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Lamborghini’s current flagship is the Centenario LP 770-4, a 759-horsepower raging bull that’s destined to be built in a run of just 40 cars. Lamborghini has released its first video showing the supercar on the move, in this case at Italy’s Nardo test track. The Centenario was built to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of company founder Ferrucio Lamborghini. It also served as a farewell for former CEO Stephan Winkelmann who presented it at the 2016 Geneva auto show just before being reassigned to Audi Sport. It’s based on the Aventador but as we discovered...
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Jay Leno drives a rotary-powered Volkswagen BeetleYou never know what's going to turn up at Jay Leno's Garage. Leno is a fan of Wankel rotary engines and has featured a couple on the show in vehicles like a Mazda Cosmo 110S and a modified 1973 RX-3. This time, though, he featured a rotary engine in something a bit more unorthodox. This 1966...
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Ole Yeller Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 raises $295k for charityFord Motor Company [NYSE:F] in 2016 has continued its tradition of supporting the Experimental Aircraft Association and its Young Eagles youth education programs with the auction of a one-off Mustang once again sporting a design inspired by America’s aviation history. The latest of the...
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Underground Racing has already slapped two turbos on the 2017 Audi R8 V10 PlusAudi's finally given the world the new, second-generation R8 for 2017. While no one would call it slow, more power never hurt, right? Clearly that's the thought over at Underground Racing (UGR), as it's already slapped two turbos on the new R8 V10 Plus. That's right, the V-10 engine, which comes...
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2017 Porsche Panamera Turbo first rideThe 2017 Porsche Panamera Turbo may not hit the streets until next January, but we've already had the opportunity to go for a spin. And what a spin it was! Porsche gave journalists rides at the Lausitzring (also called Eurospeedway Lausitz) road course near Dresden, Germany. Much like the infield...
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Are CVTs the fastest transmissions?Nobody truly likes a Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT). They are loud, soulless, sometimes unreliable, and frankly, they often make your car sound awful. But here's the cold hard reality: From an engineering standpoint, they make sense. Our friend Jason Fenske from Engineering Explained is...
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There are some radical changes coming to Formula One in 2017. The list includes longer, wider cars and much wider tires. The changes are aimed at increasing downforce and grip, which should lead to higher speeds and thus faster lap times. Earlier today we were treated with a preview of what the new cars will partially look like thanks to a tire test conducted by Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] and official supplier Pirelli. Star driver Sebastian Vettel tested a 2015-spec Ferrari F1 car fitted with the extra-wide tires to be adopted in 2017 as well as some other mods to simulate the new season’s...
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Flyin' Miata’s turnkey MX-5 V-8 ready to order, Fiat 124 Spider plannedRemember that V-8 conversion for the latest-generation Mazda MX-5 Miata we told you about at the start of the year? Well, it’s ready to order and the confirmed specifications are every bit as impressive as we’d hoped. The company doing the conversion is Flyin’ Miata, based in...
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2,000-horspower Nissan GT-R crashes after 218-mph speed runWould you be willing to pilot a Nissan GT-R modified to put out 2,000 horsepower? How would you feel at speeds exceeding 200 mph? And what would you do if it all started to go wrong during braking from a speed run? One lucky fellow with Team Insanity Racing had the guts to find out all of the above...
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Vin Diesel's Dodge Charger for 'Fast 8' sounds wickedFilming for the eighth installment in the Fast and Furious franchise is underway, and you can almost feel the testosterone. Earlier this week we found what appeared to be a turbine-powered Charger on the set of Fast 8. Now, we've confirmed what it is, and we've even heard it run. The car has been...
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Electric Corvette sets new land speed recordGenovation, a startup based in Rockville, Maryland, has earned a new land speed record using a C6 Chevrolet Corvette converted to run on electric motors. The car is the same one that hit 186.8 mph at Florida’s Johnny Bohmer Proving Grounds on February 23, 2016. ALSO SEE: New Supra to feature...
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Toyota 86 gets Ferrari engine transplantWhen Toyota and Subaru got together to build their 86 and BRZ coupes, they weren't thinking about big power. Instead, the 200-horsepower coupe they created was focused more on its balance and light weight—factors designed to evoke sports cars of yore. That's not exactly what drifting pro Ryan...
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When you're looking for a good work vehicle, you have many things to consider. Interior comfort is on the list, but towing and hauling capabilities are certainly more important. This is why folks buy trucks to do their dirty work. It's typically not why someone would buy a Lamborghini Murcielago. That's not stopping one owner from putting his Lambo to work. Recently, a YouTube member with the YouTube name Joseph Criniti uploaded a video showing a Murcielago towing a trailer. Inside said trailer you see a pair of live goats. Mr. Criniti added a soundtrack as well: Limp Bizkit's "Rollin." We've...
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What the heck does an oil catch can do?Your engine is a violent place. It's filled with moving metal, hot oil and fuel, and a mass of moving air. All of that combines to create combustion, which is basically a series of continual explosions—and it's all happening right in front of you. During the combustion process, some of the...
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Acura's publicly testing the NSX GT3 race car at Mid-Ohio this weekAcura's enjoying the limelight with its new NSX supercar, and it's been very adamant that it will take the car racing. Back in March, Honda's luxury division announced the NSX GT3 race car, making it clear that it intends to race it in 2017. Engineers have been developing the race version and...
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13-year-old breaks 200 mph on an airstrip with Bugatti VeyronWhat did you do for Father's Day this year? A young man named Steven Aghakhani took his father's Bugatti Veyron out for a blast down an airport runway. It unfolded at a Shift-Sector event in Colorado, where Steven's father Armik was hoping the boy would blow past the 200 mile per hour mark. He did...
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Skateboarder-smashing McLaren video was a hoaxRemember this video from a few days ago which appeared to show a disgruntled skateboarder smash the windshield of a McLaren 12C? In the clip, you can see the British supercar cruise through a stop sign and nearly hit a street-crossing skater. The driver then proceeds to honk at the skater which...
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Learn what makes BMW's throttle system differentYou're an under-hood expert by now, aren't you? We've been sharing a whole lot of information thanks to Engineering Explained and that means you should be fluent now in "gearhead." Still, there's always more to learn and today we're taking on a subject that's a bit more complicated, which must mean...
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Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] unveiled an enhanced version of its Sync 3 infotainment system during January’s Consumer Electronics Show and at the time said the system will be available on 2017 model year vehicles. The Blue Oval on Monday confirmed that the system will be available across its entire 2017 lineup. Owners of some 2016 vehicles equipped with the current Sync 3 system will also be able to upgrade to the latest version. ALSO SEE: 2017 Porsche Panamera deep dive The main benefit of the enhanced Sync 3 is the inclusion of Apple CarPlay (iPhone 5 and above) and Android Auto...
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Fuel tank fabrication and wheel widening: Project Binky Episode 13Got a good half hour this Saturday morning to watch a couple of British guys entertain you while building one of the the world's fastest Minis? No, well make the time because you're in for some laughs and you might learn something, too. Project Binky is the work of Nik Blackhurst and Richard...
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The Do's and Don'ts of Tesla's Autopilot systemThe Tesla Model S has a feature you all know about. It's called Autopilot, which is a poor name for a system that is still essentially in its beta testing phase. I say "poor name" because as we've seen in the news, a number of owners believe this means the car is damn-near autonomous. This is not...
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Life-size Hot Wheels X-Wing carship to prowl San Diego Comic ConYou know Hot Wheels for its scaled-down versions of your favorite machines. Of course, it also makes machines straight out of your wildest dreams. Usually its crafted in 1:64 scale, but occasionally things get sized up. This is such an occasion as Hot Wheels is preparing a new line of vehicles it's...
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If humans evolved to survive car crashesNo, you’re not looking at a prop from the 1980s sci-fi classic The Thing. This is Graham, a sculpture that’s meant to represent a human being evolved to survive car crashes. It was created by a team of artists and researchers as part of a safety campaign run by the Transport Accident...
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2017 Genesis G80 previewHyundai’s new luxury brand Genesis is launching its second model in the form of the G80 sedan. The G80 isn’t a completely new model as it is essentially a rebadged version of the second-generation Hyundai Genesis, which has been on sale since the 2015 model year. It’s now serving...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran