Entries Tagged as 'power'

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Go your Own Way: Ultima GTR beats Top Gear lap record by 4½ seconds

Filed under: Motorsports, Euro, Supercars

Ultima, one of several dozen independent British sportscar companies and makers of the GTR, could only take so much rejection. The cottage automaker claims it offered its road-legal race-car to the producers at BBC’s hit TV show Top Gear several times, only to be repeatedly refused. So Ultima took things into […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Born a ramblin’ man, reborn a stallion

Filed under: Aftermarket, Detroit Auto Show, Ferrari

Ferrari engines have found there way into a variety of different cars - Lancias, Maserati, even the forthcoming A1GP racecar - but this has to be a first. Someone is shoehorning the V8 from the late, great Ferrari 360 Modena into a 1960 Nash Rambler wagon, of all things.
Dropping […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Caparo T1 disqualified after taking Top Gear lap record

Filed under: Supercars

Performance figures don’t give an accurate picture of just how well a car performs overall. A given car may be the fastest to sixty, but that doesn’t mean it has the highest top speed, tightest cornering or sharpest brakes. Lap times around a given track paint a more accurate, comprehensive picture of a […]

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