1928 Hudson Super Six Coupé

1928 Hudson Super Six, Meeting de la Course de Cote de Chanteloup-les-Vignes 2014

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Hudson Motor Car Company, Detroit, USA.  Hudson, founded by a department store owner Joseph Hudson,  made vehicles from 1909 to 1954 before merging with Nash to become AMC.  At one time the company was the World's largest producer of six cylinder cars. The company was an innovator and its balanced crankshaft allowed it Super Six engine to be smooth and powerful.  The Super Six was produced over a number of years in the twenties and early thirties with a variety of body styles including Phaeton, Coach, Sedan, and Brougham by a variety of coach builders such as Briggs and Biddle & Smart.  The model pictured is an excellent condition 2 door Coupe with a rumble seat at the back.  The car is of course front engine and rear wheel drive. Engines were normally of about 4.3 litres with a top performance around 80mph. Hudson also produced the cheaper Essex brand with similar looking cars.

Cadillac ATS-VR GT3

Johnny O'Connell, Cadillac ATS-VR GT3 winning at Sonoma 2016 in the Pirelli World Challenge.

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Cadillac, GM, New York, USA.  In Europe we know Cadillac as a luxury car maker but in the USA they have had a successful racing program for many years.  The ATS model is a compact luxury sedan that has been in production since 2013.  For the 2015 Pirelli World Challenge Cadillac has built a FIA GT3 version of the ATS-V coupe powered by a 3.6 litre twin-turbocharged V6 producing 600hp.  Cadillac have chosen to built a GT3 model for the first time so that they can if they wish sell and race versions of this car worldwide and thus build the brand.  The body is a production one but with reinforcement and a safety cage.  There is also the addition of an aero package to add downforce.   Top speed is around 170mph. Johnny O'Connell won the 2015 Pirelli World Challenge GT class in this car and came fourth in 2016.  His team mate, Michael Cooper came third in 2016. Between them they have nine victories.  

Alfa Romeo 4C Type 960

Alfa Romeo 4C at Mont Dore with Lac Chambon in the background.

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Alfa Romeo, Modena, Italy.  This Alfa Romeo has been made at the Maserati plant since 2013.  It is a mid-engined rear wheel drive 2 seater sports car.  It has a top speed of 160 mph and a 0-60mph time of 4.5 seconds.  It has a turbocharged 4 cylinder in line engine of 1.75 litres mounted transversely.  One had been driven around the Nurburgring Nordschliefe circuit in 8 minutes 4 seconds which is the fastest for any production car with an engine of under 250bhp.  This is the first Alfa Romeo for some time to be available in the USA.

1993 Vector Avtech WX-3 Coupe

Vector Avtech WX-3 Coupe, Petersen Auto Museum Breakfast Club Cruise-In, January 2016

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Vector Motors, Wilmington, California, USA.  The WX-3 first appeared at the Geneva Motor Show in 1993.  Both a Coupe and a Roadster version were produced, but only one of each type was made. The Coupe had a twin turbo charged aluminium block 6 litre V8 engine. Vector Motors was formed by Gerald Wiegert.  The W in the WX stands for his name whilst the X signifies a prototype.   A big thing was made with Vector that the cars are "Made in the USA" but this didn't make the company a success.

Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe

Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe, Magny Couras Classic Days 2014

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Shelby American, Venice, California, USA.  The Daytona Coupe was built as a specific project based on the AC Cobra to defeat the Ferrari 250 GTO in GT racing.  Only six were built in period but were very successful winning their class in ten major races during 1964 and 1965 and becoming World Manufacturers Champions for GT cars in 1965. Famous drivers included Phil Hill, Chris Amon, Jo Schlesser, Innes Ireland, Jochen Neerpasch, Bob Bondurant, Maurice Trintignant, Jack Sears, Dick Thompson, John Whitmore and Peter Sutcliffe.  Since the sixties many replicas have been made.  The original cars were powered by big 4.7 litre and 7.0 litre Ford V8 engines.  It was named the Daytona as the 1964 2000km Endurance race at Daytona was its first event.

1937 Delage D8-120 Coupe Aerosport

Delage D8-120 Coupe Aerosport, Petersen Automotive Museum, Los Angeles

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Delage, France.  The coarchbuilder was Letourneur et Marchand in Neuilly-sur-Seine on a Delage chassis that by this time was built in the Delehaye factory.  This car was restored after being found in a barn in the early nineties.