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As we've pointed out before, it's not just electric cars that catch fire. Sometimes gas-fed cars do it without any provocation. While Ferrari is perhaps the best-known brand for the impromptu cookout, it seems Porsche may be having a bit of an issue with its latest 911 GT3 acquiring rather more temperature than its design specifications intended. We reached out to Porsche USA earlier this week to see if there was any substance to the rumors, and it looks like there may be--but it's too early to tell just yet. Nick Twork, manager of product communications for Porsche Cars North America...
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2014 Chevy SS Pace Car Catches Fire During NASCAR Sprint Unlimited Race At Daytona: Video
The 2014 Chevrolet SS pace car in Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint Unlimited exhibition race at Daytona got itself into trouble when a fire started inside its trunk. As the Fox Sports video above shows, smoke from the fire quickly engulfed the cabin and the driver, former NASCAR driver Brett...
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Move Over Aventador, McLaren’s P1 Is The New King Of Flames: Video
The Lamborghini Aventador is well known for its fire-spitting abilities, with one of the cars recently being used to cook a Christmas turkey. Well, it looks like we can crown a new car with the admittedly made-up title of ‘King Of Flames’, the McLaren P1. The guys at Shmee150 were down...
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Twin-Turbo Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Shoots Massive Flames On The Dyno
The guys at RADO Motorsports tuning this twin-turbocharged 850-horsepower Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG might want to have a look at their decel map, judging by what happens as soon as they lift off the throttle on the dyno in this video. And yes, there's a dude sitting in the trunk (probably to aid...
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Three Lamborghinis Burn To The Ground After Crashing Into Each Other
A three-car pileup resulted in the destruction of a trio of Italian supercars.
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NHTSA Opens Probe Into Tesla Model S Fires
Tesla Motors has asked the NHTSA to investigate the recent Model S fires, to remove doubt about the cars' safety.
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Mazda trotted out the Furai concept at the Detroit Auto Show back in 2007. It wowed crowds, and promised that the future Nagare design language had Mazda machines moving in a delightfully stylish direction. The Furai wasn't just a pretty concept, however, as it boasted at 450-horsepower three-rotor setup and helped back up the claim that Mazda had produced an actual supercar. Now that car is a toasted shell, which has been burnt to the ground--while in the hands of Top Gear. We're not exactly sure how this story managed to stay under wraps for so long, but back in 2008 the car was with the...
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London Skyscraper Melts Jaguar XJ
If you'd returned to your Jaguar thirty years ago to find it had melted, your first thought would probably turn to the car's electrical system. Jaguars these days are a lot more reliable though, so the man who returned to find bits of his Jaguar XJ melting in a parking space in London might have...
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Actor Dick Van Dyke Pulled From Burning Jaguar XJ: Video
Dick Van Dyke, famous for his roles in the Mary Poppins movie as well as television series The Dick Van Dyke Show and Diagnosis: Murder, had to pull over when a Jaguar XJ he was driving down a Los Angeles highway yesterday caught fire. A passerby, seeing the 87-year-old actor still in the car with...
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Lamborghini Miura SV Burns To The Ground In London
The video above shows the sickening footage of an original Lamborghini Miura P400 SV going up in flames in the middle of a London street. The car had recently spent some time in a workshop and had only just been picked up before it caught on fire. The cause of the fire remains unknown, and sadly it...
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Fisker Determines Cause Of Hurricane Sandy Karma Fires
During the devastating Hurricane Sandy that hit the Northeast last week, several cars parked in Port Newark, New Jersey succumbed to severe fire damage. Among the cars were 16 brand new Fisker Karma extended-range electric cars, images of which hit the Web on October 31st, a day after the fire...
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Fisker Karmas Catch Fire After Being Submerged By Hurricane Sandy Flood
A total of 16 Fisker Karma extended-range electric cars, each costing more than a $100k, have gone up in flames after reportedly being partially submerged by flash floods caused by Hurricane Sandy. The brand new cars were parked in Port Newark, New Jersey, and are believed to have caught fire last...
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A recent incident involving a Fisker Karma that caught fire while parked on a roadside in Woodside, CA, has been discovered to have been caused by a faulty cooling fan. The fire, which took place on August 10, is the second time that a Fisker Karma has caught alight, though the reasons surrounding the first incident remain unknown. For the second fire, Fisker acted fast, recruiting an independent fire expert from Pacific Rim Investigative Services Group to help determine the root cause of the incident soon after it occurred. The investigation located the ignition source to the left front of...
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Ferrari California Burns In Warsaw, Poland: Video
If you own a Ferrari California and live in Eastern Europe or Russia, you may want to just park your ride for a few days and rent a Fiat 500 to be safe. We’re sure it’s just coincidence, but another Ferrari California in the region has been destroyed this week. First, we told you about...
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Fisker Issues Follow-Up To Woodside Karma Fire
Fisker is investigating the cause of a fire that plagued one of its Karmas in Woodside, California in August 2012.
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Fisker Karma Catches Fire In California: Video
A Fisker Karma succumbed to fire yesterday in a parking lot in Woodside, California, with the owner allegedly having just left the extended-range electric luxury sedan to pick up some groceries. A video showing fire fighters putting out the flames has since been uploaded to YouTube, revealing that...
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Soccer Player Ever Banega’s Ferrari Burns To A Crisp: Video
Argentinean soccer player Ever Banega, the midfielder for Spanish club Valencia CF, has had a series of mishaps involving cars recently, with the latest incident involving a Ferrari 360 Modena he recently acquired and was driving for the first time. While driving on a road near his Valencia...
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2012 Pikes Peak Hill Climb Rescheduled For August 12
Originally scheduled for July 8, the 2012 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, the 90th running of Colorado’s venerable ‘race to the clouds,’ will now take place on August 12 due to the devastating Waldo Canyon wildfire which is still yet to be completely contained. The fire has...
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Racing isn't easy. It's not easy to get into, to stay in, or, even for the talented and well-financed teams, just to keep up with. Sometimes it's not the fierce competition that holds you back, however. Sometimes it's just bad luck. On the other hand, there are a few doses of good luck in what turned out to be a rough weekend for K-PAX Racing and drivers Randy Pobst and Alex Figge. After all, no one was hurt despite a 120-mph fire for Pobst and a first-lap crash for Figge. While the video doesn't go into details on what caused Pobst's fire in his racing Volvo S60, the video is dramatic...
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McLaren MP4-12C Test Drive Ends In Crash, Fire
By anyone’s standards, the 616-horsepower McLaren MP4-12C (and soon, the MP4-12C Spider) is a fast car. Thanks to its advanced electronic stability control system, it’s also a very safe car, even in the hands of drivers unfamiliar with the car. Despite this, the car is still governed by...
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Audi R8 Burns To The Ground In Toronto: Video
An Audi R8 being driven westbound on the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto late on Monday somehow caught on fire, with the flames eventually engulfing most of the exotic sports car. Fire crews were quick on the scene but weren’t able to save the R8, which became nothing but a smoldering heap...
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Ferrari FF Catches On Fire In Poland
A Ferrari FF caught on fire earlier this week while it was being driven down a highway near the Polish city of Krakow. This is believed to be the third time that a FF has caught on the fire, with the previous reported incident taking place on a highway in China back in February and the first during...
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Fisker Karma Blamed For Fire At Houston Home
Officials are currently investigating whether a Fisker Karma was the cause of a fire at a home in Houston, Texas recently.
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First Reported Lamborghini Aventador Fire Caught On Video
Warning: Video contains some not-safe-for-work language. Firefighters were called into duty on Saturday when a Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 burst into flames on a highway near Aliso Viejo in Southern California. With no other reports of Aventadors going up in flames, it’s believed that this...
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