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5. Audi 72. The Audi 72 was something of a mish-mash of inputs from various German car makers. Its main body was a reworked version of the DKW F102, hence this car being referred to within Audi as the F103, and the engine was a Mercedes-Benz unit.
25 of the most luxurious classic cars ever - Classic & Sports Car
1. Packard Eight (1924) Packard ranked alongside the very best in the world for pre-war luxury cars. Much of this was thanks to insisting on the best components and build standards for its models, as well as the supremely refined 5.9-litre straight-eight engine that sat on rubber mounts to further isolate it from the car’s occupants.
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4. 1950 MG TD. When it was launched in 1950, there was no shortage of enthusiasm for the MG TD. It replaced the popular TC with a similar formula of a simple, open-top, two-seat body and a perky, 1250cc, four-cylinder engine, but the TD was bigger and better in almost every respect.
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4. 1951 Jaguar C-type. Inspired by the promising potential of a three-car works XK120 entry in 1949’s Le Mans 24-hour race, William Lyons consented to the creation of an XK120-based sports-racer with reduced weight, better brakes and more performance.
21 of Zagato’s greatest hits | Classic & Sports Car
Celebrating 100-plus years of bold design and questionable lines. Even among iconic coachbuilders, Italian firm Zagato is one of the most famous names in the automotive world – and for good reason: the Milanese design house has crafted shells for some of the greatest marques and machines since it was established in 1919.
22 classic cars used as hearses | Classic & Sports Car
4. 1939 Rolls-Royce 4¼-litre Wraith hearse. Given the rarity of standard Rolls-Royce Wraith models, hearse versions are few and far between. This example is said to have started life with saloon coachwork, it was then fitted with a shooting-brake body and thought to have been used by a preparatory school, before a funeral director bought it and married it to a coachbuilt hearse body acquired ...
28 best classic car events of 2024
3. Rétromobile. When: 31 January-4 February 2024. Where: Paris, France. Rétromobile returns to Parc des Expositions in Porte de Versailles in the French capital for its 48th edition in 2024.. A treasure trove of weird and wonderful classic cars, a Citroën 2CV-inspired chariot, an AMX-30 Saguay tank and a half-track Porsche 356 were among the highlights at last year’s event.
16 cars with 16-cylinder engines | Classic & Sports Car
Sweet 16. To paraphrase an oft-used maxim, ‘Sometimes, there ain’t no substitute for cylinders’. Throughout automotive history, four-, six- and eight-cylinder engines have been the norm for production cars, with 12-cylinder engines being on the fringe of high-end performance and/or luxury-car engineering.
21 of the greatest tailfinned cars | Classic & Sports Car
4. 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air. GM called it the ‘Hot One’ in its sales literature, and with its first-time addition of rear fins, a Ferrari-inspired ‘chip-cutter’ front grille and chrome spears on its front fenders, the second-generation Chevrolet Bel Air was a radical departure from its predecessor.
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