Archive for November, 2010

  • Classic Acura Cars: Classic Acura NSX & Classic Acura NSX T
    Classic Acura Cars have been in the market for a very long time and they are known as the upscale automaker for manufacturing cars with impressive luxury performance and features. The history of Acura is very short. Acura is introduced by its parent company Honda in the United States in 1986. The Acura brand has been successful in the North American market. Customers like their image, performance and luxury features with the fact that they come with reputation of Honda for low ownership and reliability. Acura launched the crown jewel model: aluminium NSX sports car in 1991 which provides excellent performance as compared to other exotic cars. Classic Acura Cars grew in 1980s and the company has struggled a lot to get the strong reputation in the market. Around in mid 1990s, Acura started manufacturing luxury SUV bandwagons with SLX.  [...]
    Posted at November 23rd, 2010 in Acura
  • Classic Chevrolet Nomad – Ultimate Station Wagon
    Classic Chevrolet Nomad is an ultimate station wagon which turned the station wagon stereotype on its ear due to its utterly looks. There was a time when American car manufacturers were doing well that suddenly one of them could create a model based on customers needs. And as a result, they launched Chevrolet Nomad. The reputation of Chevrolet in 1952 was pretty well much like it is now and it is known to be the leading car manufacturer. The difference between now and then model is that early fifties of Chevrolet was the sales leader of America with which most of the customers will love to have in today’s model. American cars lack a lot of things like great styling and great engineering. The combination of great hitching and great pitching is definitely going to win you a variety of ballgames. Charlie Wilson, the president of GM  [...]
    Posted at November 19th, 2010 in Chevrolet
  • Phantom Cars – Tricky to handle
    Vintage cars are known for their timeless elegance and style signature. Owning a vintage car singles you out from the conventional car owners. For many, having a collection of vintage cars is hobby though it’s an expensive one. Handling a vintage care mainly includes three aspects. They are buying the car, restoring it and selling it (if required). In this article we will focus upon all the three aspects that will help you in handling vintage Phantom cars in an effective manner. At the outset, the Phantom car you have gone to buy might not look more than a heap of rust metals. At this stage, do not get annoyed as you can give it the customized look with the help of an expert mechanic and applying your creativity. You can buy a Phantom Johnson from both their owners or online and onsite dealers specializing in sale and purchase  [...]
    Posted at November 9th, 2010 in Phantom
  • Rolls-Royce Cars History
    Rolls-Royce cars represent affluence, masculinity, power and elegance. First pay attention to the above four factors and if you possess all of them, then Rolls-Royce is the best choice for you. Within a very short period time this car created a benchmark for itself in the entire car industry. Today the Rolls-Royce is running a single model dynasty, the Phantom. Rolls-Royce Ltd was officially founded in 1906. It was a result of the partnership between Frederick Henry Royce and Charles Stewart Rolls, from where the name of the brand came. In this year, the company also exhibited the 6cylinder Silver Ghost series. From the day one, company‘s dedication towards maintain the excellence is very clear. The Sliver Ghost of Rolls-Royce Ltd, due to its quality and other functional features earned the top car of the year acclamation in 1906. With  [...]
    Posted at November 9th, 2010 in Rolls-Royce
  • Austin-Healey 3000 Series
    The Austin Healy100-6 can be safely called as a predecessor of the Austin-Healey 3000 sports car Series. The only modifications in Austin-Healey 3000 were bigger size of engine and improved braking system. That is the reason why critics call this series as Big Halley. Big Healey formula reigned over global sports car market for more than a decade. The most noteworthy fact regarding this period is that not a single conceptual change was incorporated to any of the models of this series of Austin-Healey cars. These models created a massive customer base across the world and several factors and features contributed significantly in this direction. Making its market debut in spring of 1959, Austin-Healey 3000 series was packed with several modifications and added features. Engine of these Austin-Healey cars were probably a bit heavier  [...]
    Posted at November 9th, 2010 in Austin-Healey
  • Excalibur Cars
    Excalibur is the brain child and dream car of noted designer Brooks Stevens. Brooks is the man behind designing several successful cars which ruled over the highways till 1970s. In Excalibur, the vision statement for Books was to build a car that would be perfect combo of vintage-modern look and performance. Excalibur cars were first produced in the year 1951. It had a Hennery J chassis and a wheel base of 100 inches Radius. Though Stevens built the initial model solely for private use, the design and performance of this car soon made it a strong competitor of Kaiser-Frazer. Features of Excalibur Car in Early Years In the initial phase, body of the Excalibur was made up of hand hammered aluminum. However, Brooks was smart enough to realize the demand of the customers and replaced it with fiberglass. Along with, cast aluminum was  [...]
    Posted at November 9th, 2010 in Excalibur
  • Sabra Cars History
    Sabra cars were produced by Autocars of Haifa, the first car manufacturer of Israel in the real sense. Before Autocars, Haifa bay and Kaiser Frazer models were available in Israeli market. However, both of them belong to the class of assembled cars and all of the parts of these models were manufactured by different American companies. There are two meaning of the Hebrew word Sabra. First one is born in Israel while the second one is cactus. Hence, it is not surprising that Sabra car models used cactus as their logo. Sabra cars were first launched in the year 1960 at New York’s Auto Show. Manufacturing and design of this small and under-power pick-up truck is surrounded with many stories and folklores. One of the most popular myths is related to this car’s fiber glass. Many Israeli people are of the misconception that camels  [...]
    Posted at November 9th, 2010 in Sabra