Supercars
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Word on the street is that there’s a new project underway at Porsche, and it could bear some mid-engined fruit. This is Motor Authority’s news for Monday, July 7. It wouldn’t be the first time Porsche investigated going mid-engined to enhance its sports car portfolio, as the Boxster and Cayman are already exactly that—and back in the 1990s, the company even built a secret mid-engined prototype of the 911—for development of the Boxster. And there’s always the 918 Spyder super-hybrid. If rumors of Porsche’s latest mid-engined super sports car prove...
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Dodge Viper Production To Restart After Temporary ShutdownDodge will restart production of its Viper on July 21 after a temporary shutdown was instigated at the car’s Conner Avenue Assembly Plant in Detroit to better align inventories with sales. Production had resumed briefly late last month, but Dodge has confirmed to Autoblog that full production...
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Did A Ferrari LaFerrari Just Catch Fire?The Ferrari LaFerrari has been in customer hands for less than a year, but already we’ve seen an example involved in a crash and now we have a photo depicting what is said to be the first LaFerrari to have caught fire. As the photo reveals, there is some damage at the rear of the car that...
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New details on Porsche’s mid-engine Ferrari 458 rivalWe first heard that Porsche was considering a new mid-engine supercar to take on the likes of the Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] 458 Italia back in 2011. No, we’re not talking about the limited edition 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid that recently went on sale, but a more accessible supercar sitting just...
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Exotic Cars Destroyed By Fire In ThailandIt pains us to bring you news that a trio of exotic cars—a Bentley Flying Spur, Ferrari F430 and Lamborghini Murcielago—were destroyed recently by fire. The vehicles were on a transport truck along with a BMW 5-Series Gran Turismo. According to Wrecked Exotics, the BMW caught on fire...
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2015 Audi R8 Gets Minor Updates Ahead Of New Model’s ArrivalAudi is set to introduce a redesigned R8 supercar for the 2016 model year, so that means the current model, first revealed all the way back in 2006, will soldier on for one more year. To help keep sales brimming, Audi is offering a number of special features on the R8 for the 2015 model year, one...
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James Glickenhaus’ new SCG 003 supercar is set to make its debut at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show next March, but today we have our first look at the design of the car’s carbon fiber chassis. For those unfamiliar with Glickenhaus, he is an American investor and car lover that turned a Ferrari Enzo into the P4/5 by Pininfarina. He later built a P4/5 Competizione race car based on a Ferrari F430 GT2 chassis, but soon after had a falling out with Ferrari so ended up forming his own team, Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (SCG). SCG is now working on its own car, the 003 (the P4/5 by...
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Ride Along With POV Video Of The Koenigsegg One:1 At GoodwoodIf you thought the 1,340-horsepower Koenigsegg One:1 was fast, you had no real idea until now. Sure, you may have seen it at speed from the outside, but this view from inside the cockpit is one very few will ever see—at least in real life. The sounds, the speeds, the furious pace of the One:1...
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LaFerrari Crashes In MonacoFerrari’s flagship supercar, the LaFerrari, has only been in customer hands for several months but the first crash involving one of the cars since its launch has occurred (a prototype was involved in a crash last year), and it’s not surprising that the crash took place in Monaco. The...
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Ferrari At The 2014 Goodwood Festival Of Speed: Mega Gallery & VideoOver the weekend, Ferrari took part in the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed and brought a number of past and present models as well as some very special cars. One of the highlights was the green LaFerrari of Jamiroquai lead singer Jay Kay, who in the video above gives us some details about his...
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Ferrari 250 GTO Is Inspiration For One-Off SP AmericaLast week Ferrari introduced a new one-off supercar developed on behalf of a client by the Special Projects division, the F12 TRS, whose lines were inspired by the 1957 250 Testa Rossa and whose owner is believed to be a British resident. Now we have details on a second one-off Ferrari developed by...
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Ferrari Celebrates 15 Million Facebook Fans With LaFerrari POV VideoFerrari likes to keep its fans happy. Mostly that involves simply being Ferrari, producing and racing cars and selling all manner of merchandise, but occasionally it means releasing a special video when the company's Facebook page hits a certain number of fans. After a video of the 458 Italia at...
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Before the days of licensed vehicles, racing video games used to display some kind of generic action scene on the box art. Nowadays, the world's automakers clamor for spots on the cover of games like Gran Turismo and Forza, the latter of which has a new star car: Lamborghini's Huracán LP 610-4. ALSO SEE: 2016 Chevy Camaro To Grow In Size, Offer 4-Cydliner Power: Report Developer Turn 10's latest star car choice is entirely appropriate for Forza Horizon 2, as the game trades the mountains and canyons of Horizon's Colorado landscape for the Mediterranean beauty of Southern Europe. In...
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2016 Audi R8 Spy Shots (With Interior)You’re looking at the latest spy shots of a prototype for the second-generation Audi R8. The car has been developed alongside the new Lamborghini Huracán LP 610-4, with which it shares a platform, though its sales launch is still about a year away, which means we’re likely to see...
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2015 McLaren 650S GT3 Race Car RevealedMcLaren has used the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed to reveal its all-new GT3-spec race car based on the latest 650S supercar. McLaren had said it was planning to showcase the latest track-focused car developed by its McLaren GT motorsport arm, and now we have it in the form of the 650S GT3. Just...
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Aston Martin's Vision Gran Turismo Concept Is The DP-100: VideoThe latest automaker to reveal a striking concept for the Gran Turismo video game series' 15th anniversary celebration is none other than Aston Martin, which itself celebrated a major anniversary only last year: its centenary. Aston Martin’s new concept is the Design Prototype 100 (DP-100)...
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First Driving Video For Koenigsegg One:1 Hits The WebKoenigsegg’s new One:1 supercar, the world’s most powerful production car, made its debut back in March at the Geneva Motor Show. However, up until now we’ve only ever seen the car on static display. ALSO SEE: #GiveAShift: The 7 Best Manual Transmissions You Can Drive Now we have...
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2014 Ferrari 458 Spider quick driveEven in today’s supercar-rich automotive landscape, Ferrari stands out as special and awe-inspiring. Look at the critical numbers for the 2014 458 Spider that we just drove, and it’s in an elite tier among just a few of the world’s top performance machines. The high-revving...
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Earlier this year, the official personalization department of McLaren, McLaren Special Operations, unveiled a 650S concept equipped with a number of unique elements aimed at improving both the car’s styling and performance. Now, just a day out from the start of the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed, McLaren has confirmed it will build 50 examples of the 650S with the same specifications as the concept and will showcase the production version for the first time at Goodwood. Available as either a coupe or convertible, the MSO 650S is fitted with a number of carbon fiber styling upgrades...
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Ferrari To Curb C02 With Turbocharging And Hybrid TechnologyFerrari has already managed to curb its CO2 emissions by almost 40 percent since 2007, back when its cars were averaging about 435 grams per kilometer as opposed to the current rate of about 270 g/km, but the Italian automaker isn’t applying the brakes just yet. A senior Ferrari exec says the...
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James Glickenhaus Gives Insider's View Of His Amazing Garage: VideoThe P4/5 Pininfarina Enzo, the P4/5 Competizione, the upcoming SCG003—James Glickenhaus is the man behind some of the last decade’s most amazing one-off cars, and in this video, he explains his passion, his collection, and more. MUST SEE: #GiveAShift: The 7 Best Manual Transmissions You...
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Ferrari 360 Modena Crashes Down Steep Malibu Embankment: VideoWe have dramatic video footage that shows a driver of a Ferrari 360 Modena suddenly losing control of his exotic and crashing down a steep embankment. The crash recently took place on a stretch of the Mulholland Highway in Malibu. CHECK OUT: Official Details On The One-Off Ferrari F12 TRS: Video...
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Official details on the one-off Ferrari F12 TRSFerrari [NYSE:RACE] has chosen to limit the number of cars it builds each year to just 7,000 units but to increase revenues the company is offering more personalization options, ranging from unique trim elements in the cabin right up to unique, coachbuilt cars. The latter option is offered through...
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New Track-Focused McLaren To Debut At Goodwood Festival Of SpeedMcLaren has announced a global premiere for the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed taking place this month and has released this teaser image to whet our appetite. The global premiere will be a new track-focused version of one of McLaren’s supercars, developed by the automaker’s McLaren GT...
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