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TRIBUTE: An Impressive Subaru Impreza, the WRX

The last thing car fans would have expected from Subaru ten years ago was a fast car that would make even the tuner crowd stand in attention. They’d have expected Subaru to unleash a slew of nice improvements each year

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VIDEO: 1964 Pontiac GTO, The First Muscle Car (Part 1)

We have paid tribute to the 1964 Pontiac GTO, a car recognized by most as the first muscle car. While we told the GTO’s story through writing, the TV Show America Muscle Car told their strory through video. We figured

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TRIBUTE: Dan Wheldon, Born to Race

Following his tragic death at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, during the Las Vegas 300, the IndyCar paddock has been in mourning. Dan Wheldon was one of those drivers to whom racing cars was as natural as walking. A two-time

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TRIBUTE: 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray, The Road Shark

1953 — the birth of the Corvette. Chevrolet has since produced the very successful sports coupe. Set alongside rivals like the Ford Thunderbird, the Corvette did very well its segment. A decade after its inception, GM’s executives and engineers decided

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TRIBUTE: Steve Jobs, the Crazy One

AutoTribute is for all intent and purposes exclusively automotive, and it isn’t everyday that we cover developments in the tech-industry. However, with Apple having announced that its inspiring Steve Jobs passed away at the age of 56, we knew that

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TRIBUTE: Pontiac G8, The Last Arrowhead

Since 1926, when the brand was introduced as mate to General Motors’ Oakland line, Pontiac had carved out a niche for itself as GM’s performance line. Following on classics such as the Bonneville, GTO, and Firebird, Pontiac unveiled the G8

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TRIBUTE: The Skyline GT-R (R32), Nissan’s Super Car

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, as the muscle car boom reached its zenith in the United States, Japanese designers were also looking to make faster cars. One of the most successful of these Japanese sports cars was the

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TRIBUTE: The Neon, Chrysler’s Bright Patch

In 1994, the American automotive industry was struggling to find a path to success against foreign competitors like Toyota, Nissan and Honda, and was being particularly hit hard in the compact car segment. Since their introduction, compact cars like the

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TRIBUTE: 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona, A Wing and a Prayer

As the 1960s came to a close, Mopar – the Chrysler, Dodge and Plymouth lines taken together – was known for its brightly-colored, high-powered muscle cars, as well as its sturdy trucks and sedans. For the 1969 model year, Dodge

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TRIBUTE: Acura Integra Type-R, Modern Muscle

Honda’s high-end Acura brand has become known for its unique combination of performance and luxury, but few vehicles embody Acura performance as completely as the Integra Type-R. With pure intentions to achieve high levels of performance in a compact size,

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TRIBUTE: 1964 Pontiac GTO, The First Muscle Car

The birth of the GTO is a thing of legend. In 1963 a not-so-secret war was brewing in Detroit as the Big Three pushed out increasingly more powerful cars. In a puzzling move, GM banned its various divisions from participating

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Tribute: Ford Model T, The Beginning of an Era

THE GIST By today’s standards, the Ford Model T is ugly, slow and likely to lose-out in a head-on collision with a bicycle, but this relic ushered in the age when the automobile would become an integral part of our

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TRIBUTE: The Internal Combustion Engine

THE GIST The environmentalism may have shed trillions of tears over it, but the importance of the internal combustion engine (ICE) cannot be overstated. Without it, it would likely be impracticable to drive, fly, travel across the vast bodies of

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2012 Camaro, How the Muscle Car Reinvented Itself

This article was produced on behalf of Car Finance 247 – Specialists in providing car finance advice and help for drivers throughout the UK. When a car gets a starring role in a Hollywood blockbuster, its future is pretty much

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Tribute: BMW 3 Series (5th Generation)

Utter the words “compact premium luxury car” and first thing that props to mind is the BMW 3 Series. Indeed, the 3 Series has for decades been the hallmark of this class of cars. The 5th generation (2006-present) of the