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Pagani is set to unveil a new, more hardcore version of its Huayra supercar at next week’s 2016 Geneva Motor Show. The car is called the Huayra BC and it’s to be built in a limited run of just 20 examples. The car honors the late Benny Caiola, a supercar collector and close acquaintance of Pagani founder Horacio Pagani, and it runs an uprated version of the regular Huayra’s twin-turbocharged 6.0-liter V-12. ALSO SEE: The Bugatti Vision GT Concept Sounds So Glorious It Makes Angels Cry: Video In the Huayra BC, the engine spits out 789 horsepower and 811 pound-feet of torque...
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Watch All 110 Crashes From The First Six Fast & Furious MoviesThe Fast & Furious franchise has been nothing short of amazing to watch as it's evolved. What started out as a movie with no plot featuring a bunch of street racers in Los Angeles has morphed into a 10-part saga that now feels like a cross between The Italian Job, Oceans 11, and XXX. Thanks to...
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Can You Light A Cigarette With A Nissan GT-R?The Nissan GT-R, as it comes from the factory, is quite a beast. It's capable of accelerating to 60 miles per hour from a standstill in less than three seconds. This Japanese two-door has tremendous lateral grip, and it will show you just how much on its Gran Turismo-designed center screen display...
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Koenigsegg Designs The World's Most Expensive Car KeyThe key fob for a number of high-end vehicles can often cause a bit of a stir. That's because there's potentially big money being spent on these optional extras. Go price out a Porsche and you can get a key made that looks like your very vehicle. Buy an Aston Martin and you'll be starting your car...
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Tax The Rich Returns With Ferrari F40 Farmkhana VideoIt’s been almost a year since we last saw a video from Tax The Rich, the mysterious group on YouTube that flogs rare supercars and other expensive metal on a muddy farm somewhere in the United Kingdom. It’s been rumored that one member of the group is famous Ferrari [NYSE:RACE]...
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Tiny Working V-8 Engine Crafted From... Paper: VideoBuilding an engine is a great way to get in tune with a vehicle. To really dig in and understand its guts. You learn what makes it tick, and what makes it go. Building a scale version of an engine is typically fairly difficult when compared to the real thing because the parts are so much smaller...
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There’s no future for manual transmissions in the Lamborghini lineup. For enthusiasts who might have been out of the loop for some time, it may come as a big disappointment to learn that the old three-pedal setups have already been quietly phased out, with the last of the Gallardo and Murcielago models. But the truth is that nobody was ordering them. ALSO SEE: Will Wake Of VW Diesel Scandal Help Electrify Lamborghini? “You have no opportunity to be faster than a double clutch,” said Lamborghini CEO Stefan Winkelmann, this past week at the Detroit Auto Show...
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Video shows inner workings of Koenigsegg’s camless engineA subsidiary of Swedish supercar marque Koenigsegg has been working on a new type of valve system for engines that does away completely with the camshaft, hence the descriptor “camless” is often used. That subsidiary is FreeValve (previously Cargine), which has published a video that...
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Fire Breathing Nissan GT-R Plays In The Snow: VideoJust imagine getting the keys to a Nissan GT-R during the winter season. We know we’d run out and do exactly what the driver in this video from YouTube user Vehicle Virgins is doing. More than 500 horsepower of twin-turbo grunt, one of the best all-wheel-drive systems in production, and an...
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Learn How A Gas Pump Nozzle Actually WorksIt's a daily task that most of us probably take for granted. You pull up to a gas station, grab the pump, and fill up your vehicle with fuel. There's a good chance you have no idea of how that fuel goes from the pump through the nozzle and into your car. ALSO SEE: How Does A Differential Work?...
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Jay Leno Drives The Darth Vader Hot Wheels Special: VideoAt Comic Con 2014, Hot Wheels unleashed a life-sized Darth Vader car on the world, and, for the right kind of Sith Lord-favoring car enthusiast, it was utterly impressive. Even those not enamored with Star Wars could enjoy the car as a demonstration of one-off design, or simply the fact that the...
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How To Scare Mom: Nissan Patrol Skiing EditionThere's a stunt in the automotive world called skiing. When you ski with a car, that means you've gotten it up on two wheels and are driving it in that manner. Recently, stunt driver Terry Grant set a world record for doing this when he ran a Nissan Juke NISMO RS up the hill at Goodwood. This isn't...
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Remember that Dubai-based hypercar? The one with the devilish name? It's called the Devel Sixteen, and it's creators have been claiming insane power figures for a number of years now. There's talk of 5,000 horsepower, a 0-60 time of less than two seconds, and a top speed of over 345 miles per hour. Those are also absolutely insane figures. One of them, however, might be real after all. ALSO SEE: 12-Rotor Rotary Engine Potentially Capable Of Space/Time Manipulation: Video Devel has posted video on its YouTube page that shows the engine getting dynoed. This is no cammed V-8, but rather a...
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4-Year-Old Girl Tests Volvo FMX Truck, Hilarity EnsuesVolvo Trucks has the greatest marketing team in the world. We're constantly impressed each time a new video comes out. Be it Jean Claude Van Damme doing the splits, trucks doing ballet, or having a truck race a Koenigsegg, Volvo nails it every time. The company's latest video is no exception as it...
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Alleged Drunk Driver Crashes SUV Into Rolls-Royce: VideoWhat starts out looking like an ordinary day at a luxury hotel in Doha, Qatar soon turns into mayhem as a driver of a Mercedes-Benz M-Class starts terrorizing guests and staff by climbing onto the floor of the lobby and crashing into a parked Rolls-Royce Ghost. ALSO SEE: LaFerrari Crashes Into Row...
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The Mazda Miata that found its way home: Time Machine Test DriveWhen you run into an old friend after 15 years, can you pick up like no time’s been lost? Reunions are something I normally don’t do. The open-all-night nostalgia factory that is Facebook has pretty much killed them, anyway. But I am all about your serendipity, your stunning...
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Former Stig Says Ford Mustang Makes Best Stunt CarThe Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang has gone global. It's available for purchase all over the world, and it's found a big fan over in the United Kingdom. Ben Collins sussed it out in the manner he knows best and decided to crown it as the ultimate stunt car. It's a vehicle that shares the...
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Driving A Police Car: Six Things You Should KnowDisclaimer: Kids, it's a federal offense to impersonate an officer. Don't try this at home. Let's be real: The 13-year-old me squealed and giggled a bit when I was handed the keys to a 2015 Dodge Charger Pursuit. Oh, the amount of trouble I could get in—and how quickly I could land myself in...
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Everyone knows that owning a supercar is an expensive hobby. But when it comes to exotics like the Bugatti Veyron, maintenance costs start to rival some mortgages. ALSO SEE: LaFerrari, P1 And 918 Spyder Tested Over The Quarter Mile: Video Entrepreneur Alejandro Salomon, the man who told us 10 interesting facts about Pagani, recently got the low-down on Bugatti maintenance costs from a friend that owns one of the few Veyron Super Sports in the country (there’s just eight of them here in case you were wondering). And just like car’s performance, Veyron maintenance costs are in a...
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Bisimoto Engineering Is The Best Kind Of CrazyToward the beginning this new Drive segment, host Matt Farah says Bisimoto Engineering founder Bisi Ezerioha "loves the unloved." Who else would build a Honda Insight with 440 horsepower at the wheels—without the benefit of forced induction? Or take a humble family hauler like the Honda...
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Per Valentino Balboni, the Miura is the greatest LamborghiniThere's a rare gem heading to auction soon. It's a 1969 Lamborghini Miura, and it's set to be a featured part of the Keno Brothers auction in New York City. CHECK OUT: 2017 Acura NSX Coming With 573 HP, 0-60 MPH Time Of 3.0 Seconds Ahead of its date with potential new suitors, Road & Track got...
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Extra-Long Dyno Pull Makes Mustang Tire Go BoomWhat happens when you cross a 5.0-liter Mustang, a extra-long dyno run, and a 200-shot of nitrous? You get a demonstration of raw power, though not the kind the driver originally intended. WATCH: 2016 Cadillac ATS-V Excels on Track Day As the clip from 1320video shows, right around the 35-second...
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A Sultan Commissions The Most Expensive Mack Truck Ever BuiltApparently, Malaysia's Sultan of Johor is a bit of a semi-truck fan. He commissioned Mack Trucks' Australian division to create a custom Super-Liner fit for, well, a Sultan. The Super-Liner is part of the Australian product lineup, which is comprised of seriously rugged machines designed to tackle...
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Koenigsegg Founder Races A Bugatti Veyron Against His Own CCXR: VideoIt’s not often you see a Koenigsegg go up against a Bugatti Veyron, but what’s even rarer is seeing the boss of one of the supercar brands behind the wheel. In this case it’s Koenigsegg CEO and founder Christian von Koenigsegg, and he’s actually behind the wheel of the...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran