Track Day
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Sometimes it pays to "know a guy." I know a guy who organizes occasional track days so he and his rowdy friends can spend a day thrashing their cars at extra-legal speeds. ALSO SEE: Corvette Chief Engineer Explains Motor Trend Z06 DNF: Video I also know a guy who knows another guy at Cadillac who can hook me up with a car to take to said track. The hook up worked, and this past Sunday I was lucky enough to spend some quality time with a 2016 Cadillac ATS-V in western Michigan on Gingerman Raceway's 11-turn, 2.14-mile track. All of the aforementioned guys shall remain nameless. They're my...
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Lotus Hints At 7:06 Nürburgring Lap Time For 3-Eleven: Video
The Lotus 3-Eleven is a raucous, track-carving machine that promises to be the quickest road-going car—yes, this sprightly roadster is street-legal in the markets it’s headed—to ever come out of the automaker’s Hethel headquarters. It made its world debut back at...
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2017 Chevrolet Camaro 1LE Spy Video
It was only a week ago that we saw a hardcore version of the all-new, sixth-generation Camaro testing at the Nürburgring that we think might be badged a ZL1, or if labeled something else at least sit in the Camaro hierarchy where the previous ZL1 sat. Now a second Camaro prototype has been...
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Tackling A Hillclimb In The 2015 Subaru WRX STI
Give a car guy a stretch of road and he’ll find a way to race on it. He might turn it into a road course, a dragstrip, a dirt track, or, if he only has a hill at his disposal, a hillclimb. Thanks to Subaru, I got the chance to drive a hillclimb for the first time. The site was the Gurston...
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Honda Project 2&4 Ultimate Roadster Concept: 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show Live Photos & Video
Honda has combined its motorcycle and automobile expertise to develop a radical concept car that’s been inspired by the world of 2&4 racing, where riders and drivers face off at the track to determine which is the ultimate form of travel. With Honda’s concept, dubbed the Project...
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Rezvani Launches Tamer, More Affordable Beast Speedster
Californian sports car startup Rezvani has launched a new version of its Beast street-legal track car, one that’s slightly less of a beast in character than the original and slightly less expensive to boot. The new version is called the Beast Speedster, and it’s on sale now priced from...
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We first heard about Google executive Benjamin Sloss and his admiration for the Ferrari brand in 2012 when he paid close to $1.8 million for a Ferrari 599XX Evo in a charity auction. Then, a week ago, he was back proving his generosity once again, this time by presenting his wife Christine with a LaFerrari-based FXX K for her birthday. Well, now we have video of Christine taking her new 1,035-horsepower baby for a hot lap at Ferrari’s Fiorano test track. The couple recently visited Ferrari's headquarters to take delivery of the car, but the day was a huge surprise for the birthday girl...
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Next Major Car Project From Kahn Design Is The Speed 7 Retro Roadster
When bespoke vehicle customizer Kahn Design announced a year ago it was expanding into the world of coachbuilding and planning its own range of standalone cars, no one would have expected the company to roll out in quick succession so many models. The Flying Huntsman range of SUVs based on the Land...
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Bruno Senna Confirmed As Instructor In McLaren P1 GTR Driver Development Program: Video
Just when it seems things can’t get any better for the 40 individuals taking part in McLaren’s P1 GTR driver development program, the British firm has just confirmed that one of the program’s instructors will be none other than Bruno Senna, the nephew of Formula One legend Ayrton...
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2016 BMW M4 GTS Spy Shots And Video
Less than a week after it was previewed in concept form in Monterey, BMW’s upcoming M4 GTS has been spotted testing at the Nürburgring and on some of the German race track’s surrounding roads. The standard M4 only went on sale last year but this new, more hardcore version is coming...
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Lotus Exige V6 Cup Track Car Gets Updated, Limited Edition ‘360’ Model
The cars that make up the series of Lotus Exige-based track cars are renowned for their combination of visceral performance, straightforward maintenance and reasonable pricing, and since they’re designed exclusively for the track it means Lotus is allowed to sell them in the United States...
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2016 Ford Shelby GT350R Mustang First Ride: Video
Ford is aiming to make the 2016 Shelby GT350R Mustang the most nimble, fun-to-drive, most track capable Mustang yet. The engineering appears to be there. To the impressive latest generation Mustang chassis, Ford has added MagneRide dampers; big brakes with two-piece rotors, 6-piston front calipers...
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According to Ford Motor Company, the forthcoming Shelby GT350R Mustang is as quick around a racetrack as the Porsche 911 GT3. Well, one track anyway. In independent testing conducted at Grattan Raceway in Belding, Michigan, the Ford Shelby GT350R Mustang posted a lap time equal to that of the Porsche 911 GT3 and one second faster than the Camaro Z/28. That should amp up the ongoing Mustang-Camaro wars. The ball's in your court, Chevrolet. ALSO SEE: 2016 Ford Focus RS Price Leaked, Might Start At $35,730 Ford has also shared additional information about the GT350 and GT350R, which are due...
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Aston Martin Vulcan To Tackle Spa-Francorchamps Circuit
This weekend is the Spa 24 Hours, the highlight of the Blancpain Endurance Series, and this year a number of teams will be competing using the Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 race car. Another Aston Martin will be present at the Belgian race, though, and that’s the limited edition Vulcan track...
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Chris Harris In A 911 GT3 Takes On Tiff Needell In The 458 Speciale: Video
Two of motoring’s top journalists got together recently to go head-to-head at the track in two of the best cars money can buy, the Porsche 911 GT3 and the Ferrari 458 Speciale. In the Porsche was Chris Harris while in the Ferrari was Tiff Needell. ALSO SEE: Clarkson’s Final Top Gear...
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2015 Ford Mustang GT Laps Silverstone: 360-Degree Video
You don't have to be Nostradamus to foresee that 360-degree video is about to explode. Prices for cameras have dropped into the $500 range, so YouTube will soon be flooded with amateur and not-so-amateur videos on any variety of subjects. And while the viewing experience feels slightly...
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2016 Pagani Huayra R Spy Shots
Pagani’s planned 100-car production run for the Huayra will soon come to an end (all 100 build slots are already sold), after which the company will turn its attention to an open-top Huayra Roadster that will also be built in a limited run of 100 cars. However, we could see a more hardcore...
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Ferrari FXX K, FXX And 599XX Rev Battle Is V-12 Gold: Video
Even in the illustrious world of exotic car ownership, Ferrari's Corse Clienti is a pretty exclusive club. The program essentially turns ferociously well-heeled customers into Ferrari development drivers, and it's the only way to get behind the wheel of the company's weapons-grade versions of its...
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The BAC Mono is a properly mental machine that's crafted by the good folks at Briggs Automotive Company in Liverpool, England. It's a single-seat track weapon designed to maximize speed, performance, and thrills for the driver. For 2016, the Mono has been updated and BAC trotted out the revised car along with test driver Oliver Webb to put on a bit of a show for crowds at last month's Goodwood Festival of Speed. ALSO SEE: 2017 Lamborghini Aventador LP 750-4 SuperVeloce Roadster First Look For 2016, the Mono says goodbye to its former 2.3-liter Cosworth powerplant and hello to the new...
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Aston Martin Vulcan Makes Dynamic Debut At 2015 Goodwood Festival Of Speed
England’s Goodwood Festival of Speed is over for another year, but there’s plenty of photos and video to digest still. One of the stars this year was Aston Martin’s Vulcan track car, which made its dynamic debut at the event and was also shown for the first time in a new livery...
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Don’t Feel Bad For Being Nervous On Your First Day At The Track: Video
Here at Motor Authority, we love performance cars and we love driving them along our favorite roads. But we also know that the only way to truly enjoy one is at a track, where you can legally, but more importantly safely, push the car and your own skills to the limits. Of course, not everyone is...
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500-Horsepower Rezvani Beast Revealed In The Carbon Fiber: Video
When we first heard about Californian startup Rezvani and its plans for a new track-focused sports car called the Beast, we didn’t have high hopes for the company considering its founder Ferris Rezvani’s links with two previous failed sports car projects: the Bulleta RF22 and Volarra...
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New Owner Takes Porsche 918 Spyder Straight To The Track: Video
Many supercars are doomed to a life of sitting in the corner of some collection but the Porsche 918 Spyder in this latest video is driven to the limit by its owner at the legendary Spa-Francorchamps race track in Belgium. The owner brought his brand new 918 out during one of the special track...
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Four Ferrari FXX Ks Take To Imola: Video
The first of Ferrari’s LaFerrari-based FXX K track cars have been delivered to their eagerly awaiting buyers and here we see four of them taking to Italy’s Imola during one of Ferrari’s Corse Clienti customer racing events. The FXX K was designed and built specifically for the...
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