the history of cars

Some explanations about this website

• "Standard Catalog of AMERICAN CARS 1946-1975"
• "Standard Catalog of AMERICAN CARS 1976-1999"
• "Standard Catalog of AMERICAN MUSCLE CARS 1960-1972"
• "Standard Catalog of AMERICAN LIGHT-DUTY TRUCKS 1896-2000"
• "Der Unschätzbare Klassiker 1995" (Hamar Verlag GmbH) [german]
• "auto katalog" modelyear 1970 - modelyear 2019 [german]

These books and magazines I used for the identification and as source for the specification. I suppose there are some mistakes due to the conversion from or to the metric system. To avoid such mistakes I try to be as careful as possible, but I have to believe the information given in the magazines an books specified above. They are not completely accurate, too, I presume.

• SAE-hp = SAE gross horsepower
• net-hp = SAE net horsepower
• bhp = brake horsepower
• 1.014 net-hp = 1 DIN-hp
• 1.3558 lb.ft. = 1 Nm
• 1 cu.in. = 16.387 cm³
• 1 cc. = 1 cubic centimeter
• i4, i6 etc = inline four/six cylinder
• V6, V8 etc = V-type engine
• W12, W16 etc = W-Type engine
• flat-4, flat-6 etc = flat engine, engine with opposed cylinder
• 1bbl, 2bbl, etc. = 1 barrel carburettor, 2 barrel carburettor
• carb. = carburettor
• FI = fuel injection
• EFI = electronic fuel injection
• EFDI = electronic fuel direct-injection
• CNG = compressed natural gas
• LPG = liquefied petroleum gas
• +tc = turbocharged
• +sc = supercharged
• td = turbocharged diesel
• tddi = turbocharged diesel with direct injection
• el./elec. = electric engine
• 1 mph = 1.609344 kph
• 1 in = 25.4 mm
• 1 lb = 0.4536 kg
• RWD = rear wheel drive
• AWD = all wheel drive
• FWD = front wheel drive

The specifications are always facts released by the manufacturer. They are for the standard equipped car. Exception: the performance-data were sometimes recorded by the tester of a car magazine.

The pictures were all taken by myself. There are some exceptions, pictures taken by a good friend of mine. I'm going to mark them, to see which are mine, and which are his pictures. The images don't represent the specification given for the car, sometimes the car was customized by its owner.