Top 10 Classic Super Cars from the 2000s (2000-2008)
The super cars become faster and faster. This decade the 400 km/h (248 mph) barrier is broken by several different cars and just one single super car in the top 10 goes slower than 350 km/h (217 mph). Here are the top 10 classic super cars from the 2000s: Koenigsegg CCXR Edition 2007, 417 km/h [...]
Top 10 Classic Super Cars from the 1990s (1990-1999)
A lot of things are happening from the 1980s till the 1990s. The fastest super car in the 1990s is almost 60 km/h (37 mph) faster than the fastest super car in the 1980s. For the first time there is not a single car in the top 10 that goes less than 300 km/h (the [...]
Top 10 Classic Super Cars from the 1980s (1980-1989)
Lots of super cars break through the 300 km/h (186 mph) barrier during the 1980s. More than half of the cars on the top 10 can go 300 km/h or more (there was only one car in the 1970s that could go 300 km/h). Here are the top 10 classic super cars from the 1980s: [...]
Top 10 Classic Super Cars from the 1970s (1970-1979)
Finally there is a super car that can go 300 km/h (186 mph). The Mercedes-Benz C-111 is the first production car ever to have a topspeed of 300 km/h or more. Here are the top 10 classic super cars from the 1970s: Mercedes-Benz C-111 1970, 300 km/h (186 mph), 370 hp from a 2.4 liter [...]
Top 10 Classic Super Cars from the 1960s (1960-1969)
Several super cars from the 1960s are approaching the 300 km/h (186 mph) barrier, but none of them can break through the barrier. In the 1960s, the V12 engine seems to be the weapon of choice for super cars. More than half of the super cars in the 1960s top 10 have a V12 engine. [...]
Top 10 Classic Super Cars from the 1950s (1950-1959)
The super cars are finally starting to move. All the top 10 super cars from the 1950s go faster than the Jaguar XK 120 – the fastest car from the 1940s. The top 10 is no longer ruled by brands that are forgotten today. In the 1950s brands like Ferrari and Jaguar starts to rule. [...]
Top 10 Classic Super Cars from the 1940s (1940-1949)
It’s the 1940s and the super cars are still relatively slow compared with today. The fastest modern super car (Koenigsegg CCXR Edition) goes more than twice as fast as the fastest super car from the 1940s. Here are the top 10 classic super cars from the 1940s: Jaguar XK 120 1948, 201 km/h (125 mph), [...]
Top 10 Classic Super Cars from the 1930s (1930-1939)
The fastest super car from the 1920s could go 209 km/h (130 mph) and things haven’t changed much the following decade. The fastest super car from the 1930s can go 220 km/h (137 mph) – just 11 km/h (7 mph) faster than the Bugatti Type 35 B from 1927. Here are the top 10 classic [...]
Top 10 Classic Super Cars from the 1920s (1920-1929)
Super cars aren’t something new. Since the beginning of the automobile era there have been cars that were much faster than the average vehicles on the road. This post is the first in a tribute to classic super cars through the ages (that is from the 1920s till today). I will make a post with [...]
7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 24 and 48 Cylinders Monster Motorcycles
May 18, 2008 by admin
Filed under Feature, Motorcycles
Most motorcycles have just 1, 2 or maybe 4 cylinders, but that just isn’t enough when motorcycle engineers start doing crazy stuff.