Car Pictures

[Ruttman98]

Giving two Bill Mitchell concept Corvettes their due: 1961 Mako Shark I and 1965 Mako Shark II.

 

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The Mako Shark was a gorgeous car, I was irritated that Chevy mellowed those looks so much when producing the next generation Stingray.

As for engines, this points out a major difference in design philosophy between European cars and American cars - when European designers want more power they design a higher tech engine, American designers want more power just throw in a larger engine. The Lamborghini engine went from 3.5L (about 210ci), 270hp, to 5.2L (about 315ci), 440hp, in about ten years; American engines went from around 320ci, 330hp, to 450+ci, 450hp in the same period. This is not a judgement call on either, though I can't help but wonder what the US manufacturers could have given us had they followed the high tech approach - a Ford 351 with DOHC and four twin Webers, especially if dropped into a Mustang with fully independent suspension. (I recall the first time I saw a Lamborghini engine, a 4L V12 from a 400GT, sitting on a workbench; accustomed to the 429CJ in my Torino Cobra, about 430hp, I was astonished by this tiny aluminum wonder that looked like I could tuck it under my arm and walk away, and it was 400hp!) But there is a major difference in driving these cars; Euro cars develop their hp in a narrow band at the top of the rpm range, they need those 5 or 6 speed gearboxes and lots of shifting (you won't squall the tires in a Ferrari unless you nearly redline the engine and drop the clutch); big American V8s have a broad power band, that 429 would smoke the tires and fishtail sideways at 3000rpm. Which is better? Personal preference. Ferrari's V12 and Ford's 427FE have both won LeMans.

Then came the late seventies with fuel consumption requirements and emissions controls and suddenly a Corvette 350 was only 250hp while Ferraris and Lamborghinis and Porsches were offering 350hp from 300ci or less ...that met US emissions standards. Throw in turbocharging, which in the US was only for Indycars and aircraft, and the discrepancy was even worse; my '78 Porsche Turbo was around 270hp from a 3.3L six (200ci).

 

[MantrackerWRC]

Peugeot 307 WRC
Xanti Artetxe basque rally champion 2005, 2006, 2007
Rally Gernika 2007
2007 Rally winner

1 week remaining for my hometown rally, so hyped!!!

 

[MantrackerWRC]

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
Xabier Lujua 2008,2010,2011,2012 basque rally champion
Rally Gernika 2011
Rally winner

 

[MantrackerWRC]

Nissan Patrol
I think this car was called different in some countries.
This car was a best seller inside the 4x4 class in my country probably because it was built right here.

 

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[MantrackerWRC]

Lotus Exige R-GT
Rally Gernika 2017

 

[jgf]

Beautiful but futile attempt by Lotus to make a GT1 car of the Elise. Strengthened chassis, extended bodywork, 540hp Corvette engine. Too much power, too little car, a season of mechanical failures and one finish. The project was shelved, only to be purchased by Hezemans Racing, who, in a decidedly questionable engineering decision, replaced the 540hp V8 with a 600+hp Viper V10. Blazingly fast, the car left a trail of shredded transmissions, stripped differentials, and broken half shafts through another season ...with only one finish. All three cars still exist; Lotus kept the original, the two Hezeman cars are in the hands of private collectors, one returned to Corvette engine configuration.

 

[MantrackerWRC]

Seat Toledo Marathon
This car was developed for the Rally dakar but sadly these car never raced in the dakar rally, months before the dakar Seat decided to cancel the dakar project and start a new project in the WRC with the Ibiza kit car and later on with the cordoba WRC.
At least this car raced in some rally raid events.

 

[MantrackerWRC]

The day (weekend i mean) has finally arrived!! tomorrow is the race
Rally Gernika 2022
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V

Mitchubishi Evo VII
Porsche 911 GT3 RS
Iván Muñoz

BMW M3 E36
Txus Jaio (2 times Spanish rally champion and nearly a WRC driver)

Ford Escort MK1

Hyundai i20 R5
Xabier Lujua



Peugeot 208R2

 

[MantrackerWRC]

Rally cars on action

TOP 5 in the Rally:
1.-Ivan Muñoz - Patricia Ruiz
Porsche 911 GT3 RS 2010

2.-Xabier Lujua - Jesus Estrada
Hyundai i20 R5

3.-Iñigo Olabegogeaskoetxea - Sergio Martinez
BMW Compact F2000

4.-Gorka Idigoras - Nerea Campos
Renault Clio Sport

5.-Txus Jaio - Jesus Urkidi
BMW M3 E36

 

[jgf]

The last period built GT MkIV, chassis J-12, 1969 (several others have been assembled over the years from spare parts and reproduction parts). Sold to a private collector in 1970, it spent many years in storage. Restored around 1989, in 2015, it "was issued an FIA Historic Technical Passport, verifying that it meets proper period technical specifications and ensuring its eligibility for FIA-sanctioned vintage racing events".
In March 2018 it sold for $1.925 million.

53 years old and looks as good as anything on the road today.

 

[Ricardo Rizzo]

This was the third edition of an event hosted here in Brazil, at Interlagos circuit, around 2008 by the vehicle magazine Quatro Rodas, called "Quatro Rodas Experience".

One of the cars in display, probably the most impressive of the event IMHO, was the amazing Bugatti EB 110.

I only took these three pictures of it, unfortunetly.

 

[MantrackerWRC]

Some pictures from last weekend in Circuito de Navarra , my local track.
Ford GT40

Trans AM Ford Mustang

Mini Cooper

Ford Shelby Mustang

ill post more in the future

 

[MantrackerWRC]

Also I made a video from the weekend

 

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Alfa Romeo 155 DTM

 

[Ruttman98]

One-off Boano Special coachwork rebody of a 1956 Chrysler 300B built for the Agnelli family. This image shows it as it was in the Ramshead Collection before sale and restoration.

Link to an article with provenance and this beauty restored to original configuration:

1956 Chrysler 300B Special Images - conceptcarz.com

1956 Chrysler 300B Special images and high resolution pictures. Interior, exterior, and engine photographs of the Chrysler 300B Special.Felice Mario Boano w...

www.conceptcarz.com

 

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Hillman Avenger rally car; caption says it's Jim Clark's car ...must be a different Jim Clark.

Another Avenger, 1977.

 

[jgf]

1953 Chrysler Ghia Special Coupe, one of only 18 made; 331ci Hemi, 180hp. Asking price $550,000 (a few years ago one sold for $480,000).