Sentences with phrase «homologation cars»

A very rare car with only 7,145 examples being produced with the first 2,500 units being Big Turbo Homologation cars.

For years we were told that manufacturers didn't want the trouble and expense of homologation cars.

The 288 GTO was designed for this series using the 308 road car as a starting point, but by the time homologation cars had been built, the series was deemed too dangerous and canceled.

The homologation car is very much a thing of the past these days, and more's the pity, because there are few cars that get both evo staffers and readers more excited than those with the purpose of succeeding in motorsport.

The ATS - V is the homologation car for the Cadillac GT3 racer competing against Bentley, Ferrari, McLaren and Porsche in SCCA World Challenge.

Not exact matches

Mercedes adhered to the homologation requirements of DTM, meaning any changes that were to be implemented on the race car had to first find their way onto the street version.

One video explains the Japanese automaker almost missed the race, as homologation rules required 100 units of the car to be built and the Prince barely met the target.

Also coming to Goodwood is one of the rarest McLaren road cars in history, the F1 GT, which was built to satisfy FIA homologation requirements for the McLaren F1 GTR «Longtail» race car during the 1997 GT racing season.

While the mid-1980s was characterized by stripped - out, high - strung all - wheel - drive Group B rally homologation specials, the late 1980s and early 1990s saw the rise of roadgoing German Touring cars, like this fantastic 1990 Mercedes - Benz 190E 2.5 - 16 Evolution for sale on Bring a Trailer.

And the car would become the closest thing in years to a racing - homologation special.

I can only appreciate this car when I view it as a homologation special of sorts.

The CSL is a car I wanted to understand in a 2011 context, if only because that other famous homologation special from the era, the aforementioned 911 Carrera 2.7 RS, sustains its appeal and value because it still feels surprisingly competent at speed.

As a roadgoing version of the 275 race car that placed third overall at the 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, this grey coupe carries quite a motorsports pedigree and is one of only three GTB / C Speciale Berlinetta Competitonze cars produced for homologation regulations.

Ferrari only ever built 39 units of the 250 GTO, a racing homologation special, and the cars very rarely change hands in public auctions.

As such, it no longer needed to produce 200 GTOs for homologation, but the demand was so great for what, upon its launch in 1984, would be the fastest production car in the world that Ferrari went ahead and built the road cars anyway — 272 of them.

The Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS was originally conceived as a homologation special, a aerodynamic body kit that NASCAR required to be sold to the general public in order for it to be used on (and benefit) the race cars.

After the handful of GTO homologation specials (racers disguised as road cars), the California Spider is the most auspicious child in the Ferrari 250 family.

Which is only fitting, since the MC12 is a homologation special - the roadgoing version of the racing car that finished fifth in class in the 12 Hours of Sebring this year.

While the car is now considered close to a masterpiece, the M1 was contemporarily regarded as a stillborn homologation project that never reached its full potential.

The aim was purely homologation - related — aero tweaks to the Nismo allowed similar modifications to be made for Group A specification cars — the kind that saw Nissan dominate Australian Touring Car racing in the early 1990s.

Not just the first RS500 ever produced, it's also the first of four pre-production cars and the only one built by Ford itself rather than Tickford, which produced the other 499 cars ever offered for sale - the 500 - car total ensuring the RS500 complied with Group A homologation regulations.

As a result, the Hommage weighs a substantial 200 kg less than the original 3.0 CS (the car the homologation special CSL was developed from).

Unlike most other GT1 projects with designs on Le Mans, Nissan built the road car necessary for homologation first and developed the racer from it.

Initially, the M1 was developed as a homologation model to create a competitive race car, culminating in the M1 Procar one - make series, where Group 4 - spec M1s competed.

Meantime, Emery said Nisan Australia was no closer to solving the homologation issues that will prevent a three - model MISMO performance car line - up being launched here before 2016.

Following the design that Porsche had laid out with their 911 homologation special, the GT1, Mercedes - AMG was tasked by Mercedes - Benz with creating an extreme racing car that still maintained some elements of a normal street legal car.

Homologation issues mean that Mini's trio of small cars won't get the brand's new dual - clutch transmission when they are freshened for the 2019 model year.

One MC8 road car was built in order to meet homologation requirements.

[38] Eligible for the GT1 category, the MC8 - R lacked pace against the new generation sports cars and homologation specials such as Porsche 911 GT1, but did compete alongside a similarly modified Toyota Supra.

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The homologation process and performance evaluation of the car in Indian conditions is underway.

[2][3][4] Since a small manufacturer like Ferrari did not possess the production capacity to reach such quotas, an agreement was signed with Fiat and made public on 1 March 1965: Fiat would produce the 500 engines needed for the homologation, to be installed in a GT car which remained to be specified.

Like a lot of the legendary road cars from this era, the 911 GT2 road car was built due to a homologation requirement for a rear - wheel drive version of the 993 Turbo, to be used in various racing series.

The King Cobra was in direct response to the Dodge Charger Daytona / Plymouth Superbird program, but it was shelved when NASCAR's homologation rules increased from 500 production cars to 3,000.

When the homologation rules changed, Porsche continued to develop the car anyway, deciding to make it a fully equipped variant of the 911 that would top the model range and give Porsche a more direct competitor to vehicles from Ferrari and Lamborghini.

However, delays in parts from suppliers meant that the HDT had not built enough road going Group A cars to pass homologation on 1 August, delaying the cars on track debut until 1 January 1986.

For the street, it was offered in the limited - edition T / A model to meet homologation requirements for Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) Trans - Am racing.

For homologation purposes, a limited number of road - going cars were built, giving BMW Motorsport its first experience with road cars.

Porsche originally needed to produce the car in order to comply with homologation regulations and had intended on marketing it as a street legal race vehicle like the 1973 Carrera 2.7 RS.

The cars are sold with full MC maintenance records, all MC factory manuals and instructions, full set up sheets and FIA GT4 homologation documents, along with a dedicated lap top containing all these details.

The car was intended as the homologation basis for entry into the Rally World Championship.

Homologation meanwhile has yet to be finalized but Porsche expects the GT4 Clubsport to be be approved for the Ultra 94 GT3 Cup Challenge here in Canada along with the VLN Long Distance Championship Nürburgring, Pirelli World Challenge, Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge, Pirelli GT3 Cup Trophy in the USA as well as for other club - level competition events around the world.»

All homologation tests are undertaken in NORMAL mode since this is the default mode for the car at start - up.

A total of 503 cars were built, just a little over the 500 required for homologation, even though NASCAR ended up changing the rules almost immediately after the Daytona was introduced and won the first race it entered.

BMW produced the M3 as a road - going homologation version of its 3 Series to gain eligibility to compete in the German Touring Car Championship.

Being one of the first 2,500 cars the pristine boot area still has the water injection kit never plumbed in and unused to comply with homologation.

Just two examples of the be-winged Gran Turismo hero were built because Toyota had to: homologation rules forced the Japanese car maker's hand.

With its unmarked police car look and 460 horsepower racing engine, Dodge's homologation special was something truly special.

I'm curious about homologation of the new car, specifically related to the fact there is a GT2 Corvette that Riley built that ran a portion of this season.

The sports cars have been built to FIA's homologation requirements for historic racing, meaning we should be seeing them in action during events such as the Goodwood Festival of Speed.