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BMW M1. The E25 Turbo concept sports car was built by BMW as a celebration for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. [1][2] It was designed by Paul Bracq, with gullwing doors and was based on a modified 2002 chassis with a mid-mounted engine. [2] The Turbo featured a 276 hp turbocharged version of the engine from the BMW 2002, foam-filled front ...
Automated manual transmission. The automated manual transmission (AMT) is a type of transmission for motor vehicles. It is essentially a conventional manual transmission [1][2][3][4][5] equipped with automatic actuation to operate the clutch and/or shift gears. Many early versions of these transmissions that are semi-automatic in operation ...
For Valkyrie kits, the powertrain and running gear components were sourced by the car's builder, but the factory manual included suggestions. Front suspension for both the turn-key and kit car was provided by using a complete front subframe from a Chevrolet Corvair.
Much like film cameras losing out to digitals, the disappearance of the manual transmission from cars seems inevitable. Modern automatic transmissions are better for quick and efficient shifting ...
A manual transmission requires the driver to operate the gear stick and clutch in order to change gears (unlike an automatic transmission or semi-automatic transmission, where one (typically the clutch) or both of these functions are automated). Most manual transmissions for cars allow the driver to select any gear ratio at any time, for example shifting from second to fourth gear, or fifth to ...
Automotive transmissions. A preselector gearbox is a type of manual transmission mostly used on passenger cars and racing cars in the 1930s, in buses from 1940–1960 and in armoured vehicles from the 1930s to the 1970s. The defining characteristic of a preselector gearbox is that the gear shift lever allowed the driver to "pre-select" the next ...
GOBankingRates had a few auto experts give their takes on the 12 manual transmission cars to avoid buying.
Curb weight. From 530 kg (1,170 lb) The Westfield XI (or Westfield Eleven) is a British sports car and kit car based on the Lotus Eleven. Rear view. In 1982 Westfield Sportscars, responding to the popularity of the original Lotus XI, started production of a replica with a fiberglass body available as either a finished car or kit car.