http://horsepowersports.com Horsepower Classic Cars and High Performance Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:40:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://horsepowersports.com/1970-ford-mustang-mach-1/ http://horsepowersports.com/1970-ford-mustang-mach-1/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:28:02 +0000 Paul Crowe http://horsepowersports.com/?p=525 Every now and then a car comes up for sale that just exemplifies everything I remember about the early American muscle car era and this 1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1 is about as good as it gets. This particular car is equipped with the 351 Windsor V8, 4 speed transmission, it’s red with a black interior and it’s beautifully restored. [...]]]> http://horsepowersports.com/1970-ford-mustang-mach-1/feed/ 6 http://horsepowersports.com/robot-trucks-join-autonomous-cars-leaving-drivers-with-little-to-do/ http://horsepowersports.com/robot-trucks-join-autonomous-cars-leaving-drivers-with-little-to-do/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:41:31 +0000 Paul Crowe http://horsepowersports.com/?p=509 Several huge mines in Australia, where ore is shoveled into giant dump trucks, are now running those same trucks without drivers. Both BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, are purchasing more of these self driving giants from manufacturers Komatsu and Caterpillar. The gigantic trucks, 2 stories high and 500 tons fully loaded, shuttle back and forth following the orders of automated [...]]]> http://horsepowersports.com/robot-trucks-join-autonomous-cars-leaving-drivers-with-little-to-do/feed/ 3 http://horsepowersports.com/automotive-illustrations-by-vizualtech-design/ http://horsepowersports.com/automotive-illustrations-by-vizualtech-design/#comments Sun, 02 Dec 2012 16:50:52 +0000 Paul Crowe http://horsepowersports.com/?p=504 Several years ago, I came across some really fine renderings of a Ford F100 pickup by Bo Zolland of the Swedish design firm Vizualtech. It was a striking design that was destined to make the leap from the computer screen to the street because a client in San Diego decided it looked too good to remain nothing more then a [...]]]> http://horsepowersports.com/automotive-illustrations-by-vizualtech-design/feed/ 1 http://horsepowersports.com/how-about-high-tech-smart-highways-for-our-high-tech-vehicles/ http://horsepowersports.com/how-about-high-tech-smart-highways-for-our-high-tech-vehicles/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:41:51 +0000 Paul Crowe http://horsepowersports.com/?p=497 So much time and money has been invested in our current crop of high tech vehicles and yet we still drive on the same old roads, some type of concrete or asphalt providing a hard surface, though often little else. Studio Roosegaarde of the Netherlands is about to introduce smart highways in their country beginning in 2013. They came up [...]]]> http://horsepowersports.com/how-about-high-tech-smart-highways-for-our-high-tech-vehicles/feed/ 1 http://horsepowersports.com/quadski-the-amphibious-atv-scheduled-for-sale-in-usa-this-year/ http://horsepowersports.com/quadski-the-amphibious-atv-scheduled-for-sale-in-usa-this-year/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:36:46 +0000 Paul Crowe http://horsepowersports.com/?p=489 The Quadski, the exciting ATV that swims, that six years ago generated huge interest and enthusiasm, is now scheduled to finally go on sale in the USA by the end of this year. Powered by the BMW K1300 inline four cylinder engine driving the wheels and connected to a Gibbs jet drive for water operations, the 1180 pound Quadski will [...]]]> http://horsepowersports.com/quadski-the-amphibious-atv-scheduled-for-sale-in-usa-this-year/feed/ 2