The 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454 LS6 was a beast, plain and simple. The 450 horsepower assigned to this Chevelle V-8 is the highest power rating ever given to a car from the original muscle car era, according to Brauer.
It took Chrysler six years to develop a true pony car, and by the time the Challenger was introduced, it was hard to do anything really new with the formula. Offering an astonishing range of engine choices, from a docile slant six to the earth-shaking Hemi, was Dodge's way of getting attention.
Oldsmobile is not a name commonly associated with the muscle car era. Nevertheless, this company still made its contributions back then, which included the 1970 Oldsmobile 442 W-30.
According to Brauer and to many fans, the muscle car's golden age came to an end in 1971. However, a small but determined group of engineers at Pontiac remained undeterred, and created an evolved Ram Air IV engine, which turned up under the hood of the 1974 Firebird.
"Buick was a performance player back in the muscle car days, with 455 cubic inch V-8s offered in the company's Gran Sport (GS) models," Brauer said. "The top dog was the 1970 Buick GSX with the 455 Stage 1 engine rated at 370 horsepower and 510 pound-feet of torque."
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Mercedes-Benz 300SL was the first iteration of the SL-Class grand tourer convertibles and fastest production car of its day. Internally numbered W198, it was introduced in 1954 as a two-seat sports car with distinctive gull-wing doors and later offered as an open roadster.
Karl Benz patented the three-wheeled Patent Motorwagen on January 29, 1886 and produced it as the first commercially available automobile from 1886 through 1893. He followed this initial success with the introduction of the
Benz Velo model of 1894. The Velo and the Duryea Motor Wagon, patented in 1895, are credited as the first standardized cars. 67 Benz Velos were built in 1894 and 134 in 1895. The early Velo had a 1L 3.5 hp engine and later a 3.5 hp engine giving a top speed of 13 mph (19 km/h).
This unique Rolls Royce is a stylish, flamboyant hunting car custom built ond outfitted for the Maharajah of Rewa of India. The sculpted boat-tail design has wood veneer strips on the top portion of the rear deck, much like the veneer on a wooden speedboat.
Engine: 6-cylinder, in-line, L-head
Bore/Stroke: 4.5" x 4.75"
Displacement: 453 cubic inches
Horespower: 40/50
Coachwork: J.A. Lawton & Company, London
Just as Lamborghini had created the supercar niche with the Miura in 1966, when the Countach came along in 1974, it set the tone for how outrageous and flamboyant a supercar had to be. Even the name Countach is derived from an expression of surprise in the local Italian dialect. It's one used by men on seeing a beautiful woman, and is this is just the first of many things about the Countach that were unlike anything else seen in a car before.
385 hp, 3,929 cc DOHC transverse V12 engine, 4 Weber three-barrel carburetors, five-speed manual transaxle, independent front and rear suspension by coil springs and unequal length wishbones, four-wheel hydraulic disc brakes. Wheelbase 98.4"
Revealed at the 1972 Paris Auto Show, the Carrera 2.7 RS was a special model used to homologate the 911 in Group 4 racing. Developed from the 911S, the 2.7 was more potent in almost every area.
Compared to the standard Carrera, the 2.7 RS featured a larger engine, wider flares to accommodate the Fuchs alloy wheels, stiffened suspension, larger brakes and a ducktail rear spoiler.
Another round of RM Auctions, another practically priceless classic Ferrari to drool over… This time, the 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB 4 Berlinetta hit the block at Amelia Island, fetching a cool $1,650,000 bid. This meticulously restored Ferrari 275 GTB 4 Berlinetta is in pristine condition, true to its original build both inside and out.
The XK120 was launched in open two-seater or (US) roadster form at the 1948 London Motor Show as a testbed and show car for the new Jaguar XK engine. The display car was the first prototype, chassis number 670001. It looked almost identical to the production cars except that the straight outer pillars of its windscreen would be curved on the production version. The roadster caused a sensation, which persuaded Jaguar founder and design boss William Lyons to put it into production.
