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Aston Martin Valour – $1.5M

The Aston Martin Valour isn’t just expensive, but it’s not easy for car enthusiasts to get their hands on, either. Not only was it a whopping starting price of $1.5 million, but only 110 were made.

This meant that with the marketing Aston Martin did — hyping it up as “the last of an era” — customers were there quick, and the cars sold out almost as quickly as they’d come onto the market. It offers honeycomb wheels, a tweed interior, hand-stitched leather, and the sort of handling you’d expect from a luxury vehicle.

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Lamborghini Miura

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1976 Oldsmobile Starfire GT

#Oldsmobile Starfire GT #Oldsmobile Starfire #oldsmobile #Starfire #car #cars

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1964 Chevrolet Corvette

1964 Chevrolet Corvette 327ci V8 4 Spd in DAYTONA BLUE

1964 Chevrolet Corvette

1964 Chevrolet Corvette

1964 Chevrolet Corvette

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This Day In History, April 23, 1996 Zora Arkus-Duntov, Belgian-American automotive engineer, known as "the Father of the Corvette", dies at 86

Zora Arkus-Duntov (December 25, 1909 – April 21, 1996) was a Belgian-born American engineer whose work on the Chevrolet Corvette earned him the nickname "Father of the Corvette." He is sometimes erroneously referred to as the inventor of the Corvette; that title belongs to Harley Earl. He was also a professional racing driver, appearing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times and taking class wins in 1954 and 1955.

Arkus-Duntov joined General Motors in 1953 after seeing the Motorama Corvette on display in New York City. He found the car visually superb, but was disappointed with what was underneath. He wrote Chevrolet chief engineer Ed Cole that it would be a pleasure to work on such a beautiful car; he also included a technical paper which proposed an analytical method of determining a car's top speed. Chevrolet was so impressed, engineer Maurice Olley invited him to come to Detroit. On May 1, 1953, Arkus-Duntov started at Chevrolet as an assistant staff engineer.

Shortly after going to work for Chevrolet, Arkus-Duntov set the tone for what he was about to accomplish in a memo to his bosses. The document, "Thoughts Pertaining to Youth, Hot Rodders and Chevrolet", laid out Duntov's views on overcoming Ford's lead in use by customizers and racers, and how to increase both the acceptance and the likelihood of success of the Chevrolet V8 in this market. In 1957 Arkus-Duntov became Director of High Performance Vehicles at Chevrolet. After helping to introduce the small-block V8 engine to the Corvette in 1955, providing the car with much-needed power, he set about showcasing the engine by ascending Pike's Peak in 1956 in a pre-production car (a 1956 Bel Air 4-door hardtop), setting a stock car record. He took a Corvette to Daytona Beach the same year and hit a record-setting 150 mph (240 km/h) over the flying mile.[citation needed] He also developed the famous Duntov high-lift camshaft and helped bring fuel injection to the Corvette in 1957. He is credited with introducing the first mass-produced American car with four-wheel disc brakes.

A conflict arose between Duntov and Chevrolet chief designer Bill Mitchell over the design of the new C2 Corvette "Sting Ray" model. Mitchell designed the car with a long hood and a raised windsplit that ran the length of the roof and continued down the back on a pillar that bisected the rear window into right and left halves. Duntov felt that the elongated hood interfered with the driver's view of the road ahead, and the rear pillar obscured the driver's view rearwards. The split rear window was widely criticized, and a one-piece backlite was put in its place the next year.

#Zora Arkus-Duntov #Arkus-Duntov #car #cars #muscle car #american muscle #chevrolet #chevy #chevrolet corvette #corvette

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AMC Gremlin X

#AMC Gremlin X #AMC Gremlin #AMC #Gremlin #car #cars #muscle car #american muscle

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Superbee

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Krauser Domani

Krauser Domani, 1988. A 3-wheeled vehicle that resembles a motorcycle with a sidecar designed by Michael Krauser. However the passenger "sidecar" of the Domani was structurally an integral part of the frame and bodywork using elements from racing sidecars. The design also allowed for a small luggage compartment. It was powered by a 150hp BMW K 1200 engine driving the single rear wheel via a 5-speed gearbox. Around 100 were made for the European and Japanese market

#Krauser Domani #car #cars #3-wheeled vehicle #BMW K 1200

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Alfa Romeo B.A.T. 7 (1954) concept

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Chevrolet Nova Blue

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Dick Trickle's car and Hauler #99 A&W

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1974 Monte Carlo

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1957 Buick

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1971 Oldsmobile 442

#car #cars #muscle car #american muscle #ldsmobile #oldsmobile 442 #oldsmobile #442

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1970 Plymouth Road Runner

#plymouth road runner #Plymouth #car #cars #muscle car #american muscle #mopar #moparperformance #moparnation #moparworld

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NASCAR graveyard

#NASCAR graveyard #NASCAR #graveyard #car #cars

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1968 Oldsmobile 442

#oldsmobile 442 #car #cars #muscle car #american muscle #oldsmobile #442