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Sinclair
Sinclair C5
26.05.2017Consumer electronics tycoon Sir Clive Sinclair had long considered making silent, emissions-free electric vehicles. In August...
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Articles
The small Smart-Maybach could be a funny little thing
24.05.2017While this remains unlikely, applying the Maybach formula to something like the tiny Smart Fortwo could...
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General Motors
General Motors Lean Machine
21.05.2017If you’ve seen the 1993 futuristicaction movie Demolition Man, you might be familiar with General Motors’...
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Ligier
Ligier JS4
20.05.2017Guy Ligier—Formula One team owner, motorway construction tycoon, and confidante of French president François Mitterrand—was an...
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Copper
Copper Electric Runabout
20.05.2017With every dramatic surge in oil prices comes renewed interest in alternative fuels for cars; the...
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Stimson
Stimson Scorcher
20.05.2017Britain’s licensing authorities weren’t too sure what to make of the Stimson Scorcher in 1976, hesitatingly...
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Lepoix
Lepoix Ding
19.05.2017The French-born industrial designer Louis Lepoix was probably best known for his commercial vehicles and household...
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Zagato
Zagato Zele 1000
19.05.2017Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Italian coachbuilder Zagato was a byword for motoring excitement—a dream factory...
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Fiat
Fiat ESV 1500
18.05.2017The impetus for Fiat’s attempt to create the safest possible city car came from the US....
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NSU
NSU Wankel Spider
18.05.2017A rotary engine is any power unit that dispenses with a crankshaft to eliminate reciprocal motion,...
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Austin
Austin Mini
17.05.2017Conceived as an alternative to the “bubble cars” popular at the time of the 1956 Suez...
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Fiat
Fiat 500 Nuova
17.05.2017Despite Fiat’s 1936 500 “Topolino” being a well-liked little car in its day, the Nuova 500...
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Powerdrive
Powerdrive
17.05.2017In the arcane world of British microcars, David Gottlieb is a near-mythical figure. The designer of...
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Isetta
Isetta 300
17.05.2017Bubble cars were a European fad in the 1950s. These tiny, cramped contraptions offered minimal motoring...
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Fiat
Fiat 500 Topolino
16.05.2017Even when Fiat tackled the low-price end of the car scale, it was incapable of building...