Archive for 'Supercars'
Video: Underground Racing Gallardo Breaks 250 MPH At Texas Mile
Posted on 26. Apr, 2010 by admin.
The Texas Mile is a bi-annual contest of insane speeds from heavily modified supercars, where 200 mph is a more common figure than you might expect. This year saw the Underground Racing team take a twin-turbocharged 2008 Lamborghini Gallardo into Bugatti Veyron territory, hitting 250.1 mph in the standing mile. To get that kind of performance out..
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2011 Ford Mustang GT Gets SMS Supercars Treatment
Posted on 19. Apr, 2010 by admin.
April 17 marked the 46th anniversary of the Ford Mustang and in honor of that milestone SMS Supercars, Steve Saleen's post-Saleen Inc. venture, launched a new modified version of the latest 2011 Ford Mustang GT on that very date. Falling under the SMS Signature Series range of cars, the latest creation has been labeled the 2011 SMS 302 Mustang and...
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Ferrari 599 GTO World Premiere Held At Exclusive Modena Event
Posted on 16. Apr, 2010 by admin.
The Ferrari 599 GTO is the Italian marque's fastest ever road car, which is saying a lot considering its model lineup includes fabled machines like the Enzo and F40 supercars. So it's not so surprising that Ferrari chose to revive its most hallowed of badges: GTO (Gran Turismo Omologata)--the first time those three letters have been used since the..
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Video: Ferrari CEO Presents New 599 GTO
Posted on 14. Apr, 2010 by admin.
The Ferrari 599 GTO is the Italian marque's fastest ever road car, which is saying a lot considering its model lineup includes fabled machines like the Enzo and F40 supercars. So it's not so surprising that Ferrari chose to revive its most hallowed of badges: GTO (Gran Turismo Omologata)--the first time those three letters have been used since the..
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MINI E Takes On The Nurburgring
Posted on 12. Apr, 2010 by admin.
We've seen numerous supercars take on the Nurburgring, things like the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, Nissan GT-R, and Pagani Zonda F, but now BMW has taken its MINI E all-electric hatchback to the notorious circuit. Taking on the Nurburgring circuit at race speed with an electrically powered car is an ambitious project, but BMW managed to do a single...
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2011 Hennessey Venom GT Preview
Posted on 29. Mar, 2010 by admin.
American-designed and built supercars are on the comeback, it seems, with the Devon Motorworks GTX making its debut at last August's Pebble Beach Concours and now Hennessey Performance Engineering revealing its Venom GT supercar in its final form for the first time.
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2011 Hennessey Venom GT Preview
Posted on 29. Mar, 2010 by admin.
American-designed and built supercars are on the comeback, it seems, with the Devon Motorworks GTX making its debut at last August's Pebble Beach Concours and now Hennessey Performance Engineering revealing its Venom GT supercar in its final form for the first time. Originally announced as far back as 2007, the Venom GT has gone through several...
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257-MPH 9ff GT9-R Supercar Prototype On Sale On Jameslist
Posted on 19. Mar, 2010 by admin.
So, that Enzo in the garage is seeming a bit tame, and you sold your Veyron when that upstart from Shelby Supercars broke its top speed record? Jameslist has your answer: the original prototype car of the 257-mph 9ff Porsche 911-based GT9-R.
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Riding High in a Ram from Down Under: An Australian Drives the Ram 1500 From LA to Detroit
Posted on 18. Mar, 2010 by admin.
By James Stanford for PickupTrucks.com Australian correspondent James Stanford has always written about the trucks we don't get to drive in the U.S., like the Ford and Holden Utes and Volkswagen Amarok .
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2012 Lexus LFA Supercar to Start at $375,000
Posted on 25. Feb, 2010 by admin.
Lexus' first supercar, the 2012 LFA, will be limited to just 500 units worldwide when it goes on sale next year. It also will hit 60 mph in 3.6 seconds, thanks to a carbon fiber-reinforced plastic body and a 552-horsepower, 4.8-liter V-10 engine. That’s why the $375,000 price tag sounds almost reasonable, and that’s before any destination charges
