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Ayrton Senna da Silva

July 4, 2011 By Will Messruther

Ayrton Senna da Silva Nationality: Brazilian Birth Place: Santana, São Paulo City Date of Birth: 21/03/1960 Deceased: 01/05/1994 (aged 34)Occupation: Formula 1 Driver Teams: Toleman, Lotus, McLaren, Williams Races: 162 (161 Starts) Podiums: 80 Race Wins: 41 Championship Wins: 3 (1988, ...

Filed Under: Drivers Tagged With: Ayrton Senna, da silva, f1, Formula 1, formula one, grand prix, michael schumacher

World Rally Championship Winners

May 30, 2011 By Will Messruther

World Rally Championship Driver's Competition WinnersSeasonDriverCar2010 Sebastien Loeb Citroen C4 WRC WRC 2010 Highlights2009 Sebastien Loeb Citroen C4 WRC WRC 2009 Highlights2008 Sebastien Loeb Citroen C4 WRC WRC 2008 ...

Filed Under: Competitions Tagged With: alpine, Audi, carlos sainz, Citroen, Colin Mcrae, Drivers, fiat, Ford, juha kankkunen, Lancia, Manufacturers, marcus gronholm, miki biassion, Mitsubishi, opal, Petter Solberg, peugeot, sebastien loeb, Subaru, talbot, tommi makinen, toyota, world rally championship, wrc

Nurburgring Lap Records

May 23, 2011 By Will Messruther

The Nurburgring is one of the most famous race tracks of all time and resides in Germany, 1 full lap can be as far as 16.123 miles long!Many manufacturers use the track as a bench mark to push there new cars to the limits, and below we have a top 20 list of the fastest recorded lap times for ...

Filed Under: Race Tracks Tagged With: c6 z1r, chevrolet corvette, dodge viper, donkervoort, ferrari, gumpert apollo, lap records, lap times, Maserati, nissan gt-r, Nordschleife, nurburgring, pagani zonda, porsche 911, radical sr8, the ring

Porsche 911 – Then and Now

May 14, 2011 By Will Messruther

The Porsche 911 was first introduced in 1963 and went on sale in 1964. It was initially called the Porsche 901, but Peugeot had exclusive rights of three number names with a 0 in the middle, in France. Rather than compete with Peugeot on this matter, Porsche decided to change the name of the 901 to ...

Filed Under: Motor History Tagged With: 3.0, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.6, 911, 930, 964, 993, 996, 997, carrera, club sport, flat nose, gt1, gt2, gt3, liter, litre, porka, Porsche, rs, rsr, ruf, series, slant, targa, Turbo

The Mighty Nissan Skyline – Past and Present

May 10, 2011 By Will Messruther

The legendary Nissan Skyline is regarded as one of the most desirable sports cars on the market, and it has been since way back in the 1950's when the first Skyline was produced. This is partly down to its immense tuning capabilities (successfully reaching over 1000bhp by quite a few different ...

Filed Under: Motor History Tagged With: 2000gt, alsid, c10, c110, c210, gt-r, GTR, History, kenmeri, Nissan, past and present, Prince, r30, r31, r32, r33, r34, r35, rb20, rb20det, s50, s54, s57, Skyline, Then and Now

Rally Car Legends

May 9, 2011 By Will Messruther

Are you a WRC Rally fan? Ofcourse you are!But, how much do you actually know about the history of rally and the cars that were involved? Here, we introduce you to our favourite rally cars of all time, some you are bound to know but perhaps some you don't. We decided to put them in a top list as ...

Filed Under: Motor History Tagged With: Audi Quattro, Citroen C4 WRC, Ford Escort, Ford Escort Cosworth, Ford Focus RS WRC, Ford RS200, Lancia 037, Lancia Delta s4, Lancia Stratos, marcus gronholm, MG Metro 6r4, Mini Cooper, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, peugeot 205 t16, peugeot 206 wrc, Renault 5 Maxi Turbo, renault alpine a110, Subaru Impreza, Toyota Celica

Subaru Impreza – Then and Now

May 4, 2011 By Robert Pattison

The Subaru Impreza is a compact car that was first introduced by Subaru in 1993.Over the years it has proved to be a very successful car on the rally scene as well as on the retail car scene.I personally owned a Subaru Impreza WRX STI and it was one of the most exciting cars i have ever ...

Filed Under: Motor History Tagged With: Colin Mcrae, History, Impreza, Impreza Then and Now, Japanese Manufacturer, STI, Subaru, Subaru Impreza, WRX

Volkswagen Golf – Then and Now

May 3, 2011 By Nick Preston

The Volkswagen Golf is one of the most well known cars ever produced and is also considered as the best hot hatch car on the market today. The Golf is Volkswagens best selling model and overall is the worlds third best selling model, with more than 25 million built by 2007.Manufacturing for the ...