Video: History of Ferrari prancing horse

     The black prancing horse on a yellow background has a detailed and a fascinating story that Enzo Ferrari told only once. The horse was painted on the fuselarge of the fighter plane of Francesco Baracca, a heroic airman of the First World War. At 23 Enzo met Countenrico Baracca, Francesco Baracca’s father and his mother Countes Paulina who said to Enzo one day, “Ferrari put my son’s prancing horse on your cars, it will bring you good luck”. The horse was and still is back and Enzo added the Canary Yellow background which is the colour of Modena. In 1932 the Ferrari shield first appeared on the Alfa Romeo cars of the Scuderia racing team in the grand prix of SPA. In 1947 the 125S, first car produced at the Maranello, the pracing horse appeared on the yellow background and always with the Italian flag at the top. Now the shield is replaced by a rectangle with S and F instead of Ferrari. Thus the Ferrari brand was born. 

Source: worldcarfans

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Mahindra releases XUV500 teaser ad

     Mahindra will launch its most ambitious project vehicle XUV500 on the 28th of this month. Mahindra has already released a 19 sec teaser ad of XUV500 which features a Cheeta running right into the camera. Mahindra in its contest for “Guess the XUV500 price” had asked a question which says Which animal is XUV500 is inspired from? Now the answer is clear that it is the Cheeta which has inspired the styling of XUV500. The Cheeta with its flexible body is capable of attaining high speeds and most importantly with style. Mahindra says its monochoque front wheel driven XUV500 resemble that of the Cheeta in stlye and performance, but we should say XUV500 is not built like a sports car for high speeds.

     
     We managed to gets some inside details of XUV500 which we liked to share with you

• --> Powering XUV500 will be a refined 2.2L mHawk diesel engine with 140 Bhp of power and 330 Nm of torque. NVH levels are best for its class and the trubolag is next to nil.
• --> 3 Variants at launch – Base, Top and Top+ , No AT variant in 2011.
• --> 2WD & 4WD will be launched on 28th September.
• --> 6 speed manual transmission.
• --> Micro-hybrid technology, alloy wheels with all wheel disc brakes on top-end variant,.
• --> Refrigerator and Touch screen infotainment system in select variants.
• --> Top-end model has features such as ABS, EBD, ESP and TCS.
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Land Rover Defender Concept (DC100) video

     Last week Land Rover unveiled the Defender Concept (DC100 & DC100 

Sport) at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The concept will make its first production appearance in 2015.

     Take a look at the video to find out the new technology features which goes into the Next Generation Defender concept.

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Honda celebrates Civic’s 39 years of Heritage

     Honda is celebrating 39 years of Civic history this year. The ‘Civic’ was first launched in 1973 and since then Honda has 19,000,000 Civic customers worldwide. Honda recently launched the 2012 7th Generation Civic which is also slated for India launch next year.


     The Civic was just a car to its customers. It rewrote the history of driving performance cars are not just for the multi rich. The refined engine and strong chassis created lots of smiles on the ‘spirited driving’ enthusiasts.

     Its time for Honda and millions of customers, enthusiasts and well-wishers worldwide to cheer and celebrate the 39 years of existence of the Civic. Honda - The Power of Dreams

Honda Civic Heritage Video

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