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W.O. Bentley’s Lagonda V12 ran third and fourth at Le Mans in 1939, months before war ended production
In June 1939, two Lagonda V12 cars finished third and fourth in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Lagonda treated the race as a trial…
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8 Bimotas and the engines they borrowed, from Honda’s 10-bike HB1 to a Ducati-powered Tesi
Bimota built frames, not engines. Valerio Bianchi, Giuseppe Morri and Massimo Tamburini founded the company in Rimini, Italy, in 1966, and its name combines their…
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8 details on Alfa Romeo’s Cuorerosso, a 2+2 concept with steer-by-wire and a 33 Stradale-inspired dash
The Alfa Romeo Cuorerosso is a red 2+2 coupe concept with four individual seats, rear-hinged back doors and a cabin that borrows from the 1967…
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Oldsmobile’s W-31 put a 325-hp Ram Rod 350 in the Cutlass, and 742 were built for 1968
The Oldsmobile W-31 was a small-block performance package for the mid-size Cutlass and F-85, built from 1968 to 1970. Its 350 V8 carried a 325-hp…
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6 Grahams from the 1928 Graham-Paige to the Cord-bodied 1940 Hollywood
Graham-Paige began when three brothers bought a Detroit carmaker in 1927, and it ended car production in 1941 with a sedan built on Cord body…
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AMC told the NHRA its 1969 Super Stock AMX made 340 hp, and the NHRA rated it at 420
The 1969 Super Stock AMX was a two-seat American Motors coupe turned into a drag car by Hurst. AMC put its 390 V8 at 340…
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Friends bought Woodrow Wilson’s 1919 Pierce-Arrow when he left office, though he never had a license
Woodrow Wilson never had a driver’s license, yet his 1919 Pierce-Arrow limousine became his favorite car. When he left the White House in 1921, friends…
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Graham Hill won Le Mans in a V12 Matra in 1972, becoming the only driver with an F1 title, Indy and Le Mans
Graham Hill won the 1972 24 Hours of Le Mans with Henri Pescarolo in the No. 15 Matra MS670, a French prototype with a 3-liter…
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13 engines in the 1969 Camaro, from a 140-hp six to the 69-car aluminum ZL1
A 1969 Camaro engine could be anything from a 140-horsepower six to a 430-horsepower aluminum 427. The Camaro Research Group lists 13 separate engines for…
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Honda mounted the RA272’s 1.5-liter V12 sideways, and Richie Ginther led every lap of the 1965 Mexican GP
Honda won its first Formula 1 race with an engine turned sideways. The Honda RA272 carried a 1.5-liter V12 mounted across the chassis, and in…
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