Supercars
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The Viper is dead for now, but it's living on in the hands of racers, and proof came again this week with Kuno Wittmer piloting the SRT10 ACR version of the car to a 1:59.995 lap record at Miller Motorsports Park. The lap was turned on the 3.048-mile Outer Course configuration, equating to an average speed of more than 91 mph. It's the first time a production car has lapped the Outer Course in under two minutes, and lowers the record time by almost four seconds from Jan Magnussen's previous record of 2:03.86, set in a Chevrolet Corvette ZR1. Wittmer set the record time in testing on Monday...
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Fiat-Chrysler Boss Sergio Marchionne Shows Off Personal Ferrari Enzo
What many may not know about Fiat-Chrysler boss Sergio Marchionne is that the unassuming auto exec in a sweater is an avid performance car fan, especially the high-performance cars from Ferrari. At a recent press event in Balocco, Italy, Marchionne took the opportunity to show off his own personal...
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2012 Lexus LFA Dyno Results Revealed: Video
We’ve seen plenty of dyno runs before, most recently for the Nissan GT-R, Porsche 911 Turbo and Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 supercar, however, there’s some very unnerving when the test involves a brand new $375,000 supercar called the Lexus LFA. We know all the official stats for its...
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Ferrari 599 Replacement To Pack 700-Plus Horsepower?
The silly season in Ferrari's historic F1 stomping grounds is well over, but it's apparently never done when it comes to the brand's production cars. The latest? Something north of 700 horsepower for the next replacement to the 599 GTB. That's not entirely beyond the pale, as the next car in the...
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20 Year-Old Turns Borrowed Gumpert Apollo Into Scrap
Young men and supercars are the simplest recipe for the heady brew of smashed supercars we all love and yet hate to quaff. The latest bottling has produced the utterly destroyed Gumpert Apollo you see above. While it's only marginally less attractive in 100-mph-yardsale form than with all of its...
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Melkus RS2000 GT And GTS: Quick Look
(Photo Courtesy of All Car Index) If the Melkus RS2000 isn't enough niche supercar for you, then the company has something in mind for you to check out. The Melkus RS2000 GT and GTS are the newest versions of the company's lightweight sports car. The RS2000 GT has a 2.0-liter turbo four-cylinder...
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It’s bad enough that this relatively well-kept C5 Chevrolet Corvette was wrecked when its owner crashed into the median strip of a busy highway, but then it was set upon by what must be the world’s worst tow truck driver. We must warn you that watching this video might be a little painful for car lovers, Corvette fans or not. The initial impact of the crash was so severe that it managed to shear off the spokes of one the Corvette’s wheels. We don’t get to see the rest of the damage except for what the incompetent tow truck driver executes. Not having a proper flatbed...
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Hennessey ZR750 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Packs 755 Horsepower Punch
Texan tuning firm Hennessey Performance Engineering is certainly no stranger to over-the-top modified cars, having released a string of 1,000+ horsepower Dodge Vipers in the past and even its own custom supercar powered by a twin-turbocharged LS9 V-8. With such a pedigree, it’s safe to say...
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Rod Stewart's Stolen Viper On Display At Volo For First Time Since Theft
Whether you're a fan of Rod Stewart's brand of crooning or not, you have to appreciate the story behind bright yellow Viper on display at the Volo Auto Museum for the first time since its theft. Stolen from under the eye of a Florida policeman by Rod's freshly-fired gardener from his Palm Beach...
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Anderson Manages To Improve On The Ferrari 458 Italia
When it comes to modified exotics, Germany’s Anderson is one tuning firm that we wouldn’t mind unleashing on our own supercars--if we happened to actually own any, that is. That’s because Anderson’s stylists manage to add just the right number of modifications to keep its...
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Pagani Names Official U.S. Huayra Dealers
If you're in the market for the latest in hand-made Italian aerodynamic wizardry, get ready to book a trip to Beverly Hills or San Francisco. Those are the two cities home to the only official Pagani Huayra dealers in the U.S. The Auto Gallery of Beverly Hills and British Motor Cars of San...
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Video: Twin-Turbo Lamborghini Gallardo Crashes Due To Wardrobe Malfunction
The Underground Racing name has become synonymous with high-performance exotics, thanks mostly to the tuning firm’s special projects like this 250+ mph Lamborghini Gallardo and fire-breathing Murcielago LP670-4 SV. So it’s safe to say that the Underground Racing modified Lamborghini...
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The Texas Mile saw its share of drama last month, but even without 200-plus-mph flips, there's a lot of action going on. Take this 234.6 mph run down the straight strip from the Evolution MotorSport EVT1500 997.1TT, for example. Looking every inch the stock 911 from the outside, apart from the parachute, some blacked-out lights, custom wheels, and graphics, the caged and twin-turboed beast rockets off the line and on to near-escape-velocity speeds with a whoosh of boost that overrides even the fierce wind noise.
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First McLaren MP4-12C Wrecked
The McLaren MP4-12C is slowly trickling its way to market, but one example has already met an unfortunate fate on Seattle streets. The details of the wreck are sketchy, but one witness reported that the car wound up facing the wrong way on the highway and that the rear passenger wheel took its...
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McLaren F1 V-12 originally pegged for BMW M8 supercar
To this day BMW has never launched an M8 but the automaker did come close to doing so at one point, though the project was canned at the last minute. Back in 1990 BMW built a one-off prototype version of its then new 8-Series sports coupe and labeled it the M8. The prototype featured a 6.0-liter...
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Spada Codatronca Monza Leaked Before Top Marques Monaco
The Spada Codatronca was, almost, the Ferrari FF--four years before the FF came to be. No, it wasn't a Ferrari, and it didn't have all-wheel drive, but it was a long-backed super tourer packing 600 horsepower. Now it's getting a new edition--an open-top model called the Monza. New images have...
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Video: McLaren F1 Replica… That Actually Looks Good
The McLaren F1 is without doubt one of the greatest supercars of all time, even to this day, almost 21 years since the first one was launched. Unfortunately, during its lifetime, only 72 road-legal F1 cars were ever built, eight of these being impossible-to-get special editions. With such a...
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Drunk Millionaire Crashes McLaren SLR Supercar, Proceeds To Drive
Just a day after reporting on this very sorry looking Porsche 911 GT3 RS, which was probably left that way by a drunk driver behind the wheel, comes a new story of an ever more exotic supercar, this time with its drunk driver caught in the act. The latest crashed supercar is a McLaren SLR owned by...
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Remember the British journalist that managed to damage Ferrari’s brand new baby, the hate-it-or-love-it FF supercar? If not, here is our original post. Well, today we have an image of the resultant damage, which on the surface only appears to be a dented wheel. Similar damage also appears on the rear wheel of the corresponding side. While this is likely to cost a fortune on its own, it is after all the wheels of Ferrari’s flagship, the damaged may not be entirely known just by what’s showing on the outside. As indicated by the video below, CAR Magazine's Jethro Bovingdon was...
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Video: Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Doing 230 MPH Crashes At Texas Mile
There’s a reason why incredibly fast cars have an assortment of strangely styled aerodynamic components stuck to their bodies--to keep them glued to the ground. Travelling at similar speeds to aircraft taking off, cars too can have trouble staying on the ground, which is exactly what happened...
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Video: Need For Speed Shift 2 Unleashed Final Trailer Released
The latest installment in the classic Need for Speed franchise, Shift 2 Unleashed, is about to be launched--on March 29 to be exact--and in the lead up to the game’s arrival we have the final trailer to get the adrenaline flowing and the heart pumping. This is the official launch trailer for...
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Video: Lamborghini Explodes, Destroys House
The owner of a 1974 Lamborghini Espada received quite a shock when he attempted to start his car on Friday morning. The car belonged to a Bloomfield Township resident in Michigan, who wishes to remain anonymous, and was located in the garage of a house that the owner had just sold. According to the...
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Video: 2012 Nissan GT-R Posts 7m 24.22s Nurburgring Lap Time
This day was inevitable. With an additional 38 horsepower and 17 pound-feet of torque on board, plus a reprogrammed gearbox and a more aerodynamic body, the new 2012 Nissan GT-R was always going to be quicker around a track than the outgoing 2011 model. Today we find out just how much quicker, and...
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2011 Hennessey Venom GT Mega Gallery
With only 10 examples scheduled to be built each year, it’s safe to say that the 2011 Hennessey Venom GT is one supercar you’re unlikely to lay eyes upon in the near future, if at all. Thankfully, the guys at Hennessey have unleashed this stunning gallery of their latest effort, with...
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