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Auto Chassis

1977-1978
560 pieces

  8860
Auto Chassis

1980-1987
662 pieces

  8865
Test Car

1988-1992
898 pieces

  8880
Super Car

1994-1997
1343 pieces

  8448
Super Street Sensation

1999-
1408 pieces

Steering: Front wheel rack and pinion from 2 x 1 Technic beams and 2 x 2 turntable plates.   Front wheel rack and pinion from 2 x 1 Technic beams and 2 x 2 turntable plates.   Front wheel rack and pinion from steering gear and tie rods.   Front and rear wheel rack and pinion from steering gear and tie rods.   Front wheel rack and pinion from steering gear and tie rods.

Suspension:

None
 
Rear wheel independant from U-joints and shock absorbers.
 
Front wheel independant from steering knuckle and shock absorbers. Rear wheel independant from U-joints and shock absorbers.
 
Front and rear wheel independant from steering knuckle and shock absorbers.
 
Front and rear wheel independant from steering knuckle and shock absorbers.

Engine:

Front mounted 4-cylinder inline from 2 x 2 piston blocks.
 
Rear mounted 4-cylinder, 180deg opposed from 2 x 2 piston blocks.
 
Rear mounted 4-cylinder, 90deg opposed from 2 x 2 piston blocks.
 
Rear mounted 8-cylinder, 120deg opposed from 2 x 2 engine cylinders.
 
Front or rear mounted 8-cylinder, 120deg opposed from 2 x 2 engine cylinders.

Transmission:

2 speed manual, not synchronized, from Technic gears.
 
3 speed manual, not synchronized. from Technic gears.
 
3 speed manual, not synchronized, from Technic gears.
 
4 speed manual, clutchless, via transmission plate, synchronized via driving rings
 
5 speed + reverse manual, clutchless, via transmission plates, synchronized via driving rings

Drive:

Rear wheel, no differential.
 
Rear wheel, via rear axle differential.
 
Rear wheel, via rear axle differential.
 
Front and rear wheel, via front, center and rear differentials.
 
Rear wheel, via rear axle differential.

Interior:

2 front seats, adjustable foreward and backward. 1 rear bench seat.
 
2 front seats, adjustable foreward and backward and recline.
 
2 front seats, adjustable foreward and backward and recline.
 
2 seats, not adjustable.
 
2 seats, not adjustable.

Body:

None.
 
None.
 
Body from Technic beams and plates. Front headlights retract via lever.
 
Body from Technic beams and hinged bricks and plates. Trunk opens and closes. Front headlights retract via lever.
 
Body from fairing panels and flexible axles. Several different body styles including damped gull wing doors. Trunk opens and closes.