Favorite Cars

In this lesson you will use available information to research foreign and domestic cars that are much revered and then write a report on your results.

Introduction

People everywhere are fascinated by exotic, sporty and luxurious cars they most likely can not even afford. This fascination is driven by a combination of exorbitant cost, beauty of the design, rarity, or brand recognition.

Fascination with cars has existed since the dawn of automobiles. Compare the history of the automobile to the history of industrialization, which over the past 125 years, ran almost in parallel.

Terminology

Many uncommon terms are encountered with the interest in cars, such as Teutonic Engineering.

How many of these do you know?

Carbon Fiber
Direct Injection
Hemi
Carbon Ceramic Brakes

Domestic Cars

Chevrolet

Dodge

Ford

Foreign Cars

Audi

BMW

Aston Martin

Porsche

Research Project

Type of Car
Geographic location of the manufacturer
Noteworthy details
Comparable vehicles
The reason you like the car

(Personal statement describing how the performance vehicles of today compare to the muscle cars of the 60's and 70's.)