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Iconic cars: Ferrari 430 Scuderia

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  According to the official website, The Ferrari F430 is a sports car that was produced by the Italian automobile manufacturer Ferrari from 2004 to 2009. It replaced the Ferrari 360. It was first shown at the 2004 Paris Motor Show. The model that took its place is the Ferrari 458 Italia and was launched on 28 July 2009. Ferrari 430 was developed with Michael Schumacher, than pilot for F1 Scuderia. The Ferrari 430 Scuderia is an improved version of the F430 berlinetta, in the sense of greater efficiency on the track, at the expense of comfort. This two-seater berlinetta5 represents Ferrari's desire to demonstrate its know-how in implementing F1 technology in a production car. Developed with the assistance of Michael Schumacher6, the 430 Scuderia is thus positioned as a direct rival of the Porsche 911 GT2. The 430 Scuderia was officially presented at the Frankfurt Motor Show on Tuesday, September 11, 2007. Designated as the worthy successor to the Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale, it s

Lamborghini Embolado Concept

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The Lamborghini Embolado Concept is the work of Luca Serafini, an Italian student in the final year of the Industrial Design Course at the University of Parma, Italy. The name of the concept derives from a Spanish festival called named “Embolado Bull” or “Torro Embolado”. The concept is based on the Lamborghini Gallardo and according to Luca’s declarations the car represents a tribute to the Superleggera : “ After the recent launch of the Gallardo Superleggera, in order to make a tribute to it, I have adapted the Embolado Concept basing on the aestethic modifications of the new model, with some post-process in Photoshop. ” [ source carbodydesign ]

Short history of Cadillac

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Cadillac was born out of the closure of Henry Ford when Henry Ford left with some of his key partners and the company was dissolved.  With the intention of liquidating the company's assets, financiers left over from Ford's departure, William Murphy and Lemuel Bowen, called on engineer Henry M. Leland of the Leland & Faulconer Manufacturing Company to evaluate the plant and equipment before selling them. Instead, Leland convinced them to continue their car manufacturing business by equipping them with a single-cylinder engine designed by Leland.  The company needed a new name after Henry Ford left. On August 22, 1902, the company was renamed the Cadillac Automobile Company. Leland & Faulconer Production and the Cadillac Automobile Company merged in 1905. The Cadillac Automobile Company was named after seventeenth-century French explorer Antoine Laumet de la Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac, who founded Detroit in 1701.  The first Cadillac automobile, The "Cadillac Runabout