Archive for November, 2007
Cadillac
Cadillac is the highest of the high class vehicles sold by General Motors, with Buick being second to it (as another GM class and brand of vehicle line). The Cadillac Company was created from the burning remains of the HFC (Henry Ford Company) and the company was dissolved. Intent on liquidating the plant in 1902, [...]
Buick
David Buick founded the Buick Company in 1902, and in 1904 it was taken over – he was bought off and died two decades latter, none the richer for his effort. His main claim to fame is, however, that he developed a new kind of engine head called the “Overhead Valved” engine. What made this [...]
Bugatti
Bugatti was founded by an Italian man named Ettore Bugatti, and his little car company was known as one of the best car manufacturers for motor racing in the world having taken many land speed records and won many grand Prix races across Europe – and also winning the first Monaco Grand Prix. This success [...]
Common Terms Used In F1 Racing
Like any other sport, Formula One racing is governed by its own set of rules and regulations continually shaped throughout its history. Because of this, it is inevitable that certain terms may have been developed to pertain to some of its specifics. These may not be grasped nor understood by new enthusiasts. Listed as follows [...]
BMW
BMW is an acronym of one of the world’s most famous car brands that manufactures luxury cars, performance cars, motorcycles, and has several subsidiaries (Mini and Rolls-Royce) and has been in business since 1922, however it can been seen as being older dating back to 1916 with the two founding fathers of the company – [...]
A Look Into the Features of A Formula One Racecar
Formula One is considerably the most popular motor sport in the world. Majority of its event guidelines and regulations pertain to the construction and design features of its racecars. The cars must be designed in such a way that speed would be fully maximized as it makes it way onto the race track without compromising [...]
Formula 1 – A new category is born!
Well, you may now be asking… “Formula 1? What does this have to do with Car Tuning?” The answer is quite simple, I am targeting car lovers, and not only tuners! I know many of the information around here is about tuning, modification, styling, etc, but a car lover is a car lover, and he’ll [...]
What is Virtual Tuning?
Virtual car tuning is where you take a picture, of let’s say, and ordinary car like the Honda Civic, and then using a picture editing tool, program or suite, like Adobe Photoshop, or Paint Shop Pro, you edit it and tune it to the way you desire. Many methods can be used to accomplish the [...]
Bentley
In 1919 a man named Walter Owen Bentley founded an automobile manufacturer that also carried his name with it – Bentley motors. Walter had been a well known innovator during the First World War, and came up with a solution to the vibration caused by early aircraft engines by pioneering the use of rotary engines [...]
Avanti
Back in 1962, when the Ferrari was the car to beat, a man named Raymond Loewy designed a new kind of car, and slapped on an Italian name. Of course, the car was manufactured by Studebaker in Indiana, but the original intent was there to make a car that was better. The more recent Avanti [...]
