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A rare opportunity has come up to purchase a Nissan 350Z used during filming of 2006’s The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. The car is up for sale at Cheshire Classic Cars in the United Kingdom and can be yours for a staggering £149,995 (approximately $234,315). ALSO SEE: Fast And Furious 8 Confirmed For 2017 That seems a bit steep considering a Toyota Supra driven by the late Paul Walker during filming of the original 2001 hit The Fast and the Furious only sold for $185,000 at a recent auction, but unlike the Supra, which was only used for stunt scenes and was one of several...
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Center-Drive Porsche 911 Carrera S 'Centro' Heads To Monterey Auction
One of the cool bits about the McLaren F1, besides its tremendous performance capability, is the fact that the driver sits in the center of the car. There's the main seat in the middle, then two rear seats behind the driver's left and right shoulders. This puts you in the center of the action, and...
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Kahn Design’s Defender-Based 6x6 Can Be Yours For $310k
Fresh from its debut at March’s Geneva Motor Show, Kahn Design’s insane Flying Huntsman 110 WB 6x6 based on the iconic Land Rover Defender is now up for sale, and the very first example, marked the “Prototype Mission 1”, can be yours for £199,875 (approximately...
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The Mercedes-Maybach S600 By Brabus Will Hit 60 MPH In Under 3.7 Seconds
The 2016 Mercedes-Maybach S600 is certainly no slouch with its ample 523 horsepower and 612 pound-feet of torque, but if you’re the type that needs your luxury behemoth to keep up with top sports models, then Brabus has just what you need. The German tuner is intimately familiar with the...
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An Outlaw (And A Special) Invades Jay Leno's Garage: Video
If you know a bit about old Porsches, then you've heard of the Emory family. Neil Emory is the man responsible for the Outlaw style of old Porsche 356 coupes. Fast forward from the '60s, and his grandson Rod Emory is carrying the torch forward with Emory Motorsports. Rod's company produces...
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This Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Could Be First With A 9-Second Pass: Video
Only a week ago we saw what may just be one of the quickest 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcats around, with the car—and its female owner—completing the quarter mile in a time of 10.67 seconds. We now have video of a 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat that’s even quicker—a lot...
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Smart’s third-generation ForTwo minicar has just made its U.S. debut, and overseas there’s a new generation of the four-door, four-seat ForFour as well. Soon there will be sporty versions of both cars developed by semi-official Smart tuning firm Brabus, with the Brabus-tweaked ForFour featured in our latest spy shots. Only slightly extra power is expected in these Brabus-tweaked Smarts—an increase from the stock 89-horsepower rating to around 110 hp is possible—and we can see that the cars will have a more aggressive look thanks to new bumpers and twin-exhaust tips at...
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2015 Callaway Corvette Z06 Confirmed With 757 HP And 777 LB-FT
Back in April, legendary Corvette tuner Callaway first announced plans for an uprated version of the C7 Corvette Z06 and showed off an early prototype. The company has now confirmed the final performance target it has set for the car: a peak output of 757 horsepower and 777 pound-feet of torque...
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This Woman Drives The World’s Fastest Charger SRT Hellcat: Video
The 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat featured in this video from BigKleib34 is the fastest example of the modern muscle sedan that we know of. It’s been modified by expert Dodge tuner High Horse Performance and is currently delivering in excess of 730 horsepower to the rear wheels. MUST WATCH...
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AMS Sets GT-R 1/4-Mile Record At 7.48 Seconds: Video
Yes, we know... We post a lot about the Alpha Omega GT-R. That's because we love the car, and everything the AMS team is doing to it. They've taken a pretty fast machine and turned it into an absolute animal. Many records have fallen in its wake, and now there's a new one the team can add to its...
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Wire-Brush Attack Leaves McLaren P1 Unscathed
In the grand scheme of things, taking a wire brush to skin of a McLaren P1 isn't exactly like drawing a mustache on the Mona Lisa. Though for enthusiasts? It's close. ALSO SEE: LaFerrari Nearly Powerslides Right Into Oncoming Traffic: Video But that's exactly what the gents from London's Topaz...
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Hellcat X Is One-Off Challenger Created For Charity Giveaway
Have you been hearing rumblings of a pumped up Challenger SRT Hellcat created by Dodge? Well, we're here to tell you that the car exists, and it's called the Hellcat X. Our friends at Allpar, however, have discovered that it's not a special new model crafted by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles...
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Late last year, Deadmau5 confirmed via Twitter that he was one of the 375 lucky people to have been promised a McLaren P1. After taking delivery earlier this year, the Canadian DJ and Uber driver took the supercar to vehicle customizer Sekanskin in his home town of Toronto, and the results are rather impressive as you’ll see in the photos. ALSO SEE: 5,000-HP, 348-MPH Devel Sixteen Spotted In The Wild: Video Deadmau5, whose real name is Joel Zimmerman, had the car, which he ordered from the factory with a dark blue finish, covered in a matte black wrap. Some orange accents were also...
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Lexani Motorcars Unveils Uber-Luxurious Armored Land Cruiser
Like the Cadillac Escalade we saw from Lexani Motorcars last September, the interior of its latest Land Cruiser features some seriously next-level luxury. MUST SEE: Yes, Lexus Has Indeed Made An Actual Hoverboard: Video There's Italian leather, a gigantic flat-screen television, a pair of six-way...
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America’s Renntech Builds World’s First 10-Second Mercedes-AMG GT: Video
It’s been a while since we heard from Renntech but the Mercedes-Benz tuning specialist has been busy, having already amassed a series of upgrades for the all-new 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT. In fact, Renntech may have already built the world’s quickest GT. MORE: 2016 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT S...
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Holden-Tuner HSV Unveils 25th Anniversary ClubSport R8
The semi-official tuner to Holden, HSV, is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its ClubSport nameplate with a special edition version of the latest ClubSport R8. HSV is famous for building high-performance versions of the Holden Commodore, sold here as the Chevrolet SS, and its ClubSport models...
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FCA Designer Adds Subtle Star Wars Touch To Ram 1500 Rebel
There's no question J.J. Abrams' new Star Wars movies are going to be fantastic for fans of the franchise. Green screens are out, practical effects are in. John Williams is doing the score, and Han Solo and first mate Chewbacca are back. If anyone had doubts about the director's vision for the new...
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Singer Reimagines The Porsche Targa
You already know what Singer does. They take older model Porsche 911s and make them works of automotive art. Up until now, the company had stuck to re-imagining coupes. That's all changed because the first 911 Targa has received the reimagining process, and the results are absolutely wonderful...
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If Ford made new product decisions based on enthusiast forums, it'd have never killed the beloved Bronco. Of course, planning corporate strategy around internet commentary doesn't exactly a guarantee a slam dunk—or a future as a going concern. But true believers—like Icon's Jonathan Ward—have stepped up to fill the void left in the demise of the beloved Bronco, and Tumblin Automotive's 1993 example is one of the coolest we've seen. From the outside, it looks like the standard white Bronco made infamous by OJ Simpson. The body is actually mounted on a shortened 2011 Ford...
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Yes, The Grand Cherokee Trackhawk Is Coming; No, This Isn't It
Since the middle of last month, we're known that Jeep's Hellcat-powered Grand Cherokee Trackhawk is go for production. ALSO SEE: Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk/Hellcat Confirmed While Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] hasn't yet confirmed the model, the recent announcement that the company is...
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America's Vitesse-AuDessus is rendering entire supercars in carbon
Carbon fiber and supercars go together like chocolate and peanut butter. But most of the time—at least on exterior pieces—paint hides the beauty of the weave. These creations from Maryland-based firm Vitesse-AuDessus, on the other hand, show how tremendously the material's infinitesimal...
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Hennessey's HPE600 Supercharged Ford F-150 Strapped To The Dyno: Video
On Friday, we took a look at Hennessey Performance's latest VelociRaptor SUV. With room for eight and more than 600 horsepower on tap, the Texas tuner's F-250 Lariat-based people mover is just perfect for carpool commandos with zero time to spare. In the best way possible, it's like towing a...
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Hennessey Unveils New F-250-Based VelociRaptor SUV: Video
Texas-based tuner Hennessey Performance doesn't do subtle. To paraphrase its founder's slogan, the tuner makes fast cars faster. But in this case? It started with a Ford F-250 Lariat, and transformed it into what the company dubbed a VelociRaptor SUV. It's not Hennessey's first crack at the...
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Win Extreme Terrain's Supercharged 2015 Jeep Wrangler: Video
Last week, we broke the news that the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk is coming. Complete with an available 707-horsepower supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 engine and all-wheel drive, it's sure to be bonkers. But if you want a supercharged Jeep that'll keep going when the pavement ends, you'll still need...
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