Finally we manage to hear the sound of the upcoming McLaren P1. A developtment mule has been spotted near Barcelona while testing, McLaren hasn't revealed yet what's under the hood, but now we know that it certainly sounds very good!
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If you browse through YouTube videos, you'll find out that's pretty difficult to find a decent onboard video in the Bugatti Veyron, and that's a pity not to see properly how does it feel to ride a 1001hp supercar. Finally, my friend Shmee150 managed to take a proper video inside a special Veyron. This Bugatti is owned by Jay Broom, organizer of the annual Wilton House supercar event, and the car is special for two reasons, for its look, and its sound. As you see, the car is fitted with a special wrap specially made for this year's Wilton House event, and it's known also as the " BugARTi Veyron ". The Bugatti Veyron has been critised for its quiet sound, but this one is fitted with a Quicksilver Sports exhaust, and it sounds pretty good!
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The infamous Nürburgring Nordschleife has the reputation of being the most dangerous and challenging racetrack in the world. There's an high frequency of accidents on this track, and unfortunately, every year several fatal accidents occur. The following video is a compilation of the highlights of all the accidents that a german Nürburgring fanatic has caught on his camera, during the many Touristenfahrten events or race series such as VLN and RCN that he has attended in 2012.
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The last week, Novitec Rosso has introduced their first tuning package to the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta. Now the german tuning company has released the video of the stock 740hp F12 Berlinetta driving up to 340kph in the german autobahn, before to tune it to 763hp!
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Prototypes of supercars are always covered and tested where the cameras of photographers can't catch the details. But if there's a prototype that loves more than any other car to be showed on public, it's the Porsche 918 Spyder. 3 of them have been spotted in Spain while moving inside a parking, you get to hear the engine note of the engine and even the silent hybrid mode, when only the electric engine works.
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The Lotus Exige is a fantastic machine; it's light and with a power that goes from the 192hp of the N/A engine to the 260ph of the supercharged version, it has a very good power to weight ratio and it's faster than many other supercars with even twice its power.
But what happens, if you want more? The solution comes from italian tuner Composite Worx, that has realised the Lotus Extrema, a british car realized in the american way, and it's name really promises extreme perfomance.
The tiny 1.6L engine has been replaced with a massive 6.2L LS9 V8 Corvette engine that produces 650hp, and with a weight of just 970kg it goes from 0 to 100kph in just 2.9s, 0 to 160kph in 7s and a top speed of 322kph!
China is becoming one of the most important markets for supercar and luxury brands, expecially for Ferrari that this year is celebrating its 20th anniversary of presence in this wealthy country. Back in April they have introduced a special edition of the 458 Italia just for the chinese market, and just a few days ago has organized a special parade of Ferrari owners around Guangzhou, by gathering over 250 thousand enthusiasts, 130 Prancing Horses and chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo.
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If you're crazy enough to think that the 740hp of the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta aren't enough, now you can go in Germany where the tuner Novitec Rosso will take care of it. The power of the massive 6.3L V12 engine has been increased up to 763hp and 703nm (+23hp / +19nm), this modification allows a slightly higher top speed of 345kph (instead of 340kph). The Novitec F12 is 40mm lower with the use of new springs, that combined with a new set of 21 and 22 inch Novitec wheels they make it look more aggressive, and better looking. Even the voice of the F12 has been modified, now with a button you can open and close the valves of the exhaust when you want.
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Jaguar is ready to debut next week at Los Angeles Auto Show with their fastest saloon car ever made, the XFR-S. This future rival of the most powerful saloons such as the BMW M5 and Mercedes E63 AMG, has been developed at Nürburgring and it will be lighter and with a better aerodynamics than the XFR, with the use of a massive rear wing, a bigger diffuser, a different front bumper and with the use of more carbon fibre. Official specs haven't been revealed yet, but maybe the same V8 engine of the XFR could be pumped up to 550hp. Jaguar has released an official teaser, but a few pics have been posted on internet about an XFR-S with a slight camouflage at a local gas station at Nürburgring.
Racing is always dangerous, and in this case it could have ended really, really bad. During a Speed Day trackday event at Monza held last Sunday, a Mitsubishi EVO 9 has crashed at high speed in the trickiest part of the track, the Ascari chicane. In the car there were two passengers with the driver, they have reported bruises and fractures, we can say a very light result for their wealth, considering that the car has been totally crashed (including the chassis) and none of them were wearing a safety helmet.
People always go crazy when they see a famous person. A group of people have recognized the french footballplayer Mathieu Valbuena behind the wheel of a Lamborghini LP560-4 Spyder in the traffic, but it looks like that he doesn't apreciate all the attention towards him and the people standing too close to his car, which looks like that they have even touched it in order to get his attention.
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When it comes to charity, Ferrari is very active and generous. The recent hurricane Sandy has caused a lot of damages and casualties in the american East Coast, and Ferrari didn't hesitated to show its support by doing a charity auction, in order to raise founds for the American Red Cross. Needless to say that the auction has been a great success by raising over 1.5$ million, the first F12 Berlinetta to be delivered in the USA has been sold to the auction for 1.125$ million, 345.000$ have been raised thanks to the donations of the dealers, and 50.000$ through online donations.
The buyer of the 1st us F12 Berlinetta, sold for 1.125$ million
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5 years after the last american F1 Gran Prix, F1 is finally back in America with Austin's GP. A couple of days before the race, Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa have been involved in the making of the commercial of the Abarth 500 Convertible, whose american debut is set on the Los Angeles Auto Show. The production has been very fast to publish the video 4 days after the making, according to Fernando Alonso's tweet on the set.
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The driver of this Nissan 180SX think it's very cool to drift with one hand, or to simply imitate what he has probably seen on " The Fast and Furious " movies, but he ends his attempt with a miserable fail, and a future bill from the workshop. Drifting properly with both hands on the steering wheel requires a lot of experience, how can you think to make it better with one hand?
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American YouTuber BrianZuk has filmed the owner of a brand new Porsche 991 Carrera S that is not showing proper love to his car, he does a series of donuts and fries the tires by hitting continuosly the rev limiter of the engine which is not a very wealthy thing for the car, but it's certainly a good entertainment for the crowd.
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If you make a trip to Maranello and you're lucky enough, you can find the Ferrari F70 testing around. Ferrari continues with intense road and track testing, and a prototype of the Ferrari Enzo successor has been spotted in the city and at Fiorano, Ferrari's private test track. See it, and hear it below.
YouTuber and friend DoctaM3 has been one of the first 50 lucky people to see the Lamborghini Aventador Roadster in Miami. Hopefully, cameras were allowed, and he managed to take a video to the event and of course, to the car and also how to install the roof, in a much more simple way than the old Murcielago.
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Just 24h after my post regarding the spy shoots of the Lamborghini Aventador Roadster, Lamborghini has released the official pictures of what is probably the hottest roadster of the moment! The roof of the Aventador Roadster is composed by two carbon fibre compoments whose weight is approximately 12kg, this roof is much more practical and easy to use than the tragic one of the old Murcielago Roadster. The design of the engine bay has been modified to allow the roadster configuration and a better cooling, the heart of the car is still the same, a massive 6.5L V12 with 700hp and 690nm, the classic 0-100kph acceleration is slightly slower, and it takes 3 seconds, top speed is still 350kph.
My friends at Autoblog.gr have been lucky enough to spot a testing mule of the Lamborghini Aventador Roadster coming out the gate of the factory at Sant'Agata Bolognese. The private debut, just for customers will take place tomorrow in Miami, but the ordinary mortals and petrolheads will have the opportunity to see it in its public world debut at Los Angeles Motor Show, starting the 30th of November. Specs should be the same of the coupè; the car will be moved by a 6.5L V12 with 700hp and 690nm, with a top speed of 350kph and a manually removable carbon fibre roof.
When it comes to a Black Series model, it's certainly serious stuff. Finally, even the SLS AMG has it's own Black edition. Just like every Black edition, even the SLS is fastest and improved under many ways. Take the massive 6.2L V8 engine of the SLS AMG GT version with 583hp, tune it and you have the power of the new Black, 622hp; unexpectedly, the torque goes from 648 to 638nm.
The italians are back, with the 6th generation of the Maserati Quattroporte, a new, fresh answer to the big market dominated by the german saloon cars. The new Quattroporte is based on a new chassis, if compared to the previous Quattroporte, it will be longer and 50kg lighter (1940kg). The specs aren't yet revealed, but rumors are about a 4.7L V8 Ferrari engine, and as the plate could suggest, with 530hp. In the future, a diesel version could be considered. The world debut of the new Maserati Quattroporte has been set during the 2013 Detroit Auto Show, in January.
Part 8 is finally online, a compilation brought by the crew of ExclusivosNoBrasil featuring a huge amount of supercars racing around São Paulo. 5 minutes of action, worth to see the video!
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The Ford GT is a pretty good supercar, but if you tune it, it can really be badass. Recently, a twin turbo Ford GT with the incredible power of 1700hp has set a new Guinness World Record, by accelerating up to 283.232 mph (455.82 km/h) in a standing mile! With this astonishing result, this Ford GT modified by Performance Power Racing is street legal, and so it's the world's fastest one!
The video of the world's fastest Ford GT didn't showed us much action about the record attempt, so why not, let's take a look at another recent attempt of another modified Ford GT, this time by Hennessey Performance which sets up a top speed record at Texas Mile with a 263.3 mph (423,74 km/h) run. In the video we can enjoy the onboard camera and an external shoot of the GT.
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It's incredible how the driver of this Lada has survived in this shocking crash and gets out the car with no injuries, by considering the brutality of the collision and the terrible conditions of the car.
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