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PART OF THE COLLECTION AT THE GATEWAY AUTOMUSEUM, THE MODEL T (OR “TIN LIZZY,” AS HENRYFORD CALLED IT) INFLUENCED EVERY SINGLEAUTOMOBILE THAT CAME AFTER IT BECAUSE OF ITSGROUNDBREAKING AND MORE COST-EFFECTIVEASSEMBLY-LINE PRODUCTION METHOD. BETWEEN1908 AND 1927, 15 MILLION MODELS WERE PRODUCED.THE INCREASE OF MOTORISTS AS A DIRECT RESULT OFTHIS FIRST AFFORDABLE CAR LED TO THE CREATIONOF AMERICA’S HIGHWAYS, GAS STATIONS, GARAGES,AND ROADSIDE MOTELS.Ford Model T THE FORD MODEL T USEDA 177 CU IN (2.9 L) SIDEVALVE, REVERSE-FLOW CYLINDER HEAD INLINE 4-CYLINDERENGINE. IT WASPRIMARILY A GASOLINEENGINE. IT PRODUCED 20HP (14.9 KW) FOR A TOPSPEED OF 45 MPH (72KM/H). IT WAS BUILT IN-UNIT WITH THE MODELT'S NOVEL TRANSMISSION (A PLANETARY DESIGN),SHARING THE SAME LUBRICATING OIL.

Cord L-29THE CORD L-29 WAS THE FIRST FRONT-WHEEL-DRIVEAUTOMOBILE SOLD IN AMERICA. INTRODUCED IN 1929AND FEATURING A RADICALLY DIFFERENTARRANGEMENT OF THE ENGINE AND TRANSAXELASSEMBLY, THE L-29 HAD AN ELEGANT DESIGN THATELEVATED IT ABOVE ITS COMPETITORS.UNFORTUNATELY, THE TIMING OF THE RELEASECOINCIDED WITH THE STOCK MARKET CRASH OF 1929,AND AFTER A FEW YEARS, THE L-29 WAS TAKEN OUTOF PRODUCTION. YOU CAN SEE A SISTER MODEL – A1936 CORD PHAETON – ON DISPLAY IN THE MUSEUM. DISPLACEMENT :4888 CC | 298.3 CU IN. | 4.9 L.POWER :125 HP (92 KW) @ 3400 RPMBORE :3.3 IN | 83 MM.STROKE :4.5 IN | 114 MM.L

Ford MustangIN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF PRODUCTION IN 1964, THEMUSTANG WAS THE FASTEST-SELLING CAR IN HISTORY. ITHAS SINCE BECOME AN ICON OF STYLE ANDPERFORMANCE AMONG AMERICAN AUTOMOBILES,ESCORTING IN THE “PONY CAR” CLASS OF AFFORDABLESPORTY COUPES WITH LONG HOODS AND SHORT REARDECKS. COMPETITORS RACED TO RELEASE THEIR OWNVERSIONS, SUCH AS THE CHEVY CAMARO, THE PONTIACFIREBIRD, AND THE DODGE CHALLENGER. IN 1964 ALONE,THE MUSTANG WAS THE PACE CAR FOR THEINDIANAPOLIS 500 AND WON BOTH FIRST AND SECOND INCLASS AT THE TOUR DE FRANCE INTERNATIONAL RALLY.THE MUSEUM IS HOME TO A 1967 MUSTANG SHELBY GT 500FASTBACK, DESIGNED BY THE LEGENDARY CARCONSTRUCTOR AND RACE CAR DRIVER CARROLL SHELBY.ENGINE170 CU IN (2.8L)THRIFTPOWER I6 200 CU IN(3.3 L) THRIFTPOWER I6 260CU IN (4.3 L) SMALL BLOCKV8 289 CU IN (4.7 L) SMALLBLOCK V8 289 CU IN (4.7 L)SMALL BLOCK HIPO V8TRANSMISSION3-SPEED MANUAL 4-SPEEDMANUAL 3-SPEEDAUTOMATICDIMENSIONSWHEELBASE108 IN (2,743 MM)

Porsche Carrera GT(2004-2007)THE PORSCHE CARRERA GT IS A MID-ENGINE SPORTSCAR THAT WAS MANUFACTURED BY GERMANAUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURER PORSCHE FROM 2004TO 2006. SPORTS CAR INTERNATIONAL NAMED THECARRERA GT NUMBER ONE ON ITS LIST OF TOPSPORTS CARS OF THE 2000S, AND NUMBER EIGHT ONITS TOP SPORTS CARS OF ALL TIME LIST. FOR ITSADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT OFITS CHASSIS, POPULAR SCIENCE MAGAZINEAWARDED IT THE "BEST OF WHAT'S NEW" AWARD IN2003.ENGINE5.7 L (5,733 CC) PORSCHEM80/01 DOHCV10POWER OUTPUT450 KW (612 PS; 603 HP)590 N⋅M (435 LBF⋅FT) OFTORQUETRANSMISSION6-SPEED MANUAL

BMW 524tdWITH THIS 6-CYLINDER, 115-HP TURBO DIESELENGINE, BMW ESCAPED IN 1984 THE STEREOTYPEOF THE SLOW, SMOKY DIESEL CAR. THIS BMW WASTHE FIRST DIESEL CAR ABLE TO KEEP UP ON THEUNLIMITED-SPEED FREEWAY LANES OF GERMANY.BMW SET A NEW STANDARD FOR DIESEL ENGINESFOR CENTURIES TO COME AND IS IN FACT TODAYSTILL DOMINANT WITH SUPERB ENGINES, BOTHDIESEL AND PETROL.CODENAMED M21, BMW’SSIX-CYLINDER DIESELENGINE SHARED THE SAMEBASIC STRUCTURE WITHTHE M20 PETROL ENGINE(BUT IT’S NOT THE SAMEBLOCK), SHARING THE SAMEOVERHEAD VALVE TIMINGWITH A CAMSHAFT DRIVENBY A TOOTHED BELT.

ChevroletCorvetteIT MIGHT SEEM STRANGE TO TODAY’S READERS THAT THE FOURTH-GENERATION CHEVROLET CORVETTE MANAGED TO EARN A PLACE ONOUR 10BEST LIST FROM 1985 TO 1989, BUT CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING. THEN,AS NOW, THE CORVETTE REPRESENTS A PERFORMANCE BARGAINAMONG SPORTS CARS. IN 1985, THE VETTE’S FIRST YEAR ON 10BEST, WEWERE SMITTEN BY ITS ABILITY TO RUN PAST 150 MPH AND HANDLE ASWELL AS CARS COSTING MANY TIMES MORE. FAST FORWARD TO TODAY,AND THE C8-GENERATION CORVETTE, UNLIKE ANY VETTE BEFORE IT,MADE THE LIST FOR 2020 THROUGH 2022. IT'S THE EPITOME OF 10BEST, ASA 450-HP V-8 SPORTS CAR FOR A HAIR UNDER $60,000. IT'S ALSO ONE OFTHE QUICKEST CARS WE'VE TESTED IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, WITH A ZERO-TO-60-MPH TIME OF JUST 2.8 SECONDS. THE MID-ENGINE CORVETTEMAKES CARS DOUBLE ITS PRICE TAG FEEL INADEQUATE, AND IT SOUNDSGOOD DOING IT.ALL STINGRAYS WILL NOW GET A DRY-SUMPSYSTEM TO ACCOMMODATE THE CHASSIS’SINCREASED TRACK CAPABILITY, WHICHINCLUDES SUSTAINED LATERALACCELERATION BEYOND 1.00 G. PREVIOUSLY,DRY-SUMP LUBRICATION WAS ONLYAVAILABLE AS PART OF THE C7 STINGRAY’SZ51 PACKAGE. THE SYSTEM GOES FROM ONEPUMP TO THREE MULTISTAGE SCAVENGEPUMPS—ONE IN THE VALLEY OF THE V ANDTWO IN THE CRANKCASE. THE OILRESERVOIR IS NOW MOUNTED TO THEENGINE RATHER THAN BEING BOLTED INTOTHE ENGINE BAY SEPARATELY AS IT WAS ONTHE C7. A LARGER LIQUID-TO-LIQUID OILCOOLER IS CAPABLE OF 25 PERCENT MORETHERMAL REJECTION.

THE Z-CAR FIRST EARNED NISSAN (THEN DATSUN) A SPOT AT THESPORTS-CAR TABLE IN THE 1970S, BUT IT REALLY CAME INTO ITS OWNWHEN THE 300ZX ARRIVED FOR 1990. THIS TWIN-TURBOCHARGED GTEARNED SEVEN SUCCESSIVE 10BEST TROPHIES, STARTING IN 1990 WHENWE ADMITTED THAT “SOME STAFFERS HAD TO BE RESTRAINED FROMVOTING TWICE” FOR THE NISSAN. THIS SORT OF UNBRIDLED AFFECTIONWAS BASED LARGELY ON THE STRENGTH OF ITS 300-HP V-6 ENGINE ANDHANDLING THAT DIDN’T COME AT THE EXPENSE OF COMFORT. THESTREAK CONTINUED ALL THE WAY UNTIL THAT Z BIT THE DUST IN 1997.IT WOULDN’T BE REPLACED UNTIL THE 350Z ARRIVED IN 2003, ALSOEARNING A 10BEST AWARD IN ITS DEBUT YEAR. SINCE THAT Z’S ONE-YEAR APPEARANCE ON THE LIST, NOT A SINGLE NISSAN-BRANDVEHICLE HAS BEEN NAMED 10BEST.Nissan ZTHE NISSAN Z ENGINE IS ASERIES OF AUTOMOBILE ANDLIGHT TRUCK FOUR-CYLINDER ENGINES THATWAS ENGINEERED BYNISSAN MACHINERY,MANUFACTURED BY THENISSAN MOTOR COMPANYFROM 1979 THROUGHAUGUST 1989. ALL Z ENGINESHAD 4 CYLINDERS, A TOTALOF 8 VALVES AND A SINGLEOVERHEAD CAMSHAFT(SOHC). DISPLACEMENTSRANGED FROM 1.6 L TO 2.4L.THE Z SERIES' ENGINEBLOCKS WERE NEARLYIDENTICAL TO THOSE OF THEEARLIER L SERIES WITH THEEXCEPTION OF THE Z24.

A PARAGON OF FUEL EFFICIENCY, PACKAGING, AND ACCESSIBLE FUNFROM ITS ARRIVAL IN THE U.S. IN THE EARLY 1970S, THE HONDA CIVICAND ITS SPORTY TWO-DOOR CRX VARIANT WERE MAINSTAYS ON THEEARLY YEARS OF OUR 10BEST LIST. THE HONDA FIRST EARNED A PLACEON THE LIST IN 1985 AND RETURNED FOR MOST OF ITS FOURTH-GENERATION RUN, WITH AWARDS SPANNING FROM 1988 TO 1991. BUTIN THE YEARS SINCE, HONDA’S COMPACT CAR HAS NOT ACHIEVED THESAME CONSISTENT EXCELLENCE AS ITS BIG BROTHER, THE ACCORD,WHICH IS BY FAR THE WINNINGEST 10BEST HONOREE. THROUGHOUTTHE CIVIC’S UPS AND DOWNS IN THE 1990S AND 2000S, IT EARNEDONLY ONE MORE 10BEST AWARD, IN 1996, WHEN THE SIXTH-GENERATION CAR HIT THE SCENE. MORE THAN TWO DECADES LATER,THE CIVIC MAKES A TRIUMPHANT RETURN AS A REGULAR ON OUR10BEST LIST.Honda CivicTHE 2.0-LITER ENGINE IS AVAILABLEON THE LX AND EX TRIMS. AT AMERE 158 HORSEPOWER AND 138LB.-FT. OF TORQUE, THE BASEENGINE FOR THE 2016 HONDA CIVICIS NOT EXACTLY A POWERHOUSE.IN FACT, IT GOES FROM ZERO TO 60MPH IN 7.5 SECONDS. WHILE THOSEARE NOT EXACTLY STUNNINGPERFORMANCE NUMBERS, ON THEPLUS SIDE IT IS A SECOND FASTERTHAN THE 2016 TOYOTA COROLLAS PLUS. THAT IS PLENTY OF POWERSUITABLE FOR ACCEPTABLEEVERYDAY DRIVING. JUST BEAWARE THAT IT WILL HAVE TOWORK HARDER THAN THE 1.5-LITERENGINE WHEN OVERTAKING ONTHE HIGHWAY.

Mazda MX-5MiataTHE MAZDA MX-5 MIATA’S INDUCTION INTO 10BEST LORE WAS NOTINAUSPICIOUS. AS WE PUT IT IN 1990, THE LITTLE ROADSTER’S FIRSTYEAR MAKING OUR 10BEST CARS LIST, “ALL MAZDA DID WITH THIS CARWAS REINVENT THE SPORTS CAR.” SET ASIDE THE COMPARISONS WEMADE BETWEEN THE POPULAR MAZDA AND VANNA WHITE AND MELGIBSON—REMEMBER, WHEN THE MIATA FIRST CAME OUT, ITSCELEBRITY CAUSED A SALES SENSATION—AND OUR AFFECTIONTOWARD THE MIATA HASN’T CHANGED MUCH IN 26 YEARS. NOW IN ITSFOURTH GENERATION, THE MIATA IS NO LONGER “REINVENTING”ANYTHING, BUT THERE REMAINS A NOVELTY TO THE TINY,LIGHTWEIGHT SPORTS CAR CONTINUING TO EXIST IN A WORLDOBSESSED WITH CROSSOVER SUVS.THE 1.8 L (110 CU IN) BP6DENGINE WAS SLIGHTLYMODIFIED AND NOW FEATUREDVARIABLE VALVE TIMING ONTHE INTAKE CAMSHAFT. THEINTAKE AND EXHAUST SYSTEMALSO RECEIVED A MINORUPGRADE. THESEMODIFICATIONS RESULTED IN APOWER OUTPUT OF 113 KW (152BHP) (JAPAN, UK ANDAUSTRALIA) OR 107 KW (143BHP) (US ONLY).