Supercars
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Race-inspired is a phrase easily thrown around by companies that both race and build road cars. But does it really mean anything? Sometimes, it does. In the case of the Squadra Corse, it certainly appears to. Bred from the one-make Super Trofeo race cars, but tamed just enough to be legal (and tolerable) for the street, the Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Squadra Corse is the most focused Gallardo road car ever. Though it uses the same V-10 found in the street car, the Squadra Corse sheds 150 pounds in weight through extensive use of carbon fiber and aluminum, adds a high-downforce aerodynamics...
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Koenigsegg Confirms 1,400-HP Output, 1,400-KG Weight For One:1 SupercarNews of Koenigsegg’s most potent supercar to date, the enigmatic One:1, has been circulating for almost a year and renderings of the car have already hit the Web. Until today, however, Koenigsegg has never released any information on it. In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Koenigsegg...
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Tushek Releases New Photo Of Forego T700 SupercarSlovenia’s Tushek has posted a new photo of its upcoming Forego T700 supercar on its Facebook page, along with the message “working on.” The Forego T700 is the follow-up to Tushek’s Renovatio T500 and promises to outmatch its predecessor in almost every way. Tushek...
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Audi Library iPad App Shows Off New 2014 R8The 2014 R8 is a stunning car, even when rendered in pixels.
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Hennessey Venom GT, GT-R, CTS-V Lap Circuit Of The Americas: VideoThe Circuit of the Americas is a world-class facility and a very challenging track to master. Pair that with the world-class Hennessey Venom GT (which also looks rather difficult to master) and you have a match made in Texas. Here, we see the Venom GT chasing a Hennessey-modified Nissan GT-R during...
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LaFerrari Testing On The Nürburgring: Spy ShotsThe wraps have already come off the Ferrari LaFerrari, though many of its specifications remain stated in "at least" and "more than" terms. Perhaps that's because Ferrari hasn't finalized things just yet--and why it's out testing the car on the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Shown here as test...
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It's not often you'll see 100 Lamborghinis in the same place, much less such a nice cross-section of the many generations and styles of the famed Italian supercar brand's automotive excess. Here, you get more than 100 of them, scooting at varying velocities around a mountain hairpin turn. In the rain. And while there are several classic Lamborghinis in the mix here (including Diablos, Countaches, and Miuras), there's also what appears to be a rather large percentage of the world's population of Aventadors. The speeds aren't all that high, for the most part, but the sounds they make are music...
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McLaren P1 Mega GalleryMcLaren’s new P1 supercar recently underwent final testing and the first cars have already run down the production line. McLaren will build just 375 examples, at a rate of one per day, and one of the cars has already been sold to comedian Jay Leno. It’s not clear if McLaren has any...
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Keating reveals The Bolt supercarBritish supercar manufacturer Keating is back with a new model called The Bolt. Keating has clearly taken a leaf out of Ferrari’s book on naming, though The Bolt is still a prototype so the name could change by the time production starts. The Bolt is Keating’s follow up to its previous...
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Forza Motorsport 5 & McLaren 'FilmSpeed' MesmerizesTeased yesterday, the collaboration between McLaren and Forza Motorsport 5 to create a flipbook-style animation from a series of still images strung around the perimeter of a race track, filmed from an MP4-12C has come to life. This is Forza FilmSpeed. We can't really imagine a more impractical way...
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McLaren And Forza Motorsport Team Up For Giant Flip-Book AnimationRemember flip books? If you're over 30 years of age, you probably played with them as a kid. You know, before we all had GameBoys in our pockets. A bunch of images are drawn on successive pages, and when you flip through them, an animated scene comes to life. Now imagine doing that with a McLaren...
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Porsche Tuners 9ff And speedART File For BankruptcyThe European car market continues to decline as the economies of most of its nations spiral downward, and the toll on the upper end of the custom and tuner segment continues to rise. Porsche-specific tuner companies 9ff and speedART have both filed for insolvency protection in Germany this month...
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With a blistering 6:57 lap of the Nürburgring-Nordschleife already under its belt, Porsche's 918 Spyder may be capable of still faster laps, says the driver who clocked the record-setting run. Porsche factory racing driver Marc Lieb spoke with Australia's Drive recently, saying he thinks the 918 Spyder has more in the bag. While it's not clear from the video of the run where Lieb would find the time, he suggests further development before the car's first deliveries could find yet more pace. Going to racing slicks could also shave seconds per lap, says Lieb. He also admits he wasn't...
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Two LaFerraris Hit The Track At Fiorano: VideoNo matter which of the hot new trio of hybrid hypercars you're most infatuated with, you have to admit they're all massively impressive machines. And unlike most hybrids, this group sounds pretty great--perhaps especially the LaFerrari. HEAR MORE: Hear The LaFerrari’s Engine Bark In This...
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Ferrari 458 Speciale Steals Our Souls With New VideoThere's a lot to be excited about when it comes to the new Ferrari 458 Speciale. It is, after all, an even better version of the already life-changingly good 458 Italia. This video shows its strengths to great effect. Of course, even the best video can't convey the emotional depth of the experience...
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Build Your Dream Porsche 918 Spyder With Official ConfiguratorThe dust hasn’t even settled on the floors of the Frankfurt Auto Show where the Porsche 918 Spyder just made its world debut, but already a configurator for the car has gone live on the Porsche website. Porsche still has some remaining build slots for the car--918 are planned in total--so if...
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Meet The Couple With 65 Vipers: VideoIt’s not uncommon to find an individual or couple with an assortment of cars tucked away in a private garage. Some famous examples include comedian Jay Leno and the Sultan of Brunei. What is quite rare, however, is to meet collectors whose entire collection is made up of the same car...
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Ferrari Plotting Return To Turbocharged Power: ReportTalk of Ferrari once again using a turbocharged engine dates back all the way to 2008 but even though we’re yet to see the automaker head in that direction, the rumors persist. In fact, we’re expecting Ferrari’s replacement for the California, which is due out next year, to...
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The year 2013 marked the return of the Dodge--excuse us, the SRT--Viper. Whatever its brand name may be, we're happy to live in a world in which a car can head to market with an 8.4-liter V-10 engine that produces 640 horsepower and 600 pound-feet of torque. The Viper has already earned its place in history as one of the most iconic American sports cars of all time. Now it's back for another model year, with some extra color choices and a brand-new setting that directs the traction control to keep you chugging along in the rain. Three new exterior paint options are being rolled out for the...
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Hennessey's HPE700 Is A McLaren 12C On Supercar SteroidsThe McLaren MP4-12C is one of the most capable and potent supercars on the planet. It's a street machine that borrows knowledge gleaned from engineers that are used to creating vehicles capable of winning Formula One races. It should be of no surprise then that the 12C is as good as it is. Still...
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Bugatti’s New Supercar May Not Eclipse Veyron Super Sport’s Top SpeedBugatti is working on a successor for its Veyron supercar, which is due in about two years, only Bugatti isn’t calling it a successor since, according to the brand’s CEO, you cannot succeed the Veyron. That means Bugatti’s new supercar isn't likely to eclipse the Veyron Super...
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Mansory Turns To Stealth With Aventador-Based CarbonadoMansory is not known for producing anything close to being subtle. Its vehicle designs are typically way over-the-top affairs that lead to polarizing opinions. That's what makes the Carbonado such a surprise. It's a Lamborghini Aventador that's been given a Mansory makeover... and it's rather well...
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Bugatti Legend ‘Jean Bugatti’ Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse Live From FrankfurtThe Bugatti Veyron has long, long legs. It's been on the market since 2005 in one form or another, evolving over the better part of the past decade from its original 1,000-horsepower specification to a range of Grand Sport, Grand Sport Vitesse, and limited-edition models. A new special edition has...
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Ferrari 458 Speciale’s Technology Explained Through VideoOne of the most popular cars at this week’s Frankfurt Auto Show, the Ferrari 458 Speciale, also happens to be one of the most technologically advanced. There are so many intricate systems present that it’s hard to get a grasp on how the technologies all help make this hardcore 458...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran