Nice cars other than x-fire

[LE BARON]

By the mid 1930s, the Great Depression was mercilessly wiping out America’s grandest luxury car brands. Pierce Arrow, Duesenberg, and Marmon were vanishing, and Lincoln was sliding toward the exact same fate. Its custom Model K cost as much as a suburban house, leaving dealerships practically empty.

Edsel Ford knew the company needed a completely fresh playbook. Working with designer Bob Gregorie, he introduced the aerodynamic Lincoln Zephyr. Unlike the awkward Chrysler Airflow, the Zephyr captured stunning Art Deco elegance with its raked prow, flush headlamps, and tapered teardrop tail. Under the hood sat an exclusive flathead twelve cylinder engine, yet the car was priced affordably at $1,300.

By 1939, the three window coupe gained hydraulic brakes and that iconic central instrument tower. Zephyrs quickly represented over 80% of Lincoln production, keeping the company alive while legendary rivals quietly died.

 

[1st Vette]

 

[1st Vette]

Original full documentation for the 1963 Chevrolet Corvette. All 165 pages . Covers everything you could possibly imagine, incredible detail. Very interesting. PDF format.

https://www.gm.com/content/dam/company/no_search/heritage-archive-docs/vehicle-information-kits/chevrolet/1963-Chevrolet-Corvette.pdf

 

[1st Vette]

Max Verstappen vs 100 go carts. He starts at the back of the field. This is another example of why he is arguably the best driver to ever climb into a race car of any type.

Verstappen wins Max vs 100 in style after overtaking 100 go-karters in 35 minutes

Max Verstappen stormed through a field of 100 karters to win Max vs 100 in remarkable fashion as the four-time Formula 1 world champion made light work of the unique challenge at Silverstone.

www.tsn.ca

 

[1st Vette]

And here is the complete documentation for the 1969 Corvette. Again in PDF format, a total of 169 pages.

https://www.gm.com/content/dam/company/no_search/heritage-archive-docs/vehicle-information-kits/chevrolet/1969-Chevrolet-Corvette.pdf

 

[Murray20c8]

Max Verstappen vs 100 go carts. He starts at the back of the field. This is another example of why he is arguably the best driver to ever climb into a race car of any type.

Verstappen wins Max vs 100 in style after overtaking 100 go-karters in 35 minutes

Max Verstappen stormed through a field of 100 karters to win Max vs 100 in remarkable fashion as the four-time Formula 1 world champion made light work of the unique challenge at Silverstone.

www.tsn.ca

No way he could start that much faster than others in a straight line unless he has a faster kart.

 

[1st Vette]

No way he could start that much faster than others in a straight line unless he has a faster kart.

Did seem a bit quicker at the start but he did avoid running into anyone unlike a lot of them . But if you go to the 2 minute mark when he is chasing the front 3 they seem to have the same pase and every pass he makes from that point on is from taking a better line . At any rate to weave past 63 of them in the first lap is pretty crazy considering the traffic. Slightly quicker cart or not. Hard to say for sure. Found this of course......

The 100 challengers did not receive carts randomly. They all used identical karts, and their starting positions were determined by a single flying-lap qualifying session:
Each of the 100 drivers completed one timed “fast lap” of the specially designed Silverstone circuit.
The fastest qualifier started at the front, with the remaining drivers ordered by lap time.
Max Verstappen did not qualify; he was deliberately placed 101st at the back.
The karts were equalized: each driver-plus-equipment combination had to reach 85 kg, with ballast added where necessary.
So, if you meant which physical kart each person drove, the available published rules indicate that the karts were identical and weight-balanced; the significant allocation was the grid position, earned through qualifying—not a random cart draw.