Supercars
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Introduced at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, Ferrari’s F12 Berlinetta remains one of the most capable sports cars on the planet. Chris Harris found this out recently, after spending a week with the car and taking it out to an empty track to burn some rubber. How much rubber? Well, about five sets of tires in just one day. That might sound shocking but it wouldn’t be too hard to do when you have a 6.3-liter V-12, good for 729 horsepower and 508 pound-feet of torque, nestled under the hood. Mated to a seven-speed, dual-clutch gearbox, the engine provides enough thrust to get the car...
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Ultra-Rare Lotec C1000 Goes Up For Auction
Just when you thought you knew supercars, another appears from the woodwork and surprises you once again. Joining other rarities on that list of "cars I didn't know existed" is this rare Mercedes beast crossing the auction blocks with RK Motors Collectors Car Auctions (RKMCCA) this October 31 to...
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Ferrari Celebrates 30 Years In Hong Kong With 600 Car Gathering: Video
Ferrari celebrated 30 years of selling its cars in Hong Kong with a gala event attended by chairman Luca di Montezemolo and over 2,000 guests. There was also more than 600 Ferrari cars present, spanning every era, and these were arranged to form the characteristic symbol of Hong Kong, the...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Switzer-Tuned Nissan GT-R Hits 250 MPH In One-Mile Blast: Video
The Switzer Goliath is a Nissan GT-R that's been worked over to produce gobs of horsepower. Gobs, of course, is a very technical term that means "a whole hunk of." In this case, the gobs refers to a figure north of 1,700 horsepower, and that's plenty to propel the GT-R down the Dragtimes dragstrip...
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McLaren Confirms Performance Figures For P1
With the first P1s now on their way to their eagerly awaiting customers, McLaren is finally confirming some of the car’s performance figures. Many of the specs we already know but now they are no longer preliminary figures: they are what the 375 buyers of the P1 will actually be able to...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
McLaren Heads Back To The ‘Ring In Potential Record Chase
McLaren chairman Ron Dennis has made some pretty bold claims for the company’s P1 supercar, including setting “a new benchmark” for supercars and posting a lap time for Germany’s Nürburgring Nordschleife of under seven minutes. Currently, the production car lap record...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
The first images and details for Lamborghini’s new Veneno Roadster have hit the web. The car is the convertible version of the Veneno coupe first shown at the 2013 Geneva Motor show, which was limited to just four examples in total. But unlike the coupe, Lamborghini is planning as many as nine Veneno Roadsters, each priced at a cool 3.3 million euros (approximately $4.5 million). News of the Veneno Roadster first broke as early as July and the car was confirmed by Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann just one month later. Now we have the details on the open-top version of a car originally...
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Pagani Huayra Options List Shows That Nothing About This Supercar Is Cheap
The Pagani Huayra might be too classy for an online configurator, but even a 700-horsepower supercar comes with an options list. The Supercar Kids (via World Car Fans) reportedly have it. While we're not 100-percent sure of the list's authenticity, the prices listed for options are pretty amusing...
Stephen Edelstein -
Stock 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo S Will Get You To 207 MPH: Video
The Porsche 911 Turbo has always been a fast car. Of course, it's gotten faster as the years go on and technology allows it to bridge new performance chasms. The latest and greatest is the 2014 911 Turbo S, which Porsche claims will hit 198 miles per hour at the top end. That's all well and good...
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Take A Virtual Tour Of The Lamborghini Museum Thanks To Google Maps
It’s now possible to take a stroll through Lamborghini’s official museum in Sant’Agata Bolognese from the comfort of your own home, thanks to the magic of Google Maps. Using the same technology as the Google Maps street view function, you can simply click your way through the two...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Novitec Rosso Builds Wide-Body Ferrari F12 Berlinetta
Ferrari’s F12 Berlinetta is near perfection in standard form, yet somehow the tuners at Novitec Rosso manage to consistently improve upon the car. The German tuner was one of the first to get its hands on the F12 and now, one year on, it has released a new wide-body conversion for the...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Forget a Stingray For Your Girlfriend, Propose And Get Yourself A Ferrari: Video
This man is Erik Dumas. He's Canadian, and therefore funny. He just proposed to his girlfriend, Mary. And he got a Ferrari out of the deal. How did this wizard perform such a feat, you ask? It's actually quite simple: Dumas' girlfriend said he could have an engagement Ferrari when she got an...
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Featured in the video above is Giorgio Sanna, Lamborghini’s chief test driver for both its production car and motorsport programs. He replaced Valentino Balboni, who officially stepped down from the role back in 2008 but has continued to influence Lamborghini's cars in a consulting role. Sanna is primarily responsible for the handling of Lamborghini’s cars and starts driving prototypes of future models up to three years before they reach the market. He also participates in Lamborghini’s one-make Blancpain Super Trofeo racing series, where he sometimes races for the factory...
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First McLaren P1 Supercars Roll Off The Line
After a final round of testing, McLaren’s P1 supercar, the spiritual successor to the legendary F1, entered production in September and if all goes to plan the first customers should start receiving their cars before the year is out. This ends a year of waiting since McLaren first starting...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Honda NSX Concept-GT Makes A Great Cup Of Tea: Video
The Honda NSX Concept-GT race car has many talents.
Stephen Edelstein -
Custom Bugatti Veyron Inspired By Celebratory Pianist Lang Lang
Lang Lang has inspired the design of a Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse. The car was presented by the world famous pianist at an event that took place last month at Chateau St. Jean in California, and features a color scheme that mimics the black and white keys of a piano as well as the two-tone...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
McLaren 12C GT Sprint Track Special Priced From $315k
Following its official debut at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, McLaren’s new 12C GT Sprint has gone on sale, priced from 195,000 British pounds (approximately $315,827). That may seem a lot for what is essentially a track toy (the car isn’t homologated for any racing...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Incredible Porsche 918 Spyder Powertrain Detail: Video
If you've wondered just how the Porsche 918 Spyder manages to put its plug-in hybrid, all-wheel drive system to use--or how it packages it all in the Spyder's sleek little body--wonder no more. Porsche has answered all of your questions in exquisite, beautiful detail. The 918 Spyder is already...
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Yesterday we learned that the SLS AMG would be phased out soon, with its role as the flagship Mercedes-Benz sports car to be taken up by a smaller and more agile model likely to be called the AMG GT. Fans of the big gullwing needn’t be too sad, however, as a direct replacement is planned, though it may be some time before we see it. The information was revealed to Car Sales by outgoing AMG boss Ola Källenius. He explained that the SLS AMG was a huge success for AMG and helped put the Affalterbach tuner on the map, in terms of standalone sports car manufacturing. At the same time...
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Lamborghini Gallardo Squadra Corse Hits The Track: Video
Race-inspired is a phrase easily thrown around by companies that both race and build road cars. But does it really mean anything? Sometimes, it does. In the case of the Squadra Corse, it certainly appears to. Bred from the one-make Super Trofeo race cars, but tamed just enough to be legal (and...
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Koenigsegg Confirms 1,400-HP Output, 1,400-KG Weight For One:1 Supercar
News of Koenigsegg’s most potent supercar to date, the enigmatic One:1, has been circulating for almost a year and renderings of the car have already hit the Web. Until today, however, Koenigsegg has never released any information on it. In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Koenigsegg...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Tushek Releases New Photo Of Forego T700 Supercar
Slovenia’s Tushek has posted a new photo of its upcoming Forego T700 supercar on its Facebook page, along with the message “working on.” The Forego T700 is the follow-up to Tushek’s Renovatio T500 and promises to outmatch its predecessor in almost every way. Tushek...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Audi Library iPad App Shows Off New 2014 R8
The 2014 R8 is a stunning car, even when rendered in pixels.
Stephen Edelstein -
Hennessey Venom GT, GT-R, CTS-V Lap Circuit Of The Americas: Video
The Circuit of the Americas is a world-class facility and a very challenging track to master. Pair that with the world-class Hennessey Venom GT (which also looks rather difficult to master) and you have a match made in Texas. Here, we see the Venom GT chasing a Hennessey-modified Nissan GT-R during...
Nelson Ireson