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Mario Andretti led 116 laps to win the 1969 Indy 500 in a Brawner Hawk, the Andretti family’s only Indy win
Mario Andretti won the 1969 Indy 500 on May 30 in a Brawner Hawk that was only his backup car. He led 116 of the…
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Hyundai recalls 37,901 Veloster N and Kona Electric cars whose air bag software can switch the air bags off
Hyundai has filed a Veloster N airbag recall that also covers the Kona Electric, and it touches 37,901 cars in the United States. According to…
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12 Datsuns so overbuilt they seem made to pass 300,000 miles
A boxy little Datsun sedan won the Trans-Am under-2.5-liter championship two years running, with John Morton driving a BRE Racing 510 to the title in…
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8 Power Wagons that still turn heads everywhere they go
In 1946, the Dodge Power Wagon gave American buyers a four-wheel-drive pickup straight from the factory. It grew out of the trucks Dodge built for…
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7 rare Cutlasses that Oldsmobile absolutely nailed
Oldsmobile first used the Cutlass name on an experimental sports coupe in 1954. A decade later, the first Cutlass 4-4-2 turned the nameplate into a…
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Ford’s Twin I-Beam gave the 1965 F-Series independent front wheels by crossing two beams under the truck
The Ford Twin I-Beam front suspension arrived on the 1965 F-Series and gave a pickup independent front wheels without giving up a truck’s toughness. The…
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8 cars from the muscle-car era that will not stay affordable much longer
The first-year Javelin SST arrived for 1968 as American Motors’ answer to the Mustang, and it sold well out of the gate. Today it sits…
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Craig Breedlove’s three-wheeled, jet-powered Spirit of America set a 407.45 mph land speed record in 1963
In 1963, Craig Breedlove drove the Spirit of America to 407.45 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats. The car had three wheels and a surplus…
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9 convertibles that made ordinary people feel successful
A Ford convertible in the driveway once told the whole street that a family had arrived. Chevrolet, Dodge, Rambler and Chrysler sold the same feeling.…
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Tyrrell’s six-wheeled P34 finished one-two in the 1976 Swedish Grand Prix, the only F1 win for a six-wheeler
On 13 June 1976, the six-wheeled Tyrrell P34 finished first and second in the Swedish Grand Prix at Anderstorp. Jody Scheckter won from pole, and…
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