Supercars
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Just last month we reported that Lamborghini was looking at the feasibility of launching not one but two new models, a new entry-level sports car and a high-performance SUV, but apart from some conjecture there were few solid details suggesting the new models would ever see the light of day. Fast forward to today and we have words directly from Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann suggesting that at least one additional model was a good idea for the supercar brand and that this one could possibly come with four doors. “A third model would fit Lamborghini very well,” Winkelmann told...
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GM Studied Mid-Engined Chevrolet Corvette Concept With Saab?Rumors of a mid-engine layout for the C7 Chevrolet Corvette have been laid to rest by GM, but that's not stopping the mill from postulating on the properties of the C8 generation. While the C7 Corvette is expected to make its debut sometime in 2012, complete with a smaller capacity...
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Mansory Linea Vincero Bugatti Veyron: the ultimate in vehicle customizationCustomized Bugatti Veyrons are almost as common as the cars themselves, which is to say not common at all. But this particular car, modified by Mansory, is less common than even most other custom Veyrons, so much so that you could say the new Linea Vincero Bugatti Veyron is the ultimate in vehicle...
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Sacrilege: McLaren F1 Crashes On German AutobahnThe McLaren F1 is considered by many to be one of the greatest cars of all time and to this day it’s still the fastest naturally aspirated production road car in the world. With only 106 examples ever built, it’s also safe to say that the McLaren F1 is one of the rarest cars of the modern era...
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Australia’s Joss Releases Teaser For New SupercarAustralia is an unlikely place for the birth of a mid-engined supercar but considering the place is home to some of that fastest four-doors in the world (thank you Holden and Ford), not to mention the Mad Max series of movies, it’s easy to picture a bubbling car culture down there. But yes, a...
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Video: Official Pagani Zonda Nurburgring DocumentaryThis video depicts the factory's take on its mission to conquer the Nurburgring.
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Just yesterday we reported that production of the first-generation Mercedes-Benz CLS had come to an end after almost seven years of sales and more than 170,000 cars built, so it comes as quite a shock that we report today that Porsche has already built its 25,000th Panamera--a much more expensive model and one that has been on sale for only 10 months. The feat is made all the more impressive given the fact that the Porsche Panamera, originally launched in September 2009, came onto the market during one of the worst sales downturns in automotive history. The 25,000th Panamera, a ruby-red...
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Special Edition Pagani Zonda HH Commissioned By American Customer?While the special edition Pagani Zonda Tricolore supercar unveiled back at March’s 2010 Geneva Motor Show is officially the last edition of Pagani’s Italian exotic, it looks like a number of one-off custom models are still in the works. These include the baby blue Zonda Uno we saw back...
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Video: Pagani Zonda R Runs The 'Ring In 6:47The in-car video shows just how fast fast really is.
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Video: Tribute To Ayrton Senna And The Acura NSXThe Acura NSX--or Honda, depending on where you live--has long been known as the ‘forgotten supercar’ in the world of exotics. This is mostly because its cutting edge all-aluminum construction meant that it was extremely expensive and its V-6 engine, though fairly high-tech in its day, was...
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Pagani C9 Supercar Spied With Gullwing DoorsThe Pagani Zonda is already one of the most dramatically styled and exclusive supercars in recent production but the man behind the car, Horacio Pagani, has more ambitious plans for a new model set to enter production later this year. Unlike the Zonda, which was only offered to a few select...
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1980 BMW M1 Supercar: Yours For $250,000BMW, a brand that prides itself on building the ultimate driving machine, doesn’t have a genuine supercar in its lineup. But this was not always the case because back in 1978 BMW launched its very own supercar. It was the mid-engined M1 homologation special, a car that made its debut more...
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The last we heard of America’s Revenge Designs and its Verde ‘HP2ge’ hybrid supercarwas at the Detroit Auto Show back in January and since then things have been very quiet on all fronts regarding the up-and-coming supercar start-up. As you may recall, Revenge Designs is a tuner of GM products turned niche automaker and the company’s latest product is to be the Verde supercar, which is scheduled to go on sale later this year priced from around $190,000. While the regular versions will come powered by a forced-induction V-8 engine--customers can choose from a 605 horsepower...
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Sub-Gallardo model and SUV on the cards for Lamborghini?While closest rival Ferrari persists that it will never build a four-door model, Lamborghini is looking closely at launching a high-performance SUV as a spiritual successor to the original LM002 from the 1980s. The Italian marque’s closer integration with the Volkswagen Group ensures access...
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Special Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR Convertible Built For Top DealerProduction of the Dodge Viper finally came to a close at Chrysler’s Conner Avenue plant in Michigan earlier this month and to mark the historic event Dodge released a string of special edition Vipers based on the very last SRT10 and ACR models. The special edition models were designed and...
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Toyota Working On Electric Supercar?The news of the RAV4 EV's rebirth is followed by rumors of a possible electric supercar.
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Perana Z-One Confirmed For U.S., Debuting At 2010 Concorso ItalianoIt seems every month or so a new sports car start-up reveals some outlandish concept, dishes out all manner of performance numbers and promises one day that its car will be built. However, most of those never see the light of day, let alone go on sale in the U.S. However, one start-up, South...
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Ferrari 458 Italia Spotted On The Set Of Transformers 3 MovieBack in March we reported that Ferrari's latest sports car, the 458 Italia, will be joining the big screen as the latest Autobot in the third Transformers movie from producer Michael Bay. The announcement was originally made at the sale of the first U.S.-market 458 Italia, and now we have an image...
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Who didnât see this one coming? Americaâs Shelby Super Cars (SSC) will be attempting to reclaim its title of manufacturer of the worldâs fastest production car now that the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport has set the official record of 268 mph. As we reported back in 2007, SSC originally stole the record from the first Veyron when it posted an average top speed of 255 mphwith its 1,183 horsepower Ultimate Aero TT supercar but now Bugatti is back on top. Now, following the Veyron Super Sportâs cruise into the record books, SSC...
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Lamborghini Announces Advanced Composites Research Center (ACRC)Having already established the Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory (ACSL) at the University of Washington in the U.S., and having recently shown off its carbon-fiber talents at a composites tradeshow in Paris, Lamborghini is already well poised to be a leader in the auto industry when it comes...
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Ferrari 599 GTO Mega-GalleryThe Ferrari 599 GTO is the fastest road-going car ever created by the famous Prancing Horse marque but despite the carâs prowess the automaker has only released a measly five images of its stunning beauty. That is until today, as we now have a new mega-gallery revealing every inch...
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McLaren F1 Successor Coming In 2012When the original McLaren F1 first hit the streets back in the early ‘90s it almost immediately catapulted to the top of the performance car scene, taking home the title of world’s fastest production car in 1998 and holding it right up until 2005. Building a car better than the original...
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Pagani Reveals Plans For Smaller V-8 ModelThe Pagani Zonda is already one of the most dramatically styled and exclusive supercars in recent production but the man behind the car, Horacio Pagani, has much more ambitious plans for the future. Later this year the Zonda’s replacement, the internally coded C9, will enter production and this...
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McLaren picks New York for U.S. headquarters, announces first dealershipsEver since news of McLaren Automotive's birth broke, fans have been eagerly snatching up any news of the car that will succeed the venerable F1 supercar. We’ve already seen all the images and details for that car, the all-new 2012 McLaren MP4-12C, and now the company behind it has announced a...
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