Supercars
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Fresh from its debut at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, the LaFerrari supercar, Ferrari’s newest flagship, is now on display at the sports car manufacturer’s official museum located in Maranello, Italy. The Ferrari Museum just wrapped up its stellar exhibition honoring Italian designer Sergio Pininfarina and is now hosting a new event dedicated to Ferrari’s ‘Special Series’ cars. Opened by Ferrari Chairman Luca di Montezemolo last Friday, the new exhibition is titled ‘Ferrari Supercar - Technology, Design, Myth’ and retraces the story of all of the...
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A. Kahn Design Works Over The Lamborghini AventadorWhile the Lamborghini Aventador is one of the most stunning supercars currently in production, anyone who’s ever had the privilege to sit inside one of these beauties may have felt the cabin didn’t exhibit quite the same level of drama as the exterior. While the sharp angles, fine...
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How The McLaren P1 Puts Its Power Down: Bespoke Pirelli Tires (Video)Just as the McLaren P1 shares much of its on-road technology with F1 cars (Drag Reduction System, KERS-type hybrid, etc.), it also shares its tire (or tyre) technology with F1's tiremaker: Pirelli. Like F1 cars, the P Zero Corsas on the P1 aren't off-the-shelf numbers. They're bespoke, made...
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Ferrari LaFerrari Color Configurator Powers UpThere's no question that the Ferrari LaFerrari was the belle of the ball at the Geneva Motor Show with fans salivating all over the world over the new Italian supercar. Now those fans can see what the LaFerrari looks like in colors other than red with the new online color configurator. While the...
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LaFerrari Already Racks Up More Than A Thousand RequestsFerrari has confirmed its new LaFerrari flagship supercar has already racked up more than a thousand requests, despite its asking price being well over a million dollars (the final figure is yet to be announced). Unfortunately, Ferrari has chosen to limit production to just 499 examples, which...
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Video Shows A Ferrari 458 Italia Crash Into A Highway BarrierThis video is a prime example of why owners of high-powered cars should definitely enroll in a driving course that explains to them the dynamics of more than 500 horsepower being sent to only the rear wheels, and preferably gets them out on the skidpan too. It shows the owner of a Ferrari 458...
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The LaFerrari supercar that debuted this week at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show is the first Ferrari road car to be styled exclusively by the automaker’s own designers. This ends the tradition of Pininfarina designing Ferrari’s models, which dates back to 1951. Only a handful of Ferrari’s road cars weren’t designed by Pininfarina. One was the Dino 308 GT4 that was penned by rival Italian design firm Bertone in 1973. Speaking with Automotive News (subscription required), Ferrari Chairman Luca di Montezemolo confirmed that the LaFerrari was styled exclusively by Ferrari but...
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Ron Dennis Claims Top Gear Track Record, Nürburgring Lap Record For P1: VideoThe reveal of the Ferrari “La Ferrari” may have stolen some of McLaren’s Geneva Motor Show thunder, but the Woking-based automaker wants the world to know the McLaren P1 won’t be known as the second-fastest production car in the world. As Cars UK tells us, McLaren’s...
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Trio Of Special Bugatti Veyron Roadsters Debut In GenevaAll Bugattis are equal, but some are more equal than others. That’s certainly true for the special edition versions the automaker has been rolling out at auto shows around the globe. The latest are a trio of Veyron Grand Sport convertibles that appeared at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, two of...
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Pagani Formally Announces Sonus faber PartnershipThe Pagani Huayra supercar is without doubt a work of art, in addition to being one of the best performing cars on the planet. However, until now the car had one key flaw, at least it did in the eyes of Pagani founder and chief designer Horacio Pagani. That flaw was the car’s audio system...
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Limited Edition GTA Spano Supercar From Spania GTA RevealedSpanish supercar manufacturer GTA Motor, now known as Spania GTA, has a passion for the Geneva Motor Show. In 2011, the firm displayed its original Spano supercar concept, and this was followed up by the debut of the production-ready version at the Geneva show in 2012. For the 2013 Geneva Motor...
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Touring Superleggera’s Production Disco Volante Debuts: VideoTouring Superleggera’s Disco Volante is without doubt one of the most beautiful cars on show this week at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, though this isn’t a concept like we saw at last year’s show but a production model the Italian coachbuilder is now taking orders for. Touring has...
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Germany’s Gumpert Sportwagenmanufaktur is a maker of some of the most extreme supercars on the planet, though for whatever reasons its cars, despite outperforming some of the best cars from established marques such as Porsche, Ferrari and Lamborghini, have failed to ignite the market. This led to the company filing for insolvency last August and ceasing production. Fortunately, the arrival of a few new orders later saw Gumpert restart production while its management team, led by founder Roland Gumpert, searched for potential investors. At the 2013 Geneva Motor Show this week, Gumpert...
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Pininfarina’s Ferrari-based Sergio concept debuts in GenevaOne of the highlights of this week’s 2013 Geneva Motor Show turned out to be Pininfarina’s new Sergio concept car, which was built not only to showcase the latest trends and talents of the Italian design house but to also honor its late patriarch Sergio Pininfarina. The Sergio concept...
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Ferrari LaFerrari Versus McLaren P1: By The NumbersThe battle of the hybrid supercars is on, and this is the first engagement: McLaren's P1 versus the Ferrari LaFerrari. As the figures show, the two cars are closely matched, though the LaFerrari wins on outright power, with 47 more horses on tap. McLaren goes about generating its power in a...
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McLaren P1 Live Photos And Video From 2013 Geneva Motor ShowWith all the excitement surrounding the reveal of the new La Ferrari, it’s easy to forget that McLaren also had a new flagship supercar on show in Geneva today, the new P1. Interestingly, the two cars have very similar specs on paper, and both have similar technology onboard. That...
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Lamborghini Veneno debuts in Geneva: Live photosWith the Ferrari LaFerrari (say that twice..wait, you already did) and McLaren P1 absorbing much of the megawatt spotlight in Geneva, the three-unit Lamborghini Veneno is easy to miss--that is, until you see it. As these live photos from the 2013 Geneva Motor Show display in detail, the Veneno is...
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LaFerrari Supercar Live Photos And Videos From GenevaIt may have a silly name but there’s nothing silly about the new LaFerrari hybrid supercar that made its world debut earlier today at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. The car is the newest flagship from Ferrari [NYSE:F] and joins the rarefied list of the automaker’s "special series" cars...
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Swedish supercar manufacturer Koenigsegg’s highlight for this week’s 2013 Geneva Motor Show is the new Hundra, based on the company’s latest Agera S model. The Hundra, whose name is essentially Swedish for “hundred,” is Koenigsegg’s 100th model built for a customer, and as these live photos confirm, it’s one of the best executions of Koenigsegg’s finicky carbon fiber constructions we’ve seen yet. The car’s exterior has been lined with 24 carat gold leaf pinstripes while the rest of its surfaces have been left bare. It was designed to...
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Ferrari’s new flagship is the LaFerrari supercarYou are looking at the first images of Ferrari’s new flagship supercar, the LaFerrari, Italian for “TheFerrari.” Code named the F150, the car that replaces the Enzo at the top of the Ferrari hierarchy made its debut today at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, easily stealing the...
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Lamborghini Veneno fully revealed at 2013 Geneva auto showThough it has historically been a neutral territory, Switzerland is the epicenter of the hypercar wars today, with the Lamborghini Veneno arriving in Geneva to battle the McLaren P1 and Ferrari's 'special series car.' Taking the limited production concept to its extreme, just three Venenos will be...
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McLaren F1 LM Prototype’s First Visit Outside The U.K. Is The Geneva Motor ShowMcLaren’s latest P1 supercar may end up being overshadowed at this week’s 2013 Geneva Motor Show by another of the firm’s supercars, one much rarer and much more expensive. We are, of course, talking about the legendary McLaren F1 LM, built to commemorate the five McLaren F1 GTR...
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Lamborghini Veneno Leaked Ahead Of Geneva Motor ShowThe beyond-super supercar wars are already primed to be hot at Geneva with McLaren's P1 and Ferrari's replacement for the Enzo on deck, but now it looks like Lamborghini will join the fray with this, the Veneno. We can't tell you anything more about the car than what's already aboard the rumor...
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Another Ferrari F150 'Special Series Car' Teaser RevealedUPDATE: Ferrari’s new flagship, the La Ferrari, has been revealed. Click here for all the details. Ferrari has posted yet another image of the car codenamed F150 (or F70) and referred to as the new Special Series Car on its Facebook page. This time it isn't too difficult to tell what part of...
Nelson Ireson