Mopar Aero Cars at Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals 2022

The Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals 2022 featured two displays paying homage to Chrysler’s NASCAR homologation specials: Wings Over America and the Wellborn Aero Warriors Invitational. The homologation rules for NASCAR required the production of 500 units for 1969, and the rules for 1970 were changed to one example per dealership. As such, 580 Dodge Charger 500, 503 Dodge Charger Daytonas and almost 2000 Plymouth Road Runner Superbirds were built.

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The 1969 Charger 500 was based on the R/T model and therefore came standard with a 375-horsepower 440 Magnum, with the 426 Hemi as an option. The major modifications was a flush grille (via one borrowed from a 1968 Coronet) and the backlite’s flying buttresses smoothed out for a flush rear window. The 1969 Charger Daytona improved on that formula by adding a more aerodynamic nose cone and a tall spoiler. The 1970 Superbird tweaked what worked on the Daytona, but contractor Creative Industries decided to add a vinyl roof to production versions to hide the rough work it had done to the roof, rather than spend the time to smooth out the sheetmetal. Standard engine was a 440 Super Commando, the same 375-horse engine standard on the Charger R/T, but now the 440 Six-Barrel was available in addition to the 426 Hemi.

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Charger 500s and Daytonas were available in any Charger color, but the Superbird was limited to several colors, though three or four cars are known to have been built in colors not available for the Superbird (though available for the Road Runner).

Enjoy the pics of Mopar aero cars in every configuration and condition. Which one is your favorite?

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This white Hemi Charger Daytona is unrestored.
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Note the “recall” wheels on this Charger Daytona, though none were built with them new.
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This Superbird was in a barn from 1973-2017.
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This Superbird was painted black and had an Air Grabber added, then was used by a band called Black Ice.
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Petty Blue is considered a special-order color, but it’s one of the few Superbird colors to choose from when new.
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In 2015, this Superbird went from Indiana to Alaska and back.
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This Superbird has been a Super Stock racer since new.
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This used to be Richard Petty’s Superbird.
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This Superbird is a Bonneville Salt Flats record-holder.
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Charger 500
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This is the first Charger 500 built.
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Note the slick rear window.
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This is one of the first six Charger 500s. Like the first one (above), it’s red with a Hemi.
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Compare this Charger 500 with Road Wheels with the one below that has the standard hubcap.
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First Spin: 2023 Toyota Prius

 2023 Toyota Prius

2023 Toyota Prius Consumer Guide Automotive It was odd. When I rounded the corner, a man strolling down the street stopped instantly, whipped out his phone, and started acting like a paparazzo, taking pictures of my examination auto like it was an incredibly star. Add this incident to the to the variety of thumbs-up indications my examination car scored, and also you would certainly presume I was driving something uncommon and also unique. Yet I wasn’t. I was driving a 2023 Toyota Prius … something decidedly un-exotic. Yes, it’s all-new for the 2023 design year. And, yes, it has a significantly brand-new svelte form. Yet it was still a Prius. Simply mosts likely to show eco-chic can be ultra-cool. Yet there’s greater than a makeover going on right here.

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2023 Toyota Prius Past the undoubtedly reimagined brand-new layout, one of the most substantial adjustments to Toyota’s stalwart fuel-saver come under the hood. Replacing a 1.8-liter 4-cylinder engine is a brand-new 2.0-liter system mated to a pair of electric motors. The brand-new set up delivers a mixed result of approximately 196 horsepower on all-wheel-drive versions, as well as 194 horsepower on front-wheel-drive designs. That’s a monstrous 60-percent power increase over the outgoing model, which supplied a mixed 121 horsepower.

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2023 Toyota Prius Toyota had both the new and also old Prii (Prii, by the way, is the actual, official, brand-approved plural of Prius)accessible for back-to-back examinations, and as you would envision the power upgrade is apparent. Where the 2022 version could have felt slow-moving and uninteresting, the 2023 Prius was smooth and light on its feet. The crossbreed engine/motor interplay, which can be stubborn, was usually smooth. From a city girl’s perspective, this new Toyota hybrid will certainly be potent sufficient for freeway merges and also passing maneuvers, but still improved enough for smooth urban drives.

The elegance of Prius hybrid system is that you enjoy both power as well as efficiency, partly because both motor-generators are utilized to bill the lithium-ion battery throughout braking and also periods of light engine need. The Electronically Controlled Brake (ECB) system, as Toyota calls it, assists to make the 2023 Prius the most-efficient model of the model to date.

About that performance: Toyota is proclaiming the car’s 57-mpg EPA integrated estimate, which is impressive, yet that’s for the base front-drive LE model on typical 17-inch wheels. Select a mid-level XLE, or top-trim Limited geared up with AWD, as well as your mileage goes down to simply 49 mpg– which is still quite outstanding. A couple of even more numbers: a base LE with AWD is, according to the EPA, benefits 54 mpg, and also front-drive versions of the XLE and also Limited 52 mpg.

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2023 Toyota Prius My test-drive possibilities did not enable any kind of actual fuel-economy examinations, however every automobile I experienced reported gas mileage in the 45-48 mpg range. Particularly impressive offered the demands of a media test drive.

While the auto’s new style, smooth power, and also gas economy thrill, not every person is taken with the scale collection. Comparable to the arrangement in Toyota’s new all-electric bZ4X compact crossover, the cluster in the Prius appears on a slim triangular panel that juts up over the dashboard before the chauffeur. The net effect is less like watching a conventional tool cluster, as well as extra like enjoying a head-up display screen.

This functioned well enough for me, but taller motorists complained that the guiding wheel leading bisected the collection, obscuring the instruments. This is most definitely one of those “attempt it prior to you get it” circumstances, as well as a pointer of the value of a comprehensive examination drive.

The rest of the interior is simply developed with minimalist straight lines. You have switches for your climate controls, as well as a volume handle (hurray!), but radio adjusting comes by means of the touchscreen.

The brand-new Prius infomercial system is similar to the one we’ve seen in the Toyota Tundra, GR Corolla, and bZ4X, and also it consists of wireless Apple CarPlay/Android Auto assimilation, as well as a solid base of voice motivates for navigating and other hands-free controls.

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2023 Toyota Prius Test Drive Gallery: 2022 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid Limited While I such as virtually whatever about the interior, there is one huge miss, and that’s the offered wireless battery charger. Toyota did a good work with the style and also location, but the issue is that it overheats your phone(to the point of sluggishness, yet not shut-down failure )in less than 30 mins. Before you shrug your shoulders and also state, that’s simply what cordless battery chargers do, I’ll point out that I’ve driven numerous General Motors examination vehicles that place a cool pad under the cordless charger, and that in these lorries my phone not just charges much faster, but likewise remains cooler.

For 2023, Prius drops the base L Eco trim as well as dives right into the LE. Pricing, including destination, as well as key functions for each and every trim are as adheres to:

LE ($28,545): 17-inch allow wheels, 8-inch infotainment screen, 6-way flexible fabric pole position in black or grey, blind-spot surveillance with rear cross-traffic alert.

XLE ($31,990): 19-inch alloy wheels, auto-dimming rearview mirror, chauffeur and front-passenger heated seats, warmed guiding wheel, 8-way power driver’s seat, leatherette seats surfaces, rain-sensing wipers, passive entrance, cordless phone battery charger, front-and-rear vehicle parking help with automatic stopping. Options include: 12.3-inch infomercial display, dealt with glass roofing, digital key.

Restricted ($35,560): 12.3-inch infotainment screen, JBL costs audio with 8 speakers, taken care of glass roof covering, driver as well as front-passenger ventilated seats, 8-way power chauffeur’s seat with memory, electronic trick, power back entrance. Alternatives consist of 360-degree monitor, digital rearview mirror, heated back seats, progressed park aid.

All-wheel drive is a $1,400 add on top of these prices.

Base design to base model, the 2023 Prius is $2375 a lot more pricey that the ’22. Yet, LE to LE, the brand-new automobile is up just $1165. For a totally brand-new version with even more power, great deals of new innovation, as well as hot (yep, I’m claiming it) great appearances, the 2023 Prius is well worth the asking rate.

Though Toyota disclosed the next-gen 2023 Prius at the LA Auto Show, it will not be available in suppliers until June.

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Technology update might increase variety of future Hyundai and Kia EVs

Hyundai as well as Kia EVs may soon get new silicon-carbide power components aimed at improving range.

Semiconductor firm STMicroelectronics (ST) claimed recently in a press release that it has been selected by Hyundai to provide its silicon-carbide power components for EVs based upon the automaker’s E-GMP platform, which underpins the Hyundai Ioniq 5, Kia EV6, and Genesis GV60. More E-GMP versions get on the way, consisting of the Ioniq 6 sedan as well as Ioniq 7 and also Kia EV9 SUVs.

2023 Kia EV6 GT

2023 Kia EV6 GT Silicon-carbide technology enables greater operating voltages than standard silicon semiconductors, permitting faster billing in addition to greater power performance, which in turn enhances range. Variations of the EV6 and Ioniq 5 already covered 300 miles of variety at launch, so they weren’t exactly lacking because location. The business claimed it will certainly provide its third-generation Acepack Drive equipment to Hyundai. While it said production of these

modules would begin in March 2023, no details timeline for combination with E-GMP vehicles was offered. Hyundai additionally hasn’t stated which of its E-GMP models will be the first to get the silicon-carbide power modules. 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 Hyundai presented its E-GMP platform 2 years earlier– using an opportunity of coming close to matching Tesla on effectiveness as well as array. With the unification of silicon-carbide technology, it may potentially pass it. Hyundai has currently claimed that the Ioniq 6 car will certainly top the Ioniq 5 in effectiveness and variety, thanks to aero improvements

in addition to improvements to the motor system. It will certainly also be the first E-GMP design with over-the-air updates completely allowed for the U.S. It’s scheduled to reach dealers in very early 2023.

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Jay Leno goes down the top on a 1967 Ferrari 365 California Spyder

Jay Leno doesn’t have any type of Ferraris, however he does drive them periodically. On a current episode of”Jay Leno’s Garage, “he took a spin in a 1967 Ferrari 365 California Spyder that’s part of the Nethercutt Collection. Positioned not much from Leno’s Los Angeles-area garage, the Nethercutt Collection is chock packed with unusual prewar vehicles like the 1928 Isotta Fraschini Kind 8A Landaulet and also 1933 Hispano Suiza J12 that showed up on previous episodes. While more recent, the Ferrari might be also rarer, as it’s one of just 14 built. The California Spyder was introduced in 1966 as the first variant of the 365 collection, which later expanded to consist of 365 GT 2 +2 and also 365 GTC 2-seat sports cars. The hardtop variations were built in bigger numbers, consisting of concerning 200 of the GTC design alone. They lacked some of the Spyder’s unique styling attributes, however, such as the chrome spears that encase the door handles and the big, uncommonly designed taillights. All 365 models make use of a 4.4-liter version of the Colombo V-12 that powered most Ferrari roadway cars in the late 1960s, linked to a 5-speed manual transmission.

In the Spyder, it’s rated at 320 hp, which makes it possible for a Ferrari-estimated full throttle of 152 mph. As the name California Spyder suggests, this automobile targeted the U.S. market, but many models wound up in Europe, Nethercutt Collection Vice President Cameron Richards claims in the video clip. This auto was also initially offered in Europe, as confirmed by its protected headlights. It

no longer obtains driven frequently, but it is no trailer queen either. It presently reveals concerning 18,000 miles on the odometer. See the full video clip to see one of this vehicle’s rare getaways, as well as listen to that classic V-12 noise. This write-up was initially published by Motor Authority, an editorial companion of ClassicCars.com.

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Microlino A New Take on Retrofuturistic EVs

When I saw my very first bubble automobile— a Messerschmidt– in a publication as a youngster, I assumed it was the ugliest, strangest auto I had actually ever before seen. With maturation comes the understanding these types of cars have their charms. Seems collection agencies agree, with costs of the German being beyond the cost most individuals can afford.

So, with the EV transformation going on, possibly this is the best time for one more cutesy commuter cars and truck? Someone around thinks so, which is why we now have the Microlino.

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Created by the Swiss business Miro Mobility Solutions,

the Microlino is an EV that resembles the BMW-produced Isetta, total with front-hinged door. It initially debuted at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show, now ultimately getting up to speed up for 2022.”The perfect mix in between motorcycle and automobile,” states the Microlino web site. The small EV has space for 2 human beings and also three beer cages, can be charged at a traditional house plug in just four hrs, and also can be cross-parked so the door can open directly to the pathway. If this seems unbelievably European, after that you wouldn’t be wrong considering that there’s presently no objective of bringing this little bugger to the U.S.

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Performance of the Microlino is much better than the Isetta’s, one could assume: around 143 miles maximum range and also 56 miles per hour full throttle. This allows me to drive 100 mins to and fro to collaborate with room to extra, though I am not sure exactly how this will really feel on the freeway where automobiles are regularly going 75 miles per hour. The Microlino will certainly hit 31 miles per hour in a brisk 5 secs thanks to 12.5 kW (formerly called “horse power”), all from a lorry that considers under 1,100 pounds. Stats are based on the 14 kWh lithium-ion, the largest battery offered, though 6 kWh and also 10.5 kWh sizes are used.

Microlino features a “self-supporting unibody” constructed of light weight aluminum with a reinforced steel door and also four-wheel independent suspension. The firm also claims their retro-inspired bubble automobile uses 65 percent much less energy intake and needs less energy during both production as well as driving than various other autos. No exhausts also? I reckon your electric business sheepishly would need to differ.

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So far, Microlino is being marketed in Switzerland, Germany as well as Italy, all gathered around the Swiss borders. It’s skeptical the firm will overcome the United States anytime quickly, seeing the remainder of Europe still requires to be dominated, however funnier things have actually taken place prior to … such as the Isetta being offered in the U.S. in the 1950s.

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Amazing Cars At Mecum Collector Car Auction– Kansas City 2022 1965 Mustang Fastback & Red Corvettes!


Cool Cars At Mecum Collector Car Auction – Kansas City 2022 1965 Mustang Fastback & Red Corvettes!

Our young boy Chad Ehrlich, from Nobody’s Show, is at the Kansas City Mecum Collector Car Auction and also is flaunting all sort of bitchin cars from this wonderful occasion. We rely on Chad’s eye, as he’s the most well-informed muscle mass vehicle and also enthusiast car man we’ve ever seen. He occurs to be a fantastic man too, who has a lot of fun doing vehicle things with his good friends, so his video clips are typically full of excellent truths, smiling, chuckling, and enjoyable.


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Muscle Car And Corvette Nationals Photos: Bob Chiluk Chooses A Bad Ass Mopar For The BANGshift Pick Award.


Muscle Car And Corvette Nationals Photos: Bob Chiluk Chooses A Bad Ass Mopar For The BANGshift Pick Award.

Here’s our final gallery of photos from Bob Chiluk, and this one is of the 1971 Plymouth Sport Fury owned by Dave Arent that we chose for our BANGshift Pick Award. Bob did an awesome job, picked a car the size of a barge with big block power, heritage, documentation, and an amazing restoration. It’s not a Corvette, Camaro, Cuda, or Mustang, but rather a big full size Mopar with lots of attitude. Check it out in the photos below.

(Photos by Bob Chiluk) The Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals are the World’s Largest indoor car show showcasing muscle cars, Corvettes, and dealer-built supercars, and thanks to our friend and BANGshift contributor Bob Chiluk, we’ve got galleries of photos from this awesome event to share with all of you. This is a very large show and one that has all kinds of cool vehicles on display, along with vehicle debuts, celebrity appearances, and more. There is no shortage of stuff to drool over, and they’ve even got a really neat survivor area of the show that has some really epic finds.

There are a lot of rare and interesting muscle cars at this show, including stuff that was designed to travel the show circuit and then disappear, and never again see the light of day. This event has those kinds of cars in spades, and it is awesome to see them in one place.

You need to put this show on your list of events that qualify as “must attend” for next year. We already have and we want to join our Chicago area pals to help with the coverage in 2023. Yeah, it is cold and crummy up there this time of the year but that is part of the fun. ANYONE can do a badass car show in great weather but only the hardcore fans will battle the elements. These photos are great.

And Bob has done such a great job covering this event in years past that they allowed us to have a Bob Chiluk, BANGshift.com, Pick for this year’s show. We’ll have a dedicated gallery just to that awesome Mopar coming later in the week. In the meantime, check out our first gallery and use the link below to see any you’ve missed before.

Thanks again Bob for doing such a great job at this show.

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Winter’s coming: Are your tires all set for snow and ice?

Editor’s note: This post was originally published on October 21, 2020. While we understand it’s far too late for some of you, we hope we can aid prepare you for approaching weather.

I could practically listen to Will Robbins grinning at the other end of our telephone conversation. I ‘d just shared the story of how a collection of Bridgestone Blizzak wintertime tires had actually changed a Mazda Miata from a tool of danger that had actually just spun on an icy interstate into a vehicle snowmobile.

He stated he’s heard comparable tales from dozens of individuals.

“A great deal of tire things is truly subtle,” said the senior item manager for Bridgestone’s Blizzak winter tire line, “but you never obtain the ‘aha’ minute like you do when they drive on all-season or summertime tires and afterwards placed Blizzaks on their automobile.”

Or as Matt Edmonds, an exec with TireRack.com, a significant nationwide tire store with a comprehensive internet site of tire examinations as well as customer feedback, notes, four-wheel or four-wheel drive may obtain you carrying on snow as well as ice, but it won’t always help you transform or stop. Specialized winter months tires will.

Of those tires, Robbins admits that Blizzak has a bulk share of the marketplace.

Nonetheless, he includes, “We have a large target on our back and a lot of rivals have items that are extremely near the Blizzak level of efficiency.”

Undoubtedly, in TireRack’s most recent tire examinations for higher-performance winter months tires, the Michelin Pilot Alpin and Dunlop SP Winter Sport tested Blizzak’s preeminence. In TireRack’s client survey, Blizzak is rated No. 1 with Michein’s X-Ice a close secondly.

By the way, the winter season tire market has come a lengthy means because the days when your father placed a pair of “snow” tires on the back wheels of your family sedan or terminal wagon. Those tires likely had step more suited for offering traction in the snow, but that was about it.

Today, winter months tires not just have specialized walk patterns for digging through snow however sipes that offer an escape for ice resorted to water from the pressure of the automobile’s weight and also from adjustments in temperature level. Modern wintertime tires additionally are produced with compounding designed for winter.

“Summer tires are wonderful for track day,” Robbins clarifies. “The substance is sticky and soft as well as take care of all that warm. Yet it obtains hard and also breakable in the cold. Winter season compounds are developed for the cool atmosphere, even on dry pavement.”

Forty degrees and also below is where winter tires excel, he stated. He suggests that “when you can see your breath,” it’s time to put the Blizzaks on your car.

Oh, and also you placed them on all four wheels, not just those that put power to the sidewalk.

Noting that the overall efficiency of winter season tires has enhanced through the years, Robbins explained that instead of a pair of tires made to boost grip in snow, “today’s winter season tires have such different grip degrees that you require all the axles to be balanced for correct efficiency.”

Yes, it indicates buying an additional set of tires for your vehicle, yet there are a number of benefits to consider beyond boosted safety in winter season. For something, transforming tires suggests you’re not putting as lots of miles on your warmer-weather tires so you’re not replacing them as soon.

For another, you can drive year around in the exact same lorry as opposed to needing to acquire a second automobile with 4-wheel-drive or as was prominent in some locations, a “winter rat”– an economical second automobile bought in the loss, driven through the winter months and then abandoned in the spring, otherwise when it delayed out or ended up being buried throughout a major wintertime snowstorm.

What concerning studs or chains for driving in the wintertime?

“Chains are an useful device wherefore they’re created to do, for emergency circumstances,” Robbins described. “The drawback is, otherwise made use of correctly, chains can do more damage than good,” damaging both road surface as well as tires.

In fact, it was damage brought on by studded tires and chains in Japan that brought about the development of the Blizzak winter tires. Steel chains were prohibited in Japan in the 1980, so Bridgestone set out to establish winter season tires that functioned just as well, and also hence the Blizzak line.

Normally in the tire world, the newest tires are the best as tire companies function to leap-frog each other. Robbins notes that the Blizzak advancement team does not “remain on the success,” however is continually working to improve the item and its cold-weather performance.

The current Blizzak lineup includes:

WS90 for autos and minivans

DM-V2 crossover and also sport utility automobiles as well as light vehicles

LM-25 for cars and trucks outfitted with run-flat tires

LM001/LM -32 for high-performance cars and also coupes

LT for commercial light vehicles and also vans

Costs vary from $91 to $183.

“I do not understand an individual who has been sorry for the purchase,” Robbins said, including that people generally go from taking into consideration Blizzaks to trying them to “Wow! This is impressive!”

One method to have the experience before you purchase a collection is the Bridgestone Winter Driving School in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The college has been in operation for more than 30 years. It opens when the weather obtains chilly enough, supplies a range of courses taught by skilled experts– numerous with experience in rallying– and also uses a selection of Toyota lorries.

To learn more, check out the Blizzak and also wintertime school websites.

F1 to launch all-female race series in 2023

Formula 1 last week announced plans for the new F1 Academy, an all-female race series that’s set to launch in 2023 and serve as a driver development program for young female racers.

Aimed at drivers currently in go-karting or other junior categories, the series aims to encourage more female drivers to enter higher echelons of motorsports by providing them with the same experience male drivers experience from an early age.

For the inaugural season, there will be 15 drivers spread over five teams to be run by current Formula 2 and Formula 3 teams. The F1 Academy will have seven rounds with three races each, plus practice sessions. A calendar will be announced at a later date.

The F1 Academy aims to be an entry-level series designed to prepare a wide spectrum of drivers for higher levels of competition, such as the all-female W Series launched in 2019, as well as F3 and F2. Potentially, the drivers could also get a seat in F1. As a result, driver budgets will be capped at 150,000 euros (approximately $153,950), which is a fraction of the typical costs for comparable competition, according to the series’ organizers.

The cars will be common, in this case the T421 formula-style chassis from Tatuus, an Italian race car constructor that also supplied chassis for the W Series. The cars will run 165-hp turbocharged engines sourced from Italy’s Autotecnica, and they will use tires supplied by Pirelli, the same supplier used by F1.

“Everyone should have the opportunity to follow their dreams and achieve their potential and Formula 1 wants to ensure we are doing everything we can to create greater diversity and routes into this incredible sport,” Stefano Domenicali, F1’s president and CEO, said in a statement.

This article was originally published by Motor Authority, an editorial partner of ClassicCars.com.

Vintage Car Ads: Safety

JJD Twin Tyres, Classic Car Ads: Safety

JJD Twin Tyres I have not heard much regarding just how”security offers”recently. Automotively, we’ve moved on from safety and security– generally terms– to Advanced Driver Assistance Systems(ADAS). ADAS systems include points like blind-spot alert, rear cross-traffic alert, pedestrian discovery, as well as lane-keep assist. Actually, stuff we must all be respectable at by now– without help.

However before the technological ramp-up to the autonomous-car period, which we are now in– security was a bigger deal. Think about that, for the very first half of the auto period, the majority of automobiles were furnished just with drum brakes, which were a lot less efficient than disc brakes, and also endured lessened efficiency when points splashed.

Tires typically suffered “blowouts,”as well as there was no such point as rollover protection. As a reminder of the safety and security features we currently consider given, we have actually collected a number of classic car ads. Read them at your leisure, and also inform us what you think about vintage security systems.

Classic Car Ads: Safety

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