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Ford Bronco: Better than the Jeep wrangler! Ford took the cover of the new Bronco this week and since then the internet has not stopped talking about it. The new Bronco has ticked two very important boxes, this being nostalgia factor and yet modern looking unlike the land rover discovery that is too modern and doesn’t have any design elements to give buyers that nostalgic feeling. Ford has managed to reach a very wide group of audience by launching three models under the Bronco name. While those who spend most of their time in urban areas but want a weekend getaway vehicle can choose the Bronco sport . The two door and four doors directly compete with the jeep wrangler and are meant for hardcore off-road users. The two and four door models give a complete open-air experience. The new Bronco 2 door and 4 door Bronco comes with a 2.0L twin turbo 4 cylinder producing 270 bhp and 310 lb-ft of torque, or a 2.7 V6 that produces 310 bhp and 400 lb-ft of torque. These engines come with...

The Contessa has recently struck the hearts of many Indian car enthusiasts, the upright A pillar, along with a C pillar that merges with the trunk gives it that 80’s muscle car look. Agreed it came in an under powered diesel which is far from a 327, let alone a V6. Vauxhall FE VX The start of the Contessa The Contessa starts it life as a Vauxhall FE VX, the production of the Vauxhall was stopped in the year 1978, however they agreed to manufacture parts until 1994, but in the year 1979 Hindustan Motors the manufacturers of the Ambassador approached Vauxhall for the body for production in India as it wanted to launch a premium sedan in the Indian market. The production of the car in India started only in the year 1984.The cost to Hindustan was £1.5m including all the blueprints for manufacture. In August 1980 an engineering team was tasked with making the mechanical changes which was mainly the engine & transmission. The engineers also used as many...

The Matra Djet is a French sports car originally designed by René Bonnet, he was a French engineer and race car driver who had created his own company called ‘Automobiles René Bonnet’ in 1961. The car started as a René Bonnet Djet in the year 1962, the car was named ‘Djet’ as the French could not pronounce ‘Jet’. The company Matra was well known for its presence in formula 1, 2 and 3 and they were even successful in Le Mans. Matra entered F1 in the year 1968, the same year Jackie Stewart was a serious contender, and the car’s most innovative feature was perhaps its aviation inspired fuel cell. It was unfortunately banned, they always used Cosworth and Ford engines. Coming back to the Djet, the Djet has distinction of being the first mid-engine sports car, even before the De Tomaso.   The first ever cars were called CRB1 and CRB2, for Competition René Bonnet . It even had disc brakes on all corners.     De Tomaso's Ford-powered Vallelunga was the seco...

The amazing Bizzarrini Giotto Bizzarrini was born on 6 th June 1926 in Livorno province Italy and in 1953 he graduated from an engineering college in Italy. He first was working for Alfa Romeo when Ferrari noticed his skill and appointed him as the Chief engineer for Ferrari’s race team. Bizzarrini was known in Alfa Romeo for developing the Giulietta’s chassis. He left Alfa in 1957, and joined Ferrari, he played a major role in the development of the 3L V12 engine in the Testa Rossa, his master piece however was the 250 GTO and the 250 SWB (short wheel base Berlinetta). The 250 GTO was a solution to the problem that the 250 SWB had created, that being the reduced top speed due to drag. The interior of the strada version Bizzarrini was one of the important people who left Ferrari as part of the palace revolt, which saw the entire Ferrari race team leave.   This revolt lead to the formation of ATS (Automobili Turismo Sportin) 1961. Soon Bizzarri...

The Alfa Romeo Giulietta sprint was launched in 1954, it had various configurations but the particular one that this write up will be looking at is the 2+2 sprint. The Giulietta was available as a Berlina, sprint, sprint veloce, sprint speciale, a spider and even a station wagon.   The Giulietta was first launched in 1954 and was available only as a 2+2 coupe. It was designed by Franco Scaglione who was then working at Bertone. He was born in Florence on 26 th September 1916. He served the Italian army during the second world war, in the year 1951 he moved to Turin as all the large design firms were present there. His talent landed him in the famous design firm Bertone. One of his first few designs was the Fiat 1100. He was a very talented coach builder. When the Giulietta was first launched it had a very advanced twin camshaft and was a very high revving motor constructed using aluminum alloy, the gearbox was manufactured using same material. Th...