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[edit] day 1, 13, 21
The Lincoln Town Car is a full-size luxury sedan and serves as the flagship of Ford's Lincoln luxury car division. Often referred as a traditional American luxury sedan the Town Car features a V8 engine, rear wheel drive, very generous exterior and interior dimensions as well as a "Pillowy ride and chrome aplenty."[1] (Forbes) The Town Car is currently the largest American-made car, measuring nearly 18 feet (5.49 m) in length for a standard Town Car and 18 1/2 ft (5.64 m) for an L Edition.[2] The Town Car's main competitors include the Lexus LS 460 and Cadillac DTS. Manufactured in the Wixom Assembly Plant, the Town Car is, despite recently declining sales numbers, one of the best selling American luxury cars. (more...)
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[edit] day 3, 14, 24
The Lexus LS (sold as the Toyota Celsior in Japan) is a V8-powered, rear wheel drive luxury car that serves as the flagship of Toyota's luxury Lexus division. A length of almost five meters (200 in) gives the LS a "large car" classification in Europe as well as in the United States. According to reviews, the LS 400 has one of the most silent cabins among modern cars and is sometimes hailed as one of the most refined, well-engineered and technologically advanced vehicles in the high-end luxury car segment. As the LS's suspension is tuned primarily for ride comfort and isolation, the model is often accused of not being as sporty as German competitors such as the BMW 7 Series. The exterior design has also been referred to as being unexciting and ordinary, yet has superb fit-and-finish and one of the lowest drag coefficient of any sedan on the market. (more...)
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[edit] day 4, 19
Oldsmobile (or Olds + Mobile) was a brand of automobile owned by General Motors. It was founded by Ransom E. Olds, and was produced in the United States from 1897 to 2004. In its 107 years, it produced 35.2 million cars, including at least 14 million built at its Lansing factory. When it was phased out, Oldsmobile was the oldest surviving American automobile marque, and one of the oldest in the world, after Daimler and Peugeot. The spirit of Oldsmobile has lived on in GM's Buick brand as the Intrigue lives on as the Buick LaCrosse, the Aurora lives on as the Buick Lucerne, the Bravada lives on as the Buick Rainier, and the Silhouette lives on as the Buick Terraza. (more...)
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[edit] day 5, 15, 25
The Mini is a small car that was produced by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors from 1959 to 2000. The most popular British-made car of all time, it has since been replaced by the New MINI which was launched in 2001. The original is considered an icon of the 1960s.
This revolutionary and distinctive two-door car was designed for BMC by Sir Alec Issigonis. It was manufactured at the Longbridge and Cowley plants in the United Kingdom, and later in Australia, Belgium, Chile, Italy, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela. The Mini Mk I had three major updates: The Mk II, the Clubman, and the Mk III, within which were a series of variations including an estate car, a pickup truck, a van, and the Mini Moke – a jeep-like buggy. The Mini Cooper and Cooper "S" were sportier versions that were successful as rally cars – winning the Monte Carlo Rally three times. (more...)
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[edit] day 6, 16
The Lancia Flaminia was a luxury car from the Italian automaker, Lancia, built from 1957 to 1970. It was Lancia's flagship model at that time, replacing the Aurelia. It was available throughout its lifetime as sedan, coupé, cabrio, and a stretched limousine model was even created for official service. The Flaminia (save for the sedan) was a coachbuilt car with bodies from the most prestigious Italian coachbuilders. The demise of this model in 1970 left a void only filled by Lancia Gamma in 1976. (more...)
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[edit] day 7, 17,
The De Lorean DMC-12 is a sports car which was manufactured by the De Lorean Motor Company from 1981 through 1982. It is most commonly known as the De Lorean, as it was the only model ever produced by the company. The DMC-12 featured gull-wing doors with a brushed stainless steel body. It was famously featured in the Back to the Future trilogy.
The first prototype was completed in 1978, and production began officially in 1981 at the DMC factory in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland. During its production, several aspects of the car were changed, such as the hood (bonnet) style, wheels and interior. At least 8,500 DMC-12s were made before production ended in 1982. (more...)
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[edit] day 8, 18, 29
The Holden VE Commodore is the fourteenth, and current model generation of the Holden Commodore, a large car produced by Australian automobile manufacturer Holden.
It was first officially presented at a media launch in Melbourne, Australia on July 16 2006, which was viewable live on the internet. It debuted in August 2006 as Holden's first Commodore ever to be built upon an entirely new design, rather than based on another platform. The VE Commodore was launched in New Zealand in September 2006.
Holden have not released station wagon or Coupe utility variants of the VE initially. Holden have confirmed that they will continue to supply the previous VZ models until 2007, when the VE versions are planned to be released.
Holden's designers and engineers began laying down the basics of a clean sheet Commodore in 2000. Not only was the car Holden's largest and most costly development with an expenditure of over AU$1 billion and 3.4 million kilometres of testing, it was also the first car that Holden had built from the ground up. (more...)
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[edit] day 9, 22, 31
MINI is both the name of a subsidiary of BMW, and a car produced by that subsidiary since 2001. The car is marketed as a "retro" redesign of the original Mini, which was manufactured by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from 1959 to 2000. To distinguish it from its predecessor (the 'classic Mini'), it is often called 'The BMW MINI', 'The New MINI', or simply 'MINI' written with all capitals. The MINI is manufactured in Cowley in Oxford, United Kingdom, in what was historically the Morris car plant. (more...)
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[edit] day 10, 20, 30
The Ford BA Falcon is a full-size sedan that is manufactured in Victoria, Australia. The car can seat five people in relative comfort and was released to the public in September 2002. The engine was an upgraded version of the 4.0-liter six-cylinder Barra V6 which was previously used on the AU Falcon. The Barra engine can dish out 182 kW of power at 5000 rmp. There is lot’s of empty space around the motor so it would be easier to conduct repairs and LPG motor was available cutting the fuel costs. The suspension has been revised and as well as the new interior specially focusing on the centre console. The Ford BA Falcon has one main rival which is the Holden Commodore. The car was piece by piece revealed to the public instead of just releasing it all at once. After four months past the XR8 was then released on in February of 2003.(more...)
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[edit] day 2, 11, 26
The Talbot Tagora is a large executive saloon car which was developed by Chrysler Europe and produced by Peugeot Société Anonyme (PSA). The Tagora was marketed under the Talbot marque after PSA took over Chrysler's European operations in 1979. PSA presented the first production vehicle in 1980 and launched it commercially in 1981. The Tagora fell far short of sales expectations, and PSA cancelled the model only two years later. Fewer than 20,000 Tagoras were ever built, all of them at the former Simca factory in the Poissy commune near Paris. (more...)
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[edit] day 12, 27
Lincoln is an American luxury automobile brand, operated under the Ford Motor Company.
The company was founded in 1917 by Henry M. Leland. Leland, one of the founders of Cadillac, left the Cadillac division of General Motors during World War I and formed the Lincoln Motor Company to build Liberty aircraft engines. After the war, the company's factories were retooled to manufacture luxury automobiles.
As recently as 1998 Lincoln was the best-selling luxury brand in the United States, helped by the massive success of the Navigator SUV, and a redesign of the Town Car as well as the Continental. (more...)
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