Archive for January, 2011
Volkswagen Antique Vintage Cars: Antique Beetle & Antique Transport
Volkswagen Antique Vintage Cars are loved by many enthusiasts and the company goes out of its way for manufacturing vehicles which will draw the global attention of customers. Volkswagen is a German car manufacturer that makes limited production cars such as Volkswagen Beetle Convertible Flint Edition and special edition Volkswagen R32. The R32 is basically a sport model and out of which only 5000 vehicles were manufactured. The R32 comes with Recaro seats, VR6 engine, six-speed manual transmission, distinctive body kit, four-motion four-wheel drive system and 18-inch alloy wheels. There is another model called Volkswagen Beetle Flint Edition Convertible which is quite unique with its Flint metallic Grey exterior. One of the special edition models is Volkswagen W8, a Passat model which was [...]
Posted in : Volkswagen | Jan 29, 2011 | Comments 0
Nissan Antique Vintage Cars: Antique Skyline & Antique 300 ZX
Nissan Antique Vintage Cars have been in the market for a very long time and one of the examples is Nissan Figaro which is the most popular and famous personalized distinctive coupe and wonderful town car. Nissan is the second largest automobile manufacturing company in Japan which was initially known as Kwaishinsha Motorcar Works in the year 1914. It was later changed to Kwaishinsha Motorcar Company in 1918 and DAT Motorcar Company in 1925. In the year 1926, Nissan merged with Osaka based Jitsuyo Jidosha Company which led to first production vehicle called Datsun. In 1934, company was renamed as Nissan Motor Company. During Second World War, the company manufactured airplanes, engines and trucks for Japan which was later teamed up with Austin, England for manufacturing automobiles. Nissan [...]
Posted in : Nissan | Jan 25, 2011 | Comments 0
Volvo Antique Vintage Cars: Antique 164 & Antique 240
Volvo Antique Vintage Cars have been developed and designed in these recent years and lots of things have been changed for the betterment of vehicles. The new technology is used in the engines for providing increased power output, while the fuel economy has become more economical. In the year 2001, Volvo Company launched a five-cylinder model with diesel engine which was made of all-aluminium for making it lighter. It was available in two different engine choices such as 163HP and 130HP. Volvo has also manufactured some Bi-fuel engines that can run on two fuels, while most of the Volvo cars run on petrol and gas. When gas runs out, you can also switch it over to petrol. The engine comes with five cylinders and the customers have the options to choose between two versions such as LPG which is [...]
Posted in : Volvo | Jan 21, 2011 | Comments 0
Maserati Antique Vintage Cars: Antique Quattroporte
Maserati Antique Vintage Cars are one of the luxurious automobiles manufactured and launched by Maserati Company in the market which immediately evokes the image of prestige and wealth. Maserati is basically an Italian luxury automobile manufacturing company which was found in Bologna, Italy in the year 1914. The headquarters of company is now located in Modena and since, 1993, it has been owned by Fiat S.p.A, an Italian car manufacturer. Ferrari S.p.A. was initially associated with Maserati inside the Fiat Group which later became the part of Sportscar Group such as Alfa Romeo. Like Lamborghini, Porsche, Ferrari, Alfa Romeo and Jaguar, the earlier Maserati racing and touring models are now more expensive. Because of years of lack of direction and mismanagement, the company was acquired by [...]
Posted in : Maserati | Jan 18, 2011 | Comments 0
Lotus Antique Vintage Cars: Elise & Esprit Roadz Tuning
Lotus Antique Vintage Cars is a British car manufacturer of racing and sports cars which is located at former site of RAF Hethel, a Second World War airfield in Norfolk. The company specializes in manufacturing and designing lightweight race automobiles that offer fine handling characteristics. In the year 1994, Lotus went bankrupt which is now owned by Bugatti owner Proton. The company was found in the year 1952 by Colin Chapman, a graduate of University College, London as Lotus Engineering Limited. The first manufacturing plant of Lotus was located behind Railway Hotel, Hornsey, North London and the first vehicle manufactured and launched by the company was Team Lotus which was spilt off later in the year 1954. In 1959, Lotus Group of Companies was formed which included Lotus Components Limited [...]
Posted in : Lotus | Jan 14, 2011 | Comments 0
Toyota Antique Vintage Cars: Antique Supra Toyota
Toyota Antique Vintage Cars have been in the market for a very long time and one of the examples is Toyota Supra. Toyota is known to be one of the best selling car manufacturers in the world which was established as Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) in Tokyo, Japan. The company was found in the year 1937 by successful businessman called Kiichiro Toyoda. The company is located in Toyota city of Japan and some customers say that it is not the best company and some say that it is the largest company in the world. The employees working for Toyota are 317,000 people all over the world and the first product manufactured by the company is Type-A engine which became very popular in automobile industry. During the World War, Toyota didn't stop manufacturing automobiles, but kept on producing more and [...]
Posted in : Toyota | Jan 11, 2011 | Comments 0
Chevrolet Cars: Chevrolet Camaro RS & Chevrolet Camaro
Chevrolet Cars is a luxury marque of automobile created by General Motors Company which was found by General Motors founder William C. Durant and Louis Chevrolet in the year 1911. In 1917, GM acquired Chevrolet which was later positioned by Alfred Sloan for selling mainstream vehicles directly against T model of Henry Ford. Chevrolet provides complete range of automobiles from compact cars to commercial medium duty trucks. The company is also involved in manufacturing and marketing huge vans and sport utility vehicles. Those who are looking for reasonably or affordably priced vehicles, Chevrolet is the best brand. The first model manufactured and introduced by the company was Classic Six (five-passenger touring sedan) in 1912 and by the year 1918, profitability of Chevrolet, allowed William [...]
Posted in : Chevrolet | Jan 07, 2011 | Comments 0
Bugatti Cars: Bugatti Type 57C
Bugatti Cars is a leading manufacturer of high-performance automobiles which was found in the year 1909 by Ettore Bugatti in Molsheim, France. Most of the customers know that Bugatti is known for producing luxury and amazing supercars. The main fact is that Bugatti has one of the most storied and interesting backgrounds. The founder Ettore Bugatti was born in Milan, Italy and he was a son of eccentric genius and noted jewelry and furniture designer. Bugatti cars are both artistic and engineering masterpieces with lots of details such as elegant finishes in engine compartment and cockpit and gasketless engine blocks. Earlier, Bugatti was involved in manufacturing touring coupes and racing/sports cars. Most of the cars manufactured by Bugatti come with eight-cylinder engines with three valves [...]
Posted in : Bugatti | Jan 04, 2011 | Comments 0
DeTomaso Cars: DeTomaso Pantera
DeTomaso Cars is an Italian automobile manufacturing company which was found in the year 1959 by Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentinean in Modena, Italy. In 2004, DeTomaso went under liquidation and despite of this, it still managed to manufacture and sell cars in 2005. In 2009, Gian Mario Rossignolo purchased the company and planned a new business for DeTomaso for manufacturing around 8000 vehicles which includes 2000 two-seater sportcars, 3000 crossovers and 3000 limousines. The DeTomaso was the only manufacturer involved in manufacturing racing cars an d prototypes, including Formula One in 1970. From the year 1976 till 1993, company owned Italian automaker Maserati and was also responsible for manufacturing cars like Quattroporte III, Chrysler TC, Biturbo, Karif and Kyalami. In 1973, it also [...]
Posted in : DeTomaso | Jan 04, 2011 | Comments 0