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Early Aerodynamic Design: “Tatra” Car & Other Aerodynamic Marvels
With top speed approaching 100 mph, efficient aerodynamic characteristics, weird triple headlights and an air-cooled engine in the back, this car sported radical looks and even more radical engineering. The only American car approaching it in term…
A Certain Distinct Style – 1937 Car Ads
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Vintage signs and posters capture golden age of racing – Autoweek
via autoweek.com I love this style of artwork. Of course I love what they’re promoting as well….
The 12 Most Significant Cars of All Time?
If I asked a group of designers, or engineers, or marketers, to name the 12 Most Significant Cars in automobile history, each group would likely provide very different answers. But meat-eating Harley Morenstein, the guy behind Epic Meal Time, just…
Ray K. Metzker and the Institute of Design
via artdaily.com Ray K. Metzker (American, born 1931), Chicago, negative 1958; print later. Gelatin silver print print. Dimensions: Image: 14.6 x 22.2 cm (5 3/4 x 8 3/4 in.).
Ayrton Senna’s last duel with Alain Prost
Alain Prost retired from F1 racing for the final time in 1993, with his last race coming at the Australian Grand Prix in November. He finished second in the race to his fierce rival Ayrton Senna but handily won the World Championship to the runner…
Achille Varza Bugatti Type 54 – As Raced at Monza 1931
The IV Gran Premio Di Monza at the Autodromo di Monza was the first race for the 4.9-litre twin overhead cam, supercharged straight eight-cylinder Type 54s, which were the largest capacity Bugatti Grand Prix cars ever produced. In the heats the 30…
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