Supercars
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You may have heard a thing or two about the revived Acura NSX for, oh, the past four years. Well, now it seems that Acura is ready to begin production of the 2017 NSX and really actually finally put it up for sale. It's been a long time coming, so you'll have to pardon our jokes. Still, it's quite hilarious that Acura put out a press release announcing plans for the start of serial production of the car. We think we speak for those who love all things automotive: Just build the sweet thing already! DON'T MISS: Why the Bugatti Chiron looks the way it does Build it, make the production...
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Ford GT documentary part one: The DecisionIf you're a fan of the Blue Oval, nothing gets your heart pumping like the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] GT. Built as a tribute to the GT40 that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966, the GT debuted in 2005 as a limited-run, 550-horsepower supercar. Now, just in time for the 50th anniversary of Ford's...
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Aston Martin partners with Red Bull F1 team, confirms Adrian Newey-designed hypercarAston Martin has shown the seriousness of its intent to challenge the likes of Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] and McLaren Automotive when it comes to building the fastest, most technologically-advanced road cars, by announcing a technical partnership with the Red Bull Racing Formula One team. Aston Martin CEO...
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Spyker C8 Preliator New York Auto Show-boundSpyker will take to the Javitz Center in Manhattan next week with its new, Audi-powered C8 Preliator supercar. The car is big news for Spyker as it is the detail-oriented Dutch brand's third-generation sports car, and New York is a fitting place. Spyker CEO Victor Muller said in a release that...
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Koenigsegg heading to New York Auto Show with Regera, One:1Koenigsegg has never had a major presence in the United States as its cars were never homologated for local sale. That changed late last fall when Koenigsegg announced its Agera RS had been fully federalized. The first U.S.-spec Agera RS is currently being built and is expected to be ready in the...
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2017 Acura NSX first drive reviewHalo cars aren't designed to be best sellers. They're vital vanity projects--succinct statements of all a car company wants to be, and what it can do. They can be culture-shifters. Witness the Audi R8, the BMW i8. When it made its debut 25 years ago, the Acura NSX was the brand's first halo car. It...
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Last time we saw a bright yellow Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat storming through a deserted city landscape. Now there’s a Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] 488 GTB doing the same and it, too, is dressed in yellow. That can mean only one thing: the folks at Pennzoil have put together another of their awesome high-speed driving videos. Like the original, which still gives us shivers, this new clip has been directed by the talented Ozan Biron. He’s filmed a number of top car-related features, including another, similar clip starring the BMW M4. You'll also recognize his work from some of the Need...
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Building a car out of titanium certainly isn’t easyIcona, a design firm with Italian roots but headquartered in Shanghai, last year impressed us with a supercar concept whose body was made entirely of titanium. The concept is called the Vulcano and it showcases the talent and capabilities of Icona’s design team. That means you won’t be...
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1 of 3 Lamborghini Venenos hits the market for $11 millionMissed out on the chance to buy a Lamborghini Veneno coupe when they first hit the market? Well, don't feel too bad as Lamborghini only built three (plus an unsold pre-production version). And they weren't exactly sitting on dealer lots waiting for buyers to snap them up. They were instead offered...
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First-gen Dodge Viper pops up on Lego IdeasIt's a good day, with plenty of sunshine. Yesterday, all your automotive troubles seemed so far away. Today, though, you have car stuff big and small to get excited about. Case in point is this first-generation Dodge Viper that we've found on the Lego Ideas page. All it needs is the love of 10,000...
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Only road-legal Porsche 911 GT1 Evo race car up for auctionYou're looking at the one and only road-legal example of Porsche's 911 GT1 Evolution race car. And you can buy it, if you're the lucky top bidder at RM Sotheby's upcoming auction in Monaco. What's that, you say? Yes, Porsche did build a road-going version of the GT1 called the Strassenversion, and...
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Rimac Concept_One electric supercar debuts in production trim, is joined by track-focused modelCroatian firm Rimac first presented the Concept_One at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. Even back then the company, which at the time few knew about, was confident that its electric supercar would enter production, complete with a promised four-motor, 1,088-horsepower output and 82-kilowatt-hour...
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Bugatti’s new Chiron has been generating a lot of buzz since its debut at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show. However, so far Bugatti has only shown the car in two colors. These include a solid navy blue and a two-tone configuration featuring two lighter shades of blue. Now you can view the Chiron in more color combinations thanks to a new configurator on the Bugatti website (www.bugatti.com/chiron). The configurator also shows some of the various wheel patterns for the Chiron and lets you view the car from three different angles. Some of the color combinations will be familiar to fans of the...
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How the Lamborghini Centenario LP 770-4 differs from the Aventador LP 750-4 SuperVeloceLast week at the Geneva Motor Show, Lamborghini introduced a new special edition car. Meant to celebrate the 100th birthday of company founder Ferruccio Lamborghini, the Centenario LP 770-4 is essentially a special body on the ultra-high-performance $400,000 Aventador LP 750-4 SuperVeloce. Basing...
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No plans for Koenigsegg SUV but expect a sedanTalk of a Koenigsegg sedan dates back quite a few years but the company’s CEO and founder Christian von Koenigsegg has finally confirmed that such a car is in the works. Speaking with Top Gear the magazine, von Koenigsegg said work on a sedan has already commenced though we may have to wait...
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Ferrari LaFerrari Spider allegedly shown to customersFerrari’s [NYSE:RACE] LaFerrari flagship is being built in an exclusive run of just 499 cars but there could be more if new rumors of a convertible version turn out to be accurate. Rumors of an open-top LaFerrari originally surfaced about a year after the reveal of the coupe at 2013’s...
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Two grannies, one LamborghiniWould you do a double-take if you saw two elderly women cruising down the street in a souped-up Lamborghini Murcielago? We'd probably do a triple-take, just to figure out what's going on. That's what happened in this video put out by the funny crew at Donut Media (via duPont Registry), which is...
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Zenvo launches TS1 supercar at 2016 Geneva auto showZenvo, the other Scandinavian supercar marque, first burst onto the scene back in 2009 with its ST1. The car boasted a supercharged and turbocharged V-8 delivering in excess of 1,100 horsepower, plus an aggressive look that makes a GT-R appear tame in comparison. However, some notable teething...
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The Bugatti Veyron is famous for breaking records, but there’s another record the car broke that Bugatti’s management team probably wished wasn’t so well-known: the huge loss the cars generated with every sale. Bugatti’s Volkswagen Group parent doesn’t release individual financial figures for the brand but an analyst for Sanford Bernstein has previously predicted the loss to be about 4.6 million euros (approximately $5 million) for each Veyron sold. That’s about double the average transaction price for each of the 450 Veyrons built over the past decade. The...
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Koenigsegg Agera Final presented at 2016 Geneva Motor Show: Live photosThe new Regera supercar wasn’t the only major announcement from Sweden’s Koenigsegg at this week’s 2016 Geneva Motor Show. The company also rolled out the Agera Final, which will be built in an exclusive series of just three cars and marks the end of the Agera line. If you recall...
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A close look at the Bugatti Chiron’s monster W-16 engineBugatti’s Chiron is a pure masterpiece where every inch has been meticulously designed and engineered to ensure the car can safely and reliably travel well above takeoff speeds for commercial jets. Bugatti isn’t saying how fast the Chiron will go, though the company does state that the...
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Arash AF8 Cassini debuts at 2016 Geneva Motor Show: Live photosBritish supercar marque Arash had two models up on display at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show. One was an updated version of Arash's AF10 flagship, complete with a hybrid drivetrain. The drivetrain is said to pack a supercharged V-8 and four electric motors for a combined output of more than 2,000...
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Lamborghini tips hat to Italian Air Force with Huracán LP 610-4 AvioLamborghini took to the stage at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show this week with a new, limited edition version of its Aventador known as the Centenario. However, the Huracán also got the special edition treatment in the form of the LP 610-4 Avio. Boasting aeronautical styling cues, the LP 610-4...
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Apollo N debuts at 2016 Geneva Motor ShowAlongside the striking Arrow supercar on Apollo’s stand at this week’s 2016 Geneva Motor Show was another, somewhat more familiar model. The car is the N, essentially an updated version of the former Gumpert Apollo. The latter N symbolizes the Nürburgring, the race track Apollo...
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