Automobile-catalog is a project with the purpose to gather in one place and publish possibly complete information on specifications, technical data and history of all cars manufactured since the characteristic date of 1945. A great majority of data is taken from off-line sources and is first time published on-line.
The idea was born in automotive enthusiasm, but with very practical dimension. The project was launched on-line just in the middle of 2010, but is already visited by five thousand people daily – it makes us believe, that the data we present are needed and appreciated.
There is one special parameter, the answer to the question everyone asks during each discussion about any car – how fast is it ? The accelerations, the quarter-mile time, top speed... how to find it out in case of the cars long ago out of production, the ones nobody ever properly tested ?
This is a task for our own simulation software, called ProfessCars™. This is a piece of sophisticated engineering work, results of calculations are in most cases very accurate. It was tested and calibrated on hundreds of real-life car tests and comparisons.
We are sure it will help to give everyone at least a hint of the feeling, how it is to drive behind a wheel of so many different cars. The feeling until now reserved only for lucky owners of a real vehicles...
Recently we started to publish short articles and stories about the cars of past and present – also the articles contributed. No one knows more about a particular car, than the owner himself or herself. That's why we want to present that first-hand knowledge for a benefit of a whole automotive community.
Also Your Knowledge – do not hesitate to contact us.
So, stay with us, show Your Ride to the world,
P. Zal, MEng,MBA
editor-in-chief
Contributors:
We would like to thank our contributors:
Radek Borowicki (130rapid) for sharing the collection of own automotive photos Solaris for excellent pictures of his BMW 520i E34 KinceK for excellent pictures of his BMW 850i and the story of recently purchased BMW 520iA E28 Coupeman for the images of classic BMWs from his classic cars collection Jan Bakker for his rare BMW 3200CS photos and story M. Szolc for BMW X5 pictures Hans Stedehouder from Garage De l'Est, for the nice selection of pictures of great youngtimers he trades Bob Schmitt from FrazerNash-USA, for the Frazer-Nash Mille Miglia photo Dr Stefano Pasini for pictures and information on his great Bristol 409, to be seen also at stefanopassini.it Wolfgang Kressel for pictures of his excellent 1970 Jaguar XJ 6 4.2 Automatic Herbert Bauer for the story of his great 1960 Ford Taunus 17M de Luxe Szymon Kusinski for the short article about the BMW 850i rebuilding K. Ivarsson for pictures and description of his Ford Galaxie Skyliner G. Clark for Holden Barina photos M. Barlage for pictures of his 1974 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight R. Berridge for his Ford Falcon XR8 and Fraser roadster pictures and info S. Pethybridge for Diva Valkyr rare photo M. West from Canada for his rare 1994 BMW Alpina B10 3.0 Allrad presentation M. Johnston for Austin 10 pictures Nick McCallion for his 1978 Lincoln Continental Town Car presentation Brian J. Law for his rare 1952 Austin A40 Somerset Convertible by Carbodies story, pictures and info
If you wish to contribute to this project, do not hesitate to write to us at contact(at)automobile-catalog.com.
Also your car or the car you know could be a part of the automobile-catalog: just send us the pictures with the precise make-model-trim-year description and the photo author’s name or nickname. The only condition is good and original condition of the car, no tuning or other visual improvements. The images will serve as the reference for the particular model.
Thank you !
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