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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.

Here are a few of example of Cars that are very much endeared but difficult for the masses to attain:

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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?

Domestic Cars

Listed below are three manufactures in the United States that have built performance cars that have created a loyal following.

Chevrolet

This manufacturer also creates the Corvette, which is the most popular American sports car by far, but for this project we will discuss the retro styled Camaro, which is making its come back to endear the blue collar car nuts.

Dodge

Ford

Foreign Cars

Audi

BMW

Aston Martin

Porsche

Research Project

  1. Type of Car
  2. Geographic location of the manufacturer
  3. Noteworthy details
  4. Comparable vehicles
  5. 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.)