Showing posts with label 2003. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2003. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse 1:24 Jada Endless











The Mitsubishi Eclipse is a sport compact car that was produced by Mitsubishi in four generations from 1989 until 2011. A convertible body style was added during the 1996 model year.

The first two generations share the automobile platform and parts with the rebadged Eagle Talon and Plymouth Laser captive imports. They were built during Mitsubishi Motors' close relationship with Chrysler Corporation. Their partnership was known as Diamond-Star Motors (DSM). In Japan, the first two generations were sold at a specific Japanese retail chain called Mitsubishi Car Plaza. The third, 2000-2005 generation shared a redesigned platform with the Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Stratus. In May 2005, the fourth, and final generation Eclipse was introduced, replacing the Chrysler platform used for the third generation with the PS platform.

According to Mitsubishi Motors, the Eclipse was named after an unbeaten 18th-century English racehorse that won 18 races in a row and then retired.

The Eclipse was officially sold in Japan, North America, the Middle East, South Korea, the Philippines, Brazil, and China. At the end of August 2011, the final Eclipse was manufactured and subsequently auctioned for charity.

In 2017, Mitsubishi resurrected the Eclipse name on a compact crossover vehicle, titled the Eclipse Cross.

Friday, October 28, 2022

2003 Honda Accord Muscle Machines 1:24











The Honda Accord (Japanese: ホンダ・アコード, Honda Akōdo) /əˈkɔːrd/, also known as the Honda Inspire (Japanese: ホンダ・インスパイア, Honda Insupaia) in Japan for certain generations, is a series of automobiles manufactured by Honda since 1976, best known for its four-door sedan variant, which has been one of the best-selling cars in the United States since 1989. The Accord nameplate has been applied to a variety of vehicles worldwide, including coupes, station wagons, hatchbacks and a Honda Crosstour crossover.

Since its initiation, Honda has offered several different car body styles and versions of the Accord, and often vehicles marketed under the Accord nameplate concurrently in different regions differ quite substantially. It debuted in 1976, as a compact hatchback, though this style only lasted through 1989, as the lineup was expanded to include a sedan, coupe, and wagon. By the sixth-generation Accord at the end of the 1990s, it evolved into an intermediate vehicle, with one basic platform but with different bodies and proportions to increase its competitiveness against its rivals in different international markets. For the eighth-generation Accord released for the North American market in 2007, Honda had again chosen to move the model further upscale and increase its size. This pushed the Accord sedan from the upper limit of what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines as a mid-size car to just above the lower limit of a full-size car, with the coupe still rated as a mid-size car. In 2012, the ninth-generation Accord sedan, with smaller exterior dimensions, was once again classified as a mid-size car at 119 cubic feet (3.4 m3), falling just shy of the "Large Car" classification. However, the tenth-generation Accord sedan, with similar exterior dimensions, returned to full-size car status with its combined interior space of 123 cubic feet (3.5 m3); the coupe was discontinued in 2017.

Sunday, November 7, 2021

2003 BMW Z4 Maisto 1:18












Un BMW Z4 en la escala de 1/18 de la marca MAISTO.
El BMW Z4​ es un automóvil deportivo de lujo producido por el fabricante alemán BMW. Liderado en aquel momento por el diseñador Chris Bangle, El BMW Z4 es el sucesor del BMW Z3. Fue Presentado en otoño de 2002 y su producción se inició en el 2003. Aunque a finales del 2008 se presentaron imágenes de la nueva carrocería del deportivo, su presentación oficial se hizo en el North American International Auto Show.

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

2003 Chrysler Crossfire 1:24 Motormax

Un Mercedes Benz de los pobres y no tan pobres es este 2003 Chrysler Crossfire en escala 1:24 de la marca MOTORMAX.

Monday, October 7, 2013

2003 Smart Roadster 1:18 Burago















 El Smart Roadster está catalogado como modelo compacto deportivos de dos puertas introducido en 2003 por Smart. Las ventas del Roadster y del Roadster Coupé no cumplieron las expectativas por lo que la producción de ambos modelos se abandonó en noviembre de 2005. Para entonces ya se habían producido 43,091 Roadsters; el último de ellos se encuentra en el museo Mercedes-Benz.

En 2002 empiezan los cambios en la fábrica de SmartVille para alojar al futuro Smart roadster, éste se lanzó en 2003, inspirado en los roadsters británicos de los años 60, cuyas premisas eran la diversión y su bajo peso por encima de la potencia. Con esta premisa a pesar de sus características deportivas y de su imagen agresiva, el Smart Roadster estaba disponible con motores de baja potencia que tenía por objeto un bajo consumo de combustible. A pesar de que la producción en el año de lanzamiento pudo superar a las expectativas, el Smart Roadster no fue una buena inversión, los elevados costos de garantía llevaron a que el Smart Roadster fuese un fracaso financiero y por lo tanto, a que se dejara de producir en 2005.