Supercars
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At a closely guarded location in England’s south is an ordinary looking warehouse that only a handful of people outside of the McLaren staff have ever been allowed inside. The warehouse, known simply as Unit 2, is home to the biggest collection of McLaren cars, including production models and Formula 1 racers, but soon almost half the cars held there will be moving out. While other teams sell their older F1 cars to fans, McLaren has been holding on to all of its race cars since 1981 when Ron Dennis first took control of the team. Ferrari, for example, has sold many of its historic F1...
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1957 Ferrari 625 TRC Spider Sells For $6.5 Million In MonacoOver the weekend one of the most amazing collection of Ferraris, classic and modern, hit the auction block in Monaco. The lineup included everything from classic race cars to ultimate luxury, and some of the vehicles we’re unlikely to see go under the hammer for possibly years to come. We now...
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Audi R8 Drifting Behind The Scenes: VideoCelebrating Facebook fan milestones with videos of cars doing cool stuff has become a bit of a meme with carmakers of late, and we're not going to argue with it. Burning rubber on video is roughly 30 percent of what the Internet was made for. OK, so we made that figure up, but it sounds about right...
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Gotham Dream Cars Ferrari F430 Involved In Fatal AccidentThe Gotham Dream Cars name may be familiar to you--just over a month ago, we brought you a report from their Dream Car Sprint experience at Met Life Stadium, not far from the grounds of the New York Auto Show. Yesterday, two cars from the event were involved in a fatal accident. While details are...
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Ferrari FXX Evolutions Run At Monza: VideoNo matter how much money you have, you can’t park a Ferrari FXX in your garage. Derived from the street-legal Ferrari Enzo, the FXX is a track-day weapon that’s stored and maintained by Ferrari as part of its Corse Clienti program. Original ownership of the $2.1 million FXX model was by...
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The Story Of Pagani, Parts Three And Four: VideoLast wee, we brought you the first two installments of a five-part series on the history of Pagani Automobili. This week, it's time for parts three and four. Horacio Pagani was heavily inspired by fellow Argentinean Juan Manuel Fangio, who ultimately introduced a young Pagani to key personnel at...
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If you've recently purchased a 2012 Ferrari California or a 2012 Ferrari 458 Italia in the United States, heads up: Ferrari is issuing a voluntary recall for 35 California and 45 458 Italia models. At issue is a potential crankshaft manufacturing defect, which could cause vibration ultimately leading to engine failure. The Italian automaker has not released production dates for the affected models, nor has it published a range of affected VINs. If you own a 2012 model year California or 458 Italia, it's probably worth a phone call to your dealer to see if your particular car is part of the...
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Tragic Ferrari 599 GTO Crash In Singapore Claims Three LivesA rare Ferrari 599 GTO was involved in a crash in Singapore early on Saturday, claiming the lives of three people including the driver of the Ferrari. The accident took place at a junction near the Raffles Hospital, an area known for being an accident black spot. The other vehicles involved in the...
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Ferrari Enzo Hybrid Coming By The End Of 2012: di MontezemoloLuca di Montezemolo is many things: a snazzy dresser, a political powerhouse in Italy, and, most relevant to us, the chairman of Ferrari. As part of the most recent quarter's financial results (which were quite good) di Montezemolo announced that the new Ferrari Enzo hybrid supercar would arrive by...
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Ferrari XX Mega Gallery, Vettel Kung Fu, Long Goes Vintage: Today's Car NewsToday we have a racer's delight: first up, the Ferrari 599XX and FXX mega-gallery, showing off the raciest of Ferrari's current portfolio of track-dedicated excellence. Next, F1 world champ Sebastian Vettel goes kung fu fighting, though even after watching it, we're not really sure why. And Patrick...
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Ferrari 599XX And FXX Mega-GalleryIf you ever wondered how mega-rich car fans spend their weekends, just take a look at these photos taken at one of Ferrari’s recent Corse Clienti events held in Monza, Italy. Right from its second year and after numerous victories for the works cars at their debut in 1947, Ferrari has always...
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The Story Of Pagani Automobili: VideoHoracio Pagani began his career as an automotive designer at a very early age, carving futuristic body designs from blocks of balsa wood. Inspired by the works of Leonardo DaVinci, Pagani believed it was both possible and necessary to combine art and engineering. By age 20, Pagani had designed and...
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What was meant to be a promotional effort for Ferrari in China has turned out to be a public relations disaster. The stunt saw a Ferrari 458 Italia lifted by crane to the top of a 600-year old city wall in Nanjing, the former capital of China. A dealer for the brand then proceeded to do donuts with the car on top of the wall, leaving burnt tire residue engrained in the ancient surface. The whole stunt was televised on state television, as well as on the Internet, angering thousands of viewers. To make matters worse, authorities have been unable to remove the burnt rubber from the wall. CNN...
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Rimac’s 1,088-HP Electric Car Burns Rubber In New VideoCroatia’s Rimac Automobili is out to prove that electric cars don’t have to be boring by building one capable of out-matching most supercars, both in terms of performance and luxury. Rimac’s electric car is the 1,088-horsepower Concept One, which the company recently announced is...
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McLaren F1 Successor (P12) RenderedMcLaren’s new MP4-12C has received a lot of criticism for its lack of emotion, brought about mainly due to the almost clinical methods the company’s engineers used to design it, the fact that its engine note needed to be tweaked after the first set of reviewers complained about its weak...
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The Veyron's Place In Bugatti History: VideoTo fully understand the story of the Bugatti Veyron supercar, first it’s necessary to understand a bit about the company founded by Ettore Bugatti in 1909. Ettore Bugatti came from a family of artists, and art has featured prominently in the design of not just Bugatti automobiles, but in...
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Aventador Roadster, 2013 ATS Priced, 2013 GT500 On The 'Ring: Today's Car NewsThe drop-top version of the Lamborghini Aventador could use a targa-style removable roof section rather than a full soft or hard retractable roof. Sounds good to us. The 2013 Cadillac ATS has been priced from $33,990, though the model many will want--the turbo 2.0-liter with a manual...
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Lamborghini Aventador Roadster Likely To Use Targa Top: ReportThe open-air version of the Lamborghini Aventador didn’t appear in Geneva as we expected, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t still in the works. Lamborghini is neither confirming nor denying the existence of the car, but sources with ties to the Italian automaker are leaking what they...
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Three supercars managed to crash on the same stretch of the A7 autobahn in the region of Kirchheim, near Germany’s center. The cars included a Chevrolet Corvette, a Dodge Viper ACR and the most severely damaged of the lot, a McLaren MP4-12C. The carnage all took place within a period of two days and is believed to have been caused by a combination of high speed and wet weather. If that wasn’t enough, a Maserati GranTurismo also crashed on the same stretch of road during the past week. The first to go was the silver GranTurismo, which crashed on Wednesday and whose driver is...
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Audi R8 Flips Lada In Crash Before Speeding Off: VideoVideo footage taken at a busy intersection in Russia shows a frightening accident involving a speeding Audi R8 driver who crashes into another vehicle and speeds off, even though the other vehicle is flipped over from the impact. The video shows the R8 driver attempting to complete a U-turn on a...
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Ferrari Boss Left “Speechless” After Seeing The New SRT ViperLuca Cordero di Montezemolo, the current chairman of Ferrari and one of the key men responsible for turning the Italian sports car manufacturer into a global automotive powerhouse, was left “speechless” upon seeing the 2013 SRT Viper for the first time. That little snippet of...
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Is Maserati Working On A Mid-Engine Porsche 911 Turbo-Fighter?We're never ones to look a gift horse in the mouth, so to speak, but it's with a healthy sprinkling of salt that we take the latest rumors out of Italy: a Maserati mid-engine coupe to rival the Porsche 911 Turbo. The idea is fantastic, of course. Maserati's styling is mostly brilliant, its...
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Evoque Sport, 5 For $25,000, Hypercars For Sale: Today's Car NewsLand Rover may be working on a higher-performance Range Rover Evoque Sport. More power, better handling, sportier looks? We won't argue with that idea. We offer up five of the best choices in performance driving for under $25,000. Is your favorite car on the list? Would you rather have a car that's...
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Ferrari FXX Evoluzione, Bugatti Veyron And Peugeot Le Mans Racer Up For GrabsThe auction to end all auctions is taking place this month in Monaco. Hosted by RM Auctions, the caliber and sheer variety of vehicles going under the hammer are unmatched by anything we’ve ever seen in the recent past, so if you happen to be in area on the dates of May 11 and 12 head down to...
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