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...three-passenger Le Mans is only 51 in. high to the top of its windshield, 5.3 in. lower than standard jobs, and 24.8 in. shorter, partly by virtue of vertical steel strips replacing the usual horizontal bumpers. Its souped-up engine develops 250 h.p.† Oldsmobile's low-slung Starfire convertible has a panoramic windshield extending around and past the door opening. Buick's 50.4-in.-high Wildcat, of black fiber glass with a green leather seat, has front-wheel disk hubs which remain stationary while the wheels revolve, their airscoops cooling the front-wheel brakes. Pontiac showed...
...London's Motor Show last week, the cars that drew the biggest crowds were the racy, low-slung sport models. None got more attention than Jaguar's fast, sleek XK120, which for three years has held the world's speed record (132.6 m.p.h.) for passenger cars. But it was more than speed that made Britons admire the Jaguar; as the Manchester Guardian noted proudly, the Jaguar is "doing a roaring dollar trade." It is now one of the British motor industry's biggest dollar earners...
...York). It has since sold 4,000. Last spring Ford started making a slightly bigger version, the Zephyr 6. But the British automakers still manage to dominate the American small car market. Since 1949 they have nearly doubled the sales of Hillmans, Austins and the low-slung MG. It now looks as if the market for small cars is finally getting big enough to make it really worth while for U.S. automakers...
...starting time, the drivers dashed to the 57 sleek, low-slung racers. Some 175,000 craning fans, who brought tents and bedrolls for their 24-hour vigil, were on hand for the big show. For hour after hour, roaring wide-open on the straightaways, the cars spun around the 8.6-mile oval course, stopping occasionally for fuel or tire changes. Nighttime mist hampered visibility, but the asphalt road, lightly sanded to prevent slipping in wet weather, never became treacherous...
...those who can afford to pay $2,000 to $15,000 for a sleek, low-slung imported sports car-and even for spectators who cannot afford it-road racing is supercharged with excitement. From a mere handful of postwar enthusiasts, the Sports Car Club of America, one of dozens spread over the U.S., has grown to over 2,500 members. Last year nearly 10,000 sports cars* were sold...