The Thinking Behind Cars
The Porsche 917 Endurance Racing Car of the Late 1960s and Early 1970s The Porsche 917 is one of the most famous sports racing cars ever made. With its distinctive wedge-shaped body and powerful flat-12 engine, the 917 dominated endurance racing in the late 1960s …
The Maserati Birdcage, also known as the Maserati Tipo 60/61, was a series of sports racing cars that were produced between 1959 and 1961. Sir Stirling Moss said the Birdcage was “…the finest front-engined sports-racing car ever built” Bonhams and the lightweight Maserati Birdcage – …
The first mass-produced car was built in the USA, and it was the nation’s best-selling car from 1902 to 1905. But it wasn’t the Ford Model T! The Oldsmobile Model R, or “Curved Dash” was probably the world’s first mass-produced car, that is to say …
The long-gone Spanish car maker Hispano Suiza is worth remembering today as the quality of their aircraft-inspired H6 car of 1919 was quite outstanding, and its design was so advanced it remained at the pinnacle of car manufacturers for a decade. The Hispano Suiza is …
Bertha Benz drove the world’s first car on the first-ever road trip on 5 August 1888. When she stopped off for fuel at the Stadt-Apotheke (town pharmacy) in Wiesloch she turned it into the first filling station in the world. But what did she ask …
Émile Claveau was one of those innovative car designers we love most here at CarScrapbook.com. His company began making cars in Paris in 1923 and ceased production after World War Two. Claveau cars are among the world’s rarest cars because hardly any were made. But …
If you asked the average car enthusiast which was the first hybrid car ever to hit the road you might get a few different answers. The 1999 Honda Insight? The 1997 Toyota Prius? A hybrid vehicle is one with more than one source of power. …
The Chrysler Airflow of 1934 was an honourable attempt to design an American aerodynamic car. The designer, Carl Breer observed the smooth shapes of birds and aircraft and wondered why cars could not have the same. So Chrysler built a wind tunnel with the help …
The Czechoslovakian Tatras were the world’s first truly aerodynamically designed cars, but this fact was forgotten after the Cold War divided Europe’s motor industry. We’ll be looking at the T97 that was copied by Dr. Porsche when he designed the Volkswagen Beetle. The Tatra T97 …
Winner of the 1967 Car of the Year was the NSU Ro 80 and for good reasons. It had an innovative new form of engine, and its body design paved the way for generations of Audis. But the NSU Ro 80 is also one of …