2,994 cc 1978 3.0 ‘SC’ air-cooled flat-six engine, Bosch electronic fuel injection, 180 HP at 5,500 rpm, 1978 ‘SC’ Type 915 five-speed manual gearbox, four-wheel independent suspension, four-wheel hydraulic disc brakes; wheelbase: 89.4”
Relentlessly developed, improved, and race-proven over the past 50-plus years since it was first introduced to ..
283 cid V-8 engine, 230 HP, four-speed manual transmission, independent front suspension with coil springs, live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, hydraulic four-wheel drum brakes; wheelbase: 102”
By 1961, Chevrolet’s landmark first-generation Corvette design had truly come of age. While retaining the basic body design introduced for 1958..
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..
1,582 cc air-cooled, horizontally opposed OHV four-cylinder engine, 107 HP (SAE rating) at 5,800 rpm, fully-synchronized four-speed manual gearbox in rear transaxle, four-wheel independent suspension, four-wheel hydraulic disc brakes; wheelbase: 82.7"
As the first car bearing the Porsche name, the 356 remains the cornerstone of its continuing lege..
428 Cobra Jet V-8 engine with Ram Air cold-air induction, single 735 CFM Holley four-barrel carburetor, 335 BHP, Ford Top Loader four-speed manual transmission, independent front suspension with A-arms and coil springs, live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs and staggered shock absorbers, hydraulic front disc and rear drum brakes; wheelbase..
27 cid Ford V-8 engine, single Holley four-barrel carburetor, 525+ HP (est.), four-speed manual transmission, four-wheel coil spring independent suspension, four-wheel hydraulic disc brakes; wheelbase: 90"
The thundering Shelby Cobra remains quite likely the single most important American performance icon of the 20th Century. Rooted in the brilli..
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..
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..
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..