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Irish Independent
28-05-2025
- Automotive
- Irish Independent
Treat in store for Louth car fans as Retro Canonball rolls into the Cooley peninsula
Cannonball has already raised €1,946,432 for Irish children's charities and this year are raising funds for the Jack and Jill Children's Foundation. An impressive convoy of a 100 classic cars from the 60's, 70's, 80's & 90's including vintage Mustangs and Corvettes, will make its way from Little Island in Co Cork on Friday June 13, and travel northwards, finishing up in the Cooley peninsula on Sunday June 15. The Convoy will be taking the ferry crossing from Greencastle to Greenore with a quick regroup at Lily Finnegans and then on to the beautiful Cooley Peninsula for an exciting finish line at Ballymasconlon Hotel. Spectators and families in Co Louth can get up close, see some rare classic cars, take photographs, meet the drivers and enjoy the timeless allure of vintage automobiles at Ballymascanlon Hotel at 6pm for the overall finish line of the event. The classic car convoy will include rare cars such as the Lamborghini Diablo, Jaguar E-Type, Ferrari 348 GTS, Mercedes-Benz SL Classics, Lancia Beta, BMW 635CSI, Porsche 911 Carrera and Targa, MG Midget, Ford Escort Cosworth, Chevrolet Corvette, VW Beetle, Ford Thunderbird, mini cooper and many more. Spectators can get up close, view the cars and take photographs at each of the start and finish lines, pitstops and lunch stops. 'We are welcoming cars from the golden era of the 60's,70's, 80's and early 90's to take in stunning drives and many famous Irish landmarks.' said Cannonball founder Alan Bannon 'Classic cars not only appeal to car lovers, but also to lovers of engineering, design, art and history. They retain an incurable romance and that is the reason why people do, and always will, love classic cars.' See for details of all events.
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
The First Real Hypercar Makes Beautiful Music With 16 Cylinders
It was Claudio Zampolli's ambition to change the face of automotive history with a new kind of car when he launched the mighty V16T in 1988. A former Lamborghini development engineer, Zampolli used a cast-off Marcello Gandini design—an early draft for the Lamborghini Diablo—for his world-beating machine, but it was the engine that truly made the car special. About as wide as a city block, the Cizeta (Zampolli's initials CZ in Italian) V16T was designed around a pair of V8s joined with a common block mounted transversely behind the driver. This is a truly bizarre car that exemplifies 1980s excess, and probably would have been a wild success if it weren't for Zampolli's brash mannerisms, a global economic slowdown, and severe production delays. In all, just ten of these machines were sold over 12 years. Instead of making the world stand up and pay attention, Cizeta kind of faded into nothing, but the story of its rise and fall is well worth telling. Thankfully Jason Cammisa went through the full history in an easily-digestible 23-minute breakdown on YouTube. It's a story you'll want to hear. Click the play button and check it out. Read more: Dodge Will Pay You $10 Per Horsepower To Buy A New Charger, Challenger, Or Durango After securing funding to make his vision a reality from legendary 70s and 80s producer Giorgio Moroder, Zampolli went to work building what might be the coolest car of the 1980s. What else has two separate sets of pop up headlights, and can take down the almighty Ferrari F40 and Porsche 959 (when it's running right)? This car is everything that the Lamborghini Countach dreamed of being when it grew up. Only one car could do it like this. Of course, in the process of building his dream, Zampolli managed to piss off everyone who he came into contact with. Maybe car company CEOs should leave the marketing and product communication to professional PR folks, and that would solve a few problems. It's hard to call a ten-car run a wildly successful business, but Cizeta did accomplish what it set out to do. Maybe a little late, over budget, and creating a ton of enemies, but it's real, and it's fantastic. Want more like this? Join the Jalopnik newsletter to get the latest auto news sent straight to your inbox... Read the original article on Jalopnik.
Yahoo
24-02-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
The Lamborghini Diablo-Based Value Progress Beast in Photos
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