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For Sale: A Ferrari F2003-GA Formula 1 Engine – 845 HP at 18,300 RPM

As the model name implies, the Ferrari F2003-GA Formula 1 engine was used by the Italian team in the 2003 F1 season. This engine would prove to be a success for Ferrari, winning three of the first four races and taking the Constructors’ and Drivers’ Championships in a battle that came down to the wire.

The Ferrari F2003-GA engine is a 90º V10 with a swept capacity of 2,997 cc, twin overhead camshafts per bank, four valves per cylinder, Magneti Marelli electronic indirect injection, and 845 hp at 18,300 rpm.

The engine is largely made from aluminum and magnesium for keep weight as low as possible and power is sent to the rear wheels via a 7-speed semi-automatic sequential transmission and a limited-slip differential. Impressively the car weighed just 600 kilograms or 1,323 lbs.

Engine development was led by Paolo Martinelli and Giles Simon, the chassis was developed by Rory Byrne, Ignazio Lunetta, Aldo Costa, Marco Fainello, Nikolas Tombazis and James Allison, all under Technical Director Ross Brawn.

This engine comes without many of its original internal parts, however it does include the original carbon fiber air scoop, and the exhaust manifolds on each side.

The Ferrari F2003-GA was a car with its work cut out for it, the previous four years had seen four Ferrari F1 cars win the Constructors’ crown, but Ferrari’s competitors were getting closer and closer to catching them.

The 2003 Formula 1 season would boil down to a three-way battle between Ferrari, Williams, and McLaren. The championship remained undecided until the final race of the season at Suzuka, Ferrari would triumph thanks to the driving of Michael Schumacher and Reubens Barrichello, with Schumacher besting Juan Manuel Fangio’s 46 year old record of five World Drivers’ titles.

The engine you see here is an original F2003-GA unit from the 2003 season, in full race trim it was capable of 845 hp at 18,300 rpm – making a sound that even today almost 20 years later many F1 fans still miss hearing.

If you’d like to read more about it or register to bid you can click here to visit the listing on Collecting Cars. It’s currently being auctioned live and it’s based in Milan, Italy.

Above Video: This clip shows the highlights of the 2003 Formula 1 Grand Prix in Japan, including ample footage of the classic V10-powered cars being driven in anger.

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For Sale: A Museum-Quality Toyota Pickup With Just 94 Miles From New

This 1993 Toyota Deluxe Pickup has been remarkably well-preserved, remaining almost entirely unused in indoor storage with its first owner from when it was delivered new to when they finally parted with it early this year.

The Toyota Pickup is famous for its reliability and longevity, so it’s rare that we see one come up for sale with such incredibly low mileage – just 94 on the odometer since it was brand new in the early 1990s.

Fast Facts – A Well-Preserved 1993 Toyota Pickup

This 1993 Toyota Deluxe Pickup was kept by its first owner for almost 30 years in a state of perfect preservation – just the tires and servicing items have been replaced in all that time.
This is a fifth generation Pickup, known as the Hilux in many other world markets, and it was ordered new with the 2.4 liter 22R-E EFI engine and a 5-speed manual transmission.
This truck is finished in Forest Green Metallic with a gray cloth interior, a tilt steering wheel, chrome bumpers, an AM/FM stereo, and it’s been given a recent servicing as well as new Goodyear Wrangler tires.
It’s not stated why the first owner of this truck kept it squirreled away safely for decades without using it, but it does now present a unique opportunity for someone to buy what is essentially a brand new fifth generation Toyota Pickup.

The Fifth Generation Toyota Pickup

The fifth generation of the Toyota Pickup was released in 1988 as the replacement for the outgoing fourth generation model, a model perhaps most famous for being the pickup lusted after by Marty McFly in Back to the Future.

With just 94 miles on the odometer this is the lowest mileage Toyota Pickup we’ve seen come up for sale in recent memory.

Every new generation of the Toyota Pickup, known as the Toyota Hilux is most of the rest of the world, has its work cutout for it when it’s released.

The model series is globally renowned for its toughness and for the fact it can handle almost anything – traits that have led to it becoming a favorite for everyone from Top Gear presenters and Columbian drug cartels to Australian sheep farmers and the Taliban.

Interestingly it would be during the fifth generation that local US production would begin, in 1991 at the NUMMI Plant in California. This would also be the last generation of the Pickup offered in the United States as it was replaced by the Toyota Tacoma in 1995.

Global sales of the fifth generation Toyota Hilux ran from 1988 to 1997 when it was replaced with the slightly larger sixth generation. Production is now on the eighth generation with no signs of the model’s popularity waning.

The truck is fitted with the 2.4 liter 22R-E EFI engine with 113 bhp and 140 lb ft of torque, and the 5-speed manual transmission.

The 1993 94-Mile Toyota Pickup Shown Here

The truck you see here is the sort of thing we very rarely see – a staggeringly low milage Pickup with just 94 on the odometer. When it was ordered new this vehicle has optioned with the popular 2.4 liter 22R-E EFI engine and the highway-friendly 5-speed manual transmission.

The 22R-E EFI engine is an inline-four cylinder gasoline engine from Toyota’s R family of engines. It has a swept capacity of 2366cc, a single overhead cam, a bore x stroke of 92 mm × 89 mm (3.62 in × 3.50 in) and power output of 113 bhp at 4,800 rpm with 140 lb ft of torque at 3,600 rpm.

This truck is a short wheelbase two door finished with Forest Green Metallic paint, a gray cloth interior, a tilt steering wheel, chrome bumpers front and back, an AM/FM stereo, and it has had a recent servicing as well as a full set of Goodyear Wrangler tires.

It’s now being offered for sale accompanied by its original owners manual, original sales brochure, and a clean CarFax report by Mecum in January at their auction in Kissimmee, Florida.

If you’d like to read more about it or register to bid you can click here to visit the listing.

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1956 Driving Skills Film: The Smith System Of No-Accident Driving

The Smith System Of No-Accident Driving is a driving skills improvement film funded by the Ford Motor Company and originally released in 1956. All of the lessons in the film are still valid today and taught in defensive driving schools.

Unfortunately many people seem to believe that their driving education comes to an end when they get their license, whereas the truth of the matter is that good drivers are on a constant learning curve.

The Smith System Of No-Accident Driving

Aim high in steering.
Get the big picture.
Keep your eyes moving.
Make sure they see you.
Leave yourself an out.

The Smith System Of No-Accident Driving film teaches five core tenants of good driving that are designed to keep you safe on the road from the most common mistakes and accident types.

The film has a runtime of just 8 minutes and change so it’s clear it was designed to stay close to the average person’s seven minute attention span – possibly because it was intended to be shown to student drivers in a school setting.

Each of the five elements of The Smith System Of No-Accident Driving are covered individually with clear descriptions and on-screen graphics to help you fully grasp each of them.

The instructor in the film does make more liberal use of his horn than would be advisable in a modern context, horns are now seen as highly aggressive so for example you wouldn’t honk at someone before overtaking them as the driver does here.

If you’d like to read more about The Smith System Of No-Accident Driving you can click here to read a detailed article on it from Top Driver.