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What Happened to Muscle Cars, Hotrod and Classic?

January 31st, 2012 Autos presh1978

1980 Classic Car Sports – De Lorean.

What happened to the old time muscle car? You know what happened to them, importing more!

Years ago, there is now considered a classic in every corner. In these days when you stop at a red light, you see a Honda, Toyota, or any kind of car was it you said American Honda or Toyota!People need to be changed, and most of the time is not good for us hotrodders. Young teen parents would be upset Camaro, Mustang, or Cuda, is now eager to get out of the Civic 4 door. If young people do not know, is a 4-door Honda Civic is not a muscle car fast, or a blow to the ¼ mile. So what to do to make your car “fast”? They put a 6 “exhaust tips, and fiberglass hood on it and fly buzzing around doing everything they can!

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As if this was not the NOK, automakers like GM cars of the Camaro and Firebird and come out with cars like Cobalt. Did you know that sells cobalt plant “hop up”, so you do not have to work to make it look and sound ridiculous? Just look at the Chevrolet Impala, a fact that Impala? GM cars are not even remotely surprise is the price of a Corvette and the GTO, which is not bad. I applaud continue Ford Mustang and Dodge to bring the leaves, but is it all you got? I will never understand Americans who buy these “imports” and spend time working with them, just to make them uglier than they already are, and probably slower. I do not want to criticize anyone, but if I did wrong.

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One of the most famous cars from the 1980s classic sports is probably De Lorean DMC-12 sports car is very popular and best known not for its specifications, but their appearance in Back to the Future trilogy, a series of popular films of the decade 1980 , which was directed by Robert Zemeckis. The film is based on the idea of time travel and the chance that the DeLorean DMC-12 from the time the computer was in the movie. The authors of the series decided to use the DeLorean DMC-12 De, mainly because of its strange appearance.

The demerger Lorean can be easily identified by its unique stainless steel designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro and wide style doors. With gold-wing doors open, the car almost a sports car with wings. Although the car was manufactured in Europe, which was designed by John De Lorean, the founder of The Lorean Motor Company, the American market in mind.

The performance of the car was considered disappointing, because when I did, The Lorean had to deal with many new U.S. emissions standards. The force of the car turned out to be about 130 hp after it has been said and done. Sports car was sold for $ 25,000, which will result in approximately $ 55,000 in modern dollars. Before the launch of fact, many car fans willing to pay the price. When the automaker went bankrupt, but car prices fell.

DMC-12 is the only car model created by De Lorean Motor Company, so that the DeLorean DMC-12 As is often just called “De Lorean”. It was originally produced in only two years, 1981 and 1982, there were only about 9000 From Lorean ever produced. The reason that lasted for two years because they Lorean Motor Company went bankrupt shortly after John De Lorean was arrested in 1982 on charges of drug trafficking. In 1984, he was eventually found not guilty because of the trap, but unfortunately at this time of the De Lorean Motor Company no longer existed.

To date, the De Lorean almost a cult of fans around the world. Many were surprised by the return of the trilogy to come, and that DeLorean was an important part of it, goes the legend. It is estimated that there are still approximately 6,000 existing Lorean. Fans are even able to go to the DeLorean Motor Show, held twice a year at various locations. Some cast members back to the future trilogy with these events. There are even several magazines devoted exclusively to The Lorean, the DeLorean Car Show and DW Journal. With the recent release of the film on DVD back to the future, has been a growing interest Lorean Again, as new fans of the movie can finally see why De Lorean is loved by so many people around the world