Thursday, July 28, 2011

1998 Jaguar XK180 Concept Maisto 1:18











The Jaguar XK 180 is a concept car created by the British car manufacturer Jaguar Cars to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the XK car and to show the world the skills of Jaguar stylists, craftsmen and engineers. It was presented at the Paris Motor Show in 1998.

It had a 4.0 litre supercharged V8 engine with four valves per cylinder, developing 450 bhp (336 kW; 456 PS) and 445 lb⋅ft (603 N⋅m) of torque. Power is sent to the rear wheels through a Mercedes five-speed automatic gearbox which has been modified to be controlled by buttons on the steering wheel. Seating capacity was two. It had a claimed top speed of 180 mph (290 km/h), although this was never tested, and it could accelerate from 0-100 km/h (62 mph) in 4.5 seconds. It was capable of covering a 1/4 mile (400 m) in 13.5 seconds at 106 mph (171 km/h). Two XK 180s were built in total, one in RHD and one in LHD. Both were roadsters.

Thursday, July 21, 2011

NASCAR 2000 Montecarlo Terry Labonte Racing Champions 1:24











Terrance Lee Labonte (born November 16, 1956) is an American former stock car driver who raced from 1978 to 2014 in the former NASCAR Winston Cup and Sprint Cup Series (now called the NASCAR Cup Series). A two-time Cup Series champion and 1989 IROC champion, he is the older brother of 2000 Cup Series champion Bobby Labonte, and the father of former Nationwide Series driver Justin Labonte. He also co-owns a Chevrolet dealership in Greensboro, North Carolina with Rick Hendrick. He appeared on the CBS series The Dukes of Hazzard in 1984, where he played an unnamed pit crew member.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

1951 Chevrolet Pickup Truck Jada 1:24











1951 - Doors now have vent windows. Mid-year change from 9-board bed to 8 boards per bed. Last year for 80 MPH speedometer, chrome window handle knobs, and chrome wiper knob. New serial number codes: JP ½ ton, JR ¾ ton, & JS 1 ton.

The Advance-Design is a light and medium duty truck series by Chevrolet, their first major redesign after WWII. Its GMC counterpart was the GMC New Design. It was billed as a larger, stronger, and sleeker design in comparison to the earlier AK Series. First available on Saturday, June 28, 1947, these trucks were sold with various minor changes over the years until March 25, 1955, when the Task Force Series trucks replaced the Advance-Design model.

The same basic design family was used for all of its trucks including the Suburban, panel trucks, canopy express, and cab overs. The cab overs used the same basic cab configuration and similar grille but used a shorter and taller hood and different fenders. The unique Cab Over fenders and hood required a custom cowl area which makes the Cab Over Engine cabs and normal truck cabs incompatible with one another while all truck cabs of all weights interchange.

From 1947 until 1955, Chevrolet trucks were number one in sales in the United States, with rebranded versions sold at GMC locations.

While General Motors used this front end sheet metal, and to a slightly lesser extent the cab, on all of its trucks except for the Cab Overs, there are three main sizes of this truck: the half-, three-quarter-, and full ton capacities in short and long wheelbase.

Thursday, July 7, 2011

1965 Shelby AC Cobra 427 Maisto Old Friends 1:24













 1965 Shelby AC Cobra 427 Maisto Old Friends 1:24

El AC Cobra es un automóvil deportivo anglo-estadounidense construido en los años de 1962 a 1966 por el fabricante AC Cars. En contra de la creencia popular, no fue este el primer automóvil en utilizar un chasis ligero y una carrocería de aluminio europeos y un potente motor V8 estadounidense, pero posiblemente haya sido el más famoso.

Al igual que muchos fabricantes británicos, los automóviles AC usaban el suave y refinado motor Bristol de 6 cilindros en línea, de pequeño volumen de producción, incluido en el biplaza AC Ace. El motor era un diseño de BMW de antes de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, por lo que la compañía lo consideró anticuado en los años 60. Bristol entonces tomó la decisión de cesar la producción de dicho motor y usar un Chrysler V8 de 313 plg³ (5,1 L). Aunque no sea cierto, comúnmente se cree que el ex piloto estadounidense Carroll Shelby fue quien sacó de la supuesta bancarrota a la compañía AC, consiguiendo que se decidiera a usar el motor de 2,6 litros (159 plg³) del Ford Zephyr en todos sus coches.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

2000 Cadillac Deville DTS Night Vision Maisto 1:18










The Cadillac DeVille was originally a trim level and later a separate model produced by Cadillac. The first car to bear the name was the 1949 Coupe de Ville, a pillarless two-door hardtop body style with a prestige trim level above that of the Series 62 luxury coupe. The last model to be formally known as a DeVille was the 2005 Cadillac DeVille, a full-size sedan, the largest car in the Cadillac model range at the time. The next year, the DeVille was officially renamed the Cadillac DTS.

An automotive night vision system uses a thermographic camera to increase a driver's perception and seeing distance in darkness or poor weather beyond the reach of the vehicle's headlights. Such systems are offered as optional equipment on certain premium vehicles. The technology was first introduced in the year 2000 on the Cadillac Deville. This technology is based on the night vision devices (NVD), which generally denotes any electronically enhanced optical devices operate in three modes: image enhancement, thermal imaging, and active illumination. The automotive night vision system is a combination of NVDs such as infrared cameras, GPS, Lidar, and Radar, among others to sense and detect objects.