Articles by Steve Buscemi
Opinion
03/06/16
Anticipating a war, Alfa Romeo hid their competition cars and production moulds before manufacturing would be suspended. When the hostilities of the Second World War were over, Alfa Romeo only needed to dig up the cars and moulds to immediately continue production. This gave the Milanese manufacturer an apparent edge over the competition, but the lack of high quality materials hampered production. One of the competition cars concealed was the Alfa Romeo 158 Grand Prix racer, which took the first Formula 1 Championship in 1950.
Readers' Reviews
12/02/16
The Czechoslovakian Tatra 77 (T77) is the first serial-produced truly aerodynamically designed automobile. It was developed by Hans Ledwinka and Paul Jaray, the Zeppelin aerodynamic engineer. Launched in 1934, the Tatra 77 is a coach-built automobile constructed on a central tube-steel chassis.
Readers' Reviews
12/02/16
The Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Stradale is arguably one of the most beautiful cars ever made and one of the rarest too, since the Italian carmaker only built 18 road-going versions of the Tipo 33 racer. Of these, fewer than 10 are known to exist today, so you can imagine it’s quite a trophy in the world of classic car collectors. An Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale in good condition would fetch well over $3,000,000 USD at auction (price estimate from 2011) however this is merely academic as they almost never change hands.
Porsche
12/02/16
The Porsche 930 Turbo was a milestone model for the German company. It coined the Turbo moniker which has stuck as the top luxury model for the 911 range ever since. Only the hardcore, track-focused GT2 and GT3 have higher prestige. Yet some were not entirely happy with the single turbo unit installed into the 3.3 liter cars of 1978 onwards. This is where French tuning garage Almeras steps in.
Porsche
05/02/16
The 1973 Porsche 917/30 Can-Am Spyder is considered by many racing historians to be the most powerful race car to have ever turned a wheel on asphalt.
Readers' Reviews
02/02/16
The 250 GTO was designed to compete in GT racing, where its rivals would include the Shelby Cobra, Jaguar E-Type and Aston Martin DP214. The development of the 250 GTO was headed by chief engineer Giotto Bizzarrini. Although Bizzarrini is usually credited as the designer of the 250 GTO, he and most other Ferrari engineers were fired in 1962 due to a dispute with Enzo Ferrari.
Skandinaviske Samfunn
01/02/16
Noen som har 7 mill liggende rundt?
Readers' Reviews
31/01/16
The BX 4TC represents Citroën’s attempt at engaging into World Rally Championship at the time of the famous Group B era. For homologation, the manufacturer had to produce 200 cars and consequently developed a road version on the base of the BX, powered by a turbocharged 2141cc engine developing 200bhp, with a four-wheel-drive system.
Readers' Reviews
29/01/16
Ever looked at an R32 GTR and thought ‘’That would look nice with Honda bodywork.’’? Me neither, but the japanese tuner A’PEXi did, and they proceeded to do so when making the A’PEXi A450,made to compete with the HKS Zero-R.
Readers' Reviews
28/01/16
Grand touring vehicles are plentiful, except in Japan. Think about it: Mazda Cosmo Coupe? Too quirky. Nissan GT-R? Too hardcore. Toyota Soarer? Too lame. Europe has near-limitless examples, from the Ferrari California to the BMW M6 Coupe. Aston Martin DB9. Porsche 911. Even America has the Corvette—and if you stretch your definition a bit—the Shelby GT500.
Readers' Reviews
24/01/16
The Abarth 030 was a prototype race car made to race in the Tour d’Italia. Only two of these Abarth 030 Pininfarina race cars were ever built. Although they were strong performers at the 1974 Tour d’Italia, what really mattered in the end is that they didn’t finish the race ahead of the same parent company’s Lancia Stratos’, so any possibility of further development was then scrapped.
Readers' Reviews
12/01/16
Im sure you’re familiar with the Silvias, RX-7’s and 86’s beeing used as drift cars, but what if I told you there was another way? Since I have been playing Forza Motorsport 6 since launch, I’ve had some good time to experiment with other cars. The following list contains the cars that was actually good, and some of these might be some of the best drift cars I own. 1. Lexus LFA
Readers' Reviews
08/01/16
Penned right after Ford announced the formation of Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) in the fall of 1980, the McLaren M81 Mustang was the result of a collaboration between Ford Design and McLaren Performance, the latter already famous for its motorsport endeavors and success.
Euro
06/01/16
In 1988, Porsche produced a two-door called the 969, based upon the bodystyling of the 911. Intended as the successor to the Porsche 930, the car did not get past the prototype stage.
Readers' Reviews
06/01/16
There seems to be some stir about unoriginal content on Car Throttle lately, and because of this it came to my attention that not everyone knows about the report function.
Japanese
30/12/15
Engines
30/12/15
Just Car Guy Things
27/12/15
There’s not much middle ground to crossovers as they are usually either depressingly awful or brilliantly cool. On one side you’ve got frumpy FWD tall wagons, which have zero off-road capabilities yet manage to be crappy on-road as well. Then on the other side you’ve got true dual-purpose vehicles, able to impress on a winding tarmac backroad or a lumpy dirt trail.
Japanese
21/12/15
The proposal for the AZ-1 goes as far back as 1985 when Suzuki created the Suzuki RS/1 as a midship sports car project for volume production. Suzuki went as far to design the car for the Tokyo Motor Show more than just a design exercise, they designed the car to be functional with a front/rear weight distribution of 45:55. powered by a 1.3 liter G13A engine from the Cultus.
Retro and Classics
21/12/15
The Columbus, dedicated to Christopher Columbus, was a 7-seater MPV van designed as an ultra-high level status vehicle ideal for the urban scenarios of the United States. Nearly 6 m in length, it featured a steel box-section load-bearing chassis while the body was in carbon fibre. The Columbus was fitted with a 5000 CC and 300 hp and V12 BMW engine fitted in a transverse mid position. Traction is permanent four wheel drive and the rear wheels may achieve an angle of 15° at low speed.