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Meyers returned home to Los Angeles after World War II and began building boats using a new material called fiberglass. After noting many of his fellow Californians using Volkswagen Beetles off-road, he came up with the idea for the Myers Manx. Using the Beetle s floorplan and running gear, he created the first dune buggy that he called Old Red. It was a phenomenal success, Meyers said back in 2017. Suddenly everybody wanted this happy little car. It s a visualization of friendship and love.
A few years later, Meyers took Old Red to Mexico, winning the race he would later help transform into the Baja 1000. He later founded his own company to build the Myers Manx, but was later forced to close the business after copycat versions flooded the market.
Yesterday, Porsche unveiled the 992-generation 911 GT3, the fourth iteration of the already iconic nameplate. Since its original introduction in 1999, the GT3 went through dramatic changes, gaining increasingly more aggressive aero bits and increasingly more powerful engines.
2020 - The year for an Indian automobile enthusiast
This year has almost come to an end, back in Dec 2019 we had heard the first case of a virus called Covid-19 emerge in Wuhan, China. Little did we know that it would engulf the entire country, world; tumble economies across various sectors. The situation is still far from over as we are at the end of 2020. But there is light at the end of the tunnel with the vaccine having rolled out in some countries.
India got it’s first Covid-19 case on 30th Jan and we have touched 1 Cr cases. Salute to all doctors and frontline workers who ensured that the general public is safe. Doctors and frontline workers definitely need a year off after this damn virus is gone.