Supercars

  • Lamborghini Huracan Evo

    It's hard to believe it's been more than four years since Lamborghini first graced us with the Huracan, especially since the design remains as intoxicating as ever and, in Performante trim, you'll be hard pressed to find a faster car around a racetrack. Nevertheless, Lamborghini has prepared a subtle update to keep the Huracan looking and feeling fresh as the car reaches the midway point in its life cycle. It goes on sale in the spring, priced from $261,274. Unveiled Monday ahead of a likely world debut in March at the 2019 Geneva International Motor Show, the updated Huracan is labeled an...

  • Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Shooting Brake spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    Aston Martin Zagato Shooting Brake spied on the road

    Aston Martin recently teamed up with Italian design house Zagato to develop a range of bespoke Vanquish models with unique styling and interior treatments. The move marked the end of the road for the second-generation Vanquish, which was replaced last year by the 2019 DBS Superleggera. The first...

  • 2019 BMW i8
    BMW R&D boss drops more hints on electrified supercar

    More and more details are emerging about an electrified supercar thought to be in the works at BMW as the replacement for the i8. In an interview with Autocar published Wednesday, BMW R&D boss Klaus Froehlich said he has the desire to develop a supercar and that electrification could be the key...

  • McLaren Speedtail design theme
    McLaren shows off Speedtail design themes so no two cars look alike

    McLaren will build 106 examples of its forthcoming supercar, the Speedtail, and not one of them will be like the other. The company will offer nearly endless options to personalize the car for each buyer. To help customers juice their creative muscles, McLaren released a small design collection to...

  • Bugatti Chiron top speed run
    Owner takes Bugatti Chiron to its top speed

    While most owners of the Bugatti Chiron will never come close to the top speed potential of their cars, some are more than happy to push their cars to the limit. One owner recently did just that at the Johnny Bohmer Proving Grounds in Merritt Island, Florida, a site with a 2.3-mile straight that...

  • McLaren 720S Spa 68 special edition
    McLaren Special Operations honors 50th anniversary of first grand prix win with three 720S Spa 68 models

    McLaren Special Operations is back with a very limited-edition set of supercars based on the 720S. This time, McLaren's specialty department set out to honor the 50th anniversary of Bruce McLaren's first grand prix win with just three special 720S supercars. The three "720S Spa 68" models, which...

  • 1965 Ford GT Competition Prototype Roadster

    The 2019 edition of Mecum's Kissimmee, Florida, auction will be filled with thousands of collector cars, but two, in particular, will grab the attention of enthusiasts. The auction will sell off a 1965 Ford GT40 Competition Prototype Roadster, one of two that survives today, and a 2016 Ferrari LaFerrari Aperta. The GT40 prototype is the only roadster version of the Ford icon that competed at Le Mans and foreshadowed the automaker's stunning 1-2-3 finish at the historic French race in 1966. It was originally one of 12 cars (and five roadsters) Ford of England built as prototypes in the...

  • Bugatti Chiron 3D-printed brake caliper tests
    Bugatti's 3D-printed brake caliper tested to hypercar extremes

    Bugatti in January revealed the largest 3D-printed component composed out of titanium: a brake caliper designed for the Chiron hypercar. Throughout 2018, the firm has continued to test the brake caliper before it enters production, and we received our first look at just how extreme the test...

  • Lamborghini Terzo Millennio concept
    Lamborghini's reportedly building a $3M hypercar with hybrid V-12 power, may glow in the dark

    Lamborghini likely will unveil another limited-production model next year that can reportedly glow in the dark and will pack a hybrid V-12 system powered by supercapacitors. Road & Track reported Thursday new details about the hypercar, codenamed LB48H. The hybrid V-12 powertrain likely will...

  • McLaren P1 GTR by MSO to commemorate Ayrton Senna
    McLaren P1 GTR commemorates Senna's first championship

    McLaren Special Operations has spent the last three years working on something special to honor Ayrton Senna's first Formula 1 championship. The final result is on display here: a McLaren P1 GTR outfitted in Rocket Red and Anniversary White to recall the Marlboro livery Senna famously raced. The...

  • Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato family
    Someone bought all 4 Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato body styles

    Prepare for an example of the lifestyle of the rich and famous. One individual decided not to purchase just one of the four Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato body styles, but all four. The British firm introduced the Vanquish Zagato back in 2016, originally as a coupe. A convertible soon followed and...

  • Kode 0 Lamborghini Aventador-based supercar for sale
    Buyer's remorse: Kode 0 coach-built supercar for sale only a year after reveal

    Only a year after the Kode 0 coach-built supercar made its debut at Monterey Car Week, one example has surfaced for sale in Japan. Perhaps someone has a serious case of buyer's remorse, or maybe they just need the money. Classic Driver listed the unique supercar for sale. The Kode 0 was the work of...

  • John Heinricy (left) and John Hennessey

    Veteran General Motors engineer John Heinricy has come out of retirement to lead development of Hennessey's Venom F5 hypercar. Hennessey made the announcement on Tuesday, confirming that Heinricy is chief engineer for the project. Heinricy, 71, finally left GM in 2008 after first joining the automaker all the way back in 1970. In his final role, he headed GM's Performance Division where he oversaw development of cars like the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 and Cadillac CTS-V. He also is an avid racing driver. Among his achievements as a racer, Heinricy counts numerous SCCA Runoffs road-racing...

  • Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus garage
    Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus: The small American firm that wants to win Le Mans with a street-legal hypercar

    Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus is a Sleepy Hollow, New York-based boutique car constructor that has either lofty aspirations or delusions of grandeur, depending on your perspective. That’s because this one-time race team has graduated to designing and building its own cars and now aims to...

  • Mid-engine Dodge Viper mule
    Dodge almost turned the Viper into a mid-engined car

    The automotive industry is full of incredibly fascinating tales of "what could have been." We can think of numerous examples, but one we're sure few have heard of has just surfaced: Dodge built a business case for a mid-engined Viper in the 1990s. Dodge could have beaten both Ford and Chevrolet's...

  • Aston Martin Valkyrie's 6.5-liter V-12
    Aston Martin Valkyrie's 1,000-hp, 11,100-rpm V-12 rated for 62,000 miles

    Aston Martin on Wednesday gave us our first look at the mighty V-12 engine that will power its Valkyrie hypercar due next year. The engine is being developed by Cosworth, a fellow British firm that has supplied a number of race-winning Formula 1 engines over the years, and it is destined to be the...

  • Brabham BT62 at Portimao Circuit
    Feel the raw speed of the Brabham BT62 at Portimao

    Brabham's BT62 supercar is currently testing at top racetracks all around the globe in the lead up to the start of production in 2019. The company recently released video of one of the test sessions conducted at Portugal's Algarve International Circuit, more commonly referred to as Portimao. The...

  • Bugatti Veyron oil change
    Bugatti Veyron turbochargers cost over $42,000 to replace

    Expensive cars often come with lofty maintenance charges, but the Bugatti Veyron is something else entirely. The $1 million-plus supercar's turbochargers cost over $42,000 to replace, according to an EPA document Road & Track reported on last week. To break down the extent of the cost, it will...

  • Teaser for Pininfarina Battista debuting at 2019 Geneva auto show

    Pininfarina Battista is the chosen name of the electric hypercar currently being developed by the new car manufacturing division of Italian design house and coachbuilder Pininfarina. Previously referred to by its code name PF0, the electric hypercar is scheduled for its debut next March at the 2019 Geneva International Motor Show and is destined to be the fastest and most powerful car to ever come out of Italy. Its output is confirmed at 1,900 horsepower and 1,696 pound-feet of torque, or double the power of a Ferrari LaFerrari. Pininfarina announced the Battista name on Tuesday and released...

  • McLaren 720S Spider
    McLaren 720S Spider revealed: Meet the latest topless supercar

    McLaren's 720S supercar has turned out to be a bit of a heavy hitter, with the car able to keep up and in some cases outmatch pricier, more powerful competition. Now McLaren has added a Spider convertible option to its supercar made by science. It joins the original coupe and Track Package options...

  • Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Squadra Corse
    Lamborghini recalls Gallardo for faulty dashboard warning lights

    A small number of Lamborghini Gallardo models will need to return to dealerships after the Italian firm issued a recall for the supercar. In documents filed with the NHTSA in late November and published this week, Lamborghini said 1,152 Gallardo models suffer from faulty dashboard warning lights...

  • Bugatti Chiron first drive
    Bugatti Chiron won't get open-top version, land speed record attempt

    Bugatti fans hoping for a reveal of an open-top Chiron along the lines of the Veyron's Grand Sport and Grand Sport Vitesse models are set for disappointment as the French marque has no plans for such a car. That was the response from Bugatti boss Stephan Winkelmann to a question posed by Motor...

  • 1984 Ferrari 308 GTB on Jay Leno's Garage
    1984 Ferrari 308 GTB pops into Jay Leno's Garage

    The 1980s weren't exactly a high point for sports cars, but the decade still birthed some desirable pieces of machinery. Case in point: the Ferrari 308 GTB, which remains one of the most affordable ways to own a Ferrari today. A 1984 model was the latest vehicle to stop into Jay Leno's Garage, and...

  • 2020 Chevrolet Corvette engine hatch cover patent image
    GM patents mid-engine Corvette hatch with cooling techniques

    As if we hadn't received enough evidence Chevrolet has a mid-engine Corvette in the pipeline, a new General Motors patent details an engine cover hatch especially for mid-engine and rear-engine cars. The patent is titled "Venting Module for Vehicle Compartment Cover Assembly" and was first...

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