Gumpert might not be a household name, but car enthusiasts everywhere know and respect their Apollo – and have a healthy fear for its capabilities. If only it looked as good as it performed. The Apollo might not be pretty from any angle, but its performance on the track is almost unrivaled. Now it seems...
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The original Lancia Stratos was a very successful rally car, but the car’s continued popularity undoubtedly stems from its stunning body and its Ferrari engine. Fast forward nearly 40 years since the first Stratos was produced, and a new Stratos has come among us. This one too has a Ferrari engine and even the underpinnings...
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After sticking it to Ferrari on the Nurburgring, Pagani has one-upped its Italian rival once again with the Zonda R – this time on Top Gear’s test track. Posting a 1’08.5 lap time, the car is nearly 7 seconds faster than the Ariel Atom 500 and a solid 2.2 seconds faster than the Ferrari FXX...
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Announced several months ago, details on the new GT-R Egoist edition were limited – and so were the photos. Nissan has solved that problem by releasing an extensive gallery of pictures of the rare GT-R that features some much-needed luxury updates. Not that there’s anything wrong with the GT-R for the price, but the Egoist...
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Now that Acura has confirmed that they’ve resumed development of a next-generation NSX, it’s always a treat to revisit just how amazing Acura’s first and only exotic is – and maybe remind Honda so they don’t deliver a dud. The famed Tsukuba Circuit in Japan is similar to Nurburgring in the sense that it’s used...
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Japan is the holy land of modified imports, but there are also plenty of enthusiasts there who aren’t afraid to tinker with some of the world’s most exotic machines, including Lamborghinis. The video that’s available after the break highlights some of Japan’s most wickedly built Lamborghinis. Some of them highlight a JDM style of modifying,...
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Lamborghini has already teased its new Aventador LP700-4 supercar several times, but now we have some amateur spy video of the Murcielago successor. Better yet, there isn’t just one car, but two of them doing some final shake-downs ahead of the official reveal at the Geneva Auto Show on March 1st. Taking design inspiration from...
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Comedian Jerry Seinfeld made a fortune from a show that was about nothing, and he spent a portion of that fortune buying and collecting cars. He is widely known for having one of the largest privately owned Porsche collection in the world, but it seems the collection is about to shrink by one. Seinfeld’s black...
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The Lexus LFA has been on the auto show circuit for quite some time now and owners have even started to take delivery of their Japanese supercars, but what about that special Nurburgring edition? Announced several months ago, the limited edition LFA (just 50 of the 500) will make its first official appearance at the...
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In addition, there’s also an element of heritage in the exhibit, drawing from 90 years of design and creativity, looking at how signature ‘Bentley’ traits, such as sweeping curves on the flanks of the car; the infamous ‘Teddy Bear Ears’ and inverted needles on instruments, came into being and why many are still used to...
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Included are racing theory sessions, technical demonstrations, as well as performance limit exercises and plenty of track time, with coaching by professional motorsports drivers and instructors.
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Lotus has just announced it will debut a Mansory-tuned version of its Evora sports car at the upcoming Geneva Auto Show. In a brief statement, the British sports car company makes it very clear that this is in now way a new version of the car, not is it a facelift, but simply a look...
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West Racing Team announced last October that it would field a Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 race car in the American Le Mans Series, marking the return of the Italian brand to ALMS since a dismal performance back in 2004 with a Murcielago R-GT. After much anticipation and with the season nearing its start, West Racing has...
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Nobody in their right mind could ever confuse the Ford F-150 pickup truck with the Ferrari F150 Formula 1 car. But Ford’s lawyers seem to disagree, and have asked a U.S. court for an injunction against Ferrari and their use of the name. Ferrari claims that the F150 moniker is intended to honor the 150th...
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Ask any auto manufacturer and they will say that one of the most important car markets at the moment is China. With their population and economic growth, China is now one of the largest car markets in the world, and it shows no signs of slowing down. Want proof? Jaguar and Land Rover have decided...
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Acura may have officially begun its quest back to relevance. Then again, maybe not. According to a recent report out of Japan, Honda CEO Takashi Ito made known to reporters that the automaker is once-again revisiting plans to build a sports car. Reconfirming that news, Car & Driver is now reporting a a similar story...
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Rumors have been tossed around for years that Honda is debating whether or not to bring the NSX back to the research and development stage, possibly releasing a true successor to one of Japan’s most exotic cars. When the HSV-010 GT race car was announced, belief was that Honda would be resurrecting the NSX’s development...
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Mach7 Motorsports recently unveiled a pre-production Falcon giving America yet another option in the exotic car department. Founded by Americans Jeff and Carl Lemke, the Falcon sports good ‘ol domestic horsepower underneath the hood, with a 6.2L LS3 Chevrolet Corvette V8 powerplant pushing out around 500-hp. Pricing is estimated to be around $200,000, but for...
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British sportscar maker TVR has had a less than perfect life. Back in the 1970s the factory burned down, but thanks to a large order placed by its Canadian dealer, they had the money to start over again. Then, after a very successful run in the 1990s, the company was sold in 2004 to Nikolay...
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Following up on a supercar such as Ferrari’s Enzo is no easy task. The car is legend and its design is unmistakable. With a successor to the Enzo inevitable, many have envisioned what Ferrari may have in store as a follow up – including Hungarian artist Peter Simon. For our part, we hope he’s wrong....
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Ferrari has once again released a smattering of photos of its new flagship, known tentatively as the FF or Fast Four. The name of course is a reference to the fact that this is the Prancing Horse’s first-ever AWD-equipped car. The successor to the 612 Scagliettei, the FF maintains seating for four and even offers...
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Amari Design is a branch of Amari Supercars, a pre-owned supercar dealership in the United Kingdom. A new division set to focus on tuning exotics, Amari Design looks to launch with its own version of a tuned Lamborghini Gallardo dubbed the Invidia Edition. While a looker, the Amari Design Gallardo project caught our eye because...
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Porsche is apparently readying some significant changes to its street-legal race car, the GT3. According to a forum member on Rennlist, the next-generation (991) version of the GT3 will adopt a larger engine, a dual-clutch gearbox and several even more significant changes. The poster, who goes by the screen name ‘rosenbergendo’ says he received the...
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Back in the summer of 2010, a Porsche 911 Turbo that was part of Porsche Canada’s press fleet was put through a garage door by the son of Canadian Auto Journalist Peter Cheney. The story generated all kinds of feedback, from those shrugging it off as “boys will be boys”, to righteous indignation bordering on...
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