Autos
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6 Isuzu-built models sold in America, from the Chevy LUV to the VehiCROSS
Isuzu stopped selling passenger vehicles in the United States in 2009, but its Isuzu-built trucks and cars spent nearly four decades here. At first, they…
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7 Facel Vega models from a 10-year run that built 490 HK500s but only 26 Facel 6s
Facel Vega built French grand tourers with American V8 power, and it did so for only about 10 years. In that time the company made…
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5 pony cars built around the 1970 Trans-Am series, from the AAR ‘Cuda to the Boss 302
The 1970 Trans-Am season turned five American pony cars into homologation specials. A team could not simply build a race car. Instead, the rules asked…
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Pontiac built only eight 1969 Firebird Trans Am convertibles and paid the SCCA $5 a car for the name
Pontiac built just eight examples of the 1969 Trans Am convertible, the open version of a brand-new performance package for the Firebird. The coupe was…
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Dodge built 2,188 Li’l Red Express pickups for 1978, with chrome exhaust stacks behind the cab
The 1978 Dodge Li’l Red Express was a half-ton pickup with a police-car engine. Also, two chrome exhaust stacks rose behind the cab. Dodge built…
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8 cars Abarth transformed, from a Porsche and a Simca to a Mazda-built roadster
The Abarth name sits on plenty of small Fiats, yet the Fiat Abarth story runs well beyond them. Over six decades, Abarth reworked a Porsche,…
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6 Crosley models built between 1939 and 1952, from a $325 convertible to the Hotshot
Radio maker Powel Crosley spent 13 years trying to sell Americans a really small car. Crosley cars ran from a $325 prewar convertible to a…
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Richard Petty won his 200th race with President Reagan watching, and the car went to the Smithsonian that year
On July 4, 1984, Richard Petty took his 200th win at Daytona with the President of the United States in the crowd. That Richard Petty…
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How Norton’s Isolastic rubber mounts kept the Commando’s vibration away from the rider
Norton’s Isolastic system hung the Commando’s engine, gearbox and swingarm from the frame on rubber bushes. The engine still shook, but the frame, the seat…
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6 American cars Ghia built in Turin, from Chrysler’s d’Elegance to the Lincoln Futura
A run of American show cars from the 1950s and 1960s came out of one Italian shop. Carrozzeria Ghia of Turin hand-built bodies for Chrysler,…
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