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The Lotus Carlton, a high-performance version of the Vauxhall Carlton/Opel Omega A executive car. A sleeper (American English) or Q-car (British English) is a car that boasts high performance while having an unassuming exterior. [1] [2] [3] Sleepers are usually developed on the platform of a non-athletic class of vehicle, most often that of an ...
Inspiration is a British-designed and -built steam-propelled car designed by Glynne Bowsher and developed by the British Steam Car Challenge team. [1] [2]Inspiration holds the World Land Speed Record for a steam-powered vehicle on 25 August 2009, driven by Charles Burnett III with an average speed of 139.8 mph (225 km/h) [3] over two consecutive runs over a measured mile.
Fastest Car is a Netflix original series which premiered on April 6, 2018. [1] It is a reality-show where drivers of stock exotic supercars go up against sleeper cars in a quarter-mile drag race. [ 2 ]
Ford Fusion Sport. The Ford Fusion was the carmaker’s mid-size sedan throughout the 2000s, noted Motor1. The 2017 to 2019 model years have a 2.7-liter V-6 making 325 horsepower and 380 pounds of ...
The Devel Sixteen is a mid-engine track-only sports car designed in the United Arab Emirates by Devel Motors.Devel Motors claims the V16 quad-turbo version of the car to be the fastest car in the world, with a claimed top speed of 348 mph (560 km/h) and a claimed 0–60 mph time of 1.8 seconds; its announced base version price is $1.7 million.
Pullman sleeping car, original to the William Crooks locomotive, on display in Duluth, Minnesota. The sleeping car or sleeper (often wagon-lit) is a railway passenger car that can accommodate all passengers in beds of one kind or another, for the purpose of sleeping. George Pullman was the American innovator of the sleeper car. [citation needed]
Gary Michael Gabelich (Croatian Gabelić; August 29, 1940 – January 26, 1984) was an American motorsport driver who set the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Land Speed Record (LSR) with the rocket car Blue Flame on October 23, 1970, [1] on a dry lake bed at Bonneville Salt Flats near Wendover, Utah.
Tracy Chapman is finally getting a new moment in the awards spotlight, 35 years after the release of her biggest hit, "Fast Car." The two gave an emotional performance at the GRAMMYs on Sunday ...