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- [The gentleman's motoring community](/content/author/officiallyet/index.html): Read all of the posts by OfficiallyET on Infernal Combustion (590 words)
- [The gentleman's motoring community](/content/category/featured/index.html): Posts about Featured written by Infernal Combustion and OfficiallyET (638 words)
- [Top Elevens – Infernal Combustion](/content/category/top-elevens/index.html): Posts about Top Elevens written by Infernal Combustion and OfficiallyET (351 words)
- [The gentleman's motoring community](/content/category/uncategorized/index.html): Posts about Uncategorized written by Infernal Combustion and OfficiallyET (128 words)
- [10) Renault 5 Mk1](/content/2017/08/17/11-best-selling-cars-ever/2/index.html): These are the all-time best selling single-model car designs - and therefore the best selling cars of all time. This is not to be confused with entire model histories, of which the Corolla nameplate is still the most successful ever. 11) BMC / Rover Mini This revolutionary car had a very long life, with 5,387,862… (107 words)
- [9) Volkswagen Golf Mk2](/content/2017/08/17/11-best-selling-cars-ever/3/index.html): These are the all-time best selling single-model car designs - and therefore the best selling cars of all time. This is not to be confused with entire model histories, of which the Corolla nameplate is still the most successful ever. 11) BMC / Rover Mini This revolutionary car had a very long life, with 5,387,862… (94 words)
- [The gentleman's motoring community](/content/tag/tesla/index.html): Posts about Tesla written by OfficiallyET (66 words)
- [The gentleman's motoring community](/content/tag/model-s/index.html): Posts about Model S written by OfficiallyET (66 words)
- [The gentleman's motoring community](/content/tag/model-3/index.html): Posts about Model 3 written by OfficiallyET (66 words)
- [Authentic_Grey_T – Infernal Combustion](/content/store/authentic_grey_t/index.html): The gentleman's motoring community. Dedicated to sharing the lesser-known facts of the automotive world. (26 words)
- [Audi AG (1985)](/content/2020/04/08/history-of-the-four-rings-part-3/index.html): Audi AG (1985) In 1985, with the Auto Union and NSU brands effectively dead, the company's official name was now shortened to simply Audi AG. At the same time the company's headquarters moved back to Ingolstadt and two new wholly owned subsidiaries; Auto Union GmbH returned and NSU GmbH was formed to own and manage the historical… (1,146 words)
- [2020/05/08/austin-seven-a-brief-history/index.html](/content/2020/05/08/austin-seven-a-brief-history/index.html) (1 words)
- [[Authentic Grey](https://teespring.com/authentic-grey)](/content/store/index.html): This is the storefront for Infernal Combustion - A community for petrolheads by petrolheads. Show your support for the community with our branded products. Browse all our listings on our Teespring store. Printed to order and shipped direct to most countries. Share a picture of you and your Infernal Combustion merchandise through one of the… (359 words)
- [Buy a coffee](/content/2020/05/22/britains-toy-cars/index.html): We love a miniature car here in the UK. Maybe it's because we grew up watching Brum on TV or maybe it's because the UK were at the forefront of the microcar development in the 1950s & 60s. Either way, it doesn't take much poking before you realise we're all just big kids really. So,… (986 words)
- [Our Picks](/content/2017/10/30/5000-sports-saloons/index.html): We take a look at 3 sports saloons that you can still buy for £5,000 or less. (425 words)
- [The Gentleman’s Motoring Community](/content/2020/05/09/the-docker-daimlers-the-golden-zebra/index.html): Daimler maintained its long-established position as royalty’s favourite in the immediate post-WW2 years and went about grabbing headlines thanks to a succession of ‘Docker Specials’. The list as follows:1948 'Green Goddess', based on a Daimler DE361951 'Gold Car', based on a Daimler DE361952 'Blue Clover', based on a Daimler DE361953 'Silver Flash', based on a… (538 words)
- [M88](/content/2018/03/20/m-divisions-greatest-production-engines/index.html): BMW pride themselves on delivering the "ultimate driving machine" to their customers. A lot of that is owed to the reliable, durable and powerful engines which BMW carefully match to their models.  Listed are what we deem to be some of M Divisions greatest production car engines. M88 BMW M1 1978-1981 3,453 cc 277 hp… (668 words)
- [1937 Auto Union V16, Typ C, Stromlinen-Rennwagen](/content/2020/04/10/history-of-the-four-rings-part-5/index.html): Audi have had their fair share of triumphs on the road as we have shared in the first 4 parts of this week's history - But it wouldn't be fair however to come this far without mentioning some of their glistening motorsport successes. 1937 Auto Union V16, Typ C, Stromlinen-Rennwagen The Type C represented the… (1,177 words)
- [The Gentleman's Motoring Community](/content/2018/03/30/alfa-romeo-the-men-behind-the-marque/index.html): Before exploring the men who shaped the marque in its early years, let us first look at how the brand has changed from its inception to where we are today. Alfa's origins actually came from France. Alexandre Darracq established a factory in Milan to build cars out of French-supplied parts. This however, was not a… (559 words)
- [1959 BSA A7 “Shooting Star” – Feature – Infernal Combustion](/content/2020/05/20/1959-bsa-a7-shooting-star-feature/index.html): After the 1938 launch of the Triumph Speed Twin, BSA needed a 500cc twin to compete in that class. Designed by Herbert Parker, David Munro and BSA's chief designer, Val Page, the BSA A7 was the first of the BSA twin-cylinder motorcycles. Delayed by WWII, the model was finally launched in September 1946. The very… (503 words)
- [Conventional Engine History](/content/2017/08/18/history-of-the-rotary-engine/index.html): This feature is particularly special as it has taken Infernal Combustion on a historical journey around Bavaria on search of the most authentic and accurate information. Conventional Engine History Everything rotates in cycles. This is the view you could reach if you look at the basic principles of nature, because many things that shape our… (1,184 words)
- [Buick Era](/content/2017/08/04/the-buick-rover-v8-conspectus/index.html): Some time before the burbles of the Rover V8 could be heard on British shores, the all-aluminium Buick "Fireball" V8 was born in Detroit, Michigan. Let's take a short look through history of how that came to be. Buick Era In the 1950's the car industry in the US turned to aluminium as a material… (843 words)
- [Jack Brabham: The Legend That Was – Infernal Combustion](/content/2017/11/16/jack-brabham-the-legend-that-was/index.html): Sir John Arthur ‘Jack’ Brabham, was born on April 2, 1926, in an Australian town near Sydney. At 18 he joined the Royal Australian Air Force in Adelaide, where he wanted to learn to fly but was instead trained to fill a wartime shortage of flight mechanics. Upon his discharge, in 1946, an uncle in… (556 words)
- [Auto Union GmbH (1949)](/content/2020/04/07/history-of-the-four-rings-part-2/index.html): Auto Union GmbH (1949) With the Red Army quickly advancing on Zwickau immediately after the war, and faced with the prospect of trying to salvage what was left of the company, Auto Union's executives had no option but to flee and re-establish the company on Western side of the partitioned Germany. Thus a new Auto Union company was launched… (658 words)
- [Horch (1899)](/content/2020/04/06/history-of-the-four-rings-part-1/index.html): This week it's about the history of Audi. In Part 1 we set the stage with some of the iconic Marques which came to make up the Audi we all know today. The first  key merger in the corporate family tree is the original Auto Union - a series of significant developments across four companies… (844 words)
- [Leonid Brezhnev – Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow](/content/2017/08/24/11-dictators-their-cars/index.html): Men who want everything their own way have often become national leaders who've made sure they got exactly what car they wanted as well. Here's our list of dictators and their cars! Leonid Brezhnev - Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow The hard-line Soviet leader was given an armoured Shadow as a present by US president Richard Nixon,… (636 words)
- [M12 (M31)](/content/2018/03/20/m-divisions-greatest-competition-engines/index.html): The success of M Division was limited not only to fettled road going engines, M Division cut their teeth on developing track-shredding racecars for BMW Motorsport. In this post we take a look back through history at M Division's greatest competition engines. M12 (M31) 1966-1967 1,990 cc 260 hp @ 8,500 rpm 236 Nm @… (724 words)
- [Engineering and design](/content/2020/04/17/mercedes-c111/index.html): Frankfurt, September 1969: expectations were already running high. Rumours had been circulating for quite some time that Mercedes-Benz was planning to launch a sensation at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt. But the car finally unveiled by the Stuttgart manufacturer surpassed even the wildest expectations. What the journalists got to see was a super… (1,198 words)
- [The gentleman's motoring community](/content/2017/10/29/top-gear-buried-treasure/index.html): So it's a usual Sunday morning for Infernal Co - Wake up, pop the kettle on, select an episode of Top Gear from the DVD collection and browse the classifieds for things we can't afford. Standard. Now this isn't what you may think, it's not one of the star cars from the television series popping… (307 words)
- [Sir Stirling Moss](/content/2020/04/12/sir-stirling-moss/index.html): Stirling Moss is still one of Britain's best-known motor sports stars and one of motor racing's most durable figures despite the passing of nearly fifty years since his retirement from racing. There have been drivers who have flitted in and out of the limelight since his time, but Stirling Moss has been one that the… (679 words)
- [Buy a coffee](/content/2017/11/16/rare-integra-type-r-db8-beer-money-motoring/index.html): On a morning browse of the classifieds for a used and abused EP3 track car, we came across this slice of rare JDM 4-Door fury, a 1997 Honda Integra Type R (DB8). This great video from one of our favourite YouTube channels Wasabi Cars give a short history into some of the facts around the… (315 words)
- [The Gentleman’s Motoring Community](/content/2018/03/19/bmw-507/index.html): The history of the automobile holds many uniquely valuable vehicles, innovative milestones and outstanding classics. However, there are only a few cars that have such an unusual biography as this. In the early 1950s BMW made a major effort to revive its sporting success of the 1930s. In 1954 Max Hoffmann, an importer who had… (835 words)
- [1974 Matra-Simca Bagheera, by Courreges](/content/2017/08/03/11-fashionable-limited-edition-cars-the-ungentlemanly.html): The temptation to put cars and fashion together has proved irresistible for both industries. Though usually a move by car-maker's to breathe some new life into a dying model, it has often seen two more glamourous brands meet in the showroom. Here are 11 of the most interesting pairings. 1974 Matra-Simca Bagheera, by Courreges Production:… (245 words)
- [The gentleman's motoring community](/content/2020/05/13/princess-dianas-black-rs-turbo-s1/index.html): Stories of the mythical black Escort RS Turbo Series 1 owned by Lady Diana have been floating around the internet for years now. There's a smattering of conflicting information out there so I think it's time to put this to bed. (551 words)
- [_Check back tomorrow for Part 5, the final part in this week-long feature series!_](/content/2020/04/09/history-of-the-four-rings-part-4/index.html): From 2002 up to 2003, Audi headed the Audi Brand Group, a subdivision of the Volkswagen Group's Automotive Division consisting of Audi, Lamborghini and SEAT, that was focused on sporty values, with the marques' product vehicles and performance being under the higher responsibility of the Audi brand. 2002 marked the true shift into what we… (529 words)
- [**1) 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300SL**](/content/2017/07/27/11-production-cars-with-gullwing-doors/index.html): Gullwing doors are  hinged at the roof and opened in a vertical sweep. They are named so on account of the shape given to the car when both doors are opened, similar to that of a seagull's wings in mid-flight. Not only reserved for the Max Power generations of old, here are 11 production cars… (800 words)
- [10 Most Sought After Scalextric Cars – Infernal Combustion](/content/2020/04/23/10-most-sought-after-scalextric-cars/index.html): Scalextric, the slot-car racing system, was invented in 1957 by Fred Francis, a toy manufacturer who started out by making Scalex tinplate clockwork model cars. These were, at first, modified to become the first Scalextric cars. Francis lived near Goodwood racetrack in Sussex, so all the accessories for early sets were modelled on the circuit… (441 words)
- [11) Renault 5 Turbo](/content/2020/04/02/11-hottest-hatches-the-ungentlemanly/index.html): What says driving pleasure more than a hot hatch? I can't think of much else who's limits can be fully explored and enjoyed on public roads quite like a hot hatch can. Big power, small car, that's the recipe - pack as much in as you can and when you think you're done squeeze a… (277 words)
- [BMW 328 – Infernal Combustion](/content/2020/05/01/bmw-328/index.html): The BMW 328 roadster was presented to the public by BMW in 1936 without much ado. At the time, nobody could have imagined that it would become oen of the fastest serial production sports cars in its class and one of the most exclusive of its era. Even though the production volume of this high-performance… (317 words)
- [The gentleman's motoring community](/content/2017/12/01/richard-hammonds-m3-is-for-sale-again/index.html): Remember our previous post where we lead you into thinking the iconic M3 saloon used in Series 15 of Top Gear was up for sale again? Well this time it is! It last went up for auction in 2015, selling for just £5830 - well under its £7500 lower estimate. Top Gear undertook a huge… (280 words)
- [BMW Z1 – Infernal Combustion](/content/2017/09/03/bmw-z1/index.html): The BMW Z1 was source of great admiration  when it was premiered at the International Frankfurt Motor Show in 1987. Even though it was the first BMW roadster of modern era, it still succeeded in perpetuating the brand's great roadster tradition. Nowadays the BMW Z1 changes hands at top prices as a future classic, but… (249 words)
- [Motorsport Roundup – 29/08/17 – Infernal Combustion](/content/2017/08/29/motorsport-roundup-290817/index.html): This week we look back at Spa for the Belgian GP, Rockingham for the BTCC and up to Driftland for the BDC Round 4 Takeover! Formula 1 Belgian GP Lewis Hamilton defeated Formula 1 title rival Sebastian Vettel in the Belgian Grand Prix to close the gap in the championship to seven points. The Mercedes… (76 words)
- [Motorsport Roundup – 07/08/17 – Infernal Combustion](/content/2017/08/07/motorsport-roundup-070817/index.html): In this week's motorsport roundup we take a look at RX Canada & Formula Drift Round 6 Rallycross Canada | Grand Prix De Trois-Rivieres World Rallycross form man Johan Kristoffersson executed a perfect joker lap strategy to claim his third successive victory of the season in Canada and extend his lead in the series to… (67 words)
- [Motorsport Roundup – 15/08/17 – Infernal Combustion](/content/2017/08/15/motorsport-roundup-150817/index.html): In this week’s motorsport roundup we take a look at BTCC Knockhill & the IDC Round 4 at Watergrasshill. Plenty of action had at both events! BTCC Knockhill Tom Ingram won the third BTCC race at Knockhill, surviving two safety car periods to claim his first victory since April’s Donington Park round. Ant Whorton-Eales started… (75 words)
- [### Share this:](/content/2017/09/05/motorsport-roundup-050917/index.html): Last week was a huge week for FIA motorsport! F1 Italian GP Lewis Hamilton produced a dominant drive to win the Italian Grand Prix and seize the Formula 1 world championship lead outright for the first time this season. The Mercedes driver led away from pole and dictated the race from the front, crossing the… (60 words)
- [11) BMC / Rover Mini](/content/2017/08/17/11-best-selling-cars-ever/index.html): These are the all-time best selling single-model car designs - and therefore the best selling cars of all time. This is not to be confused with entire model histories, of which the Corolla nameplate is still the most successful ever. 11) BMC / Rover Mini This revolutionary car had a very long life, with 5,387,862… (147 words)
- [Tesla Model 3 in Numbers – Infernal Combustion](/content/2018/02/10/tesla-model-3-in-numbers/index.html): Tesla have been in the news again this week after sending a Tesla Roadster into space through Musk's other brain child Space X. With the Model 3 still not set to enter production until 2019, we take a look in perspective against Tesla's flagship saloon, the Model S. (100 words)
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