100 Cars That Changed Motoring - COOL LIST !!
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08-15-2006, 10:33 AM
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100 Cars That Changed Motoring - COOL LIST !!
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No.10 - Toyota Prius
The world's first production hybrid car lost money, but proved a point. It showed Toyota was totally committed to new-technology powertrains, with a plan to build one million a year by 2010 and will go down in history as a benchmark car.
The world's first production hybrid car lost money, but proved a point. It showed Toyota was totally committed to new-technology powertrains, with a plan to build one million a year by 2010 and will go down in history as a benchmark car.
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08-16-2006, 08:00 AM
Re: 100 Cars That Changed Motoring - COOL LIST !!
Originally Posted by livvie
Didn't the insight come out before the prius?
Bob Wilson
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08-16-2006, 08:15 AM
Re: 100 Cars That Changed Motoring - COOL LIST !!
1997 - Prius sold as 1st modern hybrid in Japan
1999 - Insight is 1st hybrid sold in America
2001 - Prius is sold in the US
1999 - Insight is 1st hybrid sold in America
2001 - Prius is sold in the US
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08-17-2006, 01:15 PM
Re: 100 Cars That Changed Motoring - COOL LIST !!
No.8 - Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost
One of the benchmark cars in the history of motoring, as it was so luxurious at a time when most cars were so basic. Rolls-Royce still has a pre-1920s model as its flagship car and it still says everything about the brand.
One of the benchmark cars in the history of motoring, as it was so luxurious at a time when most cars were so basic. Rolls-Royce still has a pre-1920s model as its flagship car and it still says everything about the brand.
No.41 - The Batmobile
A dream car for generations of youngsters, but the best of the best is the car from the television show not the outrageous movie caricatures.
A dream car for generations of youngsters, but the best of the best is the car from the television show not the outrageous movie caricatures.
But no KITT? I'm disapointed now.
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08-17-2006, 05:52 PM
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Re: 100 Cars That Changed Motoring - COOL LIST !!
5 Holdens?, this guy must be Aussie.
No mention of the 1934 Chrysler Airflow, aerodynamics ahead of it's time, with a striking resemblance to the #3 VW.
No mention of the 1934 Chrysler Airflow, aerodynamics ahead of it's time, with a striking resemblance to the #3 VW.
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08-18-2006, 03:37 PM
Re: 100 Cars That Changed Motoring - COOL LIST !!
Hmmm...
I'd have thought of a few cars that should have made the list:
-- 1976 olive green Ford Pinto: Who wouldn't want to drive a hopelessly ugly car that blows up when hit from behind in a 5 MPH fender bender.
-- Gremlin: Proof that a car can be so nerdy that it actually becomes cool.
-- Chevy Chevette: Only because I owned one and it made it to 225,000 miles before it gave up the ghost!
-- The KITT Trans AM should have been on the list because the car was a better actor than the driver. And what car owner wouldn't want a Cylon eye adorning the hood of their car?
-- The RAV EV: It was a somewhat more practical experiment that, like the EV1, was ended too soon.
I'd have thought of a few cars that should have made the list:
-- 1976 olive green Ford Pinto: Who wouldn't want to drive a hopelessly ugly car that blows up when hit from behind in a 5 MPH fender bender.
-- Gremlin: Proof that a car can be so nerdy that it actually becomes cool.
-- Chevy Chevette: Only because I owned one and it made it to 225,000 miles before it gave up the ghost!
-- The KITT Trans AM should have been on the list because the car was a better actor than the driver. And what car owner wouldn't want a Cylon eye adorning the hood of their car?
-- The RAV EV: It was a somewhat more practical experiment that, like the EV1, was ended too soon.
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