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GM ordered every 1983 Corvette prototype destroyed. One white pre-production car escaped the crusher, sat forgotten for years — and even survived the museum sinkhole in 2014.
The C5 ended production on July 2, 2004 — making it, alongside the Lotus Esprit, the last car ever built with pop-up headlights.
GM bought Lotus in 1986 partly to build this Corvette, and a stock ZR1 then set seven FIA world records in Texas.
The 1996 Mystic Cobra was the first production vehicle with colour-shifting factory paint, moving from green to amber to gold to purple; 1,999 were made.
Ford made you prove you raced cars before it would sell you a 1995 Cobra R.
The SN95 Mustang's 1994 redesign was internally code-named "Bucephalus," after Alexander the Great's horse.
The 1987 facelift of the Fox-body Mustang was designed by Fritz Mayhew's team and softened the car's boxy lines with a more rounded nose.
Ford's 1999 Cobra made less power than advertised, so it recalled the car and skipped the 2000 model year.
Ford engineering director Neil Ressler quietly paid about $2,100 a car from his own budget for its brakes, the most expensive ever fitted to a production Mustang.
It was the first car from Ford's newly founded SVT division, and the first factory Mustang on 17-inch wheels.
The original Miata was supposed to be a cheap sports car, but demand was so strong that buyers crossed state lines chasing dealers who actually had one in stock.
The 2004-2005 Mazdaspeed version of this generation is the only MX-5 Mazda ever turbocharged at the factory.
The first 911 GT3 didn't get a tuned Carrera engine — it got the 'Mezger' racing unit shared with the 962 Group C car and the 911 GT1, dropped into a road-legal 996.
Despite the 911 badge, the GT1's mid-mounted turbo flat-six and race-built chassis shared almost nothing with a real 911.
An RWB Porsche's widened stance isn't just visual flare -- Akira Nakai stretches the whole track before riveting on the fender flares.
Porsche built 57 road-going 993 GT2 examples to meet the FIA's homologation requirement for the racing version.
The 996 was the first 911 with a water-cooled engine, replacing air cooling to meet noise and emissions regulations.
The 964 was the first 911 with a fully galvanized body, which let Porsche extend its rust-through warranty to 10 years.
The 993 was the last 911 generation with an air-cooled engine, ending a lineage that began with the original 1964 car.
Tool Time's Tim Allen wasn't just a car guy on TV — in 1995 he co-founded a real race team with Steve Saleen to campaign these Mustangs.
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VerifiedFIRST · WORLDWIDEFIRST PRINTONLY ONE IN VANCOUVERThe 1996 Mystic Cobra was the first production vehicle with colour-shifting factory paint, moving from green to amber to gold to purple; 1,999 were made.
VerifiedFIRST · WORLDWIDEFIRST PRINTONLY ONE IN VANCOUVERAn RWB Porsche's widened stance isn't just visual flare -- Akira Nakai stretches the whole track before riveting on the fender flares.
VerifiedFIRST · WORLDWIDEFIRST PRINTONLY ONE IN VANCOUVERThe original Miata was supposed to be a cheap sports car, but demand was so strong that buyers crossed state lines chasing dealers who actually had one in stock.
