Supercars
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When Gidi Chamdi in his twin-turbocharged Lamborghini Gallardo cracked 240 mph over the standing half mile for the first time ever back in June, we thought his record would be safe for a while. Little did we know that within just a few months another twin-turbocharged Lamborghini, this time a Huracán, would smash that record. The Huracán was driven by Richard Fowler to an incredible 247.25 mph at the Shift Sector half mile event held at McMinnville Municipal Airport in McMinnville, Oregon this past weekend. His record-breaking run has been saved for the world to see in this...
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New twin-turbo V-6 pegged for future Audi Sport cars, including entry-level R8
Stricter emission standards and punitive, displacement-based taxes in major markets will see the next generation of RS cars from Audi Sport go the engine downsizing route. It means the naturally-aspirated 4.2-liter V-8 in cars like the RS 4 Avant and RS 5 will go the way of the dodo. In its place...
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Make your garage great again with Donald Trump's Lamborghini
Is this Donald Trump's 1997 Lamborghini Diablo? That's certainly his name on the badging and the Florida insurance card. Regardless, it's a V-12-powered Italian stunner with just 15,277 miles on the odometer, and it's up for sale on eBay Motors. The Blu LeMans-colored machine is an all-wheel-drive...
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Rent this Airbnb house, top-speed an Audi R8 on its dry-lakebed front yard (but don't say we told you to)
Audi and Airbnb have an interesting proposition for you: rent a property, get an Audi R8, and do whatever you want with the dry lakebed that surrounds the house. You don't have to be a total loner or a speed freak to love the idea--but neither would hurt. The property in question is located on a...
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Italian firm promises 1,341-horsepower electric car
An Italian firm by the name of Zava claims to be developing an electric car capable of accelerating from 0-62 mph in 2.0 seconds. Such pace would make Zava’s car, called the Prometheus, the fastest accelerating car to ever enter production. That alone is enough to tell you the company...
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Porsche 918 Spyder pitted against a Red Bull Air Race plane
The car versus plane video is a thing that may have run stale. It seems that everyone watched Top Gear do it, and then proceeded to dream up ground versus air battles of their own. There was probably such a stunt done even earlier, but it seems Clarkson and company opened the flood gates to these...
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There's a new McLaren P1 roaming around Southern California, and it's owner has taken to calling it the P1 MK Edition. When you buy a car like that, you can pretty much call it whatever you want. When you're dealing with McLaren's MSO (McLaren Special Operations), you can also get the exterior finish done in the manner of your choosing. What did owner Manny Khoshbin go with? He's decided to have his P1 done in a color-changing finish that's quite eye catching. ALSO SEE: Bugatti Chiron can go about 285 mph with speed limiter removed, says engineering boss The one-off version of an already...
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Bridgestone and Pirelli developing new tires for... the Jaguar XJ220?
The Jaguar XJ220 is a supercar that often gets unfairly left out of the conversation of all-time greatest cars. This is because the XJ220 arrived at a time when the Porsche 959 and Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] F40 had already captured the hearts and minds of auto-loving folks around the globe and McLaren...
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Listen to Valentino Balboni’s exhaust for the Lamborghini Aventador
Valentino Balboni is a legend in Lamborghini circles. Having served as a test driver for the company for almost four decades, Balboni is thought to have driven almost 80 percent of all Lamborghinis ever built. Now he’s turned his hard to tuning them, via a company he’s founded called...
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Aston Martin won't sell AM-RB 001 hypercar to 300 willing customers, maybe more
Aston Martin with some help from Red Bull Racing plans to launch a new car in 2018 that will likely end up as the quickest production car in history. Code-named the AM-RB 001, the car will feature carbon fiber construction, a V-12-based hybrid powertrain and an aerodynamic body designed by none...
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Pagani Huayra recalled in the U.S., all 32 of them
When you’re spending in excess of $2 million on a car, you expect things to be perfect. Unfortunately, things can and do go wrong at times, even in this rarefied league, as is the case of a recall concerning the Pagani Huayra. It turns out the steering wheel-mounted airbag may not remain...
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First video of Ferrari LaFerrari Aperta
It isn’t meant to debut until the 2016 Paris auto show but the upcoming convertible version of the Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] LaFerrari hypercar has been spotted. The car was recently in Spain for an official video shoot. On Thursday we saw photos of the car taken at the shoot, which revealed for...
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The open-top version of Ferrari’s [NYSE:RACE] LaFerrari flagship makes its world debut on September 29 at the 2016 Paris auto show but photos of the car have already been released and now it’s been spotted in the wild. The car will have a new name, confirmed in these shots from Ferrari Club España as LaFerrari Aperta. The car is being filmed in an official video shoot and if you look closely you'll see "Aperta" on a placeholder for the license plate. Ferrari has used the Aperta appendage on a handful of its open-top specials, the most recent being the 458 Speciale Aperta...
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McLaren design boss: Wheels inspired by tree roots promise weight, strength improvements
According to McLaren’s head designer, future wheel patterns will be radically different to what we’re used to seeing. Speaking with Motoring, McLaren design boss Frank Stephenson said his team is looking at asymmetrical wheel patterns inspired by the root systems of trees...
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Koenigsegg brings out the bling for first Agera RS delivered in Europe
Koenigsegg used August’s 2016 Monterey Car Week to deliver its first Agera RS to the United States. The car was a bright orange example that went to Kris Singh, owner of the first Lamborghini Veneno in the country. Now Koenigsegg has revealed the first Agera RS to be delivered to a customer...
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Report: Porsche 960 supercar delayed
Porsche wants a bigger slice of the supercar market but may have to wait longer than previously expected due to the ongoing diesel emissions cheating scandal afflicting its Cayenne Diesel as well as several other models from the Volkswagen Group. Buoyed by the success of the 918 Spyder, Porsche is...
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Vintage 'Best Motoring' clip pits '90s-era dream cars against each other
This video clip is your 1990s dream car wall poster come to life. On the Japanese show Best Motoring, the team managed to wrangle a truly awesome array of machines for a flat-out track battle. The location? The famed Tsukuba Circuit in Shimotsuma. The cars? How about a Ferrari F40, a Ferrari 456GT...
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SCG003 supercar now has its own customer racing program
Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, the fledgling race team and supercar manufacturer formed by American car collector James Glickenhaus, stunned the world at the 2015 Geneva auto show with the unveiling of the SCG003 supercar. The SCG003 is a race car for the road in the truest sense, in that it can...
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We know it. You know it. General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] knows it. The ZR1 nameplate is coming back, and it will be the last hurrah for the C7 Corvette. The question we asked you was, "How much horsepower does the new 2018 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 need to have?" According to the results of our latest Twitter poll, the majority of you—42 percent to be exact—believe the new ZR1 needs to make 750 horsepower. That would put it above the Hellcats in the pecking order, and probably in the hunt with the upcoming 2018 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500. Interestingly, a whopping 30 percent of you...
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Will the new Ford GT be a benchmark?
The excitement surrounding the new Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] GT is reaching new highs as we near the supercar's market launch. Enthusiasts' eyes are all looking at the Blue Oval to deliver on the hype, but will the new Ford GT be a benchmark? There are sports cars, supercars, and now, even...
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Street-legal SCG003 to be sold as kit car, come with 800-hp V-8
It was at the 2015 Geneva auto show that American car aficionado James Glickenhaus unveiled the SCG003, his own, built-from-scratch car designed for motorsport but capable of taking to public roads with very little modification. The SCG003, which is designed in line with GT3 regulations, has...
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Ferrari decides to build 1 more LaFerrari, for a good cause
Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] on Wednesday announced plans to build a 500th example of its LaFerrari flagship to help raise funds for those affected by the devastating earthquake that struck central Italy on August 24. The 500th LaFerrari represents one more than the originally planned run of 499 cars. It...
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Why the Ford GT uses hydraulic-assist power steering
Every new vehicle these days seems to have electric-assist power steering. This type of system saves weight, space, and a bit of fuel. It's not, however, always the most enjoyable setup from an enthusiast standpoint. EPS systems often lack steering feel. We're happy to report, then, that the new...
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Report: Mercedes-AMG hypercar to pack F1 engine
In July we heard rumors that Mercedes-AMG planned to enter the hypercar war with a new model to mark its 50th anniversary in 2017. Citing a source within the Mercedes AMG Formula One team, Evo on Tuesday reported that the car is coming—complete with an engine derived from the unit fitted to...
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