Supercars
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Revealed at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show to a shocked and awed audience, the Ford GT has lit the world afire with its dramatic styling and promised performance. Now, it has a price tag to match the heat of its debut: about $400,000. The word comes from Dave Pericak of Ford Performance at the Geneva Motor Show. Pericak said the price of the Ford GT would be near that of the Lamborghini Aventador, which stickers at a brisk $397,500, base. DON'T MISS: 2016 Ford Focus RS Debuts At 2015 Geneva Motor Show: Video With “more than” 600 horsepower on tap from a twin-turbocharged EcoBoost...
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Lamborghini Aventador LP 750-4 SuperVeloce Revealed In Geneva: VideoThe Lamborghini Aventador has had several years on the market to break necks—both of passersbys and of drivers engaging Corsa mode—but now it's getting an even more extreme variant: the Aventador LP 750-4 SuperVeloce, or SV. These official photos show that yes, Lamborghini can indeed...
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Zenvo ST1 Supercar Gets New Transmission, Minor Updates For 2015 Geneva Motor ShowDanish supercar startup Zenvo first burst onto the scene back in 2008 when it rolled out a pre-production prototype for its ST1 supercar. The firm didn’t really make headlines, however, until a ST1 being tested by Top Gear in 2014 suffered from some mechanical issues and ultimately went up in...
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McLaren 675LT Limited To Just 500 Examples Worldwide: VideoThe latest addition to the McLaren fleet of supercars, the 675LT, has made its debut at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. The car is a hotter version of the 650S and sits in the Super Series of cars, which also includes the 650S and Asia-only 625C. MUST SEE: First Look At Koenigsegg Regera: 1,500 HP From...
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Ferrari 488 GTB: Live Photos And Video From GenevaAs with most shows, Ferrari’s stand at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show was one of the busiest. The Prancing Horse’s star this year is the 488 GTB, the mid-cycle update for the 458 Italia and the latest of the Italian marque’s models to adopt a turbocharged powerplant. MUST SEE: First...
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Koenigsegg Agera RS races into Geneva with 1,160 horsepowerKoenigsegg has brought a new, more potent version of its Agera supercar to the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. The new version is called the “Agera RS”, and it packs a 1,160-horsepower version of the Swedish marque’s familiar twin-turbocharged 5.0-liter V-8. That figure, Koenigsegg tells...
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Eight seconds can be a very long time—just ask a bull rider. But in the world of cars blasting down the drag strip, it’s a pretty darned short time, indeed. This 1,500-horsepower turbocharged street-driven Mustang BOSS makes it look easy. MUST WATCH: Hellcat Vs. Hellcat: Tires Shredded, Faces Melted, Internet Broken For a street machine, getting into 8-second territory is pretty much bonkers. But this is only technically a street car. It’s caged, has a giant dump tube sticking out of the front of the car, a trunk-mounted air-to-water intercooler to handle the charge heat of...
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Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse La Finale Revealed: Live Photos And VideoA significant chapter in the long and illustrious history of Bugatti is coming to a close at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show this week. At the Swiss event, the maker of the world’s fastest production cars is presenting its 450th and final Veyron, the Grand Sport Vitesse La Finale. As recently...
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Audi R8 e-tron debuts at 2015 Geneva auto showAudi’s new R8 supercar makes its official debut this week at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show, and to help kick off the launch Audi is showing four distinct versions of the car. Two of these we’ve already seen, the V-10 powered R8 V10 and R8 V10 Plus. The remaining two are the R8 LMS race car...
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Aston Martin Vulcan is a V-12-powered, limited edition track carWhat is the Aston Martin Vulcan? It’s a track-only supercar packing motorsport-derived technology and a powerful 7.0-liter V-12 engine, and it’s now in Switzerland for a debut at this week’s 2015 Geneva Motor Show. The Vulcan is designed to go up against other track specials such...
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First Look At Koenigsegg Regera: 1,500 HP From Direct Drive SystemKoenigsegg’s second ‘megacar’, the Regera, has been revealed at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. The Regera packs technologies never before seen in one of Koenigsegg’s products, enabling it to develop more power than any car ever in production. And yes, the car is headed for...
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McLaren P1 GTR: Live Photos And Video From GenevaMcLaren has revealed its new track-focused P1 in its final form, meaning the car will soon start delivery to its eagerly awaiting buyers. It made its formal debut today at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show where McLaren is also showing off the new 675LT, which forms part of the automaker’s mid-level...
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One of our favorite supercars is completely new again: the 2016 Audi R8 has debuted this week at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. Known and respected for its ability to blend daily-driver comfort with world-class handling and pace, the first-generation Audi R8 ran from 2007 through 2016 as the brand’s halo car. Now, it’s fresh once again. MUST WATCH: Meet The Man That Owns A Ferrari LaFerrari, McLaren P1 & Porsche 918 Spyder: Video As is Audi’s way, the look is no dramatic departure from the previous R8. It’s a clear and focused evolution of the R8 design premise, with...
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Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera’s Ferrari F12-Based Berlinetta Lusso Revealed: VideoRemember Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera’s awesome Alfa Romeo Disco Volante? Well, the hand-built masterpiece based on the 8C Competizione supercar proved so popular that the Italian coachbuilder has decided to do another project just like it, this time based on the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta...
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Lamborghini Aventador SuperVeloce Roadster SpiedLamborghini is bringing its “most reactive car" to the Geneva Motor Show this week, a car almost certain to be the hardcore Aventador SuperVeloce spied recently during a photo shoot in southern Europe. Now we have our first look at what’s likely to be an open-top version of the car...
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Viper-Based Bravado Banshee From Grand Theft Auto Up For Sale: VideoIn 2013, Rockstar Games commissioned West Coast Customs to build a real-life version of the Bravado Banshee from its blockbuster Grand Theft Auto franchise. And while you probably wouldn't have guessed the car would eventually wind up in the possession of a 56 year-old grandmother, that's exactly...
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Audi Confirms New R8 e-tron And Second-Generation R8 LMS RacerAlong with the reveal of its all-new R8 supercar, German brand Audi confirmed two additional variants of the car: the battery-powered R8 e-tron and the R8 LMS race car. The LMS racer is simply a successor to the current R8 LMS which competes in a number of GT3-spec competitions around the globe...
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SCG003C race car revealed ahead of 2015 Geneva auto showThe covers came off Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus’ new built-from-scratch supercar, the SCG003S, only a few hours ago and now we have our first look at the car in its motorsport form. Called the SCG003C, where the “C” in the title stands for Competizione (the road-going version has...
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The Croatian supercar startup Rimac is hard at work. First showing its electric concept in 2011, Rimac has been promising the world an extremely limited, massively powerful, electron-sucking super machine. We've been told that horsepower figure will sit at a mighty 1,088. Along with an insane 2,800 pound-feet of torque, the power output is reportedly enough to push the car from 0-60 miles per hour in just 2.8 seconds and onward to a top speed of 190 miles per hour. MUST SEE: Hellcat Vs. Hellcat: Tires Shredded, Faces Melted, Internet Broken All of that thrust is generated by a battery pack...
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Koenigsegg Teases New Agera RS Ahead Of 2015 Geneva Motor ShowKoenigsegg is bringing a new, presumably more potent version of its Agera supercar to the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. The new version will be called the Agera RS, and it will wear what appears to be one very large wing, based on the latest teaser sketch. We’re expecting the new Agera RS to be a...
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McLaren 675LT Supercar Revealed Ahead Of 2015 Geneva Motor ShowFollowing the reveal of McLaren’s 650S a year ago, arch rival Ferrari found itself in the unusual spot of playing catch up with its 458. The Prancing Horse responded this month with the turbocharged 488 GTB but McLaren already has a new model coming to counter it: the 675LT. The new supercar...
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Lamborghini Teases ‘Most Reactive’ Car For 2015 Geneva Motor Show: VideoWhat makes a car reactive? Does it subscribe to conspiracy theories? Is it made entirely of SuperBall rubber? Perhaps it’s at one end of the pH scale, or constructed largely of pure lithium? Whatever that non-descriptor means, Lamborghini is using it to tease the latest of its products, due...
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Spain’s GTA Releases Second Teaser For V-10-Powered Spano SupercarWe first saw the Spano supercar from Spanish firm Spania GTA back in 2009 when the original concept version was rolled out (featured in gallery). Since then GTA has been churning out examples for enthusiasts all across the globe, but now the company is ready to introduce a successor model. ALSO...
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2015 Chevy Corvette Z06 Proves Driver Matters, Even For The McLaren P1: VideoThe loose nut behind the wheel is the most important part of any car, as Frederick Chin of Chin Motorsports illustrated recently at the Circuit of Americas. DON’T MISS: 2015 Chevy Corvette Z06 Does Burnout, Then Runs The Quarter Mile: Video Facing off against a McLaren P1 in his brand-new...
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