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Sunday, March 20, 2011

Mclaren F1

The McLaren F1 is a super car designed and manufactured by McLaren Automotive. Originally a concept conceived by Gordon Murray, he convinced Ron Dennis to back the project and engaged Peter Stevens to design the exterior of the car. On 31 March 1998, it set the record for the fastest road car in the world, 240 mph (386 km/h).As of Jan 2011, the F1 is still the fastest naturally aspirated road car in the world.

In 1994, the British car magazine AutoCar stated in a road test regarding the F1, "The McLaren F1
is the finest driving machine yet built for the public road." and that "The F1 will be remembered as one of the great events in the history of the car, and it may possibly be the fastest production road car the world will ever see."

McLaren F1 - 3 different variations
Power? Here is a good question, the car has the power output at 627 horsepower or has an imperial HP. The super car is powered by an 6 L V12 engine built by BMW, 627 HP at 7400 rmp, same as road car version.

McLaren F1 LM driving

The car has a top speed of 386 km/h or 240 mph (very good speed for 1994) and can reach a speed of 100 km/h in 3.2 seconds, 200 km/h in 6.7 seconds and 300 km/h in 30 seconds. The McLaren F1 was the fastest car in the world until Bugatti Veyron was introduced.

McLaren F1 doors open

When it was first introduced, it was priced at $970,000. This type of car is not produced anymore and it is very rare to find one of these on the market.

Friday, February 18, 2011

Jaguar E-Type

Jaguar E-Type was a car produced by Jaguar UK Company around 1961 to 1975. This car has high performance with competitive price and make it as automotive icons the 1960s.
Even Enzo Ferrari called it the Most Beautiful Cars ever made.
This type Jaguar sold about seventy thousand pieces during its life.
In the Year 2004 International Car Sports put this car in the order First List of Top Sports Cars of the 1960s, In March 2008, the Jaguar E-Type ranked first List Daily Telegraph of 100 most beautiful cars of all time.
E-Type was initially designed and shown to the public as a big tourer in two-seater coupé form (fhc or Fixed Head Coupé) and as a convertible (OTS or Open Two Seater). 2 +2 version with extended wheelbase was released several years later.
The model is made in three different versions that are now generally referred to as "Series 1", "Series 2" and "Series 3". A series of transitions between Series 1 and Series 2 is known unofficially as "Series 1 ½".
In addition, some of which are produced as limited editions:
- The "'Lightweight' E-Type" which seems intended as a kind of follow-up to D-Type. Jaguar planned to produce 18 units but ultimately only a dozen are reported built. Of those, there are known to have been destroyed and two others have been converted to coupé form. It is very rare and sought after by collectors.
- The "Low Drag Coupé" is a one-off technical exercise which eventually sold to Jaguar drivers. It is currently believed to be part of private collections from the current Viscount Cowdray.