Supercars
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The Lamborghini Huracán is the best car we've ever driven from the brand, but we're not sure how we feel about the cops getting their own version of the car. Complete with a livery and lightbar, the Italian State Police now have their very own Huracán LP 610-4 Polizia. MUST SEE: 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat: Live Photos And Video Handed over today by president and CEO Stephan Winkelmann in a ceremony at the Museo dell Auto Storiche della Polizia di Stato, the Huracán is now in the hands of the head of the Italian State Police, Alessandro Pansa. The police version of...
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2015 McLaren 650S first drive review
There are those who harp on the 650S, somehow deriding it for being an updated, more P1-like version of the 12C. Those people are missing the point entirely. The 650S isn’t just an updated 12C with a new face; it’s a better 12C. And that makes it a very good car. With the 12C already...
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Time Spent With A 2005 Acura NSX Is Time Well Spent
I was born in 1980, which means I really came of age in the 1990s. That period was a bit of a sweet spot for fans of Japanese sports cars. It's no surprise then that I'm rather attracted to iron from the Land of the Rising Sun. This attraction has fostered a love of everything from the older Datsun...
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Koenigsegg One:1 To Make Dynamic Debut At Goodwood Festival Of Speed
Koenigsegg’s new One:1 supercar, billed as the world’s most powerful production car, made its official debut back in March at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show, but the car on show at the Swiss event was only a mock-up. Koenigsegg is still working on a prototype for the One:1 and the first...
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620-HP Tushek TS 600 Makes Surprise Showing In Monaco
Slovenian supercar startup Tushek has been rebranded Tushek & Spigel and is now based in Austria. The new company used the recent 2014 Top Marques Monaco for its coming out party, where it also debuted its first model, the Tushek TS 600. The first model of the previous company Tushek, the...
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Blancfleet Makes Supercar Rental Affordable With Crowdfunding
Most of us can't afford to buy the supercar of our dreams. And realistically, most of us can't afford the thousands of bucks it requires to hire one or join a supercar club with regular access to the world's fastest vehicles either. ALSO SEE: Seller Rejects Million-Dollar Offer For Ferrari 575 GTZ...
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Back in 2011 we brought you the first details on a French startup by the name of Genty, which was working on a new supercar called the Akylone that would have the performance to match the latest crop of hypercars like the McLaren P1 and Ferrari LaFerrari. Not much has been heard from Genty since then but now the company has revealed a slightly updated design for its Akylone supercar and even more potent performance figures. MUST SEE: Chevy Camaro Z/28 Hits The Dyno With redline Motorsports: Video In designing the Akylone, the goal for Genty was to come up with a high-performance vehicle that...
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Seller Rejects Million-Dollar Offer For Ferrari 575 GTZ
If someone offered you a million bucks for your car, you'd take it, right? Well, you probably would if the car in question was your beat-up old Honda Civic and the man with the money had momentarily taken leave of his senses, but in the rarefied world of coachbuilt cars it isn't so simple. DON'T...
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New Transformers 4 Trailer Released, Features A Lamborghini: Video
Moviegoers may currently be caught up in the new Godzilla movie that premieres this week, but a new trailer released for the fourth installment of the Transformers franchise shows that the radioactive lizard may not be the only dinosaur-like movie star going up on children’s walls this...
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Watch The McLaren P1 Hit 205 MPH While Racing A Modified GT-R: Video
A McLaren P1 lined up alongside a modified Nissan GT-R at a drag meet in the U.K. recently, and the guys at Shmee150 were there to capture the action on film. Although the stock GT-R is in another league compared to the McLaren P1, the version you see here has been worked over by tuning firm...
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Hennessey’s Emotional Journey To Break The World Speed Record With The Venom GT: Video
The Venom GT is Hennessey’s completely over the top hypercar take on the Lotus Elise’s platform. Extensive customization, monstrous horsepower, and more than a small dose of engineering ingenuity went into its creation, but that was just the beginning. Next, it had to set a world...
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Jay Leno Finally Takes His McLaren P1 For A Spin: Video
The latest episode of Jay Leno's Garage features the host's own McLaren P1.
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What's your idea of the perfect driving experience? A trip down Route 66 in an old Cadillac, perhaps? Tackling a Japanese canyon road in a Nissan GT-R? For some, we suspect, it's taking a Ferrari through the hills around Maranello, the bark of its V-8 or V-12 exhaust reverberating off whitewashed houses in small Italian villages. MUST SEE: Fans Recreate 'Bullitt' Chase Scene In... Silverstone? Video Sound tempting? You're in luck, as travel firm Via Emilia Tours offers just such an experience with its 'Drive your dream' package. The firm has a selection of Ferraris, plus a Lamborghini...
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The Last Jaguar XJ220 Ever Built Is For Sale
Jaguar’s cars have been getting better and better over the past half-dozen years, but even with the sporty goodness of the F-Type Coupe R or the end-of-life agglomeration of the XKR-S GT, there’s nothing like the over-the-top world-beating supercar that was the XJ220. This is the last...
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Audi R8 LMX: World’s First Standard Laser Headlights, Performance Upgrades
The Audi R8 LMX is locked in a duel with the BMW i8 for the world's first laser headlights. Which will win?
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Learn The Secrets Of The Nissan GT-R NISMO From Its 'Ring-Tuning Expert: Video
The Nürburgring-Nordschleife has become the world's development standard for sports cars and supercars, with lap times becoming banners to wave at the competition. Manufacturers seem to love the course because it offers a wide variety of terrain, speeds, and conditions in which to test and...
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Ferrari LaFerrari XX Spy Video
The experimental XX version of Ferrari’s LaFerrari flagship has been spotted once again at the Nürburgring, and this time our spy photographers have managed to score some video footage. The car looks absolutely ballistic as it’s pushed to its limits on the German track, and the...
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2015 Lamborghini Huracán first drive review
You slide into the low, bolstered seat, flip up the aircraft-style cover, press the start button, and hear the V-10 engine roar to life. Bump the steering wheel mode selector to Corsa, pull the right paddle, and off you go, down the pit lane at Ascari, ready to hit the track behind an Aventador...
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Ferrari is currently hard at work on a track-only version of its LaFerrari flagship that is to be produced in addition to the regular model’s 499-car run, and now there are reports McLaren is considering doing the same with its P1. McLaren has stated that it only plans to build 375 P1s, but that figure only includes cars designed for street use. British publication Autocar is reporting that McLaren has written to all 375 P1 buyers asking whether they would be interested in an even more focused, track-only version of the P1. The letter was reportedly written after some customers had...
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Ferrari To Launch New Model Every Year, Stick With V-8 And V-12 Engines
Ferrari’s future plans detailed during yesterday’s Fiat Chrysler Automobiles five-year strategy announcement were a bit more subdued than those of its sister brands, but we did get confirmation of a few important details. First and foremost, Ferrari has promised to launch at least one...
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Lamborghini Diablo Visits Jay Leno’s Garage: Video
Lamborghinis have long represented the most extreme fringe of the supercar world, and few Lamborghinis have been as extreme as the Diablo. MUST SEE: 1,000-HP Superbird Rips Down Runway At 194 MPH: Video What makes the Diablo so unrelentingly nutty? So deliciously diabolical? Design by Gandini...
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Monaco Valet Rams Lamborghini Aventador Into Passing RAV4: Video
An unfortunate valet in Monaco may be looking for a new job after the incident captured in the video above. It shows the valet parking a Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 at the famous Hotel de Paris in the heart of Monaco, during which the stunning supercar rams a passing Toyota RAV4. ALSO SEE: Dodge...
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Compilation Of Supercars Starting Is A Great Use Of The Internet: Video
Nitto Tire put together a video of classic and exotic cars starting, which is just what the Internet needs.
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Ferrari’s New LaFerrari XX To Feature V-6 Turbo?
Ferrari is hard at work developing its LaFerrari XX experimental car for launch in early 2015, and word on the street is the car has ditched the regular model’s V-12 engine for a new V-6 whose design is based on the engine powering the Prancing Horse’s latest Formula One car. The...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran