Supercars
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Australia may be without a local auto industry, but locals have a lot to take pride in with the Australian-made Brabham BT62. With local endurance racer Luke Youlden at the wheel, the track-only supercar put up an impressive sub-2-minute time around the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. Brabham published video of the lap to YouTube on Friday, claiming it's a new unofficial track record. The official lap record is held by Christopher Mies in an Audi R8 Ultra. It's official because it was posted during a race. While the 1:58.69 lap time may beat Mies' run, Jensen...
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New "entry-level" Koenigsegg supercar in the works with camless engine
Koenigsegg is hardly a budget brand, but the Swedish supercar maker has plans for what could be considered an "entry-level" supercar. And it's going to be a hybrid. Top Gear spoke with founder and CEO Cristian von Koenigsegg, who said the latest deal with China's NEVS will pave the way for a new...
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Lamborghini explains how Aventador SVJ's active aero works
The Lamborghini Aventador SVJ is the current king of the Nürburgring Nordschleife, in no small part thanks to its wild active aerodynamic system the company calls Aerodinamica Lamborghini Attiva 2.0. A video published last October by the Italian firm shows exactly how the system works when a...
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Ferrari SP30 Special Projects car heads to auction
This could be the first time a Ferrari Special Projects car will cross the auction block, and that should make it a high-bid piece of machinery. The car is the Ferrari SP30, a one-off model that originally made the rounds as the Ferrari SP Arya before it was given the SP30 name. According to the...
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Aspark Owl EV hypercar charging up for potential Nürburgring record attempt
The Nio EP9 should watch its back because another electric supercar may have a go at the EV lap record around the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Aspark, the company behind the Owl electric supercar, may take a crack at the lap record. Top Gear reported Monday that the company wants to aim for a lap...
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$100,000 set of Bugatti Veyron wheels and tires pops up on eBay
Bugatti Owners likely don't need to save money when it comes to replacement parts, but for the frugal Veyron owner, a set of lightly used wheels and tires have surfaced for sale. Motor1 spotted the wheels and tires are for sale on eBay in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with an asking price of $100,000...
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A Bugatti EB110 is a rare sight to begin with. The EB110 Super Sport that RM Sotheby's offer on February 6 in Paris is something especially extraordinary. The auctioneer will offer up in Paris an EB110 Super Sport with just 569 miles on the odometer. The Super Sport model bowed six months after the standard car in 1992 with a new ECU, larger injectors, and a less restrictive exhaust system to complement the standard 3.5-liter quad-turbo V-12 engine. While the standard EB110 made 550 horsepower, the Super Sport model added 60 extra hp for a total of 610 hp. Aside from the power boost, Bugatti...
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Lamborghini is reverting to real names
There's one major difference between the new Lamborghini Huracán Evo and the previous Huracán LP610-4: their names. Notice, the latter sports an alphanumeric suffix, while Lamborghini simply calls the car's refreshed successor the Evo. Motor Trend reported Friday it's a deliberate...
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Lotus and Williams sign partnership deal that could aid hypercar development
Lotus and Williams Advanced Engineering announced they have entered a strategic technical partnership on Monday. The new partnership fits perfectly with Lotus' previous announcement to bring an electric hypercar to market. Autocar first reported Lotus would build a new battery-electric hypercar on...
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1987 Ferrari F40 LM headed to auction block
It's hard to top the Ferrari F40, but the F40 LM race car headed to the RM Sotheby's Paris auction in February makes a convincing effort. This particular F40 LM has an interesting history. It was originally built as a pre-production car but was sold to former Le Mans and IMSA driver Rene Herzog in...
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How Aston Martin Valkyrie buyers personalize their $2.6M hypercars
Aston Martin won't simply take $2.6 million from buyers of its upcoming Valkyrie supercar and call it a day. Not in the slightest. The personalization process is, to put it bluntly, incredible. Top Gear magazine was able to step into the shoes of a Valkyrie customer and specify its own model as if...
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Ford and Mecum settle over controversial 2017 GT sale
After nearly a year, Ford and Mecum Auctions announced the two parties have settled litigation over the sale of a 2017 GT supercar. Details of the settlement are confidential, but the automaker said on Thursday settlement funds paid by Mecum will be donated to the Ford Motor Company Fund, the...
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Lamborghini will build no more than 8,000 vehicles in 2020 to preserve its exclusivity and protect resale values. The Italian firm's CEO Stefano Domenicali told the Australian website CarAdvice in a Wednesday report that half of the 8,000 vehicles will be Urus SUVs. The other 4,000 cars will be split between the Huracán and the Aventador, with two-thirds of the remaining production for the former and one-third for the latter. The CEO also said the firm enjoys some of the highest residual values in the segment and noted Ferrari is always a reference point. The limited number of cars...
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Before the Veyron, there was the EB110: Jay Leno looks back at Bugatti history
Since it acquired Bugatti in the late 1990s, Volkswagen Group has done an impressive job of returning the French brand to the pinnacle of performance and luxury in the car world. However, VW's wasn't the first attempt at returning Bugatti to its glory days of the 1920s and '30s. You see, long...
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Skipping the bandwagon: Bugatti boss says no to SUV
After years of speculation, Bugatti head Stephan Winkelmann has delivered a final answer on the potential for a Bugatti SUV. That answer is no. In a year-in-review announcement from the French luxury and supercar brand on Wednesday, Winkelmann explicitly said there will not be an SUV from Bugatti...
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Options for Aston Martin Valkyrie include track pack, exposed carbon
Aston Martin has previewed some of the tasty options afforded to buyers of its limited-edition Valkyrie hypercar. The Valkyrie is due to start deliveries this year and buyers, all 175 of them, will get the chance to personalize their cars, with the Q by Aston Martin division on Wednesday providing...
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Aston Martin and Tag Heuer collaborate on bespoke DBS Superleggera
Exotic cars and luxury watches go together like fine wine and cheese, and two of our favorite brands are already inexorably linked via their involvement with the Red Bull Racing Formula 1 team. Aston Martin is a title sponsor of the F1 team, while Tag Heuer is official timekeeper and watch partner...
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2019 McLaren Senna VIN 005 sells for almost $1.5M
Barrett-Jackson on Saturday played host to the sale of a 2019 McLaren Senna, a car that has been sold out since it made its debut in 2017. The Senna ended up going for $1,477,500, which was the highest price paid at a non-charity sale during Barrett-Jackson's annual auction in Scottsdale, Arizona...
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A 2019 Ford GT was just sold for a staggering $2.5 million in a charity auction. The particular car is one of the Heritage Editions, which for 2019—and 2020—wears the iconic Gulf Oil livery. The same livery featured on the GT40 that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1968 and 1969. The 2019 GT Heritage Edition was sold on Saturday at a Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. It bears the VIN ending in 001 for the GT's 2019 model year, and was donated by Ford. The final bidder was none other than Rick Hendrick, owner of Hendrick Motorsports and a frequent buyer of charity...
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2006 Ford GT with 24 miles seeks its first owner
Finding a never-titled and low-mileage supercar used to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. In less than four months, two first-generation Ford GTs have surfaced for sale that fit that bill. Maybe it's a sign? The most recent example is seen here: a 2006 GT with only 24 miles on the odometer. The...
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Hennessey: I wouldn't put a V-8 in a Ford GT even for $1 million
Texas tuner John Hennessey created the 1,000 horsepower Exorcist and a 605-hp VelociRaptor 6x6 pickup truck, but there's a line even he won't cross. It's the Ford GT. Hennessey told Motor Authority in his "qualified opinion" a V-8 engine simply won't fit in the current Ford GT supercar. Hennessey...
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Audi PB18 electric supercar given green light, future e-tron teased
Audi on Wednesday held a launch event for its e-tron electric crossover SUV in the Netherlands, where the brand provided new details on a number of upcoming EVs. Autoweek.nl was in attendance and was able to source a teaser image for a compact electric crossover that will sit below the small...
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Koenigsegg Agera successor reportedly limited to 125 units, won't be called Ragnarok
We've known Koenigsegg has an Agera successor in the works, but now we have a few new details on the hypercar. Swedish newspaper Dagens Industri reported last Wednesday the Agera successor, which will debut in March at the 2019 Geneva International Motor Show, will not wear the rumored Ragnarok...
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Track-only Brabham BT62 supercar gets official road car conversion
Track-only supercars are a neat thing, but only for fleeting moments. That's why the Brabham BT62 is cool, but only gets partial credit on the awesomeness test that exists in our minds. The boffins at Brabham have found a way to fix things however, and the result is a BT62 that you can legally...
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