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From the very first time the designer puts his or her pencil to paper, right up until the car is taken for its maiden journey outside the factory, the creation of the Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 is a process of endless quality, bespoke craftsmanship and faultless engineering. The video below details the efforts Lamborghini’s employees go to in creating the Aventador, with virtually every element from its carbon fiber monocoque, to its sledgehammer 6.5-liter V-12 and Independent Shifting Rod (ISR) transmission, to its F1-inspired pushrod suspension and carbon-ceramic brakes all getting...
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Joss JP1 Australian Supercar Prototype Revealed
A new supercar is brewing, one fully designed and engineered in Australia. We’re of course talking about the upcoming Joss supercar, a vehicle revealed in preview form at the 2011 Australian Motor Show in Melbourne this week. These preview renderings displayed at the show reveal a fairly...
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Father Teaches Son To Drive With Ferrari 458 Italia: Video
Learning to drive can be a strenuous situation for many, however, imagine if you were learning to drive in a brand new Ferrari worth a quarter of a million dollars? Somehow, we imagine the teen learning to drive with this Ferrari 458 Italia won’t mind too much. This particular supercar was...
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Lotus Planning Esprit Roadster, Targa And Superleggera Models: Report
Only a week ago we reported that Lotus was planning a turbocharged version of its new in-house developed V-8 engine for a high-performance ‘R’ version of its upcoming 2013 Esprit supercar, and now we have details that a ‘Superleggera’ flagship model is also planned. This...
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Lotus Planning ‘R’ Performance Models With Turbo Power: Report
Earlier this week we brought you the first details about Lotus’ new in-house developed V-8 engine, which is set to appear in the upcoming Esprit supercar as well as several other new models currently in development at the automaker’s Hethel facility in the UK. Here we divulged that the...
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McLaren MP4-12C Order Books Filled Out For The Next Three Years?
The McLaren MP4-12C is set to go on sale in the U.S. in the coming months but before it even lands the car is already being called the best supercar in its segment, although admittedly many of its initial reviews have described it as a bit cold and clinical. Nevertheless, as the first new McLaren...
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The 2013 Lotus Esprit is to be the first of a new-generation of luxurious sports cars from one of the most renowned performance marques in the industry. Styled under the watchful eye of former Ferrari designer Donato Coco, the new Esprit has already been previewed in concept form and is destined to hit the market in the spring of 2013 complete with a bespoke V-8 engine designed in-house by Lotus and its engineering team. With its limited resources, many believe Lotus is incapable of pulling of such a feat but the automaker is determined, even pulling funding from other projects and reducing...
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Ferrari F430 Spyder Crashes, Ends Upside Down
We don’t know what the driver of this sorry-looking Ferrari F430 Spyder was doing when he flipped the car over but it’s safe to assume that some speeding was involved. The crash took place in Lichtervelde, Belgium on a quiet Thursday morning and is thought to have been caused by a...
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Audi, Porsche And Volkswagen Roadsters Back On The Table: Report
It’s been a while since we last heard about the trio of new roadster models being developed at Volkswagen Group brands Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen, though at one point last month there were claims that Audi’s version of the lightweight sports car had been canceled. Now, just a few...
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Joss JP1 Australian Supercar 'Evaluation' Model To Debut In July
The Joss JP1 has been in the works so long that we nearly forgot about it. And that's saying something because an Australian supercar is a concept that makes an impression. Having originally debuted the JP1 prototype at the 2004 Melbourne Motor Show Joss is finally ready to present...the evaluation...
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Lincoln Considering Two-Seat Flagship: Report
Lincoln was once the epitome of American automotive luxury, but the past 40 years haven't been kind to the brand. Some might argue the brand hasn't been kind to itself, existing on a diet of hand-me-down Fords and lukewarm marketing. But Lincoln, and its parent company, have been talking big about...
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The Next Icon: Price, Performance And Design Details On The 2014 'Mega' McLaren
We’ve been hearing whispers and rumors about an F1-succeeding McLaren flagship since around the time the MP4-12C debuted last year. Until now, information was limited to the very basics, but Autocar closed out a busy week by getting some insiders to divulge key design and performance details...
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We pretty much know everything there is to know about the upcoming 2012 McLaren MP4-12C, like all its technical details, its pricetag, and even the dealer locations where it will be sold, but there’s one glaring omission here, the car’s final performance specs. Well, today, McLaren has been gracious enough to release that data. We can confirm that the 2012 McLaren MP4-12C will ship with a dry sump 3.8-liter twin-turbocharged V-8, mounted in a mid-engine position and churning out a peak output of 592 horsepower at 7,000 rpm and 443 pound-feet of torque from 3,000 rpm all the way up...
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Report: Cadillac May Develop Mid-Engine Sports Car As New Flagship
News of a flagship model in the works at Cadillac date back several years, with the most recent reports suggesting that a high-end sedan designed to take on the likes of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class and BMW 7-Series is the most likely outcome. Note that this reported sedan is not the production...
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Mercedes-Benz Planning New Ecological Mid-Engine Supercar?
BMW is working on a brand new plug-in hybrid sports car based on its Vision EfficientDynamics concept car for launch in 2013, around the same time Mercedes-Benz plans to launch an all-electric version of its SLS gullwing sports car. However, this is just the start of the battle for ecological...
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Lotus Drops More Images Of New Esprit Supercar
To say Lotus pulled off a bit of a coup at last month’s 2010 Paris Auto Show is a massive understatement given the automaker’s reveal of no less than six brand new concept cars, all of which are intended for production over the next five years. The list of concepts range from tiny urban...
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2011 Audi R8 GT Pricing Starts At $198,000
Audi has just released pricing for its most expensive model yet, the all-new 2011 Audi R8 GT supercar that arrives in local showrooms in the first half of next year. Pricing for the hot Audi will start at a substantial $198,000, which includes a $1,200 destination charge. The car is essentially a...
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Official: GM Rules Out Mid-Engine Corvette, But Hybrid Possible
With the current ZR-1 supercar already priced above $100,000, the question remains whether General Motors should push the Corvette into the upper echelon of the performance market or allow it to remain somewhat affordable to the average Joe--at least in base spec. Rumors of the Corvette getting a...
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Rumors of a mid-engine layout for the C7 Chevrolet Corvette have been laid to rest by GM, but that's not stopping the mill from postulating on the properties of the C8 generation. While the C7 Corvette is expected to make its debut sometime in 2012, complete with a smaller capacity twin-turbocharged V-8 fitted in a traditional front-engine position, its successor, the C8, could be completely different as its release isn’t due for at least another decade. There are all manner of rumors concerning the C8 model, with stories ranging from the possibility of a mid-engined platform to all-wheel...
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Report: Honda S2000 Replacement Going Mid-Engine, Hybrid
With Honda no longer spending hundreds of millions of dollars on motorsports programs, and the NSX replacement now well and truly dead, it’s little surprise the automaker’s sports car lineup up is so woeful. That won’t last for long according to latest reports, however. The new 2011 Honda...
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Spy Shots: Replacement For Lotus Elise/Exige Or New Esprit?
The extended wheel arches seen on the test vehicle suggest that whatever new model Lotus is working on, it will feature a significantly larger footprint than the current Elise/Exige line of cars.
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2010 Lotus Evora Preview
Though the $73,500 Evora has only been shown on a few occasions thus far in the U.S., the first two months of production are already pre-sold.
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Report: Porsche Exec Hints At Model Cheaper Than Boxster
The new Porsche model is likely to share its platform with a similar model from Volkswagen.
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