corvette was in production during the years 1953 to 1962. Then in the year 1962 the car was replaced by C2. This car is remarkable in the automobile history as this featured the Corvette Sting Ray coupe. Larry Shinoda and Lawrence Kiyoshi Shinoda were the designers of the car. The concept of stylization was done entirely by Bill Mitchell. Classic corvettes like Mako Shark or the Sting Ray soon became very popular. Corvettes are not only sports cars-they are representations of generations with their own characteristics. (Read post…)
The Italians may have perfected the mid-engine super car, but it was British racing innovation that got us there. The 1959 Formula One championship marked the first time a mid-engine race car had ever claimed the ultimate victory. Jack Brabham made racing history behind the wheel of a mid-engine Cooper T-51 race car, and the course of car design was forever altered, as mid-engined race cars began to dominate on the world’s racing circuits.
By 1961 the Italians, who were at first slow to adapt to the mid-engine design were fully in the game, and all regular competitors in Formula One were driving mid-engined race cars. Other milestone victories for the mid-engine soon followed — the 1963 24 Hours of Le Mans won by Ludovico Scarfiotti and Lorenzo Bandini in a Ferrari 250P; and the 1965 Indianapolis 500 won by Jim Clark driving a Lotus 38. (Read post…)
What is the most popular muscle car of all time that goes zero to sixty in 6.5 seconds flat?
The answer is, the 1966 Pontiac GTO which is a choice muscle car. In fact, when it was released, it quickly became the best selling muscle car of all time. With the ’66 GTO, Pontiac truly created a new masterpiece that has remained in high demand amongst muscle car enthusiasts for nearly four decades.
The ’66 GTO has incredible features. Most notable are the unique headlights and the exceptional contours throughout the body that are the true definition of the term sleek. Of course, being a muscle car, the ’66 Pontiac GTO came in a variety of colors and styles when it was produced including the sports coupe model, the hardtop coupe and the convertible. (Read post…)