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  Were you aware of Yamaha’s go at developing a F1 inspired sports car? In the year 1992 Yamaha came out with a formula one based prototype sports car.   We usually see Ferrari and McLaren claiming that their cars were inspired by Formula one cars, their inspiration is usually applied into the development of the road going sports cars. However, Yamaha actually incorporated a detuned version of the Yamaha 3.5L naturally aspirated V12, this very engine was used by Brabham and Jordan’s F1 cars. Even with such a great spec sheet it is still not spoken about that much in the car world. A modern-day equivalent of the Yamaha OX99-11 would be the AMG Project 1. About the car The Yamaha OX99-11 was a single seat race car with extreme aerodynamics, light weight with high amount of power and was very advanced. The car came into existence when Yamaha was an engine supplier 29 years ago. In the 90’s car manufacturers were generally doing well and there was a boom in the supercar market. We ha

  This article is about a car that brought the car culture to Brazil and yet is not known about in other parts of the world. A little bit of history as to how this car came into existence, in Brazil from the 70’s there was an outlaw on the import of cars into Brazil, hence several unique cars such as the SP2 that were built locally popped up. The car was built under the Volkswagen Do Brazil (VWB) which was established in 1953, this is why the original Bug and the bus was built there for a long time even after the production ended in the other countries. They had some amount of independence from the main VW which allowed them to produce cars such as the SP2 and the forgotten Karmann Ghia. Brazil had a rule that dated back to the 60’s that closed off its borders to importing of vehicles, this was done to setup industries and help the country develop.   The dominant companies that had setup operations in Brazil was Ford, Volkswagen, and General Motors.  VWB plant Volkswagen started a

  History of the MVS Venturi  The MVS venturi Atlantique 300 is a forgotten French car that when rarely spotted is mistaken for a Ferrari 355, however it is an extraordinarily rare car. Now the French aren’t new to sports cars they have had some amazing cars such as the Bugatti Delahaye and Talbot-Lago. Now one must note that there are quite a few variants of the Venturi and I will try to explain as much about the car as I can. MVS Venturi prototype (1986) The car was a creation of a French designer by the name Gerard Godfroy, and engineer Claude Poiraud. They left the contract manufacturer  Heuliez  to pursue the dream of building a sports car. More about these two gentlemen a bit later, MVS stands for   Manufacture de Voitures de Sport, or simply "sports car maker". Who was Gerard Godfroy? Godfroy was a Normandy based industrial and automotive designer. In his two years at Peugeot he established the initial design for the 205 and then spent five years with coachbuil

https://d39a3h63xew422.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/15183655/Armando-Musotto-Abarth-at-Vernasca-Silver-Flag-2019-27-500x750.jpg The history of a car that put Abarth on a map yet is not so well known This is the history of the Italian muscle car, the 1950 Abarth 205-A Berlinetta, built by the famous coach builder Vignale which was founded and run by designer Giovanni Michelotti in Turin. There were a total of 3 car ever made between 1950 and 1951. This writeup focuses more on the history of Abarth and the journey of the car rather than technical specifications. About Carlo Abarth and the company https://www.abarth.com/content/dam/abarth/storia/BRAND_MONDO_visore_1920.jpg Pronounced as “eh-Barth” it was founded by Carlo Abarth an Austrian, born in 1908 with the natural ability in mechanics he would find his way in motorcycle racing. The man was a legend as he won 5 world championships with no backing, just him and his own tools. Like many others he would decide that moto