Supercars
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Filming of the fifth installment of the Transformers franchise is currently underway and recently some of the movie's star cars were spotted on a set in London. The movie’s title is Transformers: The Last Knight and a June 23, 2017 release date has been confirmed. YouTube channel TheTFJJ has a video that features a handful of the cars set to appear, including Lamborghini’s new Centenario. The limited edition supercar, which debuted at the 2016 Geneva auto show, is serving as the vehicle mode of a new addition to the franchise, none other than Hot Rod. We also spot the...
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Even Ford GT prototypes get pulled over for speedingWhen you're rolling in a convoy of prototype vehicles undergoing testing, you're not exactly inconspicuous. No matter what the flat paint jobs or crazy camouflage patterns would have you believe. This is especially true when said prototypes are a trio of Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] GT supercars...
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Update: Bugatti Chiron’s top speed to remain capped at 261 mphUpdate: An original version of this article based on incorrect information from a September 8 'Autoblog' post suggested Bugatti will unlock the 261-mph speed limiter on the Chiron. The current land speed record for a production car is the 267.86 mph set by the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport in 2010...
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Lamborghini mulling electric car based on Porsche Mission E tech?Could Lamborghini completely skip the hybrid concept and go straight to pure electric power? Autobild says the Italian firm is considering a supercar based on technology Porsche is developing for a production version of its Mission E concept car unveiled at the 2015 Frankfurt auto show. The German...
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Saleen to build 7 more S7 supercarsSaleen may be strapped for cash these days but the company continues to churn out cars. On Saturday the company announced a new production run of its S7 supercar which originally ceased production in 2006, suggesting there were no takers for the rights of the car as well as some remaining chassis...
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C8 Chevrolet Corvette to skip the manual transmission?General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] is working on a mid-engine supercar that most, including us, believe to be the new, eighth-generation Chevrolet Corvette (C8). Prototypes are testing at GM development centers and a debut is expected at the 2018 Detroit auto show, which would likely see the car...
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When Gidi Chamdi in his twin-turbocharged Lamborghini Gallardo cracked 240 mph over the standing half mile for the first time ever back in June, we thought his record would be safe for a while. Little did we know that within just a few months another twin-turbocharged Lamborghini, this time a Huracán, would smash that record. The Huracán was driven by Richard Fowler to an incredible 247.25 mph at the Shift Sector half mile event held at McMinnville Municipal Airport in McMinnville, Oregon this past weekend. His record-breaking run has been saved for the world to see in this...
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New twin-turbo V-6 pegged for future Audi Sport cars, including entry-level R8Stricter emission standards and punitive, displacement-based taxes in major markets will see the next generation of RS cars from Audi Sport go the engine downsizing route. It means the naturally-aspirated 4.2-liter V-8 in cars like the RS 4 Avant and RS 5 will go the way of the dodo. In its place...
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Make your garage great again with Donald Trump's LamborghiniIs this Donald Trump's 1997 Lamborghini Diablo? That's certainly his name on the badging and the Florida insurance card. Regardless, it's a V-12-powered Italian stunner with just 15,277 miles on the odometer, and it's up for sale on eBay Motors. The Blu LeMans-colored machine is an all-wheel-drive...
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Rent this Airbnb house, top-speed an Audi R8 on its dry-lakebed front yard (but don't say we told you to)Audi and Airbnb have an interesting proposition for you: rent a property, get an Audi R8, and do whatever you want with the dry lakebed that surrounds the house. You don't have to be a total loner or a speed freak to love the idea--but neither would hurt. The property in question is located on a...
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Italian firm promises 1,341-horsepower electric carAn Italian firm by the name of Zava claims to be developing an electric car capable of accelerating from 0-62 mph in 2.0 seconds. Such pace would make Zava’s car, called the Prometheus, the fastest accelerating car to ever enter production. That alone is enough to tell you the company...
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Porsche 918 Spyder pitted against a Red Bull Air Race planeThe car versus plane video is a thing that may have run stale. It seems that everyone watched Top Gear do it, and then proceeded to dream up ground versus air battles of their own. There was probably such a stunt done even earlier, but it seems Clarkson and company opened the flood gates to these...
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There's a new McLaren P1 roaming around Southern California, and it's owner has taken to calling it the P1 MK Edition. When you buy a car like that, you can pretty much call it whatever you want. When you're dealing with McLaren's MSO (McLaren Special Operations), you can also get the exterior finish done in the manner of your choosing. What did owner Manny Khoshbin go with? He's decided to have his P1 done in a color-changing finish that's quite eye catching. ALSO SEE: Bugatti Chiron can go about 285 mph with speed limiter removed, says engineering boss The one-off version of an already...
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Bridgestone and Pirelli developing new tires for... the Jaguar XJ220?The Jaguar XJ220 is a supercar that often gets unfairly left out of the conversation of all-time greatest cars. This is because the XJ220 arrived at a time when the Porsche 959 and Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] F40 had already captured the hearts and minds of auto-loving folks around the globe and McLaren...
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Listen to Valentino Balboni’s exhaust for the Lamborghini AventadorValentino Balboni is a legend in Lamborghini circles. Having served as a test driver for the company for almost four decades, Balboni is thought to have driven almost 80 percent of all Lamborghinis ever built. Now he’s turned his hard to tuning them, via a company he’s founded called...
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Aston Martin won't sell AM-RB 001 hypercar to 300 willing customers, maybe moreAston Martin with some help from Red Bull Racing plans to launch a new car in 2018 that will likely end up as the quickest production car in history. Code-named the AM-RB 001, the car will feature carbon fiber construction, a V-12-based hybrid powertrain and an aerodynamic body designed by none...
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Pagani Huayra recalled in the U.S., all 32 of themWhen you’re spending in excess of $2 million on a car, you expect things to be perfect. Unfortunately, things can and do go wrong at times, even in this rarefied league, as is the case of a recall concerning the Pagani Huayra. It turns out the steering wheel-mounted airbag may not remain...
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First video of Ferrari LaFerrari ApertaIt isn’t meant to debut until the 2016 Paris auto show but the upcoming convertible version of the Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] LaFerrari hypercar has been spotted. The car was recently in Spain for an official video shoot. On Thursday we saw photos of the car taken at the shoot, which revealed for...
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The open-top version of Ferrari’s [NYSE:RACE] LaFerrari flagship makes its world debut on September 29 at the 2016 Paris auto show but photos of the car have already been released and now it’s been spotted in the wild. The car will have a new name, confirmed in these shots from Ferrari Club España as LaFerrari Aperta. The car is being filmed in an official video shoot and if you look closely you'll see "Aperta" on a placeholder for the license plate. Ferrari has used the Aperta appendage on a handful of its open-top specials, the most recent being the 458 Speciale Aperta...
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McLaren design boss: Wheels inspired by tree roots promise weight, strength improvementsAccording to McLaren’s head designer, future wheel patterns will be radically different to what we’re used to seeing. Speaking with Motoring, McLaren design boss Frank Stephenson said his team is looking at asymmetrical wheel patterns inspired by the root systems of trees...
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Koenigsegg brings out the bling for first Agera RS delivered in EuropeKoenigsegg used August’s 2016 Monterey Car Week to deliver its first Agera RS to the United States. The car was a bright orange example that went to Kris Singh, owner of the first Lamborghini Veneno in the country. Now Koenigsegg has revealed the first Agera RS to be delivered to a customer...
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Report: Porsche 960 supercar delayedPorsche wants a bigger slice of the supercar market but may have to wait longer than previously expected due to the ongoing diesel emissions cheating scandal afflicting its Cayenne Diesel as well as several other models from the Volkswagen Group. Buoyed by the success of the 918 Spyder, Porsche is...
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Vintage 'Best Motoring' clip pits '90s-era dream cars against each otherThis video clip is your 1990s dream car wall poster come to life. On the Japanese show Best Motoring, the team managed to wrangle a truly awesome array of machines for a flat-out track battle. The location? The famed Tsukuba Circuit in Shimotsuma. The cars? How about a Ferrari F40, a Ferrari 456GT...
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SCG003 supercar now has its own customer racing programScuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, the fledgling race team and supercar manufacturer formed by American car collector James Glickenhaus, stunned the world at the 2015 Geneva auto show with the unveiling of the SCG003 supercar. The SCG003 is a race car for the road in the truest sense, in that it can...
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