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The Honda CR-Z combines the advantages of a clean, efficient petrol electric hybrid powertrain with a 6-speed manual transmission and a stylish coupe body. With a 2+2 coupe form, this new CR-Z will change current perceptions of hybrids, with its driver-focussed chassis and 1.5-litre engine. For the first time, a fuel efficient, low emission parallel hybrid system is combined with an ultra precise 6-speed manual gearbox.

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2001 Pontiac Trans Am with WS6 Performance Package…only 18K miles! Thankfully, there’s been much more to the Firebird than just its cornball association with Burt Reynolds (or even cornier relationship with David Hasselhoff in TV’s Knight Rider). As with its corporate twin, the Chevy Camaro, the Pontiac Firebird was born in 1967 to do battle with the original American sport coupe, the Ford Mustang. Although the sheet metal was virtually identical between the Camaro and Firebird, a different nose and tail, as well as slight differences inside gave the Firebird a little more excitement in the looks department. Coupe and convertible body styles tempted buyers. In the car’s early years, performance buffs gravitated to the Pontiac Firebird thanks to its enticing array of power plants that included the same 400 cubic-inch V8 used in the GTO. Pontiac even offered a high-output overhead-cam inline-6 in hopes of making the Firebird more appealing to those who preferred less weight, more nimble handling and a higher-revving engine. This was also the period when the legendary Trans Am trim first debuted, wearing white paint with two blue stripes running over the body. At the dawn of the 1970s, a redesigned Pontiac Firebird emerged, available only in a sleek coupe body style. But as that decade progressed, the Firebird’s performance diminished while body graphics and spoilers, as if to compensate, grew more extroverted. The third-generation Firebird appeared for 1982, wearing a …

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This is the official demonstration of the awesome iPhone app “Sports Car Engines” by AR Ermes. Experience the thundering sounds of over 130 sports car engines from over 25 manufacturers! From Aston Martins to Ferraris to BMWs to Porsches – Sports Car Engines has some of the fastest most exotic cars on the planet! Available on the Apple App Store now!

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Great start, but sadly all for nought as the race was red flagged for oil on the track,

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The Perfect Chassis Suspension Motor Sport auf Deutsch The perfect chassis suspension – Directional stability and ground contact in motorsports! Anyone who wants to get ahead in a race and ideally stay there needs optimum control of their car!Thats provided by the chassis suspension – with extreme technical challenges to be mastered, as a race car is constantly moving, continually changing load and centre of gravity. The features explains how the the race set-up gets based on the circuits condition.

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