Supercars
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It was at the 1999 Geneva International Motor Show that a former Lamborghini employee by the name of Horacio Pagani presented the Zonda C12, providing supercar lovers with a new Italian masterpiece to lust over. We're now just a couple of weeks out from the 20th anniversary of the debut of the original Zonda, and it appears Pagani isn't about to let the milestone go by unnoticed. In an interview with Car Buzz published last week, Pagani spokeswoman Giulia Roncarati said the company had something special planned without going into further detail. "It will be a big surprise that we know...
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First drive review: 2020 McLaren 600LT Spider sounds serious, delivers on the track
Arizona Motorsports Park sits beside Luke Air Force Base outside Phoenix, so visiting drivers are treated to a non-stop free display of air power courtesy of F-16s and F-35s. The base is home to the F-35 demonstration team, whose preparations for the 2019 air show season provided overhead...
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Aston Martin 003 hypercar takes shape in latest teaser
Aston Martin is going to great lengths to develop a world-beating hypercar in the form of the Valkyrie, including snagging hugely successful Formula 1 race car designer Adrian Newey to be the project's lead. Fortunately, all of the knowledge gained and technology developed for the project won't be...
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The Swedish dream: Koenigsegg wants to build thousands of cars per year
Koenigsegg may have the hardware to compete with heavyweights such as Ferrari or Lamborghini, but the Swedish automaker remains a low-scale operation. In the years to come, that appears set to change. CEO and founder Cristian von Koenigsegg told Bloomberg in a report last Friday that after 2022, he...
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Lamborghini hybrid hypercar reportedly set for Frankfurt debut, all 63 sold
Lamborghini is planning a hybrid hypercar, and it could debut this September at the Frankfurt Motor Show. It's the same model we reported on in December, and it wears the codename LB48H. Australian website Motoring reported Monday that Lamborghini’s Chief Commercial Officer, Federico...
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Blood, sweat, and 11 years: Man fits custom V-12 into Ferrari 308
What one Ferrari owner thought would be a simple swap turned out to be an 11-year project that continues today. Grassroots Motorsports forum user Mke detailed his lengthy battle to swap a V-12 engine into his Ferrari 308 GTS, which Road & Track reported this past January. It's not the first...
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Art comes in all shapes and forms, and today, many consider classic cars as their own kind of art. Yet, this actual piece of artwork depicts an exploding Lamborghini Miura, a stunning design in its own right, and it's mesmerizing. Lamborghini published a video describing how the artwork came to life on Wednesday. It's the work of artist Fabian Oefner who decided to begin documenting scale models of the Miura to create the piece of art. The photo depicts nearly every part and component that makes up the classic supercar, right down to the nuts and bolts. Oefner has done many pieces of art he...
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Hybrid V-8 Ferrari supercar reportedly set to debut this year
We've known Ferrari has a hybrid V-8 in the pipeline. According to a new report, the engine will debut in a new supercar later this year. Automotive News Europe (subscription required) reported Friday that Ferrari CEO Louis Camilleri confirmed the hybrid supercar will bow sometime this year. It...
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John Cena's Ford GT for sale for the fourth time
It seems no one wants to keep this Liquid Blue 2017 Ford GT. First bought by pro wrestler-turned-actor John Cena, the GT first changed hands in August of 2017. Ford immediately sued Cena for breaking the legal agreement each GT buyer signs stating they won't sell (i.e. flip) their car for two years...
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Balling on a budget: Steel LaFerrari replica shows up in Malaysia
We're normally not a fan of replicas, but we give the owner of the Ferrari LaFerrari credit for not exactly hiding its pseudo-supercar upbringing. GTSpirit first spotted this LaFerrari replica, which showed up at a car meet somewhere in Malaysia. And it's made entirely from steel, apparently. The...
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WhatsApp founder offloading minty-fresh collection of Porsches
Porsche-philes, prepare your bank accounts. Gooding & Company will oversee an auction of 10 incredible Porsches from WhatsApp founder Jan Koum's collection. Koum says he's out of space and time to take care of these 10 Porsches, and we wonder what kind of cars took precedence over these. The...
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Ferrari Monza SP1 and SP2 look wild on the road
Ferrari turned back the clock to find inspiration for its latest specialty models, the Monza SP1 and Monza SP2. Now, the Italian automaker has given us a look at their road presence in a new video. The brief clip shows both the single-seater SP1 and two-seater SP2 racing through winding roads in an...
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When a car enters the shop at Hennessey Performance Engineering, there's a good chance it leaves with more power. A lot more power. That's the case for the McLaren 600LT, which HPE can now tune up to 1,000 horsepower, the company announced on Monday. The tuning firm offers three different packages for the McLaren 600LT: HPE 700, HPE 800, and HPE 1000. Each number represents the amount of horsepower that comes with the package's upgrades over the 600LT's standard 592 horsepower. Diving into the HPE 700 package, the supercar earns an ECU tune, high-flow air filters, and a Hennessey...
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10 things you need to know about the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
The 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is a weapon. It was named Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2019 after it vaporized the competition. It's an all-American supercar with 755 horsepower and 715 pound-feet of torque from its supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 engine. Buyers can choose to #GiveAShift with a...
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2016 Ferrari LaFerrari Aperta for sale after failing to sell at auction
After failing to sell at auction, the owner of this 2016 Ferrari LaFerrari Aperta is still keen to offload the exclusive supercar. The limited-run variant of Ferrari's most-recent halo car, which also helped the company celebrate its 70th birthday, failed to meet its reserve at the 2019 Mecum...
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Honda nearly left VTEC out of the original Acura NSX
The original Acura NSX has obtained a legendary status among enthusiasts, but it almost went to production without its famed variable valve timing & lift electronic control. Yes, VTEC. Acura celebrated 30 years since the original NS-X concept debuted at the 1989 Chicago Auto Show on Wednesday...
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Bugatti celebrates 110th anniversary with special-edition Chiron
Bugatti is 110 years old this year, and to celebrate, the hypercar maker revealed a special-edition Chiron. Appropriately called the Bugatti Chiron 110 Ans Bugatti, French for "110 Years of Bugatti," the hypercar is all about honoring its French heritage. Although the exterior color is finished in...
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Porsche Classic restored a Carrera GT at owner's request
After 15 years, this Porsche Carrera GT received a new lease on life. At the owner's request, he or she commissioned Porsche to perform a full restoration to make the Carrera GT even better than when it came off the assembly line, and Porsche shared the results in a Monday announcement. Porsche...
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Big, pre-war cars are the things for which Hispano-Suiza is best known. Founded in 1904, the Spanish marque has been defunct since 1968, but that's all set to change as the brand is being revived with the launch of a new electric supercar in March at the 2019 Geneva International Motor Show. Based in Barcelona, Spain, the new Hispano-Suiza is moving forward with its revival plans and the original family is still very much involved. Miguel Suque Mateu is the great grandson of the company's founder, Damián Mateu. His vision is to realize a dream of his great grandfather, and that is to...
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Watch the Brabham BT62 attack the Bathurst circuit
Australia may be without a local auto industry, but locals have a lot to take pride in with the Australian-made Brabham BT62. With local endurance racer Luke Youlden at the wheel, the track-only supercar put up an impressive sub-2-minute time around the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South...
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Ginetta readies 600-horsepower supercar boasting V-8 and carbon construction
Most readers won’t be familiar with the Ginetta name but that should change in the very near future. The British motorsport company is one of the biggest race car constructors in the world, but it has also dabbled in the area of road cars over the years and a new one is just around the...
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New $1.15M "entry-level" Koenigsegg supercar in the works with camless engine
Koenigsegg is hardly a budget brand, but the Swedish supercar maker has plans for what could be considered an "entry-level" supercar. And it's going to be a hybrid. Top Gear spoke with founder and CEO Cristian von Koenigsegg, who said the latest deal with China's NEVS will pave the way for a new...
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Lamborghini explains how Aventador SVJ's active aero works
The Lamborghini Aventador SVJ is the current king of the Nürburgring Nordschleife, in no small part thanks to its wild active aerodynamic system the company calls Aerodinamica Lamborghini Attiva 2.0. A video published last October by the Italian firm shows exactly how the system works when a...
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Ferrari SP30 Special Projects car heads to auction
This could be the first time a Ferrari Special Projects car will cross the auction block, and that should make it a high-bid piece of machinery. The car is the Ferrari SP30, a one-off model that originally made the rounds as the Ferrari SP Arya before it was given the SP30 name. According to the...
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