Supercars
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Ferrari has Fiorano, McLaren has Dunsfold, and now Brabham also has a home base for developing its supercars. Brabham on Tuesday named The Bend Motorsport Park in Tailem Bend, Australia as its “home circuit.” The site, about 60 miles from Brabham's Adelaide headquarters and production facility, is recognized by the FIA and comprises a number of circuits, the longest stretching 4.8 miles. It also includes a drag strip and skid pan. "The track gives the car and the driver a great workout and we look forward to working with The Bend team as our testing program continues," Brabham...
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Report: mid-engine C8 Corvette to get flat-crank 600- and 800-hp V-8s, 1,000-hp AWD hybrid version, but no manual
New details surrounding Chevrolet's worst-kept secret, the next-generation mid-engine Corvette, should be more than enough to perk up enthusiasts' ears. The rather detailed information comes from a Car and Driver report, which pegs three engines for the sports car turned supercar. At launch, the C8...
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Ferrari SP38 looks even better in the wild
This past weekend was the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este held on the shores of Italy's Lake Como, and though the annual event is a hotbed for classic cars one of the standouts this year was a very modern design. In fact, it was only revealed to the world a week ago. We are of course...
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Brabham BT62 supercar storms Australia's Phillip Island circuit
Brabham's new BT62 is the hot topic right now. The track-only supercar made its debut this month in London and now we have video of it storming Australia's picturesque Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. Doing the driving is Brabham's Le Mans-winning managing director, David Brabham, a son of late...
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Report: Dodge Viper returning in 2021 minus V-10
Is Dodge's halo sports car set for a return? That's the word from Car and Driver, which reported on the Viper's rebirth with new speculative details. Recall, the Dodge Viper ended production on August 31 last year at the Connor Avenue assembly plant. The Viper was truly the only American sports car...
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Brabham explains logo
Australian racing team Brabham this month launched the new automotive division Brabham Automotive, whose first product is the BT62 track car. Adorning the car is Brabham's new logo, which to the casual observer resembles some teeth about to take a bite out of its victim. It turns out there's a bit...
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It launches to 60 mph quicker and weighs less than a Ferrari 488 GTB. It slays the quarter mile faster than a Bugatti Veyron. It'll take on all comers on a road course. And it’s from an automaker that got its start in earnest in 2010. We took the 2018 McLaren 720S to California’s Ortega Highway to find out how it stacks up against today’s great supercars. In the 1960s, Bruce McLaren, an upstart Kiwi who needed leg braces as a kid, stormed grand prix racing with a combination of driving talent and engineering smarts. Today, McLaren, the upstart supercar maker that bears his...
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Watch the Zenvo TSR-S supercar's crazy rear wing in action
Zenvo showed up at this year's Geneva auto show with a new street-legal version of its TSR track machine. Called the TSR-S, the car is simply pure aggression, from its flat-plane crank V-8 with twin superchargers, to its carbon fiber body and no-nonsense interior. But we haven't even got to its...
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Audi open to electric supercar with solid-state battery
The Audi Sport division is working on an electric super sedan for launch in 2020, tentatively named the e-tron GT. However, this model isn't a replacement for the R8 supercar which sits at the top of the Audi Sport lineup. At this point in time a replacement for the R8 is yet to be decided but one...
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McLaren names Indy 500 winner as new chief test driver
McLaren's next-generation of sports cars and supercars will first be handed to Kenny Bräck. The British automaker announced Wednesday that the Swedish racing driver is now chief test driver. He replaces long-time tester Chris Goodwin who last year joined Aston Martin. The title comes with...
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Bruno Senna drives the McLaren Senna
Much like the McLaren Senna, racing driver Bruno Senna has a large name to live up to. Bruno is the nephew of Ayrton Senna, one of the all-time greatest racing drivers. McLaren has named its newest hypercar the Senna to honor the late great motorsport hero but also to highlight just how focused of...
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Bugatti builds 100th Chiron
Bugatti on Wednesday revealed it had built the 100th example of its Chiron. The milestone was reached a little over two years since the 1,480-horsepower hypercar's debut at the 2016 Geneva auto show. Bugatti celebrated by taking a group shot with the car and its employees at its headquarters in...
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Ferrari has unveiled the latest creation from its exclusive Special Projects program. The program lets the most loyal of loyal Ferrari customers build their dream Prancing Horse based on the donor chassis of an existing model. And the latest Special Projects Ferrari is the SP38 which is based on the 488 GTB and draws inspiration from the iconic F40. This can be seen by the angular lines of the roof, the movement of the side intakes to just below the window line, and the new vented engine cover. The latter swaps the rear glass of the 488 GTB in favor of a flip-up carbon fiber panel whose vents...
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2017 Ford GT sells for $1.8M at auction
Ford made buyers of its modern GT supercar sign an agreement promising not to sell for at least two years in an attempt to curb the cars from being flipped for huge profits. It hasn't worked because some GT buyers have already sold their cars, with the latest example selling at Mecum's auction in...
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Ford sues dealership that resold John Cena's GT
Legal drama seems to follow the Ford GT wherever it goes. The latest installment of drama comes from a well-known story involving John Cena, his GT, and the fact the actor and wrestler flipped the car within a no-sell window. Ford sued Cena last year, and the ordeal is still playing out in court...
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Koenigsegg Agera RS “Gryphon” crashed...again
On May 11, 2017, a Koenigsegg Agera RS commissioned by American collector Manny Khoshbin crashed at the hands of a Koenigsegg test driver during routine pre-delivery testing at a track in Trollhättan, Sweden. A year later, almost to the day, the same car has crashed again—on a stretch of...
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Fired from Ford, father of GT supercar now president of company building it
The main person behind the modern Ford GT is now one of the people in charge at the company that builds the supercar. Raj Nair, former president of Ford North America, is now president of Canada's Multimatic Motorsports, Road & Track reported Friday. Nair was pushed out of his role at Ford...
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Flouting possible legal agreement, somehow there's a new Ford GT heading to auction
Ford has been very particular about who can and cannot purchase a second-generation Ford GT, and how long owners must hang onto the car before it trades hands. Such scrutinizing conditions has us wondering why there's a new Ford GT heading to auction at Mecum Indianapolis this week. Ford has...
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A handful of charitable organizations will receive fresh funds, thanks to the Pope and his Lamborghini Huracán. Last Saturday, Lamborghini announced the special Huracán model it had built for il Papa sold for $861,000 at RM Sotheby's Monaco auction. The Italian supercar maker first donated the Huracán to Pope Francis last November. His Holiness never set out for any track days or anything of the sort. Instead, the Pope placed his autograph on the specially outfitted model. The supercar wears a Bianco Monocerus exterior hue with Giallo Tiberino striping from hood to tail...
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You can lease a Pagani Huayra Roadster for $25,000 per month
Looking to get into a supercar but don't like the idea of actual car ownership? Putnam Leasing has a deal for you, and it will put you in the driver's seat of a Pagani Huayra Roadster. It will cost quite a bit of dough, though. For $25,339 per month, you can now lease a Pagani, and it may be the...
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The Gumpert Apollo that set a Nürburgring record time is now for sale
It may bear a name that's easy to poke fun at, but this 2009 Gumpert Apollo is also responsible for a record-setting run around the Nürburgring, lapping the iconic track in just 7:11.57 back in August of 2009. At the time, that was the fastest a production car had ever been pushed around the...
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Today in first-world problems: Your Porsche 918 supercar may be recalled
Last year, 30.7 million cars were recalled in the U.S. That's more or less one car, every second for the entire year—otherwise known as "routine." The Porsche 918 is anything but routine. Same goes for its recalls. Porsche announced Friday that it will recall 305 918 Spyders over a potential...
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Lamborghini is recalling all 11 Centenarios in the US
Lamborghini Centenario owners have first-world problems. The prized rare machines are being hit with a recall notice, and the cars must be repaired immediately. This is a tough day for the group of people that own all 11 examples of the coupe and roadster versions of the Centenario, which were sold...
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A "controversial" Bugatti Chiron variant is coming
Bugatti, Volkswagen Group's French hypercar brand, has a new Chiron variant in the works. Apparently, this won't be a typical special edition model. Instead, the vehicle is quite "controversial." That's the word YouTuber Whitesse JR used to describe the new Chiron variant. The cameraman was...
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