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28-447: Sr2 , SR2 and variants may refer to .sr2 , a filename extension for Raw image format Manx SR2 a 1970 American kit car Minolta SR-2 , a camera Saints Row 2 , a computer game Space Rangers 2: Dominators , a computer game SR-2 Veresk , a submachine gun VR Class Sr2 , a Finnish electric locomotive Normandy SR-2 , a spacecraft from Mass Effect 2 Ormazd, one of

56-428: A recreational and competitive niche that had been essentially invented by the first civilian Jeep in 1945, and which was later to be overtaken by straddle-ridden, motorcycle-based all-terrain vehicles (introduced in 1970) and newer, small and sporty (but usually four-wheel-drive), off-road automobiles. The commercial Meyers Manx received widespread recognition when it defeated motorcycles, trucks and other cars to win

84-745: A resurgence of interest by founding Meyers Manx, Inc., based in Valley Center, California , and offering the Classic Manx series, a limited edition of 100. In 2002, the Manxter 2+2 and Manxter DualSport were born. These two new models are modernizations of the original design, but are sized for a full-length Beetle pan (and the DualSport can also be based on a Super Beetle pan, unlike any other Manx model). Custom versions for higher-power engines and other variations are also available. In

112-706: A shortened VW Beetle with a monocoque fiberglass shell and Chevrolet pickup truck (trailing arm style) suspension , in late 1963 to May 1964 in his garage in Newport Beach, California . The first known street-legal fiberglass dune buggy, it featured a unibody shell that fused body , fenders and frame , retaining just the engine , transmission and other mechanicals of the VW, and with no top and no hood . The use of compound curves throughout provided great rigidity. The fenders were arched high, to make room for large, knobby dirt-racing wheels. The "Manx" name for

140-650: Is also published in Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Spain. The Spanish version just makes use of the Car and Driver name; no editorial direction is shared. China had an edition called 名车志 Car and Driver ( transl.  Quality Automotive Magazine "Car and Driver" ). The Middle Eastern edition is issued by ITP Publishing based in Dubai. The magazine was one of the first to be unabashedly critical of

168-483: Is an American automotive enthusiast magazine first published in 1955. In 2006 its total circulation was 1.23 million. It is owned by Hearst Magazines , who purchased it from its prior owner Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. in 2011. It was founded as Sports Cars Illustrated. The magazine is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan . Car and Driver was founded as Sports Cars Illustrated in 1955. In its early years,

196-638: Is much more modern, with headlights flared into the hood, curved windshield, sculpted rear deck cover and twin roll hoops. As of 2012 , no Meyers Manx kits are based on the New Beetle or other modern Volkswagen cars, only particular original Beetle and Super Beetle models, which are rear-engine and rear-wheel-drive. No Meyers Manx kits are based on front-engine, front-wheel-drive platforms. Aftermarket frames are available, designed to duplicate VW chassis dimensions but provide improvements such as more modern or more rugged components. On 9 November 2020 it

224-635: The Ferrari 512 . In the 1970s, to celebrate the Interstate Highway System and to protest speed limits, reporter Brock Yates and editor Steve Smith conceived the idea of an unsanctioned, informal race across the country, replicating the 53.5-hour transcontinental drive made by car and bike pilot Erwin George "Cannonball" Baker in 1933. The New York to Los Angeles Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash , later shortened to

252-660: The Isle of Man TT , Manx Grand Prix and other Isle of Man -based (i.e. Manx) international races from the 1940s to the early 1970s. The Meyers Manx has no direct connection to the Isle of Man. Meyers produced kits later in 1964 and into 1965, marketed under the name Meyers Manx. Although this early design was critically acclaimed, even featured on the April 1967 cover of Car & Driver magazine, and drew much attention, it proved too expensive to be profitable; ultimately only 12 kits of

280-612: The Porsche 914 ), the Meyers Tow'd (sometimes referred to as the "Manx Tow'd", a non-street-legal racing vehicle designed to be towed to the desert or beach), the Meyers Tow'dster (a street-legal hybrid of the two ), and Meyers Resorter a.k.a. Meyers Turista (a small recreational or " resort " vehicle inspired by touring motorcycles ). The Manx SR2 was a modified SR that was only produced by later manufacturers including Karma Coachworks, Heartland Motors and Manx Motors of MD. While

308-632: The quadrangles of the moon Rhea State Route 2 or State Road 2; see List of highways numbered 2 SR2, a competition class of the FIA Sportscar Championship SR2, the second radio station of the Saarländischer Rundfunk launched 1953 SR2, a high specification version of the Ford Laser [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

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336-519: The "Cannonball Run", was staged in 1971, 1972, 1975 and 1979, with the race entries including both amateur drivers and professional racers, such as Dan Gurney (who with Brock Yates "won" the 1971 event driving a Ferrari 365 GTB/4, making the 2,860 miles (4,600 km) journey in under 36 hours). The stunt served as the inspiration for several Hollywood blockbusters, such as The Gumball Rally , The Cannonball Run , Cannonball Run II , Cannonball Run III , Gone in 60 Seconds and The Fast and

364-546: The American automakers. However, it has been quick to praise noteworthy efforts like the Ford Focus and Chevrolet Corvette . The magazine has been at the center of a few controversies based on this editorial direction, including the following: The magazine is widely known for an often irreverent tone, especially regarding cars it considers inferior. The magazine also frequently touches on politics. The editorial slant of

392-706: The Tow'd was a minimal off-road racer and the SR/SR2 was a showy roadster, the Tow'dster was a compromise between a dune-capable vehicle and a more utilitarian street rod, and "paved the way for the rail-type buggy that was to dominate the buggy scene following the demise of the traditional Manx-type buggy." The company ceased operation in 1971, after financial troubles, including with the Internal Revenue Service ; and Bruce Meyers himself had already left his own company by then. In 2000, Bruce Meyers created

420-557: The Volkswagen Type 1 flat-four engine (1.2 L, 1.3 L, 1.5 L and 1.6 L, in different models) and a modified RR-layout Beetle pan. It is a small car, with a wheelbase 14 + 1 ⁄ 4 inches (36 cm) shorter than a Beetle automobile for lightness and better maneuverability. For this reason, the car is capable of very quick acceleration and good off-road performance, despite not being four-wheel drive . The usually street-legal car redefined and filled

448-583: The company decided to keep both Car and Driver and existing CBS automobile magazine, Road & Track . Successive owners keep this arrangement. Rather than electing a Car of the Year , Car and Driver publishes its top ten picks each year in its Car and Driver 10Best . Car and Driver is home to the John Lingenfelter Memorial Trophy. This award is given annually at their Supercar Challenge . Currently, Car and Driver

476-562: The copiers, the judge rescinding his patent as unpatentable, opening the floodgates to the industry Meyers started. Since then, numerous vehicles of the general "dune buggy" or "beach buggy" body type, some VW-based, others not, have been, and continue to be, produced. An early example was the Imp by EMPI (1968–1970), which borrowed styling elements from the Chevrolet Corvette but was otherwise Manx-like. A later 1970s Manx clone

504-544: The inaugural 1967 Mexican 1000 race (the predecessor of the Baja 1000 ). It crossed automotive press genre lines, being selected as the cover story in the August 1966 issue of Hot Rod Magazine . Approximately 6,000 original Manxes were produced, but when the design became popular, many copies (estimated at a quarter of a million worldwide) were made by other companies. Although already patented, Meyers & Co. lost in court to

532-538: The magazine focused primarily on small, imported sports cars . In 1961, editor Karl Ludvigsen renamed the magazine Car and Driver to show a more general automotive focus. Car and Driver once featured Bruce McCall , Jean Shepherd , and Brock Yates as columnists, and P. J. O'Rourke as a frequent contributor. Former editors include William Jeanes and David E. Davis, Jr. , the latter of whom led some employees to defect in 1985 to create Automobile . When CBS acquired Ziff Davis' consumer magazines in 1985,

560-486: The magazine is decidedly pro-automobile. Car and Driver operates a website that features articles (both original and from print), a blog, an automotive buyer's guide (with AccuPayment, a price-calculating tool), and a social networking site called Backfires. As had occurred with other online auto magazines, Car and Driver first suspended its popular Backfires column in 2020; then, did make a partial effort in 2021 to continue with readers' comments, but eventually found, like

588-450: The magazine's editors, with Csaba Csere adding occasional commentary and news. In 1993, Car and Driver licensed its name for a PC game to Electronic Arts entitled Car and Driver . The game was in 3D, and the courses included racing circuits , an oval track, automobile route racing with traffic, a dragstrip , and an autocross circuit. The ten vehicles included the Porsche 959 , Ferrari F40 , Lotus Esprit , Eagle Talon , and

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616-658: The monocoque Manx were produced. Meyers and a friend (both amateur racers) broke by over four hours the Ensenada ;– La Paz run's record of 39 hours, until then held by a professional racer. According to James Hale, compiler of the Dune Buggy Handbook , this feat ushered in an era of Meyers Manx "domination in off-road events ... and the formation of NORRA (National Off-Road Racing Association)". The commercially manufactured Meyers Manx Mk I featured an open-wheeled fiberglass bodyshell, coupled with

644-412: The other magazines, the effort was too costly and often too divisive. Car and Driver Television was the television counterpart that formerly aired on TNN / SpikeTV 's Powerblock weekend lineup from 1999 to 2005. It was produced by RTM Productions and hosted by Jim Scoutten—who also hosted American Shooter , another RTM production—until 2003. Thereafter the usual host was Larry Webster, one of

672-605: The same title formed as a letter–number combination. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sr2&oldid=688851309 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Manx SR2 Drawing on his experience in sailboat construction, Meyers modeled and built his first dune buggy, "Old Red",

700-402: The shortened, taller-wheeled, more maneuverable VW Beetle mods refers to and derives from the comparably stubby Manx cat The tailless cat in the logo, as featured on the hood ornament, is stylized after a passant heraldic lion , its right forepaw brandishing a sword. The name also suggests racing fitness, as the already globally-renowned British-manufactured Norton Manx motorcycle dominated

728-499: The spring of 2009, Meyers re-introduced the shortened wheelbase. Named the Kick-Out Manx after the last action a surfer performs before reaching the shore, it is available in two models. The Kick-Out Manx Traditional is an updated version of the original Manx concept, with wider fenders, plus a front-hinged hood providing extra storage and easier access to electricals. The Kick-Out Manx S.S. (a.k.a. Kick-Out S.S. Manx) version

756-577: Was announced that Bruce and Winnie Meyers had sold their business to venture capital investment firm Trousdale Ventures, who named automotive designer Freeman Thomas as CEO. The new company would be called Meyers Manx, LLC. Bruce Meyers died in California on February 19, 2021, at the age of 94. Meyers Manx 2.0 EV, dual-motor RWD 202hp BEV, 0-60 in 4.5 seconds, 40 kWh battery 300 mile range. Meyers Manx Resorter (LWB NEV ), 4-seater. Car %26 Driver Car and Driver ( CD or C/D )

784-619: Was the Dune Runner from Dune Buggy Enterprises in Westminster, California . The Meyers company attempted to stay ahead of this seemingly unfair competition with the release of the distinctive, and harder-to-copy, Meyers Manx Mk II design. B. F. Meyers & Co. also produced other Beetle-based vehicles, including the May 1970 Car & Driver magazine cover sporty Manx SR variant ( s treet r oadsters , borrowing some design ideas from

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