ZIL-111

ZIL-111Moscow car factory ZIS your Executive cars started to produce in 1936. The first such car was the limousine ZIS-101 created by the design team under the direction of E. Vazhinsky “explanation” for American car BUICK EIGHT 90. The limousine was equipped with row “eight” working volume of 5.77 liters and output of 90 HP transmission was transcutanat the car’s top speed was 115 km/h. ZIS-101 was produced until 1941, all were made 8752 instance.

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PATRIOT FOR RUSSIA

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IN SEARCH OF A NEW CLASS

IN SEARCH OF A NEW CLASSMERCEDES R-class. The modern market cars to the limit filled with cars of various types, which, however, can be grouped into clearly-defined classes that allows the buyer to compare vehicles according to their technical characteristics and prices in order to offer dozens of vehicles to choose only one. Accordingly, firms-producers to create new machines “tied” them to a particular class and, consequently, to the already established consumer group.

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“TIN LIZZIE”

Nickname firmly entrenched behind the “Ford-T” — auto, “copies” which for two decades was 15 007 003 instance. This amazing car deserves to be told separately. Thanks to her Henry Ford became “road king”, and millions of Americans turned from pedestrians to motorists. “Ford-T” was the first in the world began to assemble on the conveyor, it has spawned countless anecdotes and legends, and historians of motoring has got a rich material for research.

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VIP-cars for the VIP-driver

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JAGUAR XK

JAGUAR XKAbout the British car firm Jaguar have seriously started talking after the creation of its sports car JAGUAR XK-120 with 6-cylinder engine capacity of 160 HP, which was first unveiled at the London motor show in 1949. A year later, the company released a luxury car JAGUAR Mk-V has become one of the most prestigious in the UK.

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CADILLAC V16 SPORT PHAETON

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THE LEGEND OF THE COMPANY “HONDA”

THE LEGEND OF THE COMPANY Japanese HONDA LEGEND edition 2005. Soichiro Honda was born in 1906 and lived a full 85 years, becoming sort of a legend — the same as Henry Ford in America, or Andre Citroen in France. The son of a village blacksmith, and did not receive a diploma engineer, Soichiro Honda became a Professor at several universities, cavalier of the Legion of honor, the highest orders of Japan and many European countries, as well as the gold medal FIA — International Federation of Motorsport.

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JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED

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