1999 Super Cars
Aston Martin DB7
This 1999 Aston-Martin Vantage Le Mans Coupe is one of only 40 LeMans coupes ever built (one was made for each year since Aston-Martins Le Mans victory in 1959) and one of only 2 known to be in the United States.The elegant Almond Green body color......
Bentley Azure
The company built by W.O. Bentley had humble beginnings, in a New Street Mews, London workshop. The first engine was tested in October of 1919, sparking a movement that would appeal to well-heeled sporting drivers, upwardly mobile society and well-heeled......
Bugatti EB 18/3 Chiron
Like Bentley BY816 Hunandieres, the mid-engined concept car is based on Lamborghini Diablo VT. Only one has been made so far. Not only is the design extreme, so is the engine. The engine is from the EB 118 and EB 218, a powerful W18 that produces......
Bugatti EB218
With the Bugatti EB 218, the Volkswagen Group is presenting a new and fascinating vehicle at the Geneva Motor Show 1999 - a vehicle which will set new technical and aesthetic standards. The EB 218 follows on from the design and technical standards of......
Buick Cielo Concept
The Buick Cielo - the name means sky in Spanish - is an elegant four-door convertible that combines open-air enjoyment with the comfort and security of a traditional sedan. Cielos exterior is a contemporary expression of a Buick, drawn from the......
Chevrolet Corvette C5
The fifth-generation Corvette, in its third model year, adds a new sibling to the stable -- the 99 Corvette hardtop, the first fixed-roof Vette offered since the legendary second generation Sting Rays of 1963-1967. The Corvette hardtop joins......
Chrysler Citadel
Electricity plays a key role in the hybrid Chrysler Citadel, which offers environmental efficiency with V-8 performance. A gasoline-fed 3.5-liter V-6 engine powers Citadels rear wheels, while the front wheels operate on electric motors. The efficiency......
Dodge Charger R/T Concept
While paying homage to the muscle car era, Charger RT produces emissions so low it would meet the California Air Resources Board Ultra Low Emission Vehicle (ULEV) standard. It would also reduce carbon dioxide emissions by up to 25 percent. Thats because......
Dodge Viper
The 1999 Dodge Viper ACR (American Club Racer) was a hybrid of the GTS-R and the Standard Viper. The major changes to make these vehicles race-ready were more power, lower weight, and refined handling (taken from the GTS-R). In 1999 only 215 Vipers were......
Ferrari 360 Modena
The 360 Modena was designed as an interpretation of the Ferrari berlinetta with a V8 engine for the 21st century, radically innovative features such as significant weight reduction, a larger body and a higher level of equipment. One extremely important......
Ferrari 456 GT
The Ferrari 456 GT was a 22 passenger car powered by a 5.5-liter engine offering 436 horsepower and had a top speed of 190 mph. A five-speed manual and four-speed automatic were both available from the factory. The 22 Coupe had a base price of %24224,800.......
Ferrari 550 Maranello
In the mid-1990s the world was getting used to Ferrari offering a front-engine V12 GT. The 550, launched in 1996, was a veritable supercar. The exterior and interior design came from a number of artists under contract to Pininfarina. Using a new naming......
Ferrari F355
The design of the Ferrari 348 was modified by the famous Italian design studio, Pininfarina resulting in the Ferrari F355. The Ferrari F355 was produced from 1995 through the close of the century with nearly 2700 examples created making it one of the......
Ferrari F355 Serie Fiorano
The final F355 produced by Ferrari was a truly special car it topped a line that will forever be installed with the pantheon of great cars. The F355 Serie Fioranos production was limited to a run of 100 cars, all of which are spiders, and only six......
Heuliez Pregunta
The Heuliez Pregunta one-off prototype debuted at the 1998 Paris Auto Show. It borrowed many of the Lamborghini Diablos mechanical components and chassis. The name Pregunta is Spanish meaning question. The name was chosen to question the automotive......
Jaguar XK180 Concept
Jaguar North America unveiled the second edition of the XK180 roadster concept at the 2000 North American International Auto Show. This fully operational prototype is a further-developed version of the original XK180 concept car, which debuted at last......
Lamborghini Diablo
This Diablo SV is 1 of 65 built for worldwide sales and 1 of 25 built for sales in the United States (from October 1998 to December of 1999). The SV was first presented at the Paris Mondial de lAutomoible in October 1998 and was designed by Marcello......
Lamborghini Diablo VT
The 48-valve, V-12 engine mounted midship in the Lamborghini Diablo was loud, but with the roadster version, ear plugs were recommended for longer commutes. This Diablo VT roadster is colored with a %2411,000 optional Blu Scuro paint job and finished with......
Lamborghini Diablo VT Momo Edition
In 1999 (the final year for the Diablo VT Roadster), the Lamborghini Diablo Roadster MOMO Edition was introduced by Mario Andretti at the Running of the Bulls between Beverly Hills and Monterey. There were only 12 examples created with six painted in......
Pagani Zonda C12
The Zonda C12 was the first vehicle produced by Pagani Atelier and was presented at the 1999 Geneva Motor Show. The exotic coupe had a curved windshield and the interior was equally impressive, fashioned after a fighter jet. The car was originally used......
Panoz AIV Roadster
Panoz Auto Development Company produced a limited-production Roadster which they launched in 1992. This was followed by the Panoz AIV Roadster which was introduced in 1997 and utilized a new extruded space-frame structure and many lightweight aluminum......
Porsche 911 Carrera
Production of the Porsche 911 began in 1963 and it was an evolution of the Volkswagen-derived Porsche 356. Conceived as a bigger four-seat 356, the 911 became an all-new car with a new air-cooled, OHC flat-six engine with 1991cc displacement initially......
Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph
The Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph was produced from 1998 to 2002, and was the final 4-door Rolls-Royce model to be hand built at the Crewe, England facility. It served as a replacement for the Silver Spur which had been in production for nearly two decades.......
Seat Formula
The Spanish carmaker Seat developed this concept car which was first shown in 2000. The Formula is a strictly two-seater aimed at bringing the excitement of competition driving to the road, while not overlooking the comforts needed for more conventional......
Shelby Series One
Carroll Shelby, the famed race car driver, built limited edition high-performance automobiles such as the AC Shelby Cobra and the Shelby Mustangs produced in partnership with Ford Motor Company. He later developed performance cars for both General Motors......
Ssang Yong W-Coupe
Korean automakers unveiled the Ssang Yong W-coupe concept vehicle at the 1997 Seoul International Motor Show. The W-coupe was a 4-cylinder, 2.3 turbo that had the appearance of a Japanese 4X4.Based on the old Mercedes E-class platform and powered......
Toyota Celica
Taking just 48.07 seconds to blast up the 1.16 mile driveway of Goodwood House, a 800bhp Toyota Celica was the fastest car overall at Goodwood Festival of Speed, 2011.To win the Celica had to beat many famous racing cars, including recent Formula......
Toyota GT-One
When Group C racing came to a close in the early 1990s, Toyota moved into the production-based GT classes for the 1995 season. Not putting all their eggs in one basket, Toyota built two different styles of cars for competition. The first example was......
Ultima GTR
Launched in 1999, Ultimas new GTR has guaranteed the company the strongest possible start to the 21st century.The exciting GTR was no less than fourteen months in development and the result is a product that takes the low-volume supercar to new......
