March 1st, 2006 at 08:38pm
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Category : 2006 Geneva Motor Show preview, Auto News, International
The once famous Italian company, the Castagna, has created a retro-look concept, the Imperial Landaulet, inspired by the great grand touring cars of the ’20s.
The Imperial Landaulet concept, recalls an Isotta Fraschini model of the same name, created by the original Milanese coachbuilder. Over the years, Castagna created a series of stunning one-off bodies for Isotta Fraschini, Lancia and other Italian luxury brands before falling on hard times.
Here’s a little bit of the Castagna’s history: In the mid-1990s, there was a brief attempt to revive the Castagna name on an ugly Alfa-Romeo based design, which disappeared quickly. Recently, following a second revival, the new Carrozzeria Castagna has created a smaller car, similar to the Mini woody that shown last year, before attempting to recreate one of the classics.
The Imperial Landaulet is a non-running concept, but an 800-hp V12 engine is mounted in a 100% functioning prototype to be unveiled at this year’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.
The Castagna Imperial Landaulet is inspired by a custom-bodied Isotta Fraschini from the 1920s.
Grab more details at edmunds.com.
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March 1st, 2006 at 08:23pm
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Category : Auto News, International
Not enough money to purchase a Volkswagen Golf? Well, you can go to vwfeatures.com to have a play. In that website, you can choose the body colour, equipp different rims, and many more. Have fun!
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March 1st, 2006 at 08:01pm
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Category : Auto News, International
General Motors (GM) company of Canada created an outdoor Winter Park at the auto show and populated it with various sculptures of winter sports activities. But there was nobody looking at those sculptures. Why? Because there’s a Ice made Camaro on display!
Meet the Chevrolet Camaro Ice Concept, made from 26,000 pounds of ice and it needs 250 hours to complete its design and construction. It requires minus 8 degrees Celsius to stay chill.
Further reference at autoblog.com or edmunds.com.
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March 1st, 2006 at 07:51pm
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Category : 2006 Geneva Motor Show preview, Auto News, International
The Geneva Motor Show will start tomorrow(2, 3, 2006) until 12-3-2006. But recently I discovered a site that is full of the cars that will display at the show. To see the photos, go to salon-auto.ch.
This is one of my favourite car-the Honda Civic Type-R.
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