
Chevrolet Stingray Racer Concept 1959
Chevrolet Stingray Racer Concept (1959), The Corvette Stingray was a privately funded concept automobile that shaped a foundation for the second (C2) generation Corvette Sting Ray. The Stingray racer-idea automotive was designed by Pete Brock the youngest designer to work at GM at the moment, Bill Mitchell, GM Vice President of styling, and Larry Shinoda in 1957. The idea of the Stingray was the 1957 Corvette SS, an engineering test mule chassis for the creation of an official Chevrolet race effort culminating with the 24 Hours of LeMans. Soon after its race debut, the Car Producers Association (AMA) banned producer-sponsored racing, and the SS had been relegated to test track duty. The Stingray exists in the present day with a 327-cubic-inch (5.four L), gas-injected V-8 of 375 hp (280 kW).
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Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 (2012)
With the Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0, one among Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart’s most popular, coveted and successful racing pedigree production automobiles is coming into the home straight. Limited to 600 vehicles, the Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 brings together in a road car all of the attributes that have made the Porsche 911 GT3 a serial winner on the race track.
The new 911 GT3 RS 4.0 is a thoroughbred automobile, uncompromisingly optimised for handling, with the performance of all car elements, together with the suspension and aerodynamics, specially synchronised. Its true efficiency potential is very evident on racing circuits: It makes it round the Nürburgring-Nordschleife in 7:27 minutes. With its gearing designed for the racing circuit, the Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.zero, out there solely with a six-velocity sports transmission, reaches the 200 km/h (124 mph) mark in underneath 12 seconds.
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