The Mini Moke is a vehicle based on the Mini designed for the British Motor Corporation (BMC) by Sir Alec Issigonis and John Sheppard. The name comes from “Mini”, the car with which the Moke shares many parts, and “Moke”, an archaic dialect term for “donkey”. The Moke has been marketed under various names including Austin Mini Moke, Morris Mini Moke and…
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McLaren M1A 1965 v0.32
Building on the success of the ‘Zerex Special’, Mclaren made a production run of Group 7 racecars known as the McLaren Mark 1 or M1A. After designing and racing the prototype, Elva was commissioned to a series of M1As which were raced by private teams. The M1A used a spaceframe chassis with a tuned version of the aluminum Oldsmobile V8. Other details…
Read MoreMaserati Merak GT v1.1
The Maserati Merak (Tipo AM122) is a mid-engined 2+2 sports car produced by Maserati between 1972 and 1983. The Merak was closely related to the Maserati Bora, sharing part of its structure and body panels, but was powered by a 3.0 L V6 in place of the latter’s 4.7 L V8. The extra cabin space gained by fitting a smaller and more compact powertrain was used…
Read MoreHonda S800 1969 LHD v1.1
The S800 is a sports car from Honda. Introduced at the 1965 Tokyo Motor Show, the S800 would replace the successful Honda S600 as the company’s image car and would compete with the Austin-Healey Sprite, MG Midget, Triumph Spitfire and Fiat 850 Spider. Like the S600, it was available as either a coupe or roadster and continued the advanced technology…
Read MoreFord Escort RS2000 Challenge 2008 v1.0
I “converted” these cars because I love them, and the way they handle. They have little Aero, locked gears, and limited set-up parameters. Their GTL counterparts, were hard to control, and very twitchy, so I made them a bit more stable. They also seemed very underpowered, So I gave them a bigger motor, and added an extra gear. And after seeing a Video…
Read MoreFerrari 312 PB v1.0
The Ferrari 312 PB was a Group 6 Prototype-Sports Car introduced in 1971 by Italian carmaker Ferrari. It was officially designated the 312 P, but often known as the 312 PB to avoid confusion with a previous car of the same name. It was part of the Ferrari P series of Prototype-Sports Cars but was redesignated as a Group 5 Sports Car for 1972.
Read MoreDe Tomaso Pantera Cup v1.0
The De Tomaso Pantera is a mid-engined sports car produced by the De Tomaso car company of Italy from 1971 to 1993. Italian for “Panther”, the Pantera was the automaker’s most popular model, with over 7,000 manufactured over its twenty-year production run. The car was designed by the Italian design firm Ghia’s American-born designer Tom Tjaarda…
Read MoreCitroën 2CV Championship v0.9
The Citroën 2CV is an air-cooled front-engine, front-wheel-drive economy car introduced at the 1948 Paris Mondial de l’Automobile and manufactured by Citroën for model years 1948–1990. Conceived by Citroën Vice-President Pierre Boulanger to help motorise the large number of farmers still using horses and carts in 1930s France, the 2CV has a combination of …
Read MoreBMW M1 Procar 1979-1980 Mod v2.1
In 1979 the head of BMW Motorsport, Jochen Neerpasch, devised a one-make championship using racing modified M1s. The series was created to aid BMW in building enough M1s to enter the group 4 classification in the World Championship for Makes. The new series, known as the “Procar BMW M1 Championship”, served as a support series for Formula One, and…
Read MoreBMW M1 Procar 2.0 v1.1
In 1979 the head of BMW Motorsport, Jochen Neerpasch, devised a one-make championship using racing modified M1s. The series was created to aid BMW in building enough M1s to enter the group 4 classification in the World Championship for Makes. The new series, known as the “Procar BMW M1 Championship”, served as a support series for Formula One, and…
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