Sports Cars
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Lotus fans in the United States have had little to choose from ever since 2011 when the automaker’s Elise and Exige were pulled from sale due to being on the wrong side of airbag regulations. It meant that the Evora was left as the sole street-legal car in Lotus showrooms. To keep things exciting Lotus started importing versions of the Elise and Exige designed strictly for track use. Since the cars were relegated to the track, they were—and still are—exempt from regulations. Here’s what Lotus is offering for 2017: 2017 Lotus Evora 400: Updated model introduced for...
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Callaway ‘AeroWagon’ Corvette shooting brake first lookIt was in 2013 that Chevrolet tuner extraordinaire Callaway first previewed the design of a shooting brake based on the C7 Corvette. Since then, the company has been gauging market interest and further developing the design. On Friday, Callaway finally unveiled its Corvette shooting brake and...
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India's Tata announces Tamo performance, technology sub-brandTata, the maker of the world’s cheapest car and owner of the Jaguar and Land Rover brands, on Thursday said it plans to introduce a new sub-brand for its namesake Tata brand. The new sub-brand will be called Tamo, and unlike traditional car brands Tamo will focus on both standalone vehicles...
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2017 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS first drive review: the bargain 911Cape Town, South Africa - I'm at the wheel of the 2017 Porsche 911 GTS at Killarney Raceway behind 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Marc Lieb and I'm frustrated. Lieb, in the even more powerful 911 Turbo S, is setting a leisurely pace and I want to pass him. It's not because I'm some world-class...
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Is Honda bringing back the S2000 with a boosted engine?Honda fans have been hankering for the return of the S2000 for years. The drop-top sports car disappeared from the market in 2009, and lovers of rev-happy hoonage have been crying out for something to replace it ever since. Yes, the Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ are here and the Mazda Miata hasn't gone...
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2019 Toyota Supra renderedToyota’s new sports car based on a platform developed with BMW is nearing completion. The car, which many predict will revive the Supra name, will reportedly be previewed in concept form during October’s 2017 Tokyo auto show and is likely follow in production trim shortly after. We...
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Eagle is a company that should be on your radar. The reason? Eagle is responsible for turning out truly lovely machines, and it's all based around the forever iconic Jaguar E-Type. The British firm takes existing E-Types and either refurbishes them or upgrades them into even more intriguing machines. The aim is to maintain the character of the original E-Type while adding reliability, safety, and performance. Eagle’s latest upgrade is called the Spyder GT. It joins the company’s lineup alongside the Eagle E-Type, Eagle Speedster and truly stunning Eagle Low Drag GT. Compared to...
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Peek inside Ed Pink Racing to see where Singer gets its enginesStarting back in the mid 1940s, a man named Ed Pink started building engines—masterfully built engines designed for vehicles to go racing. The Ed Pink Racing Engines enterprise has had a home in Van Nuys, California since 1965 and drag racers all over the world have turned to EPRE for...
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2017 Hyundai Veloster gets value-packed editionAnyone in the market for Hyundai’s Veloster can look forward to a new value-packed option aptly named the Veloster Value Edition. Hyundai has included many of the most popular options for the Veloster as standard on the Value Edition. With a starting price of $21,350, you’re looking at...
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Holden's new V-8 sports car to be a Corvette?Following General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] announcement in 2013 that it would be ending production at its Holden plant in Australia, Stefan Jacoby, who heads GM’s International Operations, revealed that there would be a new V-8 sports car to satisfy those customers used to buying...
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Toyota Supra to be part of Gazoo performance brand?Toyota is thought to be planning a new performance division for road cars using the name of its official motorsport division Gazoo Racing, and one of the first offerings from the performance division could be the new Supra sports car. The information was reported on Wednesday by Autocar citing...
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McLaren: What’s new for 2017McLaren has been around for more than half a century but when it comes to volume car production we only need look back to 2010, when the British firm's road car business was rebooted under the McLaren Automotive name. In that short time the firm has launched a handful of products and grown to...
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Lotus is committed to adding an SUV to its lineup but the vehicle will probably not arrive for another four or five years, at the earliest. Speaking with Autocar, Lotus CEO Jean-Marc Gales said the automaker will renew its sports car lineup before adding the SUV. The first to arrive will be a redesigned Elise, most likely in 2020. It will be followed soon after by a redesigned Exige. Finally, a redesigned Evora should bow around 2022. This in contrast to the comment made by Gales in 2015 that the next new car from Lotus would be an SUV, suggesting that the automaker’s turnaround plan is...
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Subaru won't offer a turbocharged, STI, or convertible version of this generation BRZWe knew it. Deep down inside, you knew it, too. And now it's confirmed. Two Subaru officials have told us there will be no turbocharged, STI, or convertible version of the current BRZ. While that news might crush you, know this: that's for the current BRZ, which has now been on sale for five years...
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2017 Subaru BRZ: playing in SpainIf you're still complaining about the Subaru BRZ's lack of turbo, you probably don't quite understand how Subaru--with help from Toyota--developed this sports car. From the beginning, the point was to save as much weight as possible, and that doesn't change with a 2017 update. Subaru has given the...
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2017 Renault Alpine A120 spy shotsThe long road to the market return of the Alpine sports car brand is almost over. It was in late 2012 that French automaker Renault announced plans to partner with British track car specialist Caterham to develop a new platform to underpin a future sports car for Alpine and a similar model for...
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Report: Porsche 911 GT3 to receive 4.0-liter engine, 6-speed manualThe GT3 is the last member of the 911 family yet to receive its mid-cycle update. We’ve seen a number of prototypes testing over the past year and at the 2017 Geneva auto show in March the covers will finally come off. Managers have been tight with details but in typical Porsche tradition we...
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Zenos sports car startup goes bustZenos burst onto the scene in 2013 as a more modern rival to track car specialist Caterham. However, the company on Wednesday confirmed it has entered administration, a process similar to bankruptcy protection, due to a number of canceled orders for its sole product, the E10 track car. “It is...
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The forthcoming 2017 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS has lapped the 12.9-mile, 73-turn Nürburgring-Nordschliefe in 7 minutes 26 seconds. That's 12 seconds faster than the last 911 Carrera GTS and four seconds faster than the latest 911 Carrera S. The so-called 991.2 generation of the Carrera GTS features a twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter flat-6 engine that puts out 450 horsepower, 30 horses more than the same engine in the Carrera S. The 991.1 version of 2015 had a naturally aspirated 3.8-liter flat-6 that made 430 hp. CHECK OUT: 2017 Porsche 911 first drive review Porsche also made another attempt...
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Porsche to offer track-focused 20-inch tire for 911With the release of the 911 Carrera GTS this April, Porsche will also offer a factory approved aftermarket tire for customers who want more grip at the racetrack. The tire, a Pirelli P-Zero Corsa N0, will be offered through TireRack.com or through dealers, and fit all current 911 Carrera, GTS...
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800-hp ‘Yenko’ 2017 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport revealedBack in the 1960s, the muscle cars from Yenko Chevrolet of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania were highly regarded for their performance modifications. And today the cars are among the most collectable of that era. But there are also new “Yenkos” in production, though today the name is used under...
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Avatar Roadster debuts in production trimBritish sports car startup Avatar burst on the scene a year ago with the unveiling of a lightweight Lotus Elise rival called the Roadster. On Thursday at the 2017 Autosport International in the United Kingdom, Avatar showed off the production version and confirmed the car would be available later...
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Lotus Exige Sport 380 spawns dedicated track modelThe Lotus Exige is no longer offered here as a road car but you can still purchase versions designed for track. The latest in a long line of Exige-based track cars is the Exige Race 380. As the name suggests, the car is based on the Exige Sport 380 road car unveiled in November. Lotus hasn’t...
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The top 10 classic cars to buy in 2017As we kick off the new year, it's a good time to look ahead at what's to come. Hagerty, the largest insurance provider for vintage cars in the United States, is doing that for the collector market. Hagerty knows its classic cars. The insurance company tracks collector car sales and is host to a...
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