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Suicide – hinged on the rear end of the door-frame, and open horizontally towards the rear. Swan – opens outward like either a conventional door or a suicide door, but on an axis slightly tilted from vertical, or via articulation in the hinge to angle upward for better ground clearance Some custom limousines have enlarged doors.
For 1964, the Tempest and LeMans' transaxle design was dropped and the cars were redesigned under GM's new A-body platform - frame cars with a conventional front-engined, rear-wheel drive layout. The most important of these is the GTO. In spite of a GM unwritten edict against engines larger than 330 cu in (5.4 L) in intermediate cars, DeLorean ...
An open car was tested by The Motor magazine in 1958 and was found to have a top speed of 113 mph (182 km/h), acceleration from 0–60 mph (97 km/h) in 9.1 seconds and a fuel consumption of 27.6 miles per imperial gallon (10.2 L/100 km; 23.0 mpg ‑US) was recorded. The test car cost £1,283 including taxes of £428.
With the standard 3.31:1 rear axle, acceleration from 0–60 mph (0–97 km/h) took less than six seconds. [3] Projected top speed was 134 mph (216 km/h). [4] Over 3,500 Excalibur cars were built, all in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [2] The American comedian Phyllis Diller was a notable proponent of the Excalibur automobile, and owned four of them. [5]
Available as an open two-seater or more luxurious Tickford drophead coupé, this is the rarest of the T-type cars, as production began just prior to Britain's entry into World War II. [ citation needed ] Only 379 TBs were made before the MG factory emptied its buildings and switched to making major aircraft components and modifying tanks.
The body was designed to simplify maintenance, as exterior panels were fastened by bolts and could be replaced without special tools or welding; the front and rear bumpers were interchangeable. The X-frame chassis used a Dana 44 rear axle on leaf springs with an independent front suspension that used some components from the 1954 Ford models ...
The Pinto's design positioned its fuel tank between the solid live rear axle and the rear bumper, a standard practice in US subcompact cars at the time. [73] The Pinto's vulnerability to fuel leakage and fire in a rear-end collision was exacerbated by reduced rear "crush space", a lack of structural reinforcement in the rear, and an ...
A retro-style automobile is a vehicle that is styled to appear like cars from previous decades. Often these cars use modern technology and production techniques. This design trend developed in the early 1990s and led to almost all automobile brands introducing models that referenced previous cars of the 1950s and 1960s.