Supercars
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Let's say that you're a wealthy man or woman, and you have a need for speed. You have the means to buy any vehicle you want, and you have a pretty good idea of what you're looking for. The Swedes have a pretty amazing rocketship for sale and it wears a Koenigsegg label. You want one and you have the cash in hand to buy one. Good for you! Now you'll just have to wait four years until you can put a new one in your garage. Koenigsegg builds a limited number of vehicles per year. The performance statistics are massive and so are the price tags that come with vehicles like the Agera, the One:1 and...
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2017 Bugatti Chiron first drive review: The king of the exotics
When a Bugatti Chiron fires up, the sound it produces is loud—surprisingly, dramatically, crazy loud, even while idling at a mellow 650 rpm. Sixteen cylinders, eight liters, four turbochargers and six exhaust pipes can do that. But if you’re lucky enough to be manning the driver's seat...
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McLaren Special Operations wants to build 2-3 bespoke cars per year
With McLaren Automotive roaring to life in 2010, after spinning off McLaren Racing, the automaker is eyeing up additional, one-off models through McLaren Special Operations. Autocar reports MSO chief, Ansar Ali, has noted the success Ferrari has found by giving customers the chance to create their...
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McLaren launches slew of carbon fiber accessories for Sports Series cars
McLaren hasn’t forgotten about the owners of its Sport Series cars. After launching a line of carbon fiber accessories for the Super Series cars (MP4-12C, 650S, and 675LT), now the Sports Series cars (the 540C, 570S, and 570GT) have received some love in the form of a carbon fiber embrace...
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Watch how Bugatti abuses its cars to ensure they handle big power and tough tracks
It’s common knowledge Bugatti goes above and beyond to produce its extraordinary hypercars, but new video proves the boutique automaker certainly does its due diligence when engineering a vehicle for the most extreme performance conditions. Video snippets posted to Twitter from James Mill of...
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Report: McLaren readying 900-plus horsepower hybrid V-8 for F1 successor, hybrid V-6
If you thought the buck stopped at the bonkers McLaren P1, the automaker’s CEO, Mike Flewitt, wants to make it clear there’s more to come. Specifically, the famed McLaren F1’s successor sounds like it’s in for some serious power. Speaking to Car and Driver at the 2017 Geneva...
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McLaren showed its newest supercar to the public this month at the 2017 Geneva auto show, but behind closed doors the company's talking about what's next. Not the next car, but rather the next "F1." The company insists that it's not looking to replace the F1, rather that its next hypercar, code-named BP23, will be an homage to the legendary Gordon Murray design. It will even feature the famous three-seat, central driving layout. The car, which we first learned about last fall, will be curated by McLaren's personalization division, MSO, and is meant to showcase the capabilities of the...
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This McLaren F1 might be the rarest example you'll ever see
The McLaren F1 is on the list of all-time great vehicles, and it's positioned somewhere near the very top of that list. It set a top speed record that lasted from 1998 all the way through 2005, until the Bugatti Veyron came along to set a new standard. While the Veyron is technically amazing, the...
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Pink Floyd drummer puts McLaren F1 GTR into the wall
There's been a lot of talk about walls lately. So much so, in fact, that Pink Floyd has considered a reunion for the first time since the band's acrimonious split in the mid 1980s. Now drummer Nick Mason has another reason to want a reunion: to pay for the damage to his McLaren F1 GTR. It seems the...
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Koenigsegg founder can track every customer vehicle from his phone
Christian von Koenigsegg had big dreams when he first began conjuring thoughts of building exclusive sports cars back in 1994. Those dreams not only included incredible performance but advanced technologies to ensure an exclusive experience available to only a handful. It seems Koenigsegg has met...
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3 automakers took different roads to same destination: a supercar
From the moment the supercar-heavy 2017 Geneva auto show started, it was clear that the future for speed, luxury, and exclusivity would be split into two camps: the possibilities of an electrified future, and an outright celebration of the internal combustion present. Three automakers offered cars...
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Ferrari 812 Superfast takes to the road
The F12 Berlinetta is no longer the ultimate Ferrari grand tourer. In its place is the 812 Superfast which made its debut earlier this month at the 2017 Geneva auto show. So far we’ve only seen the car stationary but now it’s here on the move, tackling an empty stretch of winding road...
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What would you do if you could afford to buy pretty much whatever you liked? Would you use your wealth to buy expensive toys or would you share the love? You should know those two concepts aren't mutually exclusive. One McLaren P1 owner understands this and has found a great way to do both. His custom P1 was just offered up for sale at the Gooding & Company auction during the Amelia Island Concours, and all of the proceeds went to a smart cause. CHECK OUT: The 2018 McLaren 720S has 15 air inlets, and here's what each one does The color on this car is called Professor 2 Blue. The proceeds...
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McLaren 720S to get hardcore LT version
When McLaren laid out its Track22 strategy a year ago, the automaker said its LT designation, which debuted on the 675LT, will be morphed into a sub-brand for extra hardcore, track-focused cars. And when asked by Car and Driver whether the latest addition to the Super Series range, the 720S, will...
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Pagani Huayra 'Pearl' back on the road
Last year Pagani unveiled a Huayra coupe whose owner had requested a number of bespoke elements including a roof-mounted scoop and split rear wing. The car was nicknamed the Pearl, and it was delivered to its lucky owner last May. Unfortunately, within months of being delivered the car was involved...
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Rimac adds power, battery capacity to Concept_One electric supercar
It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost six years since we first laid eyes on Rimac’s Concept_One. Since then the company has been signing OEM supply deals to boost its revenues while also continuing to refine its electric supercar. As Rimac signs up dealers for the...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Fire up the daydream machine and configure a McLaren 720S
You're bored at work right now, aren't you? It's OK. We won't tell your boss. Put down the TPS reports and let your mind wander to thoughts about your dream garage. There's a good chance one of the stars of that garage is the new 2018 McLaren 720S. It was recently shown for the first time in Geneva...
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Ferrari 812 Superfast says what it does, does what it says
Now that we've had an up close look at the replacement for the F12 Berlinetta, Ferrari has clued us into the details on the 812 Superfast that we saw for the first time during last week's 2017 Geneva auto show. We already know that the car features a new 6.5-liter V-12 underhood that makes about...
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Lamborghini CEO Stefano Domenicali is open to launching an electric supercar but says the technology isn’t ready for the Italian marque just yet. Speaking with Reuters at last week’s 2017 Geneva auto show, Domenicali said not to expect an electric supercar from Lamborghini before 2025 because the technology at present can’t deliver the handling, weight and performance characteristics expected of the marque. “Electrification is an area of great attention for us, but I'm not expecting it will happen in the short term,” he said. “We need to be...
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The 2018 McLaren 720S has 15 air inlets, and here's what each one does
McLaren isn't letting its Super Series cars go stale. At the Geneva auto show, the British brand revealed its replacement for the brilliant 650S, the 720S, and it's wild. Crafted from carbon fiber, aluminum, and a smidge of pixie dust, the new 720S is hard to take in all at once. It has intricate...
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Ferrari turns 70
It was on March 12, 1947 that the first car to wear the now famous Ferrari badge was fired up and driven out of the factory in Maranello, Italy. On Sunday, exactly 70 years later, Ferrari kicked off its official celebrations for this milestone anniversary with a reenactment of that historic day...
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McLaren 720S spotted in US
Fresh from its world debut a week ago at the 2017 Geneva auto show, McLaren’s 720S supercar has been spotted in the United States. It was spotted by Reddit user MyNameIsBUNS in the car park of the PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina during Saturday night’s ice hockey match between the...
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Mercedes-AMG Project One hypercar to feature 11,000-rpm redline, split turbo
Mercedes-AMG used this week’s 2017 Geneva auto show to divulge a few more details on its upcoming hypercar code-named the Project One. The car will be rolled out during September’s 2017 Frankfurt auto show as part of AMG’s 50th anniversary celebrations and is a precursor of the...
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Glickenhaus’ street-legal SCG003 debuts at Geneva auto show
Right from the very start of development of the SCG003 at Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, James Glickenhaus, the founder of the American race team and supercar builder, has insisted that the car be a proper race car that with some simple mods can be turned into a road car. We’ve already seen...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran