Supercars
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We’re proud to admit the Ford GT is one of our favorite supercars here at MotorAuthority. An iconic design with just enough modern touches to make it look new, the Ford GT is hard not to love and its V-8 engine just begs to be pushed hard. So hard in fact that several aftermarket tuners have pushed the engine to well beyond the 1,000 horsepower range. One such tuner is Dallas Performance, which offers a twin-turbocharged package for the car that lifts power levels to around 1,300 horsepower--at the wheels! The sorry looking car seen here is in fact one tuned by Dallas Performance, but...
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Rare Lamborghini Diablo GT-R On Sale In CaliforniaLamborghini ownership is already an exclusive club; but a Diablo GT-R is an even rarer find. Rarer still is one that has never been raced. The GT-R is a track-ready version of the Europe-only Diablo GT. Thirty of these cars were built in 1999 and 2000, with only two or three having never seen track...
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Ferrari Superamerica 45: 2011 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’EsteIn previous years we’ve seen wild supercars like the BMW M1 Concept and Ferrari P540 Superfast Aperta unveiled at Italy’s annual Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, and this year will be no different. Kicking off this weekend at Lake Como in Italy, the event will see the...
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Four-Cylinder 1957 Ferrari Testa Rossa Might Make More Than $4 Million At AuctionThe Ferrari 500 TRC (Testa Rossa Type-C) Spider is one of the last four-cylinder Ferraris, and one example is set for auction, where it could fetch $4 million. Only 19 of these cars were built, and the sixth one, chassis number 0670 MDTR, is hitting the auction block on Saturday, May 21 at RM...
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Noble M600 Supercar Takes To The Track: VideoNoble's line of supercars are not exactly known for their attractiveness but rather their driving ability, but this reputation may be set to change with the latest M600 supercar, which was revealed earlier this year and now captured on video tearing up a track in the UK. Powerful haunches, a low...
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Dodge Viper Does Burnout Minus Its Body: VideoRemember the Saab 9-3 wagon that received a heart transplant from a Dodge Viper we reported on yesterday? Well, here is the Dodge Viper, minus its body, just before being inserted into the shell of the awaiting Scandinavian wagon. As we can see from this video, the bodyless Dodge Viper, complete...
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Oakley Design is a British vehicle tuner that specializes in eeking out that extra bit of performance from high-end cars, typically from Porsche. More recently, however, the company has expanded into the world of Italian exotics, recently turning its sights to the stunning Ferrari 458 Italia. Now Oakley Design has announced what potentially could be its most ambitious project yet--tuning the Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4. Pictured here are the first teaser images of the new Aventador ‘LP760-2’ from Oakley Design. No, that’s not a typo. The LP760-2 is expected to feature an...
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Perana Z-One Enters Production, U.S. Order Books OpenIt’s been a while since we last heard about South Africa’s Perana Z-One supercar, the luxurious Zagato-designed coachbuilt two-door powered by a GM LS V-8. We can now confirm that the Perana Z-One is in full production and U.S. order books are now open so the first deliveries should be...
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The Next Icon: Price, Performance And Design Details On The 2014 'Mega' McLarenWe’ve been hearing whispers and rumors about an F1-succeeding McLaren flagship since around the time the MP4-12C debuted last year. Until now, information was limited to the very basics, but Autocar closed out a busy week by getting some insiders to divulge key design and performance details...
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America’s 215 Racing Inc. To Build New Supercar Based On Lamborghini Indomable ConceptWe’ve seen a lot of automotive startups in the recent past announce plans to build an exotic supercar only to disappear and never be heard from again, so forgive us for suggesting that the latest project from America’s own 215 Racing Inc. could just be vaporware. However, if built, the...
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Viper ACR Sets Record At Miller Motorsports: VideoThe 2010 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR is a beast of a car, and as we reported last month, it has set the lap record for a production car at Miller Motorsports Park. Driven by Kuno Wittmer, the car set a time of 1:59.995 on the 3.048-mile Outer Course at Miller. At an average of 91 miles per hour, its the...
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Flavio Briatore’s Jaguar XJ220 Supercar Up For SaleIt’s been a while since we last heard about Flavio Briatore, the Italian businessman made famous in the automotive world as the manager of two Formula 1 teams, and for having been forced to resign from his most recent team involvement with ING Renault F1 due to alleged race fixing at the 2008...
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In previous years we’ve seen wild supercars like the BMW M1 Concept and Ferrari P540 Superfast Aperta (pictured) unveiled at Italy’s annual Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, and this year will be no different. Confirmed today by the event’s president, Karl Baumer, a special one-off Ferrari designed and built by the guys at Pininfarina will be unveiled. The new car will carry the official title of Ferrari Superamerica 45 and has been commissioned by a customer in New York. The only other details we have on the car is that it will feature a 6.0-liter powerplant and...
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Former Stig Ben Collins Lists The Five Worst Cars He’s DrivenIf you've ever wondered what it might be like to suddenly stop being the least-known person on the world's best-known automotive TV show, Ben Collins is probably the best person to ask. That’s because he was the man behind the mask--or should we say helmet--of The Stig, Top Gear’s tame...
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Lamborghini Aventador Hits The Italian Countryside: VideoFinally, we get what we've been asking for: the Aventador, professionally filmed and gloriously recorded in audio, thrashing about winding Italian roads. This is the best video of the car yet. From the wailing engine notes to the automatic spoiler activation, these ground-skimming fighter jets duel...
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First Photos Of Dodge Viper Based Alfa Romeo Zagato TZ3 StradaleThe Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ (also known as the Alfa Romeo TZ or Tubolare Zagato) was a small sports car manufactured by Alfa Romeo from 1963 to 1967. It was originally built in just two generations but back in 2009 legendary Italian design house Zagato started the ‘TZ3 Program’ to...
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7 Lamborghini Aventadors In Rome, Revving And Rolling: VideoThere's no need for an excuse to watch gratuitous Aventador footage, and this video carries just over four minutes of it. From the sound of some pretty heavy-footed revs to the sight of the cars cruising the streets, there's something here for any Lambo fan. Unfortunately, we have yet to see one at...
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Jordan Shiraki Prepares Stunning Gallery For Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder Performante LP 570-4Our favorite exotic car photographer Jordan Shiraki has done it again, this time preparing a stunning gallery of the recently revealed Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder Performante LP570-4. We haven’t seen much of this particular Raging Bull as Lamborghini chose not to release many shots of the...
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We still don’t have all the details on this one but it appears the driver of this Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster somehow managed to get the vehicle upside down. The champagne colored supercar must have been traveling at some speed to end up in this predicament, most likely veering up the nearby embankment seen in the image of the wreckage. Hopefully the driver and any passenger got out unscathed. The accident took place in Cape Town, South Africa, a region known for lax driving rules and motorists taking part in street racing. As for the sorry looking Murcielago Roadster, the vehicle...
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2012 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 And Z06 Getting Performance Upgrades: ReportThe 2012 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Centennial Edition has already made its debut but apparently there are a host of other upgrades planned for the 2012 model year that will be applied to the rest of the Corvette range. The information was revealed by a dealer source who spoke recently with Inside...
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Porsche 911 GT2 RS Spins On The ‘Ring, Causes Havoc For Other Drivers: VideoThe Porsche 911 GT2 is a car that needs no introduction. Often nicknamed the widow maker due to its sheer rawness and tendency to go sideways at will, the 911 GT2--as hard as it is to believe--is available in an even more extreme form, as the 2011 Porsche 911 GT2 RS. Here you see why the car is so...
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Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 Goes (Ele)Mental: VideoDodging sudden fissures in the road that rapidly turn into apocalyptic decay, slaloming modern art pieces rising spontaneously out of the salt flats, staring down and ultimately conquering a storm to shame Frank Herbert's worst creations, the Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 is pitched as a...
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Bugatti Veyron Super Sport Black Carbon And Grand Sport Matte White Debut In ShanghaiThe Bugatti brand is making an official launch into the lucrative Chinese market and to make its announcement known two new special edition Veyrons were unveiled at the 2011 Shanghai Auto Show this week. The unveiling also marks the fastest production car in the world, the newer Veyron Super...
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First Audi R8 GT Delivered To CustomerDeliveries of Audi’s stunning 560 horsepower R8 GT supercar have officially begun, with the first of 333 limited edition hard-top models being handed over to a customer from the UK. The particular example was a Phantom Black R8 GT, which was delivered to the customer at the Audi Forum in...
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