As many car companies compete today, there is always a reason behind it all. If the purpose of competition is for money making for example, than the better the car for the common people, the better. As those companies balance between the people’s needs, there also comes a place for sport cars. So this dates back to 1955, where The Prince Motor Company,(later known as Nissan since 1967), first brought the car into production. The skyline’s performance, styling, and reputation contributed to the great impact of race cars today. Coming from scratch, the car’s performance was ideal for the racing enthusiast.
Since the birth of the ALSI- 1 series Skyline in 1957, the car reached spectacular amounts of credit. With the manufacturers already looking into the next one year after year, they left the first one with an inline 4 engine producing roughly 60 horsepower. This cost efficient production vechicle caught many people by surprise. With just a few years later, the ALSI- 2 was born with just minor revisions. The engine was juiced up to 70 horsepower and the front grille changed along with the lights. This rapid growth of the car fascinated many car freaks. This just kept adding on excitement for the future line of the Skyline. With the support of Michelotti, Nissan came out with a limited edition Skyline which was recalled because the price skyrocketed and no one could afford it. This hyped up the company to later produce the same car at an affordable rate. In which, the performance suffered a drop from 94 horsepower to 70. This didn't bother many people because ever since this model,the S 50-E series, everything progressed dramatically. With the later models such as the Skyline 2000GT. Finally, a evolutionized concept race car was...
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...ndary Nurburgring, in under eight minutes. Bringing the GT-R to the movies also inspire many young enthusiasts to race themselves. MAny records have been broken and car tuners made the most out of it. The drag strip brought the GT-R justice. Having Bugatti’s slogan “the world's fastest car” was just a sign for some tuned GT-R’s. The video of a tuned R34 racing a million dollar Bugatti Veyron leaves Bugatti back at the drawing board. This marvel brought many people together to the racing community.
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Flink’s Three stages of American automobile consciousness fully express the progress of the whole automobile industry. From the first model T to the automatic production, it gives me an intuitive feeling of the automobile history from a big picture. On the other hand, Kline and Pinch focus more on a certain group of people--farmers or people who live in the rural area, they use it as an entry point to talk about automobile, alone with the role and duty transition between male and
design made the car very strong and durable that is one main reason you see many
Muscle Car," two distinctive cars come to mind, the Camaro and the Mustang. Throughout the era of the early 1950's and 1960's, there was a revolutionary movement that took place and paved the ground work for today's "Muscle Cars" known as the "Ponycar Era." Ask any avid Camaro or Mustang fan about the ponycar era, and watch their pain. They will describe cars that would light the tires on fire, floor it, and hang onto the wheel excitement. Back in the 1960's a new idea was soon to hit the American market, the Ford Mustang. When the Mustang was introduced, General Motors soon to had to follow with their own type of sports car. The car they generated was know as the Chevrolet Camaro. The cars themselves were introduced within the matter of a few years of one another. From the day that General Motors and Ford realized that these cars were very similar in horsepower, torque, standards, and etc... they soon started to pit them against each other in an all out battle that has still last to present day. However, the Chevrolet Camaro has always had the slight advantage over the Ford's Mustang.
...est levels of sports car performance. As the first decade of the 21st century progressed, Chevrolet joined every other automaker in squeezing race track horsepower out of street-legal engines. The ZR1 Corvettes made during this generation were capable of speeds over 200 MPH, and cost over $100,000, so they were a bit of a change from the “cheap” car Corvettes were previously known for being. C7: The Return of the Stingray. Modern Corvettes are now achieving Ferrari racing status and power.Corvettes Are the Longest Running production Car Brand Ever. They are about $65,000 and usually look pretty nice. A really nice touch is that for an extra $800 you can drive your Corvette out of the Corvette museum with the staff clapping while you drive out.
Ask any ten enthusiasts what two cars epitomize the concept of an automotive rivalry and at least nine of them will instantly conclude the Chevrolet or Chevy Camaro and the Ford Mustang, two cars that make up part of a small automotive segment known as Pony Cars. These fire-breathing leviathans of the street snarl with guttural reverberations boastfully announcing their presence with the mere turn of key. For nearly five decades, these mechanical beasts have captured the imagination of the American driver and ignited the most contentious debate in automotive history: Which car reigns supreme? Muscle car buffs waste no time quoting sales figures, vehicle performance, track times, or even mundane statistics like vehicle dimensions or available colors to simply justify their support for one model over the other. As this debate rages on, the makers of these brutes fan the flames through targeted marketing strategies, consumer promotions, pricing strategies, and creative advertising all in effort to win an automotive war the likes of which have never been seen or fought before (Davenport, 2013).
The Chevrolet Chevelle SSs' earliest engine in 1964 didn't perform as well as the later models. It had a 327 V8 engine which wasn't even close to as powerful as the later models. After a slow start, the 1965 Chevelle became a real muscle car. The car now had a lot more power since it had a 396 V8 engine, also known as the Z-16 package. Along with a better engine the Chevelle also had front and back anti-roll bars, faster power-assisted steering, and better braking. The 1965 Chevelle SS was great, but the 1970 Chevelle was the better than anything Chevrolet had made previously. The 1970 Chevelle had a LS6 454 engine, this was the best engine that Chevr...
Ferrari of today has gone through many cycles and strains upon the very framework of the company's existence, yet Ferrari still produces the fastest and classiest cars available publicly.
Car culture had caused some serious headaches for city planners in the 1950s. They had not anticipated the added traffic when building cities and were forced to adjust their plans with mixed results. There were many side effects to the restructuring of the city, and most were not good for the city center. Business and customers were no longer funneled into the now crowded city center in favor of the more spacious and convenient periphery. Community life as well as business in the city center really suffered as a result of suburbanization caused by the car. Jane Jacobs says in her chapter called "Erosion of Cities or Attrition of Automobiles" in the book Autopia, "Today everyone who values cities is disturbed by automobiles (259...
I think that the target audience for these cars is the same. these cars are family cars. Both of the cars are designed to be comfortable and safe, they are not advertised to be fast sports cars. or stylish city cars; they are advertised as normal cars. In both of the adverts there is no real reference towards the performance of the car apart from in the Chrysler where there is a reference to the fuel.
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The launch quality of BMW had never been an issue until Japanese makers entered the European market. The acceptable customer complaints was 10-15 complaints per car 10 years ago and BMW was able to achieve it. However, Lexus seemed to counter this with just 3-5 complaints/year on
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... located outside of cities and the fuel came in a can or containers. Sometimes the distances between depots were too long of a drive for automobiles, so a long walk or an aid from a horse would be necessary to acquire the gas.
Since the first car was developed in 1885, car makers have been striving to create the car that will outshine over the others. There has never been a car to do it better than the Model T. Practical, reliable, and affordable are adjectives that describe the Model T since it came out in 1908. With little over 20 horsepower and a top speed of 45 miles an hour, this simple car propelled the Ford Motor Company to a level of success that had never been seen before(History, “Model T”). Henry Ford and the Model T revolutionized the car industry, as well as people's lives in the 1920s. The influences from the Model T can be found everywhere from the assembly line, to road development, to the middle class even in today’s world.
Which concepts from the chapter explain why Porsche sold so many lower-priced models in the 1970s and 1980s? (5 marks)