Aston Martin is prepping an all new platform that will form the bases of its next-generation DB9 and DBS luxury sports coupes. Not due out until 2015 at the earliest, a mid-cycle update is planned for next year with the DBS set to be the first to receive a list of aesthetic and mechanical upgrades....
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Spada’s new Condatronca Monza is quite a beast. The sports car was initially unveiled a few months ago and Spada has only now revealed the details on this monster. The open-roof bodystyle roadster will crank out 710-hp from a twin-supercharged 7.0-liter V8 engine. The vehicle only weighs 1,180 kg (2,600 lbs) and the cockpit is...
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If you thought the BMW 1M was fast you haven’t seen anything yet. Germany’s Kelleners Sport has dubbed their high performance 1M, the KS1-S. The German company boosted the power from the stock 340-hp to 410-hp achieving this by lowering the weight to power ratio and improving air flow, and adding choice modifications like an...
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Everyone has seen old hippy van painted to the nines or cars with wacky paint jobs driving down the street but you’ve probably never seen cars like this. This type of art became popular enough in the last few decades for art car shows to materialize. BMW has been involved in art cars since the mid-1970s getting Andy...
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As part of the Porsche Parade organized by the Porsche Club of America, the club will raffle off a fully restored 1973 US version 911 T Coupe amoung PCA members. The car can be viewed at the festival in Savannah, Georgia from July 31 to August 7. The 911 T has been restored to its...
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Today, Group Lotus Motorsport announced the formation of Lotus Sport USA led by Team Principals Ian Dawson and John Pritzlaff. The factory endorsed team will focus on the GT2 and LMP2 classes sanctioned by the International Motor Sport Association. The new team will race with the Lotus Evora GTE for the North American and International...
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Audi has once again won the Silvretta Electric Car Rally in Austria’s Montafon region. Last year, the R8 e-tron won the competition, and this year, a Q5 also competed finishing sixth place out of 32 vehicles. The A1 e-tron bearing the number 206 covered 307 kilometers in three days, winning the car rally. The event...
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De Tomaso is planning to show a new Pantera, one of the most legendary cars ever built, at the Frankfurt Auto Show. Will it live up to the original’s badass demeanor? Sticking to tradition, the new Pantera will feature American power with a Corvette V8, in the middle somewhere. With a curb weight of 2,645 pounds...
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It is understood that kids living in the country side climb behind the wheel of vehicles at an earlier age, whether it be to cut grass or haul hay. This, however, is not a story about a lawn mower or farm tractor. The boy featured in this vehicle gets to hoon around in his dad’s...
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The birth of the Fisker Karma has not been easy. The project has seen delays and customers have seen the price go up over the years, before the car even set foot on any showroom floor. However, it now seems that the project is finally well on its way to hit the open road, as...
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Porsche has just released a new selection of photos of its flagship GT2 RS. Yup, no story here, just lots and lots of amazing photos of an even more amazing car. And as impressive as the 620-hp machine looks in silvery-blue, the new photos of the Nurburgring champ in a brilliant red shade are even...
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Those sneaky, sneaky bastards. Owners of super-expensive cars list them on insurance as farm vehicles, gaining a discount on their premiums as high as 20%. According to a survey of 80,000 vehicles, owners of Porsche 911s, Mercedes SL550s, and BMW Z4s label their cars alongside John Deeres and Caterpillars for use exclusively on a farm,...
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Sir Stirling Moss is one of the most reknowned and respected racing drivers of all time, and he has just bought an Aston Martin Cygnet! This Toyota iQ based super-mini is the most controversial product ever offered by Aston Martin, and many believe the project will only harm Aston’s credibility than improve its greenhouse footprint....
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Rule, Britannia, rule the waves! Britons never will be slaves! The boys of Top Gear recorded an impressive laptime around their famous test track with the McLaren MP4-12C, and if you haven’t seen the episode yet, you might want to skip ahead. The homegrown MP4-12C beat out foreign contenders such as the Ferrari 458 Italia,...
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Having just introduced the high-performance Evora S model, Lotus will look to further expand the Evora range, adding a flagship track-inspired version to its lineup. Set to get a new higher-output version of the supercharged 3.5-liter V6 used in the Evora S making as much as 400-hp, the car will also get a stripped-down cockpit....
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If any more proof was needed that the Nissan GT-R is a tank, this video certainly confirms it. Shot recently by security cameras in Moscow, watch as a the GT-R (top of the screen) swerves to avoid another car and then plows into a line of parked vehicles, even flipping one of them! And because...
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Porsche is looking to develop a new high-end sports car that will slot in between the highest-performance 911 model, the GT2 RS, and the upcoming 918 supercar. This isn’t the first news of new exotic from Porsche, but it is the most reliable, with the source being Porsche’s global sales boss Bernhard Maier. Maier spoke...
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There have been many amazing Lego creations over the last few decades including life size people and skyscrapers several stories high, but this latest creation might just take the cake. Documented in this video is a mechanical masterpiece, a Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet PDK made of Lego. Everything on the 911 works, from the retractable...
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A little jealous of what Jay Leno was allowed to do recently with AMG? It’s OK, we were too. But now AMG is offering what are being called ‘Emotion Tours’ to satisfy those who want to visit AMG’s factory and enjoy a few lifestyle events surrounded by some of the Mercedes performance brand’s best vehicles....
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The BullRun is here and you don’t need any more evidence that this – a Ferrari F430 Spider doing some gymkhana-style hooning on the top of a parking garage. According to the YouTube posting, the BullRunner used to drive rally cars in Europe and certainly isn’t afraid of showing off his skills, even if he...
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It appears that Bentley will be ready to debut the new Continental GTC at this year’s Frankfurt Auto Show in September. This debut will come one year after Bentley first unveiled its refreshed Continental GT, featuring a lighter body, more powerful and slightly more fuel-efficient engine. The cabrio Conti GT will look similar to the...
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Examples include a 1950 Ferrari 195 Inter Coupe, a car that was displayed at the Turin Motor Show back in 1951; a 1957 Series II 410 Superamerica (shown), which was also displayed at a show, in this case that year’s Paris Auto Salon, plus a 1963 400 Superamerica Aerodynamica, another ex-Turin show car.
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Although the company’s chief commercial officer Michael Van Der Sande said that Aston “came very late to the party in China,” the firm is making up for lost ground.
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Very few celebrities have a passion for cars like Jay Leno. The star of late night doesn’t keep his love for all things on four wheels a secret, owning over 200 vehicles. Of the 200, Leno houses 40 various Mercedes-Benz models in his collection, from classics to current sports cars to Mercedes motorcycles. Surprisingly, the...
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