Supercars
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There's automotive luxury and exclusivity, and then there's The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering. Dovetailing with Lamborghini's own brand values, the event is a high-dollar, high-class show of the highlights of the best cars, new and old, to be found anywhere on the Monterey peninsula during Car Week. We were lucky enough to attend again this year, and while there, we sat down for a quick chat with Lamborghini President and CEO Stephan Winkelmann. Here's what he had to say. It's Lamborghini's 50th anniversary. A lot has changed in the automotive world in the last 50 years. Is there anything...
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Hardcore Ferrari 458 Speciale revealedFerrari’s [NYSE:RACE] hardcore 458 Italia, the successor to the 430 Scuderia, has been revealed as the new Ferrari 458 Speciale. The scintillating supercar has been revealed ahead of its official world debut at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show next month and previews new technical solutions that...
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Laraki Returns With New Epitome SupercarAfter two failed attempts, Moroccan designer Abdesslam Laraki is having another go at building a world class supercar. The Epitome is his latest attempt and it made its world debut over the weekend at the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The Laraki Epitome is based on the chassis of a...
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Bugatti Rolls Out First Of Six Legend Edition Veyrons At Pebble BeachBugatti has presented the first of six new special edition Veyrons, which celebrate the men that have shaped the marque’s history. The series is called the Les Légendes de Bugatti (Bugatti Legends) and the first one showed up at the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The...
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Galpin Ford GTR1 Supercar Debuts At Pebble BeachThe covers have finally come off Galpin’s GTR1, with the stunning supercar having made its debut at the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance taking place this weekend. For those unfamiliar with the Galpin name, the company is the world’s top Ford dealer and is based in Van Nuys...
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Five Green Cars That Make Supercar Drivers See RedYou're finally living the dream, with that exhaust note ripping and shrieking behind you, the leather-covered, heavily bolstered carbon-fiber seat holding you snugly in place a mere 3 inches above the asphalt, and pedestrians stopping in their tracks to gape at you. You're driving a supercar...
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Galpin Auto Sports has built a new supercar modeled after the Ford GT and will be unveiling it tomorrow at The Quail: A Motorsports Gathering, one of the satellite events of the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance taking place this weekend in Monterey, California. We already have a good idea as to what the new supercar, labeled the Galpin Ford GTR1, will look like thanks to previous renderings but now Galpin has posted up a few teaser shots of the real thing on its Facebook page. The GTR1 is said to ride on the bones of a Ford GT and be capable of delivering as much as 1,000...
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Production Porsche 918 Spyder Shows Up At Pebble BeachPorsche is presenting two very special vehicles at the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance taking place this weekend, the 918 Spyder, which the automaker just tweeted a photo of and confirmed was the final production specification, and the recently revealed 911 50th Anniversary Edition...
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Lamborghini’s Oldest And Newest Cars Head To Pebble BeachAs you are probably already aware, Lamborghini is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion we’ve already seen the automaker roll out a 50th anniversary Aventador, the new Veneno supercar and the Egoista concept car. Lamborghini also organized an epic rally that saw...
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Saleen Teases Unveiling Of New CarSaleen, the company behind the S7 supercar and a host of tuned Mustangs, has confirmed it will unveil a brand new car this Saturday, August 17. The unveiling will take place during the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, one of the satellite events of this...
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Watch Hennessey’s Twin-Turbo Ferrari 458 Do 0-60 In 2.8 Seconds: VideoSome might say it’s sacrilege to turbocharge a Ferrari, unless the factory already has, but it’s hard to make a case when you get performance numbers like those of Hennessey’s new twin-turbocharged Ferrari 458 Italia. The Texan tuner’s latest package for the Italian...
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Super Trofeo Version Of Gallardo Successor To Make Race Debut In 2015The Lamborghini Gallardo is near the end of its life cycle, and engineers at Sant'Agata are known to be developing the follow-up. That car, which may be called the Lamborghini Cabrera, has already been spotted in prototype form. A concept version is likely to be unveiled soon and a sales launch is...
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If you're in the market for a 2014 Dodge SRT Viper, be prepared to dig a little deeper. Prices for the V-10-powered supercar are on the rise. The 2014 SRT Viper’s base price is now $101,309, including destination, which equates to a rise of $1,919 on last year’s model. Both prices exclude the car’s $2,600 gas guzzler tax. The 2014 SRT Viper GTS’ price remains unchanged at $122,390, once again including destination but excluding the $2,600 gas guzzler tax. Pricing information for the new addition to the Viper lineup, the 2014 Viper TA, is yet to be announced. It should...
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Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Squadra Corse Priced From $259,100Lamborghini's final Gallardo variant is likely to be this track-focused LP 570-4 Squadra Corse.
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Is A Lamborghini Veneno Already Up For Sale? Probably NotLamborghini marked its 50th anniversary this year and as part of the celebrations rolled out the striking Veneno at March’s 2013 Geneva Motor Show, a bespoke supercar based on the Aventador platform and with styling one could best describe as polarizing. Only four examples were promised, one...
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Fernando Alonso Takes The LaFerrari For Another Spin: VideoAfter getting some seat time in the LaFerrari supercar back in April, Formula One ace and current Scuderia Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso took time out prior to July’s 2013 Hungarian Grand Prix to drive the car a bit more. Along with his teammate Felipe Massa, the Spaniard has been involved...
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Video Shows Just How Deceptive Fake Ferraris Actually WereLast week, Spanish authorities arrested eight individuals for running a supercar replica business, where mostly fake Ferraris were built using humble Toyota parts and then sold for upwards of 40,000 euros (approximately $53,000). We have no doubt the people buying the fake cars knew they were fake...
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Man Buys Ferrari... So He Can Possibly Buy Another FerrariFerrari is very picky about who it will afford the opportunity of purchasing its latest supercar. The newest of the mad machines is the LaFerrari, and you need a green light from the automaker before you shell out the big bucks needed to buy it. One Filipino man hopes to add the LaFerrari to his...
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In the art world, it’s not uncommon and completely legal for rare works to be reproduced, usually because the originals are so rare and valuable that the only way to share them with others, yet still preserve them, is through means of a replica. While it’s true that even a Ferrari can be seen as a work of art, that might be stretching the point somewhat in the case of the eight people recently arrested in Spain for having built a business around the manufacture and sale of replica versions of the Italian supercars. As we’ve seen in the past, there is no shortage of replica...
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Ferrari P4/5 & P4/5 Competizione Together At Last: Video & GalleryJames Glickenhaus' contributions to the automotive world are undeniable. But for some reason, the Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina and its racing alter ego, the P4/5 Competizione have never been together in the same place. Now they have. As the gallery shows, the two cars do look a lot alike, though...
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Spanish Exotic Carmaker Tramontana Considering U.S. PlantFlorida is the site of many things--most of them bizarre and occasionally unfathomable acts of stupidity. But it may also soon be the site of a new exotic car manufacturing plant, if Spain's a.d. Tramontana gets its way. The Spanish company is considering the Sarasota-Manatee area or a location in...
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Spanish Police Bust Fake Ferrari RacketWe see numerous replica supercars come and go, including some that could fool even an expert’s eye, but rarely do you hear of the cars’ builders being busted by the cops, despite the obvious copyright infringements and other breaches of the law that typically go hand in hand with...
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Race-Inspired Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Squadra Corse UnveiledIt was only a few months ago that Lamborghini founded its Squadra Corse department to handle its motorsport activities, including its one-make series, the Blancpain Super Trofeo. The Super Trofeo race series spawned its own special-edition racing Gallardo, and now the Squadra Corse department has...
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Forza 5 McLaren P1 Ride-Along Winner Collects His Prize: VideoMcLaren Automotive and Forza 5 teamed up earlier this year to offer a competition with the grand prize being a ride-along in the McLaren P1. With little more than dropping your name in a digital hat as the price of entry, the P1 ride-along was quite the enticing prize. For one lucky participant...
Nelson Ireson