5,549 cc V-8 rated at 225 HP, four-speed automatic transmission, front double wishbones with coil springs and telescopic shock absorbers, rear beam axle with telescopic shock absorbers, coil springs, torsion bar stabilizer, four-wheel vacuum-assisted disc brakes; wheelbase: 97.7"
Mercedes-Benz has never lacked for great sports cars. From the 300SL..
302 cid Ford V-8 engine rated at 271 HP, five-speed ZF manual gearbox, unequal-length wishbone front suspension with coil springs and anti-roll bar, wide-base unequal-length wishbone rear suspension with trailing arms, coil springs and anti-roll bar, four-wheel power-assisted Girling disc brakes; wheelbase: 98.4"
Very few companies have such an i..
2,912 cc OHV inline six-cylinder engine with dual two-inch SU carburetors rated at 150 HP, upgraded five-speed manual gearbox, independent front suspension with wishbones and coil springs, rigid rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, hydraulic front disc and rear drum brakes; wheelbase: 92"
Austin-Healey got its start in 1952 when the Austin ..
3,995 cc DOHC inline six-cylinder Vantage engine, triple twin-choke Weber carburetors, 325 BHP at 5,750 rpm, five-speed ZF manual gearbox, independent coil spring front suspension with double wishbones and anti-roll bar, de Dion rear axle with trailing arms, Watts linkage, and coil springs, four-wheel power-assisted hydraulic disc brakes; wheelbase..
350 cid V-8 engine rated at 325 HP, four-barrel carburetor, Turbo Hydra-Matic transmission, independent front suspension, live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, power four-wheel disc brakes; wheelbase: 101”
The production of the Firebird lagged the Camaro by some three months in 1967 because, initially, Pontiac General Manager John DeLor..
273 cid Chrysler LA-block V-8 engine, Carter four-barrel carburetor, 235 BHP, TorqueFlite three-speed automatic transmission, independent front suspension with A-arms, torsion bar and anti-roll bar, live Sure-Grip rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, front disc and rear drum hydraulic brakes; wheelbase: 106"
By the 1960s, the world’s few re..
283 cid V-8 engine, 195 HP, Powerglide automatic transmission, independent front coil spring suspension, rear semi-elliptic leaf springs, four-wheel drum brakes; wheelbase: 119”
Chevrolet was on a roll in 1964, selling over 2,100,000 vehicles for the year. The Impala accounted for 689,600 sales all by itself, and the pinnacle of the Impala line u..
1,897 cc SOHC inline four-cylinder engine, twin sidedraft Weber twin-choke carburetors, 105 HP at 5,700 rpm, four-speed manual gearbox, fully independent suspension with front wishbones and coil springs, rear swing-axle with coil springs, power-assisted four-wheel hydraulic ‘Alfin’ drum brakes; wheelbase: 94.5”
Unveiled at the 1954 New York Intern..
396 cid big block V-8 rated at 375 HP, four-speed manual transmission, independent front suspension with A-arms and coil springs, power front disc brakes and rear drum brakes; wheelbase: 108"
In the later 1960s, it was anyone’s guess where the horsepower race would end. Dodge had their mighty 426 cubic-inch Hemi that was powering the Charger, Barr..