F1 Merchandise - the F1 fan's way

It's a fact that recently Formula one fans are offered variety of ways to show the world that they love the sport. Many F1 merchandise stores began to offer a variety of items in order to meet the highly demanded F1 die cast models as well as F1 helmets.

If you are one of there F1 Fans, you are invited on www.f1fanshop.com as one of the places where you can choose a whole bunch of F1 merchandise products. Can't tell the exact number but I think the items are over 450.

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Isdera Imperator 108i

Isdera Imperator 108i - a car with high ambitions, made to compete with ots bigger brothers from Lamborghini and company.
Its design is very similar to what Lamborghini Countach and the later Vector W8. Only 30 cars are produced, which make it one of the rarest exotic supercars in modern time.

Isdera Imperator 108i

This car came alive after Mercedes decide to sponsor a small German company. It is born from a Mercedes concept car. Eberhar Schulz, the creator of imperator have worked 5 years as design engineer in Stuttgart Mercedes factories. At that time with he received a financial support and creates Mercedes CW311 - a mid-engined supercar prototype.
There is not many potential buyers for that model and the company decides to stop its development. However Schultz receieve engines for developing Isdera under its own name. And that's how Isdera Imperato 108i is born.

The Red Imperator

According to Auto Motor, testing results showed the following results:
- top speed of 176 mph or 284 km/h;
- from rest to 100 km/h - 5.0 seconds.

Isdera Imperator 108i specifications

Specification 1

- standard 5-liter V8 motor as in Mercedes 500SEC with 235 hp.

Specification 2

- 5,6 liter AMG V8 motor as in Mercedes 560SEC with 390 hp

Specification 3

- 6.0 liter AMG V8 motor with 420 hp.

The motors of Isdera's spec 2 and spec 3 have advanced 32-valve cylinder heads.


Although it turned out to be the slowest in the field, its performance was nearly as good as the mighty Lamborghini Countach QV, which was quite an achievement for a little known German supercar maker.

However, speed alone does not sell. The public never accepted Isdera Imperator 108i as equal to Italian supercars. After 10 years of fighting, Isdera finally went out of business in 1993.

TVR 390-SE Convertible

Basically TVR 390 SE is a two seat drop-head model with V8 cylinders 3900 cc motor.
The maximum power of the motor is around 275 hp. The maximum speed is 232 km/h.
TVR 390 SE has a RWD(Rear Wheel Drive).







That model is an upgraded version of the former 350 SE (1984). 390 SE is introduced in the same 1984. It have extra 85 bhp and increased engine to exactly 3905 cc. Camshafts are high lift. There is Cosworth machined pistons and larger valves. The model is equipped with new Yokohama tires to get extra power on the road.

TVR 390 SE is manufactured between 1984 and 1988.

TVR 390 SE

Ledl

This is Ledl AS - a very interesting and rare car - only 249 copies are manufactured between 1981 and 1987. When I first saw it I was a kid collecting car pictures from bubble gyms. This car was one of my favorites.
Here down is the original picture I saw for first time. It was a memorable time, collecting those pictures, which name actually is "Turbo".

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According to the given data:
- Motor is 1600 cc, 6 cylinders
- HP 129
- Maximum speed 220 km/h

It seems there are 3 models: AS 130, AS 160 and AS 160i. Here is what I found in Wikipedia:

Type	Production	Cylinders	Hubraum	Leistung
AS 130	1981-1987	4	1297 ccm	69 PS (51 kW)
AS 160	1981-1987	4	1597 ccm	96 PS (71 kW)
AS 160i	1981-1987	4	1597 ccm	105 PS (77 kW)

There is an obvious difference of 24 hp between the Turbo Picture and the Wikipedia information. My opinion is that maximum hp for AS 160i is 126 as stated in carfolio.com.

For more information of this model and other Ledl cars, please visit this page:

I searched for Ledl and found very interesting pictures. Just type Ledl in Google and click in image results. Here are two of the great pictures I found:

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