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• Group C
  ...was a category of [[motorsport]], introduced by the [[FIA]] in 1982 for [[sports car racing]], along with ''[[Group A]]'' for [[touring car racing|touring c ...he European Endurance Championship (1983 only). It was also used for other sports car racing series around the globe. The final year for the class came in 19
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• Intermeccanica
  ...re designed by [[Franco Scaglione]]. The «Italia» was a large sports car, of which 500 were made (1966-1970), followed by the eleven «Mure
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• Ferrari 550 Maranello
  ...]] 550 Maranello''' and '''550 Barchetta''' were 2-seat [[Gran Turismo]] [[sports car]]s. Introduced in 1996, the 550 was an upmarket [[FR layout|front-engi ...prototypes numbered P01-P10 on their interior plaques. To an observer the prototypes and production cars are indistinguishable.
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• World Sportscar Championship
  The '''World Sportscar Championship''' was the world series run for [[sports car racing]] by the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]] fro ...andini Automobili|Bandini]]s. Classes were split into GT (closed cars) and Sports (open cars), and were further divided by [[engine displacement]]. The Ferra
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• Alejandro de Tomaso
  ...gnificant in the motoring world as a maker of cars. He founded the Italian sports car company [[De Tomaso|De Tomaso Automobili]] in 1959, and later built up ...]'s most recent product has been the [[De Tomaso Guarà|Guarà]], a two-door sports car with a carbon fibre bodyshell.
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• Ferrari 333 SP
  |Notable Entrants = Momo Sports<br>[[Team Scandia]]<br>[[BMS Scuderia Italia]]<br>[[JB Racing]]<br>GLV Brum ...20 year absence. The car was built to compete in the [[International Motor Sports Association|IMSA]]'s new [[IMSA GT Championship|WSC]] class, which replaced
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• Volvo P1900
  ...tes and elsewhere, and fewer of these are still in existence. Volvo's next sports car, the [[Volvo P1800|P1800]] was much more successful. [[Category:Sports cars]]
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• De Tomaso
  Originally, De Tomaso produced various prototypes and racing cars, including a [[Formula One|Formula 1]] car for Frank Willia == De Tomaso sports cars ==
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• Pietro Frua
  ...ients who contracted Frua for the styling of their new 2-litre, 6-cylinder sports car, the A6G. From 1950 to 1957, Frua built 19 Spyders and seven [[coupé]] ...ctical realization to the last detail of the fully functional one-offs and prototypes, often driving them to their presentation at the motor shows in Europe.
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• Paul Bracq
  ...r train. During this time, Bracq was also responsible for prototypes of a sports car based on the [[BMW]] 1600Ti and a coupé based on the [[Simca 1100]].
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• Tesla
  ...s, acceleration from 0 to 60 mph in 4 seconds, and a top speed of 130 mph. Prototypes were introduced to the public in July 2006, and the first production models
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• Monteverdi
  ...ecided to undertake series production of exclusive high performance luxury sports and touring cars. The first model, the 2-seater Monteverdi High Speed 375S ...issan S6, engines. These models sold in greater numbers than the preceding sports cars and remained in production until 1982. Between 1980 and 1982, Montever
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• Lola T70
  The '''Lola T70''' was built for sports car racing, popular in the mid to late 1960s. Developed by [[Lola Racing Ca ...ue racing. Yet, instead of being only cannon-fodder to a few factory-built prototypes, the [[Ford]]s won again twice at [[Le Mans]], while Lola took the [[1969 2
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• Yamaha OX99-11
  |Production = 1992 (3 prototypes) The '''Yamaha OX99-11''' was a [[sports car]] designed by [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]] subsidiary [[Ypsilon Tech
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• BMW M1
  ...ant that BMW reassumed control over the project in April 1978, after seven prototypes were built. Only 456 production M1s were built, making it one of BMW's rare ...r number ten on the list of [[Sports Car International Top Sports Cars|Top Sports Cars of the 1970s]].
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• MR layout
  ...t also uses up central space, making it impractical for any but two-seater sports cars. ...[Porsche 956|956/962]]), the fate of [[World Sportscar Championship|Sports Prototypes]] as MR was sealed and Ferrari lost interest in Le Mans until the 1980's. T
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• Bitter
  ...mobile company produced vehicles between 1973 and 1989. Since 1984 several prototypes have been created by Bitter with an eye on possible low-volume production, ...units. Its body lines betrayed a certain influence of contemporary Italian sports car design, especially Maserati.
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• Smart Roadster
  ...group realised that the powertrain of the City Coupe was ideal for a small sports car; a compact and shallow turbocharged engine powering the rear wheels via ...pproach, this led to a concept of a super compact, practical and also pure sports car; a modern equivalent of the [[Austin-Healey Sprite]] ‘Frogeye’ (whi
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• BMW V12 LM98
  ...nstruction and a [[BMW]] powerplant. In 1995 [[McLaren Cars]] entered into sports car racing using their [[McLaren F1 GTR]] in [[grand touring series]] like ...so quickly, BMW Motorsport decided to move from grand tourers to [[Le Mans prototypes]], open cockpit racing cars built specifically for racing and requiring no
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• Reynard
  ...GT Car and an unraced and highly innovative LNG gas-turbine powered hybrid sports prototype for [[Chrysler]] known as the Patriot. Naturally given Reynard's ...Nippon]] and [[Barber Dodge]] racing series. The company also engineered sports and touring cars.
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