Supercars
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Upgrading your LFA to the Nurburgring package may cost you an additional $70,000 but it adds a whole assortment of upgrades to make the car even faster.
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2012 Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Takes To The Track: Video
Last summer Nissan unveiled a new racing version of its GT-R supercar designed to meet FIA-GT3 regulations. That race car has since gone on to compete in the Dubai 24 Hours endurance race and later in the year will see the Nissan GT-R nameplate enter the GT300 class in Japan’s Super GT series...
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Ferrari F430 In Malaysia Left In Smoldering Heap After Fire
While it was a good weekend for the Scuderia Ferrari team in Malaysia this past weekend, the same can’t be said for the driver of this very sad looking F430. The smoldering heap you see here is the remains of an F430 hard-top--yes, the roof has completely disintegrated--that became engulfed...
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Ferrari: Hybrid Tech Will Secure V-12, Six-Cylinder Possible
Ferrari is launching a brand new V-12 engine in its latest supercar, the F12 Berlinetta, and the advanced unit, the most powerful ever to be fitted to one of Ferrari’s road cars, is just the first in what the automaker claims will be a whole new generation of V-12 powerplants. Claims like...
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Eric Clapton’s Custom Ferrari 458 Italia Caught On Video
Gifted guitarist and avid Ferrari fan Eric Clapton was reported last year to have requested Ferrari build him a one-off 458 Italia powered by a V-12 engine. However, unlike previous custom Ferraris like the Superamerica 45 and P540 Superfast Aperta, which Ferrari were more than happy to confirm...
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Is This The World’s Fastest Nissan GT-R?
Could the modified Nissan GT-R in this video clip be the world’s fastest Godzilla? It certainly seems that way, if by fastest you mean top speed only. While America’s own AMS Alpha Nissan GT-R recently ran the quarter mile in just 8.62 seconds, making it one of the world’s fastest...
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A new supercar from Slovenia will make its world debut at the upcoming Top Marques Monaco show.
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Ferrari Chief Luca di Montezemolo Rules Out IPO
While investors around the globe are clamoring to buy a piece of Ferrari, those in control of the Italian sports car brand don’t appear willing to budge despite the company being valued at billions of dollars. Last April Sergio Marchionne, the boss of Ferrari’s parent company, Fiat...
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Lucky GT-R Driver Avoids Crashing 3 Times During Drag Race
Proof that all-wheel drive cars can be upset by too much power, even in a straight line, is this video footage of a drag race between two highly-modified Nissan GT-R supercars. The driver of the GT-R on the right loses control soon after launching, with his car then proceeding to twist and turn on...
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A Close Look At The Ferrari F12 Berlinetta’s Michelin Tires
It doesn’t matter how much power you have under the hood, if you can’t get it to the ground sufficiently you won’t be going anywhere fast. Tires are one of the most overlooked features of a car, although they are arguably the single most important aspect in relation to...
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Ferrari's 599XX Laps A (Very) Wet Suzuka Circuit: Video
Ferrari's newest track-only terror gets a run at Japan's Suzuka circuit in the rain.
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McLaren F1 Successor Won’t Chase Bugatti Veyron’s Top Speed
Ron Dennis, the boss of McLaren and a man who once described the Bugatti Veyron as “pig ugly” and a “piece of junk,” has revealed some telling details about his next supercar, the long-awaited successor to the legendary McLaren F1. First and foremost, Dennis has stated that...
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The Ferrari F70 - the fastest, most powerful Ferrari road car ever - will debut in early 2013.
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Porsche's Near Future: Macan, Plug-In Hybrids, 'Customer Experience'
Wrapping up our series of articles generated from a roundtable discussion with Porsche chief Matthias Mueller, management board member for sales and marketing Bernhard Maier, and Porsche Cars North America chief Detlev von Platen at the Geneva Motor Show, we take a look at the near future of...
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Jaguar’s Jet-Powered C-X75 To Be Track Car Only: Report
In 2010 Jaguar unveiled a stunning new supercar concept called the C-X75, which was powered by an advanced range-extended electric drivetrain that relied on a pair of gas-powered ‘microturbines’ to top up the vehicle’s batteries. Then, early last year, Jaguar gave its C-X75 the...
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Interview With Lambo CEO, 2013 SL 550 Priced, Updated Leaper: Today's Car News
With the 2012 Geneva Motor Show just behind us, the industry is still churning up news--surprisingly so, even. At the top of the day's news, we sat down with Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann while we were in Geneva, and got some inside info on the Aventador J, as well as a hint at a potential...
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Lamborghini Aventador J, Future Sports Car Possibilities: An Interview With Stephan Winkelmann
We sat down with Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show to talk shop about the Aventador J and came away with some other--perhaps even more interesting--news.
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The Story Of The Pagani Huayra Supercar: Video
After first making its world debut exactly one year ago at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, the first examples of Pagani’s latest supercar, the Huayra, are about to delivered to customers around the world. In the U.S. customers will have to wait a little while longer as Pagani tackles local...
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Aston Martin's V12 Zagato has been a long time in coming--debuting as a race car last year before showing off in production guise this February and making an appearance at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. Soon, it'll arrive in Forza Motorsport 4 as part of the March Pirelli Car Pack. This video gives us a preview of the gameplay and the car--as well as a listen to its tuned V12 engine. With just 150 units of the $540,000 car to be built, the game is likely as close as most of us will come to driving the Zagato. For more information on the car, including its racing background, be sure to hit up our...
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Italian Supercar Owners Wary Of The Tax Police
Nervous Italian supercar and luxury car owners are dumping their prized possessions at a loss to avoid the scrutiny of Italy's tax police.
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Lexus LFA Supercar Pays A Visit To Jay Leno’s Garage: Video
Jay Leno simply loves that the Lexus LFA packs so much carbon fiber, as revealed in this latest episode of Jay Leno's Garage.
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Ferrari F12 Berlinetta Hits The Road And Track: Video
Ferrari’s latest video tells the story of the new F12 Berlinetta, from its raw aluminum state to its ultimate performance on the road and track. Designed from scratch, the F12 Berlinetta is the fastest and most powerful road going car in Ferrari’s history. Packing a new-generation...
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The Making Of The Lamborghini Aventador J: Video
You've seen the live photos and read all of the official information, but you haven't seen the 2.1-million-euro, completely mental and lust-inducing Lamborghini Aventador J in this kind of detail. There are probably better ways to spend the next 80 seconds, but right now, we can't think of any. If...
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Exige S Roadster, 2013 SL65 AMG, SRT Barracuda: Car News Headlines
The Geneva Motor Show nearly split the automotive web in half this week under the sheer weight of its debuts and news, but there are other things happening out there. The 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG is set to debut at the 2012 New York Auto Show, for instance, and it's a car we're looking forward...
Nelson Ireson