Supercars
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If you’re looking for an exotic, limited-production supercar from a mainstream manufacturer, it doesn’t get much more exclusive than one of 20 built. To homologate its 911 GT1 for FIA competition, Porsche was supposed to build 25 road-going examples, called Strassenversion, and the 20 completed remain among the most desirable of modern Porsches. Slightly detuned for emission compliance, the 911 GT1 Strassenversion still produced some 537 horsepower from its 3.2-liter flat-six engine. Given the car’s dry weight of just 2,535 pounds, that was enough thrust to propel the car...
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2014 Cadillac CTS, Porsche 918 Spyder, 2013 Lexus LS: Car News HeadlinesSpies have captured the 2014 Cadillac CTS on video, showing what looks to be a sleeker, lighter car than the current model, with likely turbo power under the hood. Porsche's 918 Spyder is back again, this time wearing Martini racing livery as it tests. According to the company, it's targeting a...
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Slowing Economy Creates Used Supercar Glut - In Hong KongFor outsiders looking in, Hong Kong is the land of opportunity. A global financial hub, Hong Kong has long attracted foreign workers with impressive salaries and reasonable job security. Its booming economy has created huge demand for high-end luxury and exotic cars, but there’s a growing...
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German Tuner Alpha-N Working On New Supercar ProjectFollowing in the footsteps of fellow tuners RUF and 9FF, Germany’s Alpha-N Performance has announced plans for a wild supercar based around the chassis of a current Porsche model. Alpha-N is a relatively new name in the performance scene but the founders of the company were linked with the...
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Porsche Targets Sub-7:22 Nürburgring Lap Time For 918 SpyderDevelopment of Porsche’s upcoming supercar, the 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid, is progressing nicely, with the company moving from concept to test mule to final prototype stage in rapid fashion and with things so far remaining on track. In the past year or so we’ve spied prototypes for the...
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Soccer Player Ever Banega’s Ferrari Burns To A Crisp: VideoArgentinean soccer player Ever Banega, the midfielder for Spanish club Valencia CF, has had a series of mishaps involving cars recently, with the latest incident involving a Ferrari 360 Modena he recently acquired and was driving for the first time. While driving on a road near his Valencia...
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To make Ferrari’s FF shooting brake more civil for everyday driving, the automaker incorporated its first-ever all-wheel-drive setup in the 651-horsepower grocery-getter. Combined with its sophisticated electronic stability control systems, the Ferrari FF is arguably one of the most forgiving Ferraris ever built. Still, the laws of physics apply to any car, even the Ferrari FF. A Nashville, Tennessee FF owner found this out the hard way when he impacted a curb at speed in his new Bianco Avus Ferrari, tearing off the right front wheel and peeling back the bodywork up to the passenger...
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2013 Porsche Cayman, Aventador Fuel Saving, Hungarian GP: Today's Car NewsWe have fresh new spy shots of the 2013 Porsche Cayman, and it looks to be following in the footsteps of its handsome soft-top brother. The Lamborghini Aventador may be getting some new fuel-saving measures, including cylinder deactivation and stop-start technology. And the Hungarian GP was the...
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Arrinera Confirms Redesign For Its Supercar With New TeasersPoland’s Arrinera, an ambitious young startup working on its very own supercar, has released a set of teaser images today that confirm the company is planning a redesign for its project car, which has already been presented as a prototype. Since its car’s reveal, initially as a...
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Lamborghini Aventador To Get Cylinder Deactivation, Stop-Start: ReportDespite being on sale for a little over a year, the 1,000th Lamborghini Aventador has already rolled off the production line and soon the Italian supercar could be in store to receive its first series of updates. The updates are said to include new technologies aimed at improving the green...
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Ferrari F12 Berlinetta Mega-GalleryIntroduced at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, Ferrari’s F12 Berlinetta is just about ready to hit the market. The Italian automaker is marking the occasion by releasing a new batch of images of its fastest and most powerful production car ever (for now, anyway). Under the F12’s flowing hood...
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Jaguar C-X75’s To Feature Four-Cylinder Turbo With More Than 500 HorsepowerThe production version of Jaguar's stunning C-X75 concept is on track for its scheduled debut late next year, albeit without the concept’s original jet-turbine technology. Instead, Jaguar will go with a conventional internal combustion engine paired with a plug-in hybrid system. However, as...
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Following an early reveal late last night, Audi has now released the full images and details for its updated R8 supercar, which sails into showrooms early next year. The big news is the availability of a new seven-speed S tronic dual-clutch transmission across the R8 range, with Audi finally deciding to do away with the clunky R tronic automated manual that plagued the previous model. A conventional six-speed manual is still available on some models, however. The other major update is the addition of a new range-topping R8 V10 plus model. At the front of all the new R8s we can see a revised...
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Gathering Of Ferrari F40s Smashes World Record At SilverstoneIt’s hard to believe that the Ferrari F40 supercar is now 25 years old, and celebrating the occasion was a record gathering of the supercars at the Silverstone race track in the UK. Just as they did for the F40’s 20th birthday back in 2007, F40 owners from all over the globe descended...
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On August 1, Lexus Unleashes The LFALexus’ LFA supercar has been on the market for about a year and a half now, and aside from unusual paint and the performance-enhancing Nürburgring package, there isn’t much new to talk about. That’s not a complaint, since there really isn’t much about the V-10 powered...
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Cadillac Flagship, BMW Goes On Demand, 2012 Chrysler 300: Today's Car NewsCadillac has reportedly moved into the next phase of its creation of a new flagship sedan. The car is expected in 2015, riding on a new Omega rear-wheel drive platform. What will it look like? Perhaps the Ciel gives us clues. BMW has launched its On Demand flexible car rental program in the U.S...
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Dealers Must Prove Themselves Worthy Of New 2013 SRT ViperIt’s been close to three months since the new 2013 SRT Viper was unveiled at the 2012 New York Auto Show, and still it seems that the car is nowhere closer to reaching showrooms. That’s not entirely true as so far we’ve seen the build slot for the Viper bearing VIN #1 sell at...
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Fleet Of Nine McLaren MP4-12C GT3s To Tackle Spa 24 HoursIn the past couple of months we’ve witnessed the respective Le Mans and Nürburgring 24 hour races but this weekend we will be treated with yet another exciting endurance race, the prestigious Spa 24 Hours race at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. The grueling race is the...
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The Lexus LFA may be highly exclusive and priced into the stratosphere, but Lexus apparently has enough to spare three to go drifting to a medley of orchestral music.
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McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Preps For 24 Hours Of Spa: VideoThe McLaren MP4-12C is one of the hottest supercars on the market right now, and McLaren is proving it's not just a great road car, but a great racer, with its MP4-12C GT3. With a total of nine of the high-tech race cars set for next weekend's 24 Hours of Spa, we're likely to get to see just how...
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2013 Audi R8 e-tron Crashes Into Barrier At The NürburgringJust a few weeks after setting a new record for the fastest lap of the Nürburgring in a production-destined electric car, Audi’s R8 e-tron has run into a little trouble while conducting further tests on the arduous German circuit. A prototype for the zero-emission supercar ran off the...
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Lamborghini Builds Its 1,000th AventadorJust 15 months after production of its latest flagship supercar began, Lamborghini has reached a milestone with its Aventador. Sprayed in Argos Orange and ordered by a customer in Germany, the 1,000 Aventador built rolled off the assembly line in Sant’ Agata Bolognese today. Perhaps the most...
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Update: Ford GT40 That Crashed In Tennessee Is A ReplicaIt turns out that the Ford GT40 that met its demise over the weekend when its driver lost control on a highway in Tennessee in the rain isn't the real deal but a replica made to look like an original 1966 model. The owner of the car, a resident of North Carolina, is said to have been traveling at...
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Poland's Supercar, The Arrinera, Gets A New LookA few months back we brought you news that the final specifications and pricing of Poland’s own supercar, the Arrinera, had been set. While we know what powers the car and how much it will cost, we really didn’t know what the finished product would look like. Arrinera’s original...
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