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1952 Porsche 356 America Roadster

1952 Porsche 356 America Roadster
Porsche has built an exclusive series of 21 convertibles car in 1952 and designed especially for American Market. It is widely acknowledged as the most visually stunning. This aluminum roadster, Chassis 12362, known internally by Heuer as K8/14. Porsche launched Porsche 356 America Roadster in 1952, then launched Speedster and was officially named the Typ 540 K/9-1 in 1954.
Porsche focusing on the benefits of low weight, the 356 America featured an aluminum body built by Gläser. The front windshield were split and could be removed, saving another 120 pounds. There were no side windows and the doors were hollow. It only had an emergency folding roof and could keep up with larger sports cars of the era.
Full specification of 1952 Porsche 356 America Roadster :
engine : Air Cooled Flat-4
displacement : 1488 cc / 90.8 in³
compression : 8.2:1
power : 52.2 kw / 70 bhp @ 5000 rpm
specific output : 47.04 bhp per litre
bhp/weight : 115.7 bhp per tonne
driven wheels : Rear Engine / RWD
weight : 605 kg / 1334 lbs
length : 3850 mm / 151.6 in
top speed : ~180 kph / 111.8 mph

1952 Porsche 356 America Roadster

Toyota Blizzard

Toyota Blizzard
The Toyota Blizzard is a great four-wheel-drive car. It is based on Daihatsu Taft. Daihatsu produced Toyota Bilzzard for Toyota from March 1980 into the 1990s. The LD10 Blizzard is based on the Daihatsu Taft (also known as the Scat), but in the third quarter of 1984 the LD20, based on the Daihatsu Rugger (Rocky in most export markets), appeared. The Blizzard was only intended for the Japanese domestic market.
It is a rare Toyota vehicle with less than a dozen known examples in North America. Visually very similar to the Dahatsu vehicles, they were rebadged by Toyota and utilize Toyota engines.
The Blizzard was originally equipped with the naturally aspirated L diesel, but beginning in the summer of 1984, they came equipped with the 2.4-litre 2L or the 2L-T turbodiesel. The engines were originally coupled to a Toyota 4-speed manual transmission, while 1983+ models came with a 5-speed. The axles are of a Daihatsu construction.
Toyota Blizzard

Volkswagen Passat (B2)

Volkswagen is a manufacturer from Germany. Volkswagen or VW produced First Generation Passat (B1) in 1973-1981. Then The VW Second Generation Passat (B2) is produced in 1981 to 1988. VW Passat is also called Volkswagen Corsar and Volkswagen Carat. It was slightly longer and the car's updated styling was instantly recognisable as a Passat, with the most obvious difference being the rectangular headlights. In addition to the Passat hatchbacks and Variants (estate/wagon), there was also a conventional three-box saloon, which until the 1985 facelift was sold as the Volkswagen Santana in Europe. In North America, the Passat/Santana was sold as the Volkswagen Quantum, available in three-door hatchback, four-door sedan, and a wagon model, but the five-door hatchback was never sold there and the three-door hatchback was dropped after less than two years. The four-wheel drive Syncro version was introduced in October 1984, initially only with the more powerful 5-cylinder engine.