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Being a great fan of the big V8 engines, I cannot not write about the Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer. Oldsmobile dates back to 1879, founded by a man named Ransom Olds. In that year he sold a grand total of 4 cars, while the gasoline powered engine manufacturing was a success. Things changed in the year 1899, a man named Samuel L. Smith took over Oldsmobile car production. Production started in the year 1901, all was going well when a massive fire broke out on March 1 st 1901. One car amongst his concept cars that made it through the fire was the “curve dash.” The curve dash was powered by a single cylinder 4 horsepower motor and the cost of the entire car was $650. In 1908 Oldsmobile was acquired by General Motors. The Oldsmobile Aerotech that used a 2.3 L quad 4 cylinder motor  produced 900hp, although some sources claim that it produced close to 750-800hp. This car was no joke! It consisted of a full carbon fibre shell and an Indy car

THE ISO RIVOLTA DAYTONA. The Daytona was manufactured by the famous 'Isothermos' who manufactured refrigerator units till World War 2. The company later on reopened in 1948, but now they were manufacturing motorcycles, e Furetto (1948), 'Isoscooter (1950),' Isocarro (1951), 'Isomoto (1954) and' Isosport (1953). The last Iso motorcycle was presented as the Iso 500 in 1961. Isomotos were known as expensive, but durable and well-built. In 1950s Isetta was known for building the famous bubble car, which went on to become one of the bestselling microcars during 1950s and 1960s.   The Daytona. This car was a revolution in the cars brochure it said “new concept of high-performance motoring”. The Daytona followed the ISO Grifo which was designed by Giotto Bizzarrini as both a race and road-going car. By 1965, Bizzarrini and Rivolta parted ways, but Renzo wanted to continue making race cars and contest Le Mans. He persiste d with the Rivolta chass

  The Trabant is a car that was produced in East Germany, Trabant meaning “companion” Trabant was also an astronomical term for a natural satellite. The Trabant VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau factory in Saxony on 7 November 1957. It had a small air cooled two stroke engine it had a transversely- mounted engine and was front wheel drive when most of the cars were either rear wheel drive or, many had rear mounted engine. The engine was a 500 cc engine derived from a pre-war Dampf-Kraft-Wagen, (DKW), DKW was an auto union went defunct in 1969. The production was finally ceased in 1991, there were more than three million Trabant’s that have been sold, with the last generation which had an engine from a VW. The cars body consisted of monocoque shell made of steel and outer body made from Duroplast, a phenol-based material with an organic filling that was devised as a response to the DDR’s steel shortages. The car had an interior that looked as empty as a desert.

  In the 1950’s there was a car manufacturer named Nash, which is now never heard of and is a very rare car. The story of Nash cars began with Thomas Jeffery, who left Great Britain at the age of 17, settling in Chicago. He built telescopes and patent models, then created a new bicycle with a cheap, strong frame (made by brazing flared tubing). The bike, named “Rambler,” was quickly became the second bestselling bicycle in the country. Jeffery then invented the “clincher” tire (in 1882), selling the rights to Dunlop, which called it the “pneumatic tire.” It became the basis for all modern day tires, to this day. The company has seen many great technologies being added for each car. Thomas Jeffery was one of the few automobile manufacturers to use a production line for its cars. Thomas Jeffery died in 1910, and his son took over. The company came out with the Quad, an early four wheel drive vehicle developed for the army. In 1916, though, Thomas Jeffery sold the company to Ch

The company or the group that is involved in the birth of such an exciting car was Rootes Group or Rootes automobiles which was later on acquired by Chrysler Europe. Started by William and Reginald Rootes, the two brothers were known for manufacturing engines as well as purchasing some British motor manufactures including sunbeam, Talbot. By the ending of 1978 Chrysler UK had sold various elements to Renault Sunbeam Tiger is a V8 performance version of their own car the Sunbeam Alpine. It was designed it part by Carroll Shelby, the Rootes decided to contract the assembly with Jensen at West Bromwich, an expensive car for Rootes as it involved paying royalty to Shelby each time a car was manufactured. This car was first showcased at the New York auto show in the spring of 1964. Interestingly the car had to receive several modifications in order to house 260 cubic inch 164 horsepower v8. This small block ford V8 was derived from the ford falcon. There is a saying “that you cann

VW BEETLE The beetle has been in production for several years, and in fact it is one of the longest in the history of automobiles. The Beetle was born when Adolf Hitler announced that cars were not just for the rich, in 1934 in Berlin. This car is also a bit controversial as some historians claim that Hitler stole the idea from a Jewish designer but many view this as one of the few worthwhile decisions or ideas from Adolf Hitler. The idea and the design was that it should be practical, affordable and must be reliable. The car featured a light weight all aluminium body and was driven by an air‑cooled engine, which drove the car to an optimistic 65 mph top speed. The Beetle had two doors and four seats later models featured luxuries such as Am and FM radio. This car was made even more famous when it was featured in the movie series Herby. The car that was introduced by the world’s most hated man now had a car under his name which played a major role in his