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The Honda Insight is a hybrid electric vehicle, introduced in Japan in November 1999. It features Honda’s Integrated Motor Assist (IMA) gasoline-electric engine, producing 61 mpg in the city and 70 mpg on the highway. In the following month, December 1999, the Insight became the first hybrid available in North America. The first-generation Insight stayed […]

This one-of-a-kind, canvas-bodied roadster was created and commissioned by Anatoly “Toly” Arutunoff. The name he gave his unique vehicle, Lapin Agile (LEH-pawn AH-zheel), loosely translates as the Rabbit that Wouldn’t Hold Still, which speaks volumes about the man. Toly began his racing career in 1957 after purchasing a Porsche Carrera Speedster in Tulsa. He competed

Carlo (Karl) Abarth selected the scorpion emblem to represent his high-performing, powerfully tuned, sports cars. Abarth vehicles were small and agile, dangerously fast and did exceptionally well in competitive racing. He also developed sports car tuning kits in collaboration with Fiat that offered affordability, enjoyment, and broadened his patronage. The Fiat Abarth 695 “esse esse”

Renault brothers Louis, Marcel, and Fernand founded Renault as Société Renault Frères in 1898. Their first Renault car was the A-Type Voiturette 1CV, fitted with a De Dion-Bouton-supplied, single-cylinder engine. The A-Type endured in various forms until 1903. By 1904, Renault was building engines of their own design, and the following year, the Type AG

The Austin Mini Reptune GT Gullwing is a body kit designed for the Austin Mini, and the brainchild of British-born designer Dennis Prophet. Mr. Prophet worked for British Motorcar Company’s Competition Dept. in England before immigrating to Canada in 1963. He was responsible for setting up the Canadian branch of BMC’s tuning division for them

Arguably the world’s most famous board game, Monopoly has been translated into 37 languages, exists in hundreds of licensed versions, and has sold over 250 million copies since first patented by Parker Brothers in 1935. Today, you can play as a penguin or even a T-Rex, but in 1935, the choice was between the top

In March 1957, this minimalist vehicle, first introduced as the Cyclops Two appeared in the pages of Road & Track (R&T). It was seen in the form of a mad-capped illustrated narrative, entitled “Beyond Belief…”, a satire written by former automotive designer for General Motors and Columnist for Automobile magazine, Robert Wayne Cumberford, with drawings

Trojan was founded by British engineer Leslie Hounsfield, who sought to make a simple, economical car that was easy to operate. Design began in 1910 and by 1913 a prototype was ready. The advent of World War I caused a delay in production, but in 1922, 100 of Trojan’s “Utility Cars” were ordered by Leyland