Which was the first car....
Which was the first car....
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Ecurie Ecosse

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235 months

Sunday 10th June 2012
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Hi Guys

In an idle moment I was mulling over the following questions. Yes, I know it says a lot about how I fill my time : )

Anyway, I thought it would be good to have a thread about automotive firsts.

Let me kick off with my quandaries.

-, Which was the first modern car to "re-introduce" supercharging?

Mercedes have been rather a champion of superchargers, and of course there are the Jaguar R models and MINIs etc, but was it VW with the G60 Golf and Corrado and G40 Polo in the late 80s which re-introduced the concept to the mass market?

- Which was the first mass-produced car to use black wood, or Bird's Eye Maple as I believe it is referred to, for the interior

Now Rolls and Bentley have used black wood in the past, but I'm thinking it's the Jaguar X300 XJ Sport / XJR, swiftly followed by the Mercedes W210 Avantagarde?

xRIEx

8,180 posts

165 months

Sunday 10th June 2012
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Ecurie Ecosse said:
Anyway, I thought it would be good to have a thread about automotive firsts.
Good idea http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0...