Ultimatecarpage.com update (06-26-06)

[Wouter Melissen]

Dear Ultimatecarpage.com visitor,

Imagine using the V8 out of Renault's recent Monaco Grand Prix winning Formula 1 car for a two-seater sportscar. That's exactly what Bugatti did in the early 1930s when they pulled out the twin-cam eight cylinder engnine from the multiple Monaco-winning Type 51 to form the now legendary Type 55 Super Sport. Combining the racing pedigree with Jean Bugatti's beautiful two-seat roadster design, the featured Type 55 is one of the all-time greats.
After Ferrari decided to shift their focus on Formula 1 in 1973, development of other racing cars were left to independent parties. One of the most prominent of these is Michelotto, who has been commisioned both by customers and the factory to turn Ferrari road cars into racers. In this week's update we take a look at two of these; one little known and the other currently setting the GT-Racing scene on fire. As a final development of Ferrari's transversly V8-engined chassis, the 308 GT/M served mainly as a test bed and was only raced once. Only a few months into its racing career the Michelotto-developed F430 GTC is set to replace the Porsche 911 GT3 as the dominant force in the GT2 class. To celebrate their recent positive results we've added 12 additional shots from Le Mans with more detailed specifications.
This week two new German two-door powerhouses saw the light of day. From Munich comes the M6 Cabriolet and from Stuttgart the all new CL 600.
While most eyes were on Le Mans last weekend, Rob Clements was in Grosse Pointe, Michigan to cover the annual Eyes on Design Exhibition. To warm you up for his detailed feature to be published later this week we now take a look at the best of show winning Oldsmobile Toronado.

Enjoy the links:

BMW M6 Cabriolet
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame...hp&carnum=2816

Bugatti Type 55 Super Sport Roadster
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame...hp&carnum=2819

Ferrari 308 GT/M
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame...hp&carnum=2130

Ferrari F430 GTC
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame...hp&carnum=2742

Fiat Ducato Truckster Concept
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame...hp&carnum=2818

Mazda MX-5 Roadster Coupe
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame...hp&carnum=2817

Mercedes Benz CL 600
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame...hp&carnum=2820

Oldsmobile Toronado
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame...hp&carnum=2315

Regards,
Wouter Melissen

[adamfraser]

Great update, thans Wouter and the team.

[syko]

I've aways wondered why there are more or just as many older cars added to the database than new ones. Surely the amount of older cars to add would have runout by now but somehow more are found for each update.

[Ferrer]

Originally Posted by syko

I've aways wondered why there are more or just as many older cars added to the database than new ones. Surely the amount of older cars to add would have runout by now but somehow more are found for each update.

And when they are as good as the Bugatti Type 55, you want more coming each week. Keep up the good work.

[<AAA-MOD>]

Originally Posted by syko

I've aways wondered why there are more or just as many older cars added to the database than new ones. Surely the amount of older cars to add would have runout by now but somehow more are found for each update.

trust me, there's tons more oldies waiting to be posted. The new ones don't usually require a write-up since they come with press releases, whereas the oldies take more time with research and writing. Otherwise, I'm confident that the oldies would outweigh the newbs.

[6'bore]

Grand work UCP

[IWantAnAudiRS6]

Originally Posted by syko

I've aways wondered why there are more or just as many older cars added to the database than new ones. Surely the amount of older cars to add would have runout by now but somehow more are found for each update.

The present amount of cars spans, say, a few years. Let's say from 2000.

Now, compare the amount of cars released from the year 2000 to now, and compare that with the amount of cars released before 1960.

That's why there are many, many old ones being added- because that number would be considerably more than the amount of new cars.

Also, it's about being versatile- it's the ULTIMATE car page, not the NEW car page... so it has to encompass as many cars as possible.