Supercars
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Another rare Ford GT has come up for sale on popular Internet auction house eBay just days after a 1000hp (746kW), 235mph (376km/h) Hennessey-tuned Ford GT appeared on the site. This time, the Ford GT in question is a pre-production Ford GT that was owned by Steve Saleen, of Saleen fame. The car is one of just nine that were built, making it even rarer than its production sibling. While the production Ford GT got its grunt from Ford's 5.4L Modular V8, the pre-production model up for sale here used the 4.6L engine from the Mustang Cobra, which was then bored out to 5.4-liters. It also used a...
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IMSA Tuning Audi RS6 Avant with 650HP
IMSA Tuning isn’t as widely recognized as fellow German rivals such as MTM, EDO Competition and Brabus, but the performance workshop has released a number of brilliant power upgrades over the past 12 months, including this latest kit for the new Audi RS6. Based around the Avant model (the RS6...
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Koenigsegg's next model could be a 700-hp super sedan
Swedish supercar manufacturer Koenigsegg is thought to be working on a new, high-performance four-door sedan to rival other super sedans like the upcoming Porsche Panamera and Aston Martin Rapide. While there’s been no official confirmation, a Koenigsegg manager in the Middle East has hinted...
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Sportec SP750 Based On The Porsche 911 GT2
Switzerland’s Sportec has released its latest package for the Porsche 911 GT2, which includes a range of power mods, aerodynamic enhancements, plus chassis and suspension tuning. As if the 997 GT2 wasn’t powerful enough, the “Swiss made” performance pack lifts output to...
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C7 Corvette ZR-1 to be twin-turbo V6?
The new king of General Motors' lineup, the Corvette ZR-1, has barely begun making the official press rounds but already insiders are talking about the next-generation version of the car, expected to be based on the as-yet unrevealed C7 Corvette. Definite information is at a premium, but...
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eBay Watch: 235mph Hennessey Ford GT1000 up for auction
Barrett-Jackson, Pebble Beach and other big-name auction events routinely handle exotic and celebrity-owned supercars, but this time the auction house is eBay. Chosen by the seller and builder of the car, Hennessey Performance Engineering, the online auction site will handle the sale of the 1,000hp...
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The first build slot for the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport sold at the Pebble Beach auction for $2.9 million. Follow the jump to watch a video of the event. Few cars carry as much interest as the Bugatti Veyron, famous for its ultra-high price tag, striking looks and other-worldly speeds. Now, an even more exclusive ‘roofless’ version dubbed the Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport has been revealed at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance where the first model will also be put up for auction. In line with previous speculation, the roof must be removed and stowed away manually. Should the weather...
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Update: Heffner Lamborghini Gallardo tuned to 1,005HP at the wheels
Heffner Performance’s standard twin-turbo package for the 5.0L high-rev V10 engine of the Lamborghini Gallardo was already one of the most extreme tuning packages for any car, let alone an Italian exotic, but the Florida tuner has lifted performance yet again. This time around, power has been...
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B&B Tuning Audi RS6 with 715HP
The sheer number of tuning packages for the new Audi RS6 offering more than 700hp (522kW) that has turned up almost overnight just goes to show how much potential the standard car’s 5.0L V10 has. Already we’ve seen such monstrous tuning kits from MTM and ABT Sportsline, and now we have...
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700HP Audi RS6 by ABT Sportsline
Audi's RS6 sedan was finally officially released this week, but the German racers and tuners at Abt Sportsline have just unveiled their take on the RS6 Avant. Not content with 580hp (426kW) and plenty of room for family and friends, Abt has boosted output to 700hp (515kW) and 590lb-ft (800Nm) of...
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Ronn Motor Company to present Scorpion supercar at 2008 SEMA show
Ronn Motor Company (RMC) announced today that its gasoline-hydrogen hybrid supercar, the Ronn Scorpion, will be unveiled at the 2008 SEMA show this November. The Texas-based company also announced that hot-rod specialists Gaffoglio Family Metalcrafters will be responsible for most of the...
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Spyker C8 Aileron makes U.S. debut at Pebble Beach
Update: The 2008 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance is soon to be underway, and one of the cars on show is Spyker's upcoming C8 Aileron, which is making a public appearance shortly before going into production. The occasion marks the North American debut of the Spyker C8 Aileron. Featured prominently...
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The Versione Corse is a track-only car based on Maserati’s MC12 GT1 race car from the FIA GT-championship–the same car that won the Manufacturers' Championship back in 2005. This black example is the first of the 12 Versione Corses built, and it's being sold at an auction in Germany and bidding has already reached 1.45 million euros (approximately $2.25 million). The Versione Corse features a modified version of the 6.0-liter V-12 shared by Ferrari’s FXX supercar and develops a full 744 horsepower, up from 621 hp in the standard model. Accelerating to 62 mph takes just 3.8...
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Rear-wheel-drive Lamborghini Murcielago LP710-2 by Edo Competition
Germany’s Edo Competition is an expert when it comes to modifying ultra-rare exotics so who better to tune one of Lamborghini’s fastest and most hardcore cars ever produced – the limited edition Murcielago LP640. Squeezing more power from the car’s highly strung V12, where...
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MTM Audi RS6: when 580HP is not enough
Updated with new images. MTM is not known for its restraint - it is, after all, the same company that fitted two engines into an Audi TT to set a speed record at Nardo. Its engineers have now taken the tuner’s brand of high-power, no-holds-barred modification to the internal workings of the...
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Rivalry emerges between Mercedes-Benz and McLaren over next-generation supercars
Mercedes-Benz has confirmed that its partnership with British sports car manufacturer McLaren will come to an end when the current agreement to build the SLR supercar expires next year. As the two carmakers head their separate ways and announce plans for separate, and this time competing, supercar...
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Gemballa GT crashed on circuit in France
Gemballa is famous for building highly modified Porsches, many of which are based on the discontinued Carrera GT supercar. The tuner company has even introduced a number of variations on the theme, with prices starting at about €225,000 ($348,000) - on top of the price of your own Carrera GT...
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Schumacher signs off on Ferrari California development
Ferrari announced today that Michael Schumacher has completed the track and road development stages of the new California, with the final specifications set and the car now ready for its Paris Motor Show debut in October. Speaking at the final test session, which took place at Ferrari’s...
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The U.S., despite being the world's premier car market, often misses out on some of the most brilliant cars, simply because what sells in America isn't the same as what sells everywhere else. The latest casualty of the market disparity is the Audi RS6 Avant, one of the hottest wagons available anywhere. The sedan version is still on the import list, fortunately. As the Dodge Magnum may have so inelegantly illustrated, Americans don't necessarily get the idea of a big, powerful wagon. Sure, on paper a 580hp (432kW) 5.0L twin-turbo V10 and abundant cargo space sound like a great mix, but Audi's...
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First Foose Coupes get delivered to customers
Chip Foose's space-age hotrod, called simply the Foose Coupe, is an exercise in the extremes of automotive design and materials. So far, only four have been built however, and only two of those have been offered to the public, the last one at Barrett-Jackson's famed auction in 2007. The newest...
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First U.S. Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 delivered
A renowned car collector has taken delivery of America's first Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4. Benny Caiola received a white example of the all-wheel drive supercar this week at his home outside New York City. The new Gallardo will take its place in a garage that has housed several historical greats...
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Video: Corvette ZR1's LS9 engine assembly
The Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is one of the fastest production cars to come out of GM, and at the heart of its stunning performance is the LS9 engine. Debuting in January of this year at the Detroit Motor Show, the 638hp (476kW) and 819Nm (604lb-ft) LS9 powerplant is capable of pushing the ZR1 from...
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IMSA boosts the Gallardo LP560 to 584hp
The newly updated Gallardo LP560 has only been out for a few months, but already the tuners are having their way with it. IMSA is one of the first, with its version gently massaging output of the car's V10 to add 24hp (18kW), bringing the total to 584hp (435kW). The modifications are, for the most...
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Mercedes-Benz reveals the new SL65 AMG Black Series
Updated with new video. Mercedes-Benz and its in-house tuner AMG have finally released first details and images for its extreme Black Series edition of the new SL65 AMG. Priced from $320,000 in the U.S. and €309,000 in Europe, the new Mercedes supercar comes with a twin-turbocharged 6.0-liter...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran