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A torrent of water passed under the bridge between the in
Honda CR-V A torrent of water passed under the bridge bet
Honda Torneo een the introduction of the Jaguar XK 120 show car
Honda Fit at the Earls Court Motor Show in 1946 and the Geneva
Honda Orthia Auto Show in 1961. For one thing, armed with the potent XK
Honda Step six-cylinder engine, Jaguar had gone sports car racing in a most
Honda Stream uccessful way. With the aerodynamic D-Type, the marque ha
Honda Jazz won the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the world's most prestigious ro
Honda Avancier d race, three years in a row. Jaguar had transitioned from off
Honda Passport ring the public a competen
t sports car for the street based on se
Honda Saber an mechanicals to building very specialized sports rac
Honda Shuttle ng machinery, and then, finding the cost of world-cl
Honda Ridgeline ss competition rising ever-higher, it had pulled bac
Honda Navigation from its racing commitments to concentrate again of
Hummer H3 cars the public could buy. With its emphasis movin
Hummer H1 back toward cars for the street, William Lyons, who wou
Hummer H2 d eventually be knighted for his efforts at Jaguar, lo
Hyundai Pony ked to infuse his production cars with the flavor of his s
Hyundai Lantra orts racing winners. One of the first attempts at
this w
Hyundai Accent s the XK-SS, a thinly disguised D-Type fitted with just enoug
Hyundai Sonata equipment to make it street legal. Equipped
Hyundai Elantra ith a 3.4-liter version of the XK engine essentially in ra
Hyundai Coupe e tune, it offered 250 horsepower at 5750 rpm, a staggerin
Hyundai Lantra figure, particularly in a car so light. Top speed was just
Hyundai Atos hort of 145 miles per hour. But on the other side o
Hyundai Galloper the coin, the XK-SS set one back $7,000 1957 dollars, whi
Hyundai Santa e a fuel-injected Corvette of the same year cost little
Hyundai Getz ore than half as much. Further, the Co
rvette wa
Hyundai Tiburon far more civilized an automobile. By 1957 it had roll-up windo
Hyundai Santamo s and a decent convertible top, while the XK-S
Hyundai H200 was in most ways rudimentary. And because its engin
Hyundai Lavita was essentially ready for the track, it proved to be a hand
Hyundai XG ul to drive well on public roads. Just getting it
Hyundai Porter oving from a standing start was often a frustrating expe
Hyundai Matrix ience due to its lack of low-end torque, hair-trigg
Hyundai Starex r accelerator and recalcitrant clutch. Fewer than 20 of these li
Hyundai Marcia tle devils had been produced in the earl
y part
Hyundai Trajet of 1957 when a fire raced through the Browns Lane factory where t
Hyundai Terracan ey were built. Most of the tooling for the XK-S
Hyundai Tucson was destroyed, and Lyons, sensing that this car
Infiniti G20 wasn't what he really wanted anyway, decided not to r
Infiniti QX4 sume its production. Those few that remain in exi
Infiniti I30 tence are rare and wonderfully quirky cars indeed. Instead of
Infiniti FX35 aking the XK-SS path, Lyons set his engineering team abuilding
Infiniti FX45 on two experimental cars that bore the "E" designation. The E1
Infiniti G35 was powered by Jaguar's 2.4-liter six-cylinder eng
ine, basical
Infiniti QX56 y a de-stroked 3.4 liter. For its chassis structure it u
Infiniti M45 ed a monocoque tub with a space frame carryin
International 9700 the engine and front suspension components. The front suspension
Isuzu Midi Kasten was, of course, an independent design, but the E1A departe
Isuzu Trooper from the D-Type's model by using an independent rear suspensio
Isuzu Gemini as well. (For all its racing success, the D-Type had use
Isuzu Rodeo a fairly mundane live rear axle.) While the E1A
Isuzu Elf as piling up clandestine test miles, Jaguar engineers were
Isuzu Bighorn hard a work on the E2A, which many in their
number
Isuzu Wizard hoped would put Jaguar back in the motor racing spotlight. Wit
Isuzu Forvard racing rather than volume production in mind, the E2A was
Isuzu Axiom n exotic machine for its day. Its powerplant was an alloy
Isuzu VehiCross block version of the XK engine equipped with a racing
Isuzu D-Max Rodeo type dry sump system and mechanical fuel injection
Iveco 59-12 With a displacement of just a hair under 3-liters,
Iveco 440 t offered 293 horsepower at a motorcycle-like 6750 rpm.
Iveco 75 Its aluminum envelope body enclosing a monocoque tub and spa
Iveco 420 e frame, the E2A would have a somewhat belated and
largely
Iveco 400 nsuccessful career on the racetrack. Though de
Iveco Eurostar igned and built in 1957 and 1958, it didn't find its way to Le Ma
Iveco 35 s until 1960 and then as part of Briggs Cunningham's multi-car ef
Jeep Cherokee ort that also involved Corvettes, not with a rejuvenated Jaguar
Jeep Grand Cherokee "factory team." Initially fast, it quit short of
Jeep Wrangler the halfway mark in the race, and that was pretty much th
Jeep Liberty t as far as international racing was concerned for t
Jeep Commander e car. While it didn't enjoy the stunning succ
Kia Pride ss of its D-Type predecessor, the E2A did set the
stag
Kia Rio for the production E-Type. In fact, Jaguar's breathtakin
Kia Sephia new sports car would take most of its architect
Kia Avella re from the E2A. Of course, with volume product
Kia Clarus on in mind, Lyons wisely chose steel as the p
Kia Sportage imary body material. The basic tub was a monocoque of
Kia Shuma sheet steel to which were attached steel space f
Kia Opirus ames for front suspension and engine and rear suspension
Kia Spectra The front suspension borrowed from Jaguar racing pra
Kia Magentis tice with torsion bars as the springing medium, t
Kia Picanto bular shocks controlling
rebound and forged con
Kia Joice rol arms handling wheel location. The rear suspension was
Kia Optima an all-independent unit so elegantly designed that it beca
Kia Retona e a model for a wide variety of other suspensions that would
Kia Cerato follow it and even found its way under some of America's m
Kia Carnival st beloved hot rods. In the scheme (a version
Kia Sorento imilar to which found its way into the 1963 Corvette Sti
Kia Carens gray) the differential was mounted to the cha
Kia Opirus sis sub-frame with in-board disc brakes on each side and
Lexus SC then, through universal joints, halfshafts
sent p
Lexus LX wer to the rear wheels. Ingeniously, the halfshafts themselves
Lexus ES represented the upper control link while another, low
Lexus LS r arm and a link that controlled braking and acceleration f
Lexus GS rces completed the simple but effective system. S
Lexus RX rings and damping was not nearly so simple with dual c
Lexus IS il-spring/tubular shock absorber units on each side, but
Lincoln Town they were at least compact and effective. Instead of a
Lincoln Continental exotic alloy racing engine, Lyons decided to stick with the 3.8
Lincoln Mark liter XK in-line six that was a direct
descendent of
Lincoln Navigator he original XK engine in the XK 120. With fuel d
Lincoln LS livered by twin Weber carburetors, the iron block engin
MAN 18 delivered 265 horsepower at 5500 rpm and 260 po
MAN 25 nds/feet of torque at 4000 rpm. Despite all this mechanical fa
MAN 8 dural the most striking part of the production E-Type was it
MAN 19 absolutely lascivious body. Try as designers might
MAN 220 o top it, the E-Type has the most sensuous lines of any car ever
MG ZT 190 roduced, and it is many critics' pick as the most beautif
Mercury Cougar l car ever made. Further description is unnecess
Mercury Tracer ry because the
look of the E-Type has become such
a
Mercury Grand Marquis automotive icon that at the mere mention of its name,
Mercury Sable the luscious picture comes to mind. The hit of the 1961 Gene
Mini Cooper a show, the E-Type was offered as both a convertible
Mitsubishi Galant with an available hardtop) and a coupe, and aut
Mitsubishi Lancer journalists immediately fell all over themselves pra
Mitsubishi Delica sing the car. And for good reason. The independent rear suspens
Mitsubishi Pajero on provided a huge advance in handling, particularly on
Mitsubishi Diamante ad roads, and in street form the car had true 150 mile-per-ho
Mitsubishi Space r potential. It was also quick enough as a drag racer
Mitsubishi EK-Wagon o find itself included in a Jan and Dean hit tune of the era, "D
Mitsubishi L300 adman's Curve." In fact, the E-Type was, argu
Mitsubishi Sigma bly, the car of the decade. With looks, style, pe
Mitsubishi Mirage formance and handling, the Jaguar E-Type was everything
Mitsubishi Eterna a car should be. A lot of water passed through the mi
Mitsubishi RVR l from the time the Dodge brothers built engine
Mitsubishi Chariot for Henry Ford until the Dodge Viper peeked
Mitsubishi Colt ut from under its wraps at the 1989 Detroi
t auto show.
Mitsubishi Legnum ver the course of that time the Dodge brothers split wit
Mitsubishi Canter Ford to start building cars of their own under
Mitsubishi Libero the imaginative Dodge Brothers name; Dodge Brothe
Mitsubishi Space s was acquired by Walter P. Chrysler as he built
Mitsubishi Dingo Chrysler Corporation in the image of his former
Mitsubishi Carisma employer, General Motors; and Dodge (sans Brothers) went
Mitsubishi L400 from an icon of performance during the halcyon years o
Mitsubishi Montero Sport the Sixties to becoming largely irrelevant by the late
E
Mitsubishi Eclipse ghties. K-cars and Omnis will do that, no matter h
Mitsubishi Dion w proud one's history. A rapidly fading brand with a drea
Mitsubishi Outlander y image were what faced Chrysler Corporation planners as the
Mitsubishi Grandis considered what they should do for the '89 Detroi
Neoplan Citiliner show, and their response -- a big, brutal two-seat sports car
Neoplan Euroliner -- stood show attendees, including your author, on their collect
Nino profia ve ear. Who could have expected such a thing from a nameplate th
Oldsmobile Aurora t seemed to be barely producing a pulse, lot less a
vibe?
Oldsmobile Alero ut the Dodge Viper did emerge from the corporate cau
Plymouth Voyager dron -- somehow -- and it proved there was stil
Plymouth Neon some life in the old Dodge brand yet. The goal of
Plymouth Breeze what was referred to as "Team Viper" was a purpose-built pe
Pontiac 6000 formance vehicle. Everything else took a backseat to performance
Pontiac Bonneville nd, because of that, the Viper had no backseat at a
Pontiac Grand l. Like the Shelby Cobra that inspired it, the veh
Pontiac Trans Sport cle was rough, crude.
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