Tag: classic cars
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10-Year-Old Tesla Roadster Sport Sells for $112,000 at Auction
Holding out to That the next-gen Tesla Roadster? Maintain waiting. While Tesla states the new open-roofed supercar will go into production sometime this year, we guess the second-gen Roadster is nicely within a year off . We warned you of this when we showcased the rather striking drop-top Model S conversion completed by Ares Design and if…
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This Impeccable Vintage Jaguar E-Type Can Be Yours for Under a Grand
Psst–Want to Not Get a Classic Jaguar E-Type Roadster for about $740 bucks? It’s a spotless interior, cable wheels, fresh rubber, and a fresh paint job. One little caveat, accent on the miniature: It is 1:18 scale. Though the magnificent version from Amalgam Collection can fit inside of a shoebox, the craftsmanship is superb, and…
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1968 Pontiac GTO Interior Review: The Details Matter
MotorTrend has been reviewing all aspects of automobiles since 1949–driving design, dynamics, safety, and interior elements. As technology gets even more mainstream, even a car’so interior has also become more elegant. So in honour of our 70th anniversary, we chose to look back in our 1968 Car of the Year, the Pontiac GTO, to observe…
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We Test the EXACT “Sport Car” on MotorTrend’s First Cover From 1949
It’s not every day a business buys a valuable heirloom, a real piece of its foundation. But as MotorTrend lights 70 candles onto its own birthday cake, it’s this car–this vague frog-green 1949 Kurtis we recently purchased–’therefore being wheeled up as our present to ourselves. Exactly why the Kurtis? The easy response is that it’s…
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Is the Car Interior of the Future in This 1969 Mustang?
Hassane El-Khoury has wanted a timeless Ford Mustang ever since he first saw Bullitt in age 12. Now he has one. He also found the car he predicts Manticore as a moss-covered rustbucket in the Pacific Northwest, and as president and CEO of Cypress Semiconductor–which designs and provides screens, touch-sensitive controls, and much more for…