Supercars
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The heavily modified 2006 Ford GT hit 300 mph on a drag strip, but the race to build a super-fast, street-legal hypercar is just starting.
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Meet the man who owns not one, but five Mercedes-Benz SLR McLarensThe Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren has been somewhat of a forgotten supercar from the last decade. It boasted major performance credentials, but we don't hear about them too often. For American supercar collector Manny Khoshbin, it's his favorite. How much does the entrepreneur like them? He owns five...
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Ferrari P80/C: New Special Projects car imagines a modern-day Sports PrototypeFerrari's latest one-off supercar from the Special Projects division is a track-only car based on the 488 GT3 race car. The car is Ferrari's vision of a modern Sports Prototype and takes inspiration some classic racers like the 250 LM and 330 P3/P4.
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Take a closer look at the McLaren 720S supercar's complex suspensionNumerous systems go into making a high-performance car, and while a powerful engine is almost always one of them, engineers never forget about the suspension. What's a lot of power good for if it handles like a sloppy mess? The McLaren 720S uses a very neat system, although it's mighty complex...
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The I.C.E. event puts Ferrari F50s, Lamborghini Countachs and more on frozen lakeThese days, many supercar and classic car owners look at their vehicles as investments. That's the opposite case for the owners who brought their cars to the first I.C.E. event in Sankt Moritz, Switzerland, on March 2. I.C.E. stands for International Concours of Elegance in St. Moritz, and it's a...
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McLaren's new carbon fiber center delivers first tubMcLaren continues to post record after record in sales, meaning capacity at its plant in Woking, England, is tighter than ever. And with more models on the way, the company last November established a separate plant in Sheffield, England, to build the carbon fiber monocoque tubs that underpin each...
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The ultra-exclusive hypercar owned by Bruce Canepa is on sale soon and features extreme engineering designed for racecars.
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Pagani Huayra Dragon is a one-off supercar for TopCarThe most extreme Pagani Huayra yet will be custom-built for a tuning company in Russia and feature specialized aerodynamic parts and a high-performance V-12.
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Additional Ares Project 1 versions planned, including convertibleAres continues to churn out wonderfully retro cars, and the latest model didn't disappoint. Last week, the Project 1 debuted as an ode to the De Tomaso Panther, but Ares has more plans in store for the car. Top Gear magazine reported on Monday that there will be a convertible model put into...
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Final Bugatti EB110 SS ever built surfaces for saleAnother day, another classic supercar for sale. This time, it's slightly more special because this is supposedly the final Bugatti EB110 SS ever built. Thus, it was one of the final cars to leave Bugatti's Italian factory before the brand was taken over by Volkswagen Group and production moved to...
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Retro done right: Ares Project 1 channels the Pantera and 641 horsepowerAres, the Modena-based coachbuilder and tuner formed by ex-Lotus CEO Dany Bahar, has unveiled the first completed car in its Legends Reborn series. The series reimagines iconic supercars using modern design techniques and materials, not to mention performance, and the first member is the stunning...
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Why the mid-engine 2020 Chevrolet C8 Corvette is reportedly delayedSports car fans were ready to see Chevrolet pull the sheet off the mid-engine 2020 C8 Corvette at the 2019 North American International Auto Show in Detroit this past January, but it never happened. Numerous rumors suggested the car had been delayed and would debut at its own standalone event...
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If Lamborghini continues on the path of success as it has in recent years, next decade will realize a new model line for the Italian firm. It won't be an SUV, though. Instead expect a 2+2 grand touring car. The firm's CEO Stefano Domenicali spoke with Autocar and in a Saturday report and declared growth through 2025 will put Lamborghini in a position to launch a new nameplate. He specifically ruled out another SUV like the Urus and said a GT car could help push sales to 10,000 cars. Right now, Lamborghini caps its production artificially at 8,000 cars per year to protect exclusivity. However...
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McLaren F1 designer joins Dendrobium electric supercar projectThe man who penned the McLaren F1 has joined Dendrobium to work on the technology firm's electric supercar project. Dendrobium announced in February the appointment of Peter Stevens, revealing that the British designer had already enhanced the design of the latest prototype of the company's...
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Mercedes-Benz SLR to return? Daimler renews trademarkMercedes-Benz could have plans for a new SLR sports car after parent company Daimler moved to renew the trademark this month. The Drive first spotted the trademark renewal and reported the news on Thursday. The automaker officially filed the renewal on March 1 via a New York-based law firm. The...
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McLaren Senna GTR takes the hypercar to new heightsThe McLaren Senna is already an incredible feat of technology and engineering, but the Senna GTR has arrived to outdo everything the standard car accomplishes. Well, except comfort. On Friday, the British supercar maker revealed the ultimate in the brand's Ultimate Series, the McLaren Senna GTR...
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New Stratos arrives in production guise, classic livery at 2019 Geneva auto showFirst unveiled in 2010, the New Stratos brought one of the most iconic rally car designs into the modern era. The project was the dream of Michael Stoschek, a German billionaire with a love of rally cars of the original Lancia Statos' era. He commissioned Pininfarina to build the modern car, which...
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McLaren 720S Spider by MSO accentuates its aero in GenevaIt's pretty much common practice these days to see McLaren Special Operations flex its creativity to show off the possibilities within the department. This time, MSO tackled the McLaren 720S Spider with a unique color palette to show how the supercar "breathes." Revealed Wednesday at the 2019...
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When you're developing a replacement for the fastest car on the planet, a typical update isn't going to cut the mustard. Fortunately, that wasn't an issue for Koenigsegg, as nothing the Swedish performance marque does is what you'd call typical. That's clearly evident in Koenigsegg's Jesko, which was unveiled Tuesday at the 2019 Geneva International Motor Show as the replacement for the Agera line of hypercars. Named after Jesko von Koenigsegg, the father of Koenigsegg CEO and founder Christian von Koenigsegg and a saviour of the company during its early days, the new car follows the...
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Pagani Huayra replacement will feature new V-12, electric optionPagani didn't have anything new to show at this week's 2019 Geneva International Motor Show, though company founder Horacio Pagani and his son Christopher were present and dropped a few details on his next hypercar. Speaking with Road & Track, they revealed that the hypercar to replace the...
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Hispano-Suiza starts revival with debut of Carmen electric GTBig, pre-war cars are the things for which Hispano-Suiza is best known. Founded in 1904, the Spanish marque has been defunct since 1968, but that's all set to change as the there are not one but two separate parties trying to build modern Hispano-Suizas. One is a company based in Switzerland...
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Lamborghini Huracán Evo Spyder lets the fresh air inLamborghini will bring not one, but two Huracán Evo models to the 2019 Geneva Motor Show. On Tuesday, the Italian firm lifted the lid on the Huracán Evo Spyder, essentially an Huracán Evo coupe sans roof. The supercar maker said it worked hard to ensure the Spyder didn't...
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710-horsepower Ferrari F8 Tributo arrives to replace the 488Ferrari on Tuesday pulled the covers off the F8 Tributo at the 2019 Geneva International Motor Show, the Prancing Horse's newest mid-engine marvel and a celebration of the marque's legendary 8-cylinder lineage. The car is the replacement for the 488 GTB and essentially the same package as the more...
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Move over Ferrari, 1,877-hp Pininfarina Battista promises to be most-powerful Italian car yetBattista "Pinin" (little brother) Farina always wanted to build a road car of his own. The man who founded the design firm Pininfarina 90 years ago never achieved his goal, but on Monday his namesake company, under the direction of his grandson Paolo, showed the production version of a car that...
Kirk Bell