Tag: history
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Engineer Institutionalized Due To Prototype VW W-Engine
Semi-recently the prototype VW W10 engine has been discovered and featured by many different automotive journalism websites. However, us at MSIMA, the better automotive journalism website, discovered an even crazier prototype. Behold the VW W50. Designed to fit into the long forgotten midengined Passat wagon (artist’s rendition), this W50 has 5 times the amount of…
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Head of Chinese Communist Party Caught in Buick Enclave
“That’s not a Buick!” Said the agricultural minister. His family hasn’t heard from him since. Due to Buicks recent marketing efforts, pure confusion has swept through the communist party, struggling to identify the poorly built American automobile. “I could have sworn it was a Buick, but upon closer inspection, it was my wife’s sister!” Said…
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Chrysler Pentastar V6 Unearthed in Archeological Dig
Off the coast of the Nile River, archeologists have made a remarkable discovery. An untouched tomb belonging to a yet un-named ancient Egyptian prince was discovered last week while surveying the land for a new irrigation installation. Countless artifacts from the early years of the ancient Egyptian empire have been carefully excavated, as well as…
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The Stratopolonez – When Communism Was Truly a Party
A piece by Comrade Zdzislaw Most people know about the Polonez. It’s a terrible car, but it also went rallying. Yeah, no kidding, this car ran in Group 4 in rallies across the Eastern Bloc against other shiteboxes of it’s kind, like Wartburgs, Ladas, Dacias and Skodas. But what if I told you that there…
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The Secret Cult Following of the Amazing Suzuki Kizashi
Suzuki isn’t the first manufacture you think of when some one says “fun”. Yes, there are the few outliers like the Swift Sport, but in general, they are just another cheap Japanese family car. However, there is a little hidden gem. This happens to be the quite plain Suzuki Kizashi. Why the Kizashi? What is…
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A Melkus RS1000 Is The Best Kind Of Terrible
From the desk of Daniel “Pinecone” Verona. In the past I have written of cars so underwhelming that they end up being great fun to drive. Some others follow this path with no positive impressions at all, and a certain, rare group have so many kinds of negative qualities that they are immensely hard to…
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The Story Behind The Corvette SportWagon
Here at MSIMA we all love wagons, but the one I am going to talk about today is a slightly different take. What you are seeing is a C3 Corvette wagon conversion. It is not a homemade piece, there were multiple companies and people who sold wagon conversion kits to Corvette owners. The idea first…