The AWZ P70 "Zwickau" is a small family car which was produced in East Germany by VEB Automobilwerke Zwickau (AWZ) between 1955 and 1959. [ 1 ] It succeeded the IFA F8 using the same 684 cc two-cylinder, two-stroke engine but with a completely new Duroplast body on a wooden frame and plywood floor.

The De Tomaso Sport 5000 (also known as the Ghia DeTomaso, the De Tomaso 70P, or the De Tomaso P70) was a short-lived sports racing car built by De Tomaso in 1965.

Nov 14, 2024 · The 1965 Shelby/De Tomaso P70 Can-Am Sports Racer is one of the most unique and historically significant racing cars of its era. Born from a collaboration between two giants of motorsport—Carroll Shelby and Alejandro De Tomaso—the P70 was a cutting-edge sports prototype designed to compete in the USRRC and Can-Am racing series.

The P70 was the first of the Pennsy's 80-foot all-steel coaches. Over 1,000 of the cars were built by Altoona and several other car builders between 1907 and 1929. The early cars featured 88 seats, but as of 1926 they were built with 80 seats.

Jul 8, 2019 · The De Tomaso P70, later known as the Ghia DeTomaso, was a joint project between two independent icons of the motoring world – Alejandro de Tomaso of Argentina and Carroll Shelby of the USA. The project was founded to develop a race car able to compete in and dominate the then-new United States Road Racing Championship (USRRC), which itself ...

A romantic homage to the De Tomaso P70. Taking design inspiration and visual queues from the original race car, the P72 creates a new segment with a focus on driver engagement and analogue nostalgia.

With its innovative super light central spine chassis and integrally mounted, load-bearing Ford V8 engine the P70 had a power-to-weight ratio that would easily match or beat the best in the world." - Peter Brock.

In 1964 Pete Brock at Shelby American designed a body for de Tomaso. Pete called it “sensual”. The prototype called the P70 was built by Shelby American for de Tomaso. Brock based the lines of the car on his design for the MacDonald Lang Cooper. Shelby was looking for a replacement the “King Cobra.”

Sep 23, 2024 · The AWZ P70 "Zwickau" Coupé was made before the Trabant, in the same ex-Auto Union factory that eventually started producing the Trabant. One wonders why they thought they could improve on the P70’s drop-dead cute looks…

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