Supercars
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He may have just been ousted from the Volkswagen Group but former chairman Ferdinand Piech isn’t about to dump the collection of VW Group cars that he’s amassed over the years. One of his cars, a one-off Porsche 918 Spyder, was recently spotted in Austria though it’s not clear if it’s actually Piech behind the wheel. Piech is a fan of fast cars and is believed to have two Bugatti Veyrons and even a Ferrari LaFerrari among his fleet. We can also add this 918 Spyder to the list, which was snapped by Jakob Blazovich Photography. ALSO SEE: 2016 Dodge Viper ACR Pricing...
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2016 Dodge Viper ACR Tech Overview VideoEven five years after its launch, the previous-generation Dodge Viper ACR is still one of the fastest production cars around a track, with only the all-wheel-drive Nissan GT-R NISMO and Porsche 918 Spyder managing to upset the car’s 7:12.13 Nürburgring lap time, set in 2011. Now...
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2016 Dodge Viper ACR street-legal racer revealedThe Dodge Viper American Club Racer has become the stuff of legend. The track-focused but street-legal machine was first launched in 1999 and by its second generation had already smashed the Nürburgring lap record for a production car with a time of 7:12.13, a feat surpassed only by the...
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Ferrari Design Boss Creates A SpaceshipFerrari's design director creates a spaceship inspired by cars old and new.
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Peugeot Vision GT Concept Is An 875-Horsepower, 875-Kilogram Supercar: VideoThe barrage of wild concepts designed for Gran Turismo 6 has been relentless, with the latest automaker to present its wares being French marque Peugeot which has designed a supercar that’s not only powerful but also extremely light. That’s a winning combination in our book, so...
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2016 Ferrari 488 GTS Spy VideoThe convertible version of Ferrari’s new 488 GTB has been spotted in prototype form outside the Italian automaker’s Maranello headquarters. The new car, which replaces the mechanically-similar 458 Spider in the Ferrari stable, should be revealed later this year or early next (a debut at...
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Just seeing one of Ferrari's flagship cars, or “Special Series” as the automaker likes to call them, is a rare occasion that most car fans will cherish, but just imagine four examples, one each from the past four generations, spotted together—and at the track. Well that’s exactly what we have in this latest video from Ferrari itself. MUST SEE: Bugatti Veyron Successor To Do 0-60 MPH In 2.0 Seconds: Report It features the F40, F50, Enzo and latest LaFerrari, with Ferrari chief test driver Dario Benuzzi hopping behind the wheel of each and giving us his impressions. The...
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Bugatti Veyron Successor To Do 0-60 MPH In 2.0 Seconds: ReportBugatti just sold its final Veyron, which means full attention for the crew in Molsheim, France has turned to the car’s successor, a new supercar tipped to be called the Chiron and packing a hybrid powertrain. Early test mules for the car have been spotted, but no new details could be...
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Aston Martin DB10 And Jaguar C-X75 On The Set Of New James Bond Movie 'Spectre': VideoIf nothing else, the latest James Bond movie will have some of the best cars in the franchise's history. In Spectre, Daniel Craig's 007 will take the wheel of an Aston Martin DB10—a model designed especially for the movie—while the bad guys will get the keys to the stillborn Jaguar...
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Latest LaFerrari Crash Is Worst Yet--Photo UpdateThe LaFerrari is—by any account—an exceptional, glorious incarnation of the automobile. But it's not an exception to one cruel fact of life—supercars are going to get wrecked. On that note, WreckedExotics has just received a new photo of Ferrari's latest halo car post-shunt, and...
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Infiniti Unveils Real-World Vision GT Supercar ConceptInfiniti is among the major automakers to have come up with a stunning concept car for the Gran Turismo video game series, with the Japanese brand’s concept, the Infiniti Concept Vision Gran Turismo, having made its virtual debut late last year. At last week’s 2015 Shanghai Auto Show...
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Have 918, Will Travel: Porsche Hits The Road To Celebrate Facebook MilestoneIt wasn't too many years ago that hybrids were antithetical to the very idea of performance cars. And while it might be hard to remember, people survived for eons without the ability to update their Facebook status. ALSO SEE: Latest LaFerrari Crash Is Worst Yet But flash forward to 2015, and with...
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McLaren’s P1 GTR has been designed strictly with track use in mind but some owners may soon be able to drive their cars on public streets thanks to plans to develop a road-legal version. In case you’ve forgotten, the P1 GTR features a more powerful, 986-horsepower version of the regular P1’s hybrid drivetrain as well as a wider body, more extreme suspension settings and some extensive weight-saving mods. But it’s not McLaren that is developing the P1 GTR road car but rather fellow British firm Lanzante. The motorsport and engineering firm is the same group behind the...
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Make-A-Wish Kid Gets Ride Of His Life In Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse: VideoFor many, the obsession with cars started shortly after leaving the womb, which makes the owners and dealers of exotic hardware particularly suited to provide families facing bone-chilling diagnoses with some much-needed levity. MUST WATCH: Man Builds Batmobile & Becomes Real Life Superhero To...
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Hardcore Amateur Porn: McLaren P1 GTR Does Spa-FrancorchampsIf you’ve been aching for some aural release, here’s your ticket: the McLaren P1 GTR getting hot and bothered around the Circuit Spa-Francorchamps. ALSO SEE: 2015 Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo Starts North American Delivery There’s no music, no frills, not even...
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Lamborghini Expands Its Polo Storico Classic Car DepartmentAs interest in the world of classic cars continues to soar—some would even call it a mania—Lamborghini is catering to the needs of owners of some of its most storied models such as the Miura and Countach by expanding and relaunching its Polo Storico restoration department. ALSO SEE...
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2017 Acura NSX Tech Secrets RevealedWhen it finally launches on the market, the 2017 Acura NSX will be one of the most advanced performance cars in production, a feat made all the more impressive when you factor in that you won’t need to be a millionaire to afford one (Acura hasn’t mentioned pricing but the sticker is...
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McLaren F1 Designer Gordon Murray Praises The SCG003Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, maker of the road-going race car that is the SCG003, can now count among its many fans none other than McLaren F1 designer Gordon Murray. The notoriously hard-to-please road and race car designer has previously described the current crop of hybrid supercars as being...
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Not long ago, 500 horsepower seemed an incredible output for a car. Then the Bugatti Veyron arrived and all of a sudden the “1,000-hp supercar” had entered the automotive vernacular. Lately, more and more cars have been coming out with “megawatt” ratings, which for those readers unaccustomed to measuring power in watts is equivalent to 1,341 hp. ALSO SEE: Stock 2015 Chevy Corvette Z06 0-185-MPH Run: Video Swedish supercar brand Koenigsegg already has two megawatt cars in its lineup, the One:1 and Regera, and now a company from another Nordic country, this time Finland...
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Lamborghini Limits Aventador LP 750-4 SV Production To Just 600 UnitsLamborghini used this week’s 2015 Shanghai Auto Show to mark the tenth anniversary of its launch in China, but of more interest to global audiences is confirmation by CEO Stephan Winkelmann that the brand’s latest baby, the Aventador LP 750-4 SuperVeloce, will be limited to just 600...
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Ultra-Exotic Parking Problems: Veyron On LaFerrari CrimeYou're staying at your posh Paris hotel. The valet was kind enough to keep your LaFerrari parked right at the curbside entrance. In fact, they were happy both to have it sitting there and to not have to touch it themselves. Not so surprisingly, seeing as this is the Four Seasons George V after all...
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Ferrari LaFerrari Crashes Into DitchProving that not all LaFerraris are pampered garage queens, one owner of the new Ferrari flagship sent his car into a roadside ditch during a recent road trip. The crash took place last week on the famous Route Napoléon in southern France. ALSO SEE: Ultra-Exotic Parking Problems: Veyron On...
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One Guy Now Owns Two Lamborghini Venenos (Probably)The Lamborghini Veneno is one of the rarest cars on Earth—and certainly among the rarest new cars. But one man may just own two of them—a coupe and a roadster. Only offered to loyal Lamborghini customers, the Veneno line is a hyper-expensive, hyper-focused exercise in hyper design and...
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Build Your Ideal 1-Of-1 Dodge Viper SRT With New ConfiguratorAs part of its updates for its 2015 Viper SRT supercar, Dodge launched a new variant dubbed the “GTC” that buyers are able to customize in virtually any way they desire—and no two Viper SRT GTCs will be allowed to be alike for any single model year, not even when it comes to their...
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