Over the past couple of years, various storied manufacturers have announced that they will be creating “continuation” cars. This is an interesting idea, but what are they? There are a couple of schools of thought about what constitutes a continuation car. One school suggests that the car uses an allocated chassis number and is built using the same components albeit many … [Read more...]
Magna Steyr to Build New Sports Cars
I read a report that Magna Steyr would be contracted to build two new sports cars that are being jointly developed by Toyota and BMW. There have been reports for many months about the Toyota Supra coming back to market and this most recent report now suggests that it will be built in Europe as opposed to Japan. The concept Supra was showcased at the Geneva International … [Read more...]
Jaguar V12
In its first 20 years, Jaguar only produced two engines – the Jaguar XK and the Jaguar V12. I wrote about the many variants of the XK engine in a recent article and this is about the V12. The first thoughts about a V12 engine came in the mid 1950s. Jaguar had gained great success at Le Mans with the C and D Types using the XK engine. They needed a larger, more powerful motor … [Read more...]
Lazareth Wazuma GT
I have written about products from Lazareth before - I like their balls to create something that is truly unique yet functional. If I had the money I would collect them! They have been busy developing a range of vehicles under the Wazuma name that have a very wide variety of engines yet have similar bodies. The Wazuma GT is one of the range and can be described as a pure two … [Read more...]
Lanchester
This weeks history article is about Lanchester, one of Britain’s first car companies, in fact it was founded as the motor industry was snowballing as many companies had sprung up to satisfy initial demand for motor vehicles. Their first claim to fame was that they built the very first British motor car in 1895 - a few years before the company was formed. The Lanchester … [Read more...]
