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Volvo in-house tuner Polestar last week released a video claiming it set a lap record for “road-legal, four-door cars” at the Nürburgring in May 2016 using a stock S60 Polestar sedan. The time of 7:51.110 was set immediately after the German round of the 2016 World Touring Car Championship in which the Polestar Cyan Racing team was competing. Polestar says that because the result was important for Polestar Cyan Racing, which at the time was in the midst of the 2016 WTCC season, it had to keep the details secret for a full year. The problem is that Alfa Romeo at the 2015...
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Lotus Exige once owned by Jerry Seinfeld sells for $90,400Jerry Seinfeld’s love of Porsches is renowned, but the comedian and television star isn’t averse to cars from other marques. For example, a year ago we saw Seinfeld sell a batch of cars that included a couple of Volkswagens. Now a 2009 Lotus Exige S 260 he once owned has just been sold...
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Kris Singh adds Pagani Huayra BC to collectionKris Singh, the American multimillionaire with a love for exotic cars, has added yet another extraordinary vehicle to his collection. A Pagani Huayra BC has just joined a collection that already includes a Lamborghini Veneno and Koenigsegg Agera RS, plus likely several other rare machines. Pagani...
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1957 Alfa Romeo Giulietta SS Prototipo named Best of Show at 2017 Villa d’EsteThis 1957 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale Prototipo was named the Best of Show on Sunday at the 2017 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Italy. It proved equally popular among the judges and the public. The beautiful coupe body was penned by Franco Scaglione who was working for...
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Mazda marks 50 years of rotary carsIt was 50 years ago today that Mazda unveiled its first rotary-powered car to the world. The car was the Cosmo 110S sports car which made its debut at the 1967 Tokyo auto show. It was Mazda’s first sports car, and all the more newsworthy because the automaker up till then had only been known...
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Rolls-Royce builds the world’s most expensive ‘new’ carRolls-Royce has crafted a one-off car for a customer. Presented at this past weekend’s 2017 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Italy, the bespoke car, dubbed the Sweptail because of its swept rear end reminiscent of the design used by Rolls-Royces of the 1920s, is rumored to have...
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A Nissan Titan weighs 5,811 pounds. A Mini Countryman weighs 3,629. The former requires a shorter distance to reach a complete stop from 60. Sounds crazy, but it's true, and Jason Fenske from Engineering Explained is here to, well, explain how the full-size pickup truck can out-brake a Mini. Foremost, Jason gets the variables out of the way. The track was dry, well maintained and even, and the device used to measure the data was accurate. Great, so how does the Nissan Titan accomplish this? Jason accelerated the Titan to 64.7 mph and the Cooper Countryman to 63.5 mph, the highest speeds...
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BMW M8 teased, will race at Le MansBMW M used this weekend’s M Festival held at the Nürburgring to confirm an M8 performance flagship will form part of the new 8-Series range currently in the works. The first member of the new range will be a regular 8-Series coupe. It debuts in 2018 and was previewed on Friday at the...
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McLaren P1 LM sets new street-legal Nürburgring recordStep aside, Lamborghini Huracán Performante. Even the track-only Nio EP9 electric supercar cannot be spared from the McLaren P1 LM: the new king of the Nürburgring, as far as street-legal cars are concerned. The McLaren P1 LM, a road-going version of the P1 GTR track car, clocked a...
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Jay Leno shows off his 2017 Ford GTJay Leno is the proud owner of a 2017 Ford GT finished in black and dressed in a pair of red racing stripes. He recently posted a photo of himself with the car on the official Instragram page of his Jay Leno’s Garage online show. Also in the photo is the crew from Protective Film Solutions, a...
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Jaguar confirms 600-horsepower XE SV Project 8 super sedanIt wasn’t that long ago that the 503 horsepower in the Mercedes-AMG C63 S seemed like an insurmountable output for a small sport sedan. However, Jaguar is about to blow all competition out of the water with its XE SV Project 8. Set to debut next month at the 2017 Goodwood Festival of Speed...
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Fiat hand paints every racing stripe on the Abarth 124Fiat hasn't seen paramount success since returning to the United States in 2011, but it does arguably offer some pretty nice, affordable cars. In a world full of angry-eyed sports cars, there's the Fiat 124 Spider. Its non-aggression is subtle and approachable, and it marks a departure from the...
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BMW’s new GT4-spec customer race car based on the M4 coupe is finally ready. BMW motorsport boss Jens Marquardt, together with racing driving Dirk Adorf, who was heavily involved in the testing phase, launched the new race car on Wednesday at the Nürburgring. At the event, BMW confirmed that one of the cars will be entered in the 2017 Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race on this weekend. Adorf will be doing the driving alongside fellow BMW racer Ricky Collard, BMW engineer Jörg Weidinger, and journalist Jethro Bovingdon. Customers won’t compete in the car until the...
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Uber-rare Porsche 911 GT2 Evo sells for $1.45 millionPorsche built just 11 examples of the 993-series 911 GT2 Evo homologation special in the mid-1990s, and now one of the cars has been sold at auction for an impressive $1.45 million. It was sold last week during Mecum’s 2017 Original Spring Classic auction in Indianapolis, Indiana. It ended up...
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YouTuber gets early test drive of Jeep Grand Cherokee TrackhawkJeep’s 707-horsepower Grand Cherokee Trackhawk won’t be muscling its way into showrooms until the fourth quarter of the year, but one lucky YouTuber has managed to spend some time behind the wheel. This video comes from the YouTube channel Sinister Life and features a pre-production...
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Honda sells desert proving ground; Honda buys desert proving groundAmerican Honda found a new buyer for its former research and development facility near Cantil, California: American Honda. After its research and development center lay dormant near the Mojave Desert since 2010, the automaker reopened its facility this month as a new proving ground for cars...
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Developer of Porsche 917 simulator promises realistic sights, sounds and even smellsLast year, Project 917 divulged ambitious details to develop a Porsche 917 replica for motorsport fans to relive the iconic racer. Since then, Project 917 has changed its plans, announcing instead a full-motion simulator complete with a 917 cockpit and hood. If all goes to plan, Project 917 hopes...
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Twin-turbo Lamborghini Huracán sets new 1/2 mile world record of 250 mphUnderground Racing is back at it, and it seems nothing can slow the shop down. Less than seven months after the performance house set the half-mile world record of 247 mph in a Lamborghini Huracán it built, it's back, this time with Gidi Chamdi behind the wheel of its latest Huracán...
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Porsche seems to have outdone itself again. The 2017 911 Carrera GTS is capable of lapping the Nürburgring Nordschleife quicker than the previous 911 GT3, evidenced by the accompanying video. The video shows the car setting a 7:24 lap at the hands of Sport Auto's expert tester, a full second faster than the previous best time for the GT3. That's a very respectable time considering the power on tap, rear-wheel-drive layout, and the fact the Carrera GTS doesn't ring in at a couple hundred thousand dollars. That's not saying it's cheap, though; the GTS coupe costs $120,050 and Cabriolet and...
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2019 Jaguar I-Pace spotted during photo shootJaguar’s I-Pace electric SUV has just been spotted completely undisguised. Posted by Agenda de l'automobile (via Jalopnik) on its Facebook page is this video showing the I-Pace in what is almost certainly production-ready form. The video was taken in Monaco during what appears to be an...
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Owner posts a review of the 2017 Ford GTThe 2017 Ford GT—there's a lot that can be said. It's the reincarnation of an American supercar icon; it represents the dreams of so many hardworking individuals with a passion for motorsport, and it's been the source of a lot of debate as much as it's been praised. The media, including Motor...
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BMW racer Timo Glock gets acquainted with new M5’s all-wheel-drive systemEx-Formula One racer Timo Glock has a pretty great job these days. After racing with various manufacturers and teams, he's been a BMW factory racing driver for some time, competing in DTM. His most recent task is one of much more interest, however. BMW recently put Glock behind the wheel of its...
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FCA design chief Ralph Gilles featured in Netflix documentary seriesRalph Gilles may be one of the most highly respected automotive designers of the modern era, but he's not just about drawing lines and shaping figures: he's a car guy. He's not just a car guy either, he's a motorsports aficionado and has quite the penchant for track days. An episode of the new...
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2018 Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR spy shots and videoLand Rover is working on a mid-cycle update for its Range Rover Sport, and naturally the updates will filter across to the high-performance SVR variant. We have new spy shots of a prototype for the updated Range Rover Sport SVR, a vehicle we expect to be launched alongside the updated version of...
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