Monday, November 21, 2016

1967 Mustang Shelby GT500 Dragster Pony Express Jada 1:24 BigTime Muscle.











From Wikipedia:
 El Ford Mustang es un automóvil deportivo del fabricante estadounidense Ford Motor Company. Originalmente fue concebido por Lee Iacocca como un concurso entre departamento como algo personal y deportivo que atraería a las mujeres. El Mustang debutó en 1964 con un precio de $2,368 dólares, con ventas anuales estimadas de 100 mil unidades. Las ventas del primer año superaron las 400 mil unidades y fueron de un millón en dos años.

El Mustang creó la clase de Autos Pony de autos estadounidenses, distinguidos como coupés deportivos accesibles con capotas largas y cubiertas traseras cortas, y dio lugar a competidores como el Chevrolet Camaro, Pontiac Firebird, AMC Javelin, Plymouth Barracuda renovado de Chrysler y la segunda generación de Dodge Challenger. El Mustang también es acreditado por inspirar los diseños de coupés Toyota Celica y el Ford Capri, que fueron importados a los Estados Unidos.

Originalmente se basó en la plataforma del Ford Falcon estadounidense de segunda generación, un automóvil compacto. El Ford Mustang I original de dos plazas de 1962 había evolucionado hasta convertirse en el "concept car" de cuatro plazas Mustang II de 1963 que Ford utilizó para probar como el público se interesaría en el primer Mustang de producción. El concept car Mustang II de 1963 fue diseñado con una variación de los extremos delantero y trasero del modelo de producción con un techo que era 2.7 pulgadas más corto. Introducido temprano el 17 de abril de 1964, (16 días después del Barracuda de Plymouth), y por lo tanto denominado como un "1964 1/2" por los aficionados Mustang. Pero el Mustang 1965 fue el lanzamiento más exitoso de la automotriz desde el modelo Ford A. el Mustang ha sufrido varias transformaciones a su sexta generación actual, siendo la tercera saga de Ford más antigua.

El Ford Mustang comenzó la producción cinco meses antes del inicio normal del año de producción de 1965. Las primeras versiones de producción a menudo se denominaban modelos de 1964 1/2, pero todos los Mustangs fueron anunciados codificados por VIN y titulados por Ford como modelos de 1965, aunque las actualizaciones menores de diseño en agosto de 1964 al comienzo formal del año de producción de 1965 contribuyeron al seguimiento de la producción de 1964 1/2 datos por separado de los datos de 1965. Con la producción comenzando en Dearborn, Michigan, el 9 de marzo de 1964, el nuevo automóvil fue presentado al público el 17 de abril de 1964 en la Feria Mundial de Nueva York.

El Mustang es el único modelo original que permanece en producción ininterrumpida durante cinco décadas de desarrollo y revisión. A partir de agosto de 2018, se han producido más de 10 millones de Mustangs en los Estados Unidos.

Monday, November 14, 2016

2006 Pontiac Solstice Convertible Maisto 1:24











From Wikipedia:
 The Pontiac Solstice is a sports car that was produced by Pontiac. Introduced at the 2004 North American International Auto Show, the Solstice roadster began production in Wilmington, Delaware, starting in mid-2005 for the 2006 model year. It is powered by a naturally aspirated 2.4 L I4 engine, producing 177 hp (132 kW) and 166 lb⋅ft (225 N⋅m) of torque. The exterior styling of the production Solstice is similar to that of the 2002 Solstice concept[4] that preceded it. Production of the Solstice was to be running before summer 2005, but delays at the Wilmington plant pushed volume production to the fourth quarter. The new hardtop targa top 2009 model was announced in mid-2008.[6] The Solstice uses the GM Kappa platform, which also underpins the Saturn Sky, Opel GT, and Daewoo G2X. It was the brand's first two-seater since the Pontiac Fiero was discontinued in 1988.

The Solstice was nominated for the North American Car of the Year award and Design of the Year award from the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC) for 2006. It was a runaway hit for Pontiac, with 7,000 orders in the first 10 days of availability and 6,000 more orders before winter. Although first-year production was planned at 7,000, GM apologized to customers for delays and increased production, delivering 10,000 by March 1.

Following the 2008 economic recession, GM discontinued the Pontiac division. Production ended with the closure of the Wilmington Assembly plant in July 2009.

Monday, November 7, 2016

1970 Dodge Challenger R/T Johnny Lightning 1:24












The Dodge Challenger is the name of three different generations of automobiles (two of those being pony cars) produced by American automobile manufacturer Dodge. However, the first use of the Challenger name by Dodge was in 1959 for marketing a "value version" of the full-sized Coronet Silver Challenger.
From model years 1970 to 1974, the first generation Dodge Challenger pony car was built using the Chrysler E platform in hardtop and convertible body styles sharing major components with the Plymouth Barracuda.
The second generation, from model years 1978 to 1983, was a badge engineered Mitsubishi Galant Lambda / Sapporo, a coupe version of an economical compact car.
The third and current generation is a pony car that was introduced in early 2008 originally as a rival to the evolved fifth generation Ford Mustang and the fifth generation Chevrolet Camaro.
In November 2021, Stellantis announced that 2023 model year would be the final model year for both the LD Dodge Charger and LA Dodge Challenger, as the company will focus its future plans on electric vehicles rather than fossil fuel powered vehicles, due to tougher emissions standards required by the Environmental Protection Agency for the 2023 model year. Challenger production ended on December 22, 2023, and the Brampton, Ontario assembly plant will be re-tooled to assemble an electrified successor.

Friday, October 28, 2016

1967 Volkswagen Type 1 Käfer Beetle Fusca Bug Sedan Road Tough 1:18












The Volkswagen Beetle—officially the Volkswagen Type 1, informally in German der Käfer (meaning "beetle"), in parts of the English-speaking world the Bug, and known by many other nicknames in other languages—is a two-door, rear-engine economy car, intended for five occupants (later, Beetles were restricted to four people in some countries), that was manufactured and marketed by German automaker Volkswagen (VW) from 1938 until 2003.

The need for a people's car (Volkswagen in German), its concept and its functional objectives were formulated by the leader of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler, who wanted a cheap, simple car to be mass-produced for his country's new road network (Reichsautobahn). Members of the National Socialist party, with an additional dues surcharge, were promised the first production, but the Spanish Civil War shifted most production resources to military vehicles to support the Nationalists under Francisco Franco. Lead engineer Ferdinand Porsche and his team took until 1938 to finalise the design. Béla Barényi is credited with first conceiving the original design for this car in 1925, notably by Mercedes-Benz, on their website, including his original technical drawing, five years before Porsche claimed to have done his initial version. The influence on Porsche's design of other contemporary cars, such as the Tatra V570, and the work of Josef Ganz remains a subject of dispute. The result was the first Volkswagen, and one of the first rear-engined cars since the Brass Era. With 21,529,464 produced, the Beetle is the longest-running and most-manufactured car of a single platform ever made.