Supercars
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Bugatti has just taken the wraps off its final ‘Les Légendes de Bugatti’ special editions, which means we’re almost at the end of the Veyron’s 10-year, 450-car production run. A successor is planned, and we’ve heard it will feature a hybrid powertrain developing upwards of 1,500 horsepower, enough to take the new car to speeds higher than the Veyron Super Sport’s world record top speed of 267.856 mph. Based on information from high-level insiders at Bugatti, Autocar is reporting that the new car will be revealed in 2016 and delivered to customers the...
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Final Bugatti Veyron Legends Car, Honoring Ettore Bugatti, To Debut At Pebble Beach
With the Bugatti Veyron nearing the very end of its extended model cycle—the car has been on sale for 11 years now—the final edition of the six final special editions will be unveiled at the pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and The Quail gathering next week. The car, the last of...
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Second Of Five Lamborghini 5-95 Zagato Supercars Built: Gallery
This yellow head-turner is the second of the planned five Zagato-bodied 5-95 Lamborghinis. The first, an orange example, was unveiled at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in May. MUST WATCH: This Moron Left The Driver's Seat In A Self-Driving Infiniti Q50 On The Highway: Video The...
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Caparo Announces New T1 Evolution Road-Going Racer
Despite a number of setbacks, including a fiery incident during a Fifth Gear shoot, the developers of the Caparo T1 (pictured below) haven’t given up on their ‘Formula One car for the road’ project. A handful of the cars have been sold and now a new version is coming, the T1...
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Ferrari’s Turbocharged 458 To Carry M458-T Title, Pack 670 HP: Report
The Ferrari 458 Italia is already a brilliant car, but for its mid-cycle update engineers will be turning things up a notch. Key among the updates will be a new turbocharged engine. Ferrari has confirmed it will stick with V-8 and V-12 engines for the foreseeable future, but with turbocharging for...
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Ferrari 458 Speciale Put Through Its Paces, And Then Some: Video
The Ferrari 458 Speciale is a hardcore version of a car that's already fairly hardcore. The V-8 engine cranks out nearly 600 horsepower and this prancing horse only weighs in at around 3,200 pounds. That's good for a 0-60 time of right around three seconds, and a quarter-mile trip that takes less...
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The plate on the back may be from Massachusetts but, per the video description, the car is being driven around Beverly Hills. That just means it's come home to its natural habitat--or at least the most natural habitat that doesn't happen to be a race track. The car in question is a Porsche Carrera GT, which has been reworked by Gemballa into a Mirage GT. Seeing as just 25 were produced, this is a rather rare sighting. It's a loud one, too. MUST SEE: This Moron Left The Driver's Seat In A Self-Driving Infiniti Q50 On The Highway: Video With the Porsche Carrera GT, we're already dealing with...
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McLaren P1, 650S Spider Get Special Operations Treatment For Pebble Beach
The 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is nearly upon us, and with it will come some of the most amazing automotive hardware on display anywhere. Contributing its new cars to the vintage fold, McLaren Special Operations will show two upgraded vehicles: a 650S Spider and a P1. The MSO 650S...
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Supercar Drag Race Shootout Pits F40 Vs. Aventador Vs. 12C Vs. 9ff Vs. Ford GT: Video
This is, quite possibly, one of the best supercar drag race shootouts ever. It’s simple, unadorned, and doesn’t even bother with trap speeds or ETs, but it shows a progression from amazing to amazinger as the head-to-head straight-line tests unfold. MUST WATCH: 8x8 Mercedes-Benz Actros...
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Aston Martin V12 Vantage S Roadster To Debut At Pebble Beach
The fastest roadster Aston Martin has ever built will join the family on August 14 as part of the festivities leading up to the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in Monterey, California. Powered by a 565-horsepower 6.0-liter AM28 V-12 engine, the V12 Vantage S Roadster joins the hardtop V12...
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Hennessey planning 290-MPH Venom F5
The mind-boggling speed of Hennessey Performance Engineering’s Venom GT is well-established. But for John Hennessey and crew, 270 mph just isn’t enough. Now they’re shooting for 290 mph. How? With a modified and updated version of the Venom called the Venom F5. Speaking with Top...
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McLaren MP4-12C Spits Crazy Flames—Grab Your Meat Products
Grab your meat products and get ready to roast them. This McLaren MP4-12C is providing the flames. Plenty of them. READ: Flying Axe Embedded In Windshield Of Today's Luckiest/Unluckiest Car While it’s not an actual barbecue—like this guy roasting a turkey with an Aventador, or like the...
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It's no secret that the Dodge Viper isn't exactly selling like gangbusters. Chrysler has even had to halt production on the car in order to keep existing stock moving along. Still, there's a new model year on the horizon, and it will see some changes in the Viper. No, the Viper won't be getting the 707-horsepower 6.2-liter V-8 from the new Dodge Challenger Hellcat. It will continue on with the familiar 8.4-liter V-10. Well, said engine will be a little bit different. It's getting a horsepower bump! Maybe we shouldn't have used an exclamation point on the end of that last sentence. To be more...
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Ferrari Plans Electrically-Driven Turbo: Report
Audi has just shown an engine packing a turbocharger that is electrically-driven at low revs to help eliminate lag. Audi is expected to initially offer the technology in its next-generation Q7 SUV, most likely in 2016, but the German automaker isn’t the only one investigating the advanced...
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Bugatti Veyron Super Sport Hits 246 MPH On Public Road: Video
Going fast on a private stretch of race track is quite enjoyable. Especially when there happens to be enough room to really let the car stretch its legs. That is why Volkswagen owns the Ehra-Lessien testing facility in Germany, which comes with a 5.4-mile long straight. It's also the perfect place...
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Supercar Startup Tushek & Spigel Chooses Morel Sound System For New TS 600
Austrian supercar startup Tushek & Spigel has formed a partnership with audio expert Morel and plans to start using the Israeli firm’s high-end audio systems in its first product, the upcoming Tushek TS 600. The move follows a recent announcement from rival supercar startup Pagani, which...
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Lambda Performance Ford GT GT3 Sounds Will Melt Your Ears: Video
If a car sounds this good on a GoPro, it must be stupefyingly awesome in real life. Listen to this Ford GT in GT3 trim and feel the vibrations of a higher plane of existence. MUST WATCH: 5,000-HP, 348-MPH Devel Sixteen Spotted In The Wild: Video Built by Lambda Performance, and recorded by Auto...
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1995 McLaren F1 Heading To Gooding & Co. Auction For $12-14 Million: Pebble Beach 2014
While the Ferrari 250s and 275s continue to dominate the record sale prices at collector car auctions around the world, the McLaren F1 appears to be gaining ground, with this pristine three-owner example expected to bring $12,000,000 to $14,000,000 at auction during this year’s Gooding &...
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A prototype for Acura’s second-generation NSX supercar only started testing at the Nürburgring yesterday, but already the car has been destroyed. The prototype caught fire during today's round of testing but fortunately the driver managed to pull over and jump out before the flames spread to the rest of the car. Onlookers said the fire started at the rear before engulfing the rest. The latest photos show the car as it is burning, a roaring fire completely enveloping the rear compartment before safety crews arrive to put out the flames. The rear is where the car’s...
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BMW To Mark Centenary In 2016 With i9 Hybrid Supercar?
BMW turns 100 in 2016 and you can bet the automaker will mark the occasion with something special… like a celebratory vehicle. We’ve already heard that BMW might launch a hardcore version of its M4 or perhaps a new supercar from its M division. Now there are claims that we might see...
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Ferrari Collector Takes 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo Road Trip To Pick Up New LaFerrari: Video
Warning: you may hate this guy. We think we might too. But only because we’re jealous. On his way to pick up his new LaFerrari, Ferrari collector Jon Hunt decided to make a special trip of it, taking along his two children and a group of friends in some truly spectacular Ferraris for a road...
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Company Offers Dodge Viper SRT Convertible Conversion
Engineering firm Prefix has previewed the look of a Dodge Viper SRT convertible with its own conversion, named Medusa. While we're not sure we'd have picked a mythological character so ugly her gaze turned people to stone as the name for our car, it's clear the Medusa Viper is a lot more appealing...
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(One of) The first Pagani Huayras delivered in the U.S.: Gallery
Though it’s hard to believe, the Pagani Huayra supercar has been around for years now. Its presence in the U.S. was once a sure thing, then somewhat in doubt, and now appears to be verified with one of the first known U.S. customer deliveries. MUST SEE: Lamborghini Veneno Roadster Delivered...
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Duaiv & Lamborghini Of Miami Team Up For Aventador Roadster Art Car: Gallery
You may not know who French musician and painter Duaiv is, but you will certainly remember him now. Armed with fierce creativity and unique vision Duaiv has created one of the most striking art cars in recent memory, using the Lamborghini Aventador Roadster as his canvas. ALSO SEE: Lamborghini...
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