Classic Cars Chevrolet Impala Super Sport Year 1966

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The The Impala's chassis would not be this extensively changed again until the introduction of the 2000 Impala. The 1971 redesign introduced the largest Impala. During the 1969 model year, for example, Impala production topped Caprice production by 611,000 units.

The Impala however, remained Chevrolet's top selling model until late 1970s. A one year model, the Impala Caprice was reintroduced as the Chevrolet Caprice in 1966, taking the top position in the Chevrolet lineup. Beginning with the four door hardtop sedan body, Impala Caprices received unique upholstery, wood grained accents on the dash board and specialty pulls on the insides of the doors. In 1965, Chevrolet introduced the Impala Caprice. In 1965, the Impala set an all time industry annual sales record of more than 1 million units, which has never been bettered.

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From 1958 until 1996, Impala sales were in excess of 13 million units, more than any other full size car in the history of the automobile. For 1960, it became the best selling automobile in the United States and held that position for the next decade. The Impala became a separate model in 1959 in both two and four door versions and became the best selling car in the Chevy product line. It was named for a southern African antelope. This classic styling cue would become its trademark.

Unique to the model were its six taillights, which set it apart from lower trim levels with only two lights on a side. The Impala was introduced in 1958 as a new up level, sporty trim package created for Bel Air coupes and convertibles.

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Old Cars Chevrolet Corvette Mako Shark Concept

Mako Shark Chevrolet Corvette Concept Generations of GM

The 1968 Corvette styling was highly derivative of the Mako Shark II. The original Mako Shark was then retroactively called the Mako Shark I. After a period, he removed the original body and redesigned it as the Mako Shark II in 1965. Mitchell never realized the difference and pronounced himself pleased with the team's duplication on the car of nature's handiwork. After numerous attempts to match the fish's color scheme failed, the team hit upon the idea of kidnapping the fish one night, painting it to match their best efforts on the car, and returning it to the office.

Chevrolet Corvette Mako Shark Concept Car

A widespread story has it that Mitchell had an actual shortfin mako shark mounted on the wall in his office, and ordered his team to paint the car to match the distinctive blue gray upper surface gently blending into white underside of the fish. These included adding two more brake lights in the rear six total, making the nose of the car longer and more pointed, creating a clear glass roof with a periscope like rear view mirror, and remodeling the interior. The Mako Shark was very similar to the 1963 Corvette, with some alterations. In keeping with the name, the streamlining, pointed snout, and other detailing was partly inspired by the look of that very fast fish. The XP 755 Mako Shark show car was designed by Larry Shinoda under the direction of GM Design head Bill Mitchell in 1961, as a concept for future Chevrolet Corvettes.

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Classic Cars Chevrolet Corvette C1

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The outer body was made out of a revolutionary new composite material called Taking its name from the corvette, a small, maneuverable fighting frigate the credit for the naming goes to Myron Scott, the first Corvettes were virtually handbuilt in Flint, Michigan in Chevrolet's Customer Delivery Center, now an academic building at Kettering University. The original Corvette emblem incorporated an American flag into the design, this was later dropped, since associating the flag with a product was frowned upon. The result was the 1953 Corvette, unveiled to the public at that year's Motorama car show.

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Earl convinced GM that they needed to build a two seat sports car. Most of GM's flamboyant dream car designs of the 1950s are directly attributable to Earl, leading one journalist to comment that the designs were the American psyche made visible. Harley Earl loved sports cars, and GIs returning after serving overseas World War II were bringing home MGs, Jaguars, Alfa Romeos and the like. What Henry Ford did for automobile manufacturing principles, Harley Earl did for car design. It was not until 1927, when General Motors hired designer Harley Earl, that automotive styling and design became important to American automobile manufacturers.

Design While the style of a car may be just as important to some as to how well the car runs, automobile manufacturers did not begin to pay attention to car designs until the 1920s. It is the first generation of Chevrolet Corvettes built and marketed by Chevrolet. The Chevrolet Corvette C1 is a sporty automobile produced from 1953 through 1962.

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Bugatti EB 164 Veyron Concept

Bugatti EB 164 Veyron Concept Image

Development continued throughout 2001 and the EB 16/4 Veyron Top speed was promised at 403 km/h (250.4 mph), and pricing was announced at €1 million (US$1.3 million at the time). First seen in the 1999 Bentley Hunaudières concept car, the W16 would get four turbochargers, producing a quoted 1001 horsepower see engine section for details on the power output. Instead of the W18, the production model would use a VR6/WR8 style W16 engine. It was promised to be the fastest, most powerful, and most expensive car in history.

Bugatti EB 164 Veyron Concept Picture

VW chairman Ferdinand Piëch announced the production Veyron at the 2001 Geneva Motor Show. The Veyron was designed by Hartmut Warkuss of Volkswagen rather than Giorgetto Giugiaro of ItalDesign who had handled the three prior Bugatti concepts. One major difference was the EB 18/3's use of a W18 engine with three banks of six cylinders. Introduced at the Tokyo Motor Show, it was similar in design and appearance to the final Veyron production car. History Development of the vehicle began with the 1999 EB 18/3 Veyron concept car.

It is named after racing driver Pierre Veyron, who won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1939 while racing for the original Bugatti firm. The car is built by Volkswagen AG subsidiary Bugatti Automobiles SAS and is sold under the legendary Bugatti marque. It reached full production in September 2005. The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is the most powerful, most expensive, and fastest street-legal production car in the world, with a proven top speed of over 400 km/h 407 km/h or 253 mph.

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