Wednesday, February 19, 2014

1969 Dodge Charger Daytona

 The 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona sole purpose was winning high profile NASCAR races for dodge. The Daytona was built after the dodge charger to be a high performance race car, and that's exactly what it did in the Talladega 500. The racer who that race was #88 Buddy Baker, and for the first time in NASCAR history the Daytona broke the 200mph  mark on March 24 1969 at the Talladega. The Dodge  Daytona is now a very rare and valuable collectible car. The Dodge Daytona is a 2-door coupe muscle car, that was assembled in Hamtramck, Michigan. The Daytona has a 440 Magnum 440cu in  7.2L V8 engine. And as for the transmission the Daytona has a 3-speed Torqueflite  727.

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

2005-2012 Grumpert Apollo

   The 2005-2012 Grumpert Apollo is a German made sports car that was produced by Grumpert Sports wagon manufacture in Altenburg.  The design of the Apollo was created by Marco Vanetta in 2004. And on July 27, 2008, the Apollo was aired on the famous show Top Gear, where Richard Hammond and famous car driver The Stig drove it. And on that show the Apollo had won the fastest time on the power lap board, with a time of 1:17.1, but later on it was beaten by the Bugatti Veyron. The layout of the Apollo is a mid rear engine with rear wheel drive, and the engine is a 4.2L twin-turbocharged  V8. And as for the transmission the Apollo has a 6-speed sequential manual trans mission.