Supercars
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A couple of years ago Mercedes-Benz made the bold promise to launch an electric version of its SLS AMG gullwing supercar on the market by the end of 2013. Since then we’ve seen several concept versions of the car, which was labeled the SLS AMG E-Cell, though now we’re getting our first look at the production version, which is called the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric Drive and has made its world debut at the 2012 Paris Auto Show. That name may certainly be a mouthful, but the part that you should concern yourself with is the car’s output, which comes in at a staggering 740...
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2013 Lamborghini Gallardo Preview: New Styling And Edizione TecnicaLamborghini has given an update to its Gallardo supercar, helping to keep it fresh until a successor arrives sometime in the next year or two. The changes aren’t too drastic, which is to be expected this late into a model’s life cycle, but they do give the Gallardo a much smarter look...
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McLaren designer Frank Stephenson walks Jay Leno around the new 12C SpiderAt McLaren, the focus now is on the successful launch of the brand’s successor to the legendary F1 supercar, the new P1, which will be previewed in concept form tomorrow at the 2012 Paris Auto Show. However, the British performance brand has another new model, the MP4-12C Spider, which was...
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Lamborghini Teases New Gallardo Variant Ahead Of Paris Show: VideoLamborghini is teasing a new version of its Gallardo supercar, which is scheduled to debut tomorrow at the 2012 Paris Auto Show. The automaker has released this teaser video, which shows the separate components of the new supercar coming together to form the latest special edition. Together with...
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The Lexus LFA's Chief Engineer Blogs About The SupercarTanahashi Haruhiko is the chief engineer behind the development of the Lexus LFA, a project to which he’s dedicated a third of his 34-year career to. As you’d guess, Haruhiko has a few things to say about the car, which is why he’s begun blogging about the LFA on Lexus’...
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Audi R8 e-tron To Get Model S-Style Digital Center Stack?UPDATE: It turns out this is the separate F12 e Sport prototype, which Audi researchers have been using to develop a modular electric car platform. It is not the production R8 e-tron. Audi has already told us about the motorsport-inspired digital rear view mirror it plans to install in its upcoming...
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A Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Superleggera has been involved in a recent crash that took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's capital. This image shows the wreckage of the white Gallardo coupe after it was delivered to a local scrap yard. The car has sustained major damage on all four sides and is almost certain to be a write-off. Despite the severity of the damage, the wreckage is allegedly up for sale for 860,000 Saudi Riyals (approximately $230,000). According to GT Spirit, the accident happened on a highway in Riyadh and is likely to have involved at least one other vehicle. The Superleggera...
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Porsche 918 Spyder Specs And Interior Revealed In Leaked BrochureFollowing yesterday’s announcement from Porsche of a 7:14 Nürburgring lap time for its upcoming 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid supercar, we now have the first details on the car’s powertrain specs and even a couple of glimpses of its interior. Alleged brochure scans for the Porsche 918...
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Porsche 918 Spyder Laps The Nürburgring In 7:14: OfficialPorsche's 918 Spyder is no secret--in fact, it's a bit of a camera whore. But we're fine with that--it's a stunner, and it's crazy fast, too. How crazy fast? How about a Nürburgring Nordschleife lap time of 7 minutes, 14 seconds. Yep, that's the official word from Porsche as of just a few...
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Uber-Rare 1998 Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Fetches $1.1 Million: VideoIf you were looking for the ultimate in collectible Mercedes-Benz automobiles to one-up your friends with 300SL Gullwings, we’ve got some bad news for you: one of the most desirable Mercedes automobiles of the modern era recently changed hands at RM Auctions Pebble Beach sale. In other words...
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F1 Safety Car Gets Upgraded To Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GTThe regular Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG has proven to be more than capable of being the official safety car in Formula 1, but nevertheless a more potent model is set to take over the role from this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix onwards. That more potent model is the SLS AMG GT, which gets a bit...
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Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 Roadster Spy ShotsIt is truly great days for supercar lovers. After yesterday’s reveal of the new McLaren P1, well, a prototype at least, and word that Pagani’s Huayra remains on track for its U.S. launch mid next year, we now have the first spy shots of the highly anticipated Lamborghini Aventador LP...
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Porsche’s 918 hybrid supercar is on track for delivery to customers in late 2013. While we’ve only seen a glimpse of the production-ready street version, Porsche hasn’t been shy about releasing images and video of the 918 in various racing liveries. Early cars were shown in a silver and orange paint scheme that was vaguely reminiscent of the turquoise and orange Gulf Porsche livery, made famous by the Porsche 917 in the early 1970s. Next up was a plain white-on-matte-black livery, which didn’t tie to any historic Porsche racing car that we could name. This was soon...
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2013 Shelby GT500 Super Snake Details EmergeShelby American showed off its 2013 GT500 Super Snake at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, but details on its latest Mustang-based supercar were harder to come by than reasonably-priced hotel rooms. Now, thanks to Mustangs Daily, we have all we need to know about Shelby’s latest...
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James Bond's Aston Martin DBS To Star In Epic U.K. Road TripThe “Bond 50” Blu-Ray box set, which commemorates 50 years of James Bond films, goes on sale in London on September 24. To commemorate the occasion, Bond actors and actresses will use the Aston Martin DBS from Quantum of Solace to transport a golden briefcase containing the collection...
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Is The McLaren P1 A Worthy F1 Successor? #YouTellUsMcLaren has finally taken the wraps off the new P1 supercar, which has also been known as the P12. While the car looks nearly production ready, it's actually only a design preview. The production P1 will be revealed sometime in the next 12 months. While McLaren hasn't released any specifications...
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Pagani Huayra To Start Delivery In U.S. By Mid-2013Launching a follow-up to the award-winning Zonda supercar was never going to be an easy feat, but despite the bar being set so high, Horacio Pagani and his team at Pagani Automobili have done the impossible. They have come out with a worthy successor, the new Huayra supercar. Named after an ancient...
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James Glickenhaus' P4/5 Competizione to enter Le Mans in 2014?In 2006 film producer and longtime Ferrari fan James Glickenhaus unveiled a custom supercar based on a Ferrari Enzo. Inspired by the legendary P series Ferrari race cars of the 1960s, and built by Italian design house Pininfarina, the car was called the Ferrari P4/5 and remains to this day the only...
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If Germany’s Autobild is correct, the new Porsche 911 Turbo will make its auto show debut in the fall of 2013, hitting the market (likely in Europe first) in the spring of 2014. As expected, it will benefit from all-wheel-drive and more horsepower (530 hp, versus 500 hp), but it will also add four-wheel-steering to its (already impressive) resume. As the name implies, four-wheel-steering (also known as all-wheel-steering) improves handling at high speed while (generally) decreasing the turning radius at low speeds. Rear-steering systems can either be passive, generally tuned via...
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Close To 1,000 Ferraris Smash World Record At Silverstone: VideoA gathering of 964 Ferraris at the Silverstone race track in the UK have set a new world record for the largest single gathering of Prancing Horses, smashing the previous record of 490 cars set in 2008 at Japan’s Fuji Speedway Circuit. Though not quite the 1,000 cars organizers were hoping...
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Koenigsegg Shows Off Bespoke Services With New Agera R BLTA member of the exclusive world of ‘hypercar’ manufacturers, Sweden’s Koenigsegg for years has been focused on upping the ante of its line of mid-engine exotics, with its latest offering, the Agera R, setting six new land speed records for a production car last year and then...
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2013 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT On Track With David Coulthard: VideoFormer F1 driver and current AMG DTM driver in a (highly modified/barely recognizable) C63 AMG Coupe, David Coulthard is a handy man behind the wheel, to say the least. Behind the wheel of the SLS AMG GT, he's also a bit chatty. Fortunately, unlike the typical manufacturer performance car video...
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Lamborghini Gallardo Recalled For Leaking Power Steering HoseLamborghini has issued a recall for certain versions of its Gallardo supercar due to a potential fluid leak from the affected models’ power steering hoses. The affected cars are from the 2004, 2005 and 2006 model years, of which 1,491 examples are currently in the U.S. The recall affects both...
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McLaren P12 Hypercar Teased In New Aerodynamics VideoEven as McLaren teases "another big announcement," scheduled just under two hours from now, the company has released a new video, showing off what may well be the next mega-horsepower hypercar to come from the brand. Billed as the spiritual successor to the famed McLaren F1, the P12--or whatever...
Nelson Ireson