Motorsports
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McLaren plans to build just 149 examples of the 804-horsepower Elva speedster.
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Hyundai Elantra N TCR racer previews upcoming performance road carThe Hyundai Elantra N TCR race car is the brand's third TCR racer available to customer racers.
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Bugatti celebrates 110 years with test drives of 3:4 scale Bugatti Baby IIBugatti will build 500 examples of the 3:4 scale Bugatti Baby II with prices starting at $33,000.
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Class-winning Le Mans racer rolls into Jay Leno's GarageIf someone ever utters the phrase, "Do you want to see my class-winning Le Mans race car?" to you, the answer is always yes. It's unlikely that you'll hear such a phrase, however, unless your first name is Jay and your last one Leno. Such a phrase was said to Jay, and thankfully he answered...
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Watch 900-HP Trucks Bomb Down A Snow-Covered Mountain: VideoRed Bull gathered eight Pro4 race trucks and drivers at a ski resort in Maine for a little motorsport fun.
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TMG shows off its advanced racing simulatorToyota competed in its first 24 Hours of Le Mans race in more than a decade earlier this year, using its new TS030 hybrid prototype developed primarily by the automaker’s independently run racing division Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG) based in Cologne, Germany. After such a long break from Le...
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Joining the assortment of fully fledged race cars and hyper-expensive supercars at this weekend’s grueling Nurburgring 24 Hours endurance race will be this very cute 2012 MINI John Cooper Works Coupe race car. Based on the recently revealed 2012 MINI Coupe, this racing version picks up an ‘Endurance’ tag in its title and several other race modifications to prepare for its 24 hour run around the Nurburgring-Nordschleife. Interestingly, with the participation of this special MINI John Cooper Works Coupe Endurance, the Nurburgring 24 Hours race will be staging an automotive...
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MINI WRC Team Gets Official Launch In OxfordSince the first hintings of the return of the MINI name to the world stage of rallying last July, right up through to the testing stages and constant teasing, we have longed to know what form MINI’s efforts for the World Rally Championship (WRC) would take, and now we finally know. The new...
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MINI Wins On Debut At Italy’s Rally dell’AdriaticoYou already know MINI will be back in WRC this year, testing at a limited number of events ahead of a full push for the 2012 season. One of these events was this past weekend’s Rally dell’Adriatico in Italy where the John Cooper Works backed MINI S2000 rally car stormed to victory at...
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2010 Paris Auto Show: World Debut Of 2011 MINI WRC RacerMINI chose the Paris Auto Show to pull the wraps off its all-new FIA World Rally Championship car, which is based on the new 2011 MINI Countryman and signals the brand's reentry into world-stage rally racing. The WRC, which has been under development for two years, gets a 1.6-liter turbocharged...
Bengt Halvorson