Sports Cars
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Lamborghini’s Polo Storico classic car department has revealed another beauty from the marque’s past. This 1964 350 GT, bearing chassis number 0121, has just finished a one-year restoration at Polo Storico and as part of the final sign off the car was taken out on the track. The 350 GT is Lamborghini’s first car. It made its debut in prototype form at the 1963 Turin auto show and was in production by the following year. Chassis #0121 was one of the first 15 examples to roll off the line. That means it received some rare features that appeared on the original prototype and...
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Stunning Jannarelly Design-1 sports car goes on sale in US
Those looking for a back-to-basics sports car with a seriously stunning design now have a unique option in the Jannarelly Design-1. Jannarelly is the creation of French designer Anthony Jannarelly, the man responsible for the aggressive lines of the $3.4 million W Motors Lykan Hypersport, and its...
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'Engineering Explained' takes its Honda S2000 out for a spin
An empty road and a recent sports car acquisition lead to one of the great joys in life. Jason Fenske from Engineering Explained recently bought a Honda S2000, and now he's found a curvy canyon road, dropped the top, and set off to see what his car can do. Along the way, he manages to share some...
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Drift King Keiichi Tsuchiya reveals restored Toyota AE86
The Toyota AE86 is a legend among drift fans. “AE86” is actually the internal code for rear-wheel-drive models from the fifth-generation Corolla family, launched in the 1980s. The models became popular among Japan’s drifting scene because of their affordability and ease at which...
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2017 Porsche 718 Boxster and Cayman first drive review: don't play it by ear
The Porsche Boxster and Cayman are brilliant sports cars, but they're not so different as the names might suggest — they’re basically the same car, aside from that minor roof thing. So why different names? Indeed. This year, Porsche's debugging that situation by adding a new prefix...
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2017 Mazda MX-5 Miata RF priced from $32,390
The new RF version of Mazda’s MX-5 Miata goes on sale in early 2017, priced from $32,390. That figure includes an $835 destination charge and is for the base model equipped with a 6-speed manual transmission. Opt for the available 6-speed automatic and you’ll need to front up an extra...
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It's been rumored, suggested, hinted, even teased—now, the Mercedes-AMG GT roadster is reality. (Insert your own "topless" buff-book pun here.) The roadster arrived at this week's Paris auto show wearing two different outfits, as both the AMG GT and the GT C Roadster. And now we have photos of the shapely new droptop in the flesh. Both cars draw on the stunning AMG GT two-door that's been ripping around since the 2016 model year, and on the fierce GT R edition shown earlier this summer. Both Roadsters have a fabric soft top that can open in about 11 seconds, at speeds of up to 31 mph...
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2017 Audi TT gets sporty S Line Competition package
Audi’s TT sports car, now in its third generation, remains as brilliant as ever, particularly in high-performance TT RS form. The car is light and agile and manages to belie its front-wheel-drive underpinnings in most situations. Audi is now offering a package for owners of the standard car...
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A Toyota Supra was turned into a Bentley GT3-R, for some unfathomable reason
Who can explain the heart of man? Specifically, who can explain the heart of a man that would, for some unfathomable reason, take a 1992 Toyota Supra and turn it into a replica of a Bentley Continental GT3-R? Our heads are spinning with questions. We weep for the poor Supra under that excessive...
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Ariel brings back the ‘fan car’ with Atom Aero-P concept
Generating massive amounts of downforce without the added drag that most aerodynamic elements add to a car is the holy grail of designing fast track machines. One of the more out-there solutions is the addition of a fan that literally sucks air from below the car in order to create an area of low...
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1995 Porsche 911 GT2 sells for $2.4 million
Looking for a collector car for investment and think you want to get ahead of the curve on the last of the air-cooled Porsche 911s? Too late. At the RM Sotheby's London auction last week, a 1995 Porsche 911 GT2 sold for a ridiculous £1,848,000, which calculates to about $2.4 million in U.S...
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2018 Mercedes-AMG GT Roadster teased ahead of Paris auto show
Confirming what we already knew, Mercedes-AMG just teased the new 2018 GT Roadster via Twitter and Facebook. The short video teaser shifts light around what it is clearly a topless AMG GT. This of course makes sense as we are just about two weeks away from the 2016 Paris auto show where the sports...
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Mercedes-Benz’s SL-Class has just undergone its mid-cycle update but work on the redesigned, seventh-generation model is already at an advanced stage. Engineers are currently testing the car’s new platform in the makeshift body of an S-Class Coupe (shown below). Dubbed the MSA (Modular Sports car Architecture), the new platform has been designed for rear-wheel-drive sports cars and in shortened form will underpin the next SLC. As for the next SL, Autocar is reporting that Mercedes-AMG has been tasked with the development. This is to help strengthen its sporty character and...
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Meet the Porsche Cayman 5.0--yes, a Ford Mustang 5.0
We’ve seen some interesting engine swaps lately, though the latest is perhaps the most ambitious. First discovered by Road & Track, it’s a Porsche Cayman that's had much of its internals removed so a Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] 5.0-liter V-8 could be squeezed in. As the photos show...
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'Engineering Explained' adds Honda S2000 project car to its garage
For some time now, Jason from Engineering Explained has been teaching us about all areas of our shared passion—and now we get to share in something a little more personal. His method of clearly explaining seemingly complex mechanical and technical parts of a car is both enjoyable and...
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Mercedes out testing platform for next SL, AMG GT
Mercedes-Benz is testing in the open a new modular platform for its next-generation SL and Mercedes-AMG GT sports cars. Engineers are using the modified body of a Mercedes-AMG S63 Coupe to hide the platform whose official title is Modular Sports car Architecture (MSA). Comparing the tester with a...
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Electric car startup Qiantu eyes US for K50 sports car
One of China’s biggest automotive design companies CH-Auto Technology is branching out into the business of building cars. Its first car is to be a small electric sports car not unlike the Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] Roadster. A concept, dubbed the K50 and marketed under the Qiantu brand, was...
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2018 Mercedes-AMG GT R storms the Nürburgring
Numerous prototypes for the Mercedes-AMG GT R were flung around the Nürburgring as part of the car’s development program, though these were all heavily camouflaged. Fortunately, AMG is still fine tuning the GT R at the ‘Ring ahead of the start of production, but since the car has...
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The Toyota 86 (formerly Scion FR-S) is a wonderful little machine. It's a rear-wheel-drive sports car that's affordable, approachable, and a ton of fun. Still, it could use a bit more power. When I say a bit, I mean another 50 horsepower and it would be perfect. When Street FX Motorsports of Australia says a bit, its goal is 1,000 horsepower. Australia is just the best. The car here started life as a Toyota 86 that was destined for your standard street and track events, which I believe means it was going to be an autocross car. The car was given the full Rocket Bunny wide-body kit makeover...
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Aston Martin prepping DB11 with twin-turbo V-8 from AMG?
Aston Martin is eager to celebrate the arrival of its latest DB beauty, the DB11. That car comes packing serious heat in the form of an all-new 5.2-liter V-12 breathing through a pair of turbochargers to crank out 600 horsepower. Still, some prefer the glorious wail of eight cylinders at full...
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How much horsepower does the new 2018 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 need to have?
It's no secret that current generation of the Chevrolet Corvette (C7) is going to exit with a bang thanks to the resurrection of the ZR1 nameplate. The question now is: How much power will the new 2018 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 have? We've spied a prototype of the new 2018 Corvette ZR1 entering GM's...
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This is Caterham’s canned Cayman rival
Not long ago, the backers of Caterham planned to turn the niche British sports car brand into a full-line automaker selling sedans and SUVs as well as sports cars. The first of Caterham’s more mainstream models was to be a small sports car based on a new platform developed with Renault...
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2018 Mercedes-AMG GT C Roadster spy shots
It was in July that Mercedes-Benz confirmed plans for a convertible version of the GT sports car developed by the Mercedes-AMG skunk works, and within days of the confirmation prototypes for the car turned up. We now have more spy shots, this time showing a prototype on the Nürburgring. The...
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Very first Shelby Cobra sets auction record for American cars
Carroll Shelby's first-ever Cobra, CSX 2000, set a new record high for an American car when it sold at the RM Sotheby's auction during Monterey Car Week for $13.75 million. The previous record was $11 million for the 1968 Ford GT40 Gulf/Mirage race car that sold in 2012. Shelby created what would...
Kirk Bell