Post by sandbachhatter on Dec 4, 2018 22:44:00 GMT
Evening all
With further apologies to Maccy, who was good enough to send the following to me ages ago, here is his piece for Week H:
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Three very different cars, from three very different eras - hopefully, to suit all automotive tastes!
Hennessey Venom F5
To begin with, no time like the present - and this Stateside-produced, high-performance drop of sports motor, constructed of carbon fibre. Touted as the first car ever to be able to hit 300mph - and to do so wouldn't take long: 0-186 in under 10, and 0-249 in under 20, seconds.
But it doesn't come cheap (£1.2 million). And only 24 have been made.
Hillman Imp
Rather more affordable - and, for those in the 1960s and early 70s whose finances couldn't stretch to a Porsche, the Imp at least offered a rear engine. And an opening back window, too.
Beset by reliability problems in the early years, it didn't quite hack it as a rival to the Mini. But it was a nifty mover - and provokes fond nostalgic feelings as the car both that Norman Wisdom crashed in A Stitch in Time and that pootled around town in iconic series, Man in a Suitcase.
Hispano-Suiza K6
From a Spanish-Swiss company and produced in a Paris factory, the Hispano-Suiza, with its trademark overhead camshaft engine and stork mascot-statuette atop the radiator, was the continental equivalent of the Rolls-Royce when it came to pre-war luxury motoring.
The K6, from the mid-1930s, was the last great model, before the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War and World War Two diverted the company's efforts into aircraft engine production.
Get voting!
With further apologies to Maccy, who was good enough to send the following to me ages ago, here is his piece for Week H:
***
Three very different cars, from three very different eras - hopefully, to suit all automotive tastes!
Hennessey Venom F5
To begin with, no time like the present - and this Stateside-produced, high-performance drop of sports motor, constructed of carbon fibre. Touted as the first car ever to be able to hit 300mph - and to do so wouldn't take long: 0-186 in under 10, and 0-249 in under 20, seconds.
But it doesn't come cheap (£1.2 million). And only 24 have been made.
Hillman Imp
Rather more affordable - and, for those in the 1960s and early 70s whose finances couldn't stretch to a Porsche, the Imp at least offered a rear engine. And an opening back window, too.
Beset by reliability problems in the early years, it didn't quite hack it as a rival to the Mini. But it was a nifty mover - and provokes fond nostalgic feelings as the car both that Norman Wisdom crashed in A Stitch in Time and that pootled around town in iconic series, Man in a Suitcase.
Hispano-Suiza K6
From a Spanish-Swiss company and produced in a Paris factory, the Hispano-Suiza, with its trademark overhead camshaft engine and stork mascot-statuette atop the radiator, was the continental equivalent of the Rolls-Royce when it came to pre-war luxury motoring.
The K6, from the mid-1930s, was the last great model, before the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War and World War Two diverted the company's efforts into aircraft engine production.
Get voting!
