Supercars
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The decade-long production run of the Bugatti Veyron finally comes to an end next year, but an even faster successor for what is still the official fastest production car in the world is coming—and it may be called the Chiron. The information was first reported by Car and Driver. ALSO SEE: Bugatti Veyron Successor To Hits 286 MPH: Report Chiron is the name of a centaur in Greek mythology, but it is also the name of a Bugatti racing driver, Louis Chiron, who was influential in building the brand’s legend in the early parts of the last century. Although regarded a Bugatti Legend in...
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Bugatti Replica Can Be Yours For Over 100 LargeDo you dream of one day parking a Bugatti Veyron outside of your home? Well, that's a rather big dream and it would take an equally big stack of cash to pull that off. A Veyron is a seven-figure car produced in small numbers. The combination of rare and expensive means that it's highly unlikely...
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2015 Dodge Viper SRT Gets GT And TA 2.0 Variants Plus More PowerThe Dodge Viper SRT supercar muscles into the 2015 model year with a few changes, including some additional horsepower. New variants have also been added to the lineup, with a new Viper GT squeezing in between the base Viper and upmarket Viper GTS, and a new-and-improved Viper Time Attack arriving...
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Huracán Takes On A Jet, Is Now A Proper Lambo: VideoThe internet is great for all sorts of things, but is a wonderful resource if you happen to love watching races between Lamborghini supercars, and fighter jets. In its latest battle, the Gallardo-replacing Lamborghini Huracán takes on a Sukhoi Su-27 'Flanker', an enormous twin-engine Russian...
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Turbocharged Ferrari 458M Spy ShotsFerrari’s 458 Italia and its hardcore Speciale variant are shaping up to be the Prancing Horse’s last normally aspirated V-8 cars, as the 458 is about to undergo its mid-cycle update and we hear the new car will be powered by a turbocharged engine. These are the first spy shots of a...
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Watch A BAC Mono Chase A McLaren P1 At Silverstone: David & GoliathIf there’s a more unlikely pairing of serious road-going performance cars on YouTube this week, we don’t know what it is. Here, you see a single-seat, stripped-down, relatively affordable BAC Mono on an open track day as it chases and tries to hang with a McLaren P1 hypercar at...
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Warning: This video contains some NSFW language. Back in 2009, Andy Lee House, one of the first people in the country to own a Bugatti Veyron, crashed the exotic supercar into a lake. Upon exiting the vehicle, House left the engine running, causing it to suck up the lake’s salty water and cause irreparable damage. Following a series of investigations relating to the matter, House, 39, yesterday pleaded guilty to a charge of wire fraud before U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Giblin. He is now facing up to 20 years in prison. A sentencing date is yet to be set. WATCH: Lamborghini...
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SCG 003 Supercar To Offer Twin-Turbo V-12, Cost 2.1 Million EurosThe reveal of James Glickenhaus’ latest supercar project at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show next March is quickly approaching, but there’s still a lot we don’t know about the new car, which will be the first fully developed by Glickenhaus’ own company Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus...
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Lamborghini Huracán Goes 0-211 MPH In Launch Control Test: VideoIf you think the Lamborghini Huracán was just the flashy little brother to the Aventador, without any real teeth of its own, you’re wrong. It’s a beast in its own right. DON'T MISS: Man Who Crashed Bugatti Veyron Into A Lake Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud Of course, you’d know...
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Noble Remains Committed To Launching M600 RoadsterA couple of years ago, niche British sports car manufacturer Noble started teasing a new open-top version of its M600 supercar, dubbed the M600 Roadster. Noble said production would only take place if demand was sufficient, which it would seem hasn’t been as the green light is yet to be given...
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Wrecked Bugatti Veyron Sells At Auction For $277kThe Bugatti Veyron, even with some miles on the clock, normally retails for upwards of a million dollars. However, one example that went up for auction in Switzerland has sold for 254,000 Swiss francs (approximately $277,344). WATCH: Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Dyno Tested, May Be More Powerful...
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How A Bugatti Veyron L’Or Style Vitesse Gets Delivered To Its New Owner: VideoThere are only a few hundred Bugatti Veyrons in the whole world. There are only a few dozen highly customized designer versions. This is one of them, and it’s being delivered to its new owner in San Diego. The car is a Bugatti Veyron L’Or Style Vitesse, painted in a stunning...
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Bugatti will assemble all six of its Legend models for the first time at Pebble Beach
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Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo Sounds Amazing As It Leaves The Quail: VideoThe newest race car from Lamborghini, based on its new Huracán road-going super sports car, made its debut last week during The Quail’s festivities leading up to the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Here, we get to hear the uncorked race engine as the car gently departs its...
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Ferrari 458 Speciale Spider Spy ShotsFerrari is working on a convertible version of its hardcore 458 Speciale, as evidenced by a prototype spotted outside the company’s headquarters in Maranello, Italy. The prototype, photos of which can be found on 4WheelsNews, features the convertible body of the 458 Spider but with a number...
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Australia’s Joss Supercar Not Dead Yet, Company Turns To CrowdfundingAustralians are well known for their love of performance cars but in a few years the country’s auto industry will be almost non-existent, with the remaining plants of Ford, Holden and Toyota located there all scheduled to close before the end of 2017. Not yet ready to throw in the towel is a...
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Lamborghini CEO Hints At Rear-Wheel-Drive HuracánAt the recent 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, Lamborghini presented its new Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo race car. Curiously, the new race car featured a rear-wheel-drive system as opposed to the all-wheel-drive setup found in the Gallardo Super Trofeo that it replaces from...
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Bugatti Launches Legends Fashion Range To Match Special VeyronsBugatti chose the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance and The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering events to bring together all six of its "Legends" special edition Veyrons for the very first time. One might think that bringing six unique examples of the world's fastest supercar together would be enough at...
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While Bugatti’s main attraction at the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance over the weekend was its six Legend edition Veyrons, the French automaker also rolled out an additional car, one with even higher exclusivity. The car is the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse ‘1 of 1’, and its name emphasizes a core competency of Bugatti, namely personalization. Yes, in the spirit of Ettore Bugatti, whose motto was “Nothing is too expensive, nothing is too beautiful”, the automaker he founded continues to work in partnership with its customers to design vehicles...
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McLaren P1 GTR: 2014 Pebble Beach Concours Live PhotosOne of the stars of this past weekend’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance was the McLaren P1 GTR, a hardcore, track-only version of the British supercar that will be built in an extremely limited run and offered only to original owners of the P1 road car. McLaren is offering the P1 as a...
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Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo RWD Racer RevealedThis is the all-new Huracán-based race car that starting from next year will compete in the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo one-make racing series, currently held in Asia, Europe and North America. The car is the 2015 Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo, and as its name...
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McLaren P1 GTR Revealed Ahead Of 2014 Pebble Beach ConcoursMcLaren has revealed its new track-focused P1, which wears the automaker’s iconic GTR badge last used on the string of McLaren F1 GTR race cars built in the mid-1990s. F1 GTRs have competed in various motorsport competitions but the car’s most famous accomplishment was overall victory...
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Caparo T1 Evolution To Cost 1.1 Million Euros: ReportThe ultimate road-going track car, the Caparo T1, is about to spawn an even more potent ‘Evolution’ model, a teaser for which was recently released. Caparo is currently taking orders for its new T1 Evolution but is yet to say when it will be revealed. However, we do have some details on...
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Mid-Engine Corvette Rumors Rise Again, This Time For Next ZR1 And C8The idea of a mid-engined Corvette is nothing new. In fact, it seems that with each generation there’s always talk of the ‘next’ one adopting a mid-engine layout. It hasn’t helped that Chevrolet has revealed a number of Corvette concepts over the years featuring a mid-engine...
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