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Italy's beach cars: dreams of summer image

07/08/2020

Italy's beach cars: dreams of summer

This article highlights the history of "beach cars" in Italy, which were small utility cars transformed into vehicles suitable for the narrow and difficult roads in places like Capri and Portofino.
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03/08/2020

Brilliance cheated of its due

This article tells the story of Tatra, a car manufacturer that built innovative vehicles and had a remarkable understanding of the future of aerodynamics, but never got the recognition it deserved due to the turn of historical events in the last century.
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29/07/2020

The mother of all SUVs

This text discusses Lamborghini's history of creating off-road vehicles, beginning with the Cheetah project in the mid-1970s.
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27/07/2020

Glamour Rolls

This text is about a revolutionary Rolls-Royce Phantom 1 Cabriolet designed by Jonckheere in 1934.
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25/07/2020

Corvette Stingray C3 (1968-1982) - a desire within reach

The Chevrolet Corvette C3 series of 1968-1982 is an iconic car that has seen success both in the automotive and pop culture worlds.
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20/07/2020

From Russia with passion

This article tells the story of Alexei Nikitin, a young scholar of aerodynamics in Soviet Russia during the 1930s, who built a magnificent and aerodynamically functional car using a GAZ-A as his starting point.
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19/07/2020

AMG: The ugly duckling becomes a mighty swan

This article talks about the origins of the high-performance models of Mercedes, BMW, and Audi. The article starts with AMG, founded in 1967 by Hans Werner Aufrecht and Erhard Melcher.
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18/07/2020

B for Bronco

This article reflects on the legacy of the Ford Bronco, an iconic American sports utility vehicle (SUV) launched in 1966.
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15/07/2020

East-West: marketing and passion

The article discusses the evolution of the relationship between the East and the West in the context of automobile design and marketing.
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13/07/2020

Geddes car. It was so far ahead we can only hope it arrives today!

The article discusses the history of car aerodynamics and highlights the innovative vision of designer Bel Geddes, who proposed a streamlined and spacious minivan-shaped car with up to eight wheels for the 1939 Futurama exhibition in New York.