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Acura unveils all-new electrified ARX-06 race car

Green Car Congress

Acura Motorsports released the first official images and details for the all-new, electrified Acura ARX-06 prototype sports car, which will make its competition debut next January at the Rolex 24 at Daytona. It features a 90-degree V-angle to reduce its center of gravity and polar moment of inertia. Bodywork and Aerodynamics.

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Abandoned History: Cadillac's Northstar V8, Head Bolts and Gaskets Aplenty (Part I)

The Truth About Cars

liter pile showed promptly that it was terrible, General Motors massaged, improved, and enlarged it into the HT4500 and finally the (not HT) 4.9-liter. The latter part of the Seventies ushered in downsizing subsequent to the 1973 OPEC embargo and emissions regulation. All the while, Roger Smith was at the helm at General Motors.

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