V12 Vantage Roadster spotted!

Roof down and V12 roar, that's how awesome is the new Aston Martin V12 Vantage Roadster. The roofless version of the track-focused Aston had its public debut last weekend during the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Just 101 customers will be able to own one, ofcourse after they've written a cheque of 187.000€. Under the hood we find a huge 6.0L V12 that produces 517hp and 570nm.

Spotters Munch997 and Alex Penfold have been lucky enough to spot the very 1st one in the streets of London!

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The History of the Lamborghini Gallardo

Back in 2003, Lamborghini has started to produce their most successful supercar ever, the Gallardo. After 8 years of production, over 12.000 Gallardos came out the Sant'Agata Bolognese factory making it the most-produced Lamborghini ever. Over the years Lamborghini made a 2nd generation and several editions, but what impresses more is how much marketing and work has put Lamborghini to develop and sell so many countless limited editions, let's take a look below to a quick view to all the kind of road production Gallardo they have made in chronological order:

The beginning: the 2004 Gallardo

Fiat 500X

Yesterday during a press conference held at Lingotto, Fiat has showed to the crowd for a little time an extra large version to the Fiat 500 in the SUV variant. It wasn't a real presentation so we can't go on detail about it, the 500X is long 4,20m and should replace the Fiat Sedici, it will be presented in September during the Paris Motor Show and it will probably feature a 4WD system.

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Mclaren MP4-12C Spider

The roofless version to the Mclaren MP4-12C has finally arrived! The MP4-12C features a retractable hard top that takes just 17 seconds to convert the MP4-12C into a sexy spider supercar. The engine is the same of the coupè, a 3.8L twin turbo V8 that produces 620hp, since it's slightly heavier (40kg), the performance are a little bit lower than the coupè but you'll don't notice the difference, however the classic 0-100kph acceleration takes 3.1s (same as the coupè) but the 0-160kph takes 6.1s which is 0.1s slower and moves up to 328kph, 5kph slower.

Goodbye, Sergio Pininfarina

Last night, at the age of 85, Sergio Pininfarina has passed away in his house in Turin after a long desease. He was the son of Battista Farina, the founder of the famous Pininfarina company that realized the design to some of the most beautiful cars ever made such as the Maserati Birdcage, Alfa Romeo Spider, Honda NSX and the legendary Ferrari F40. Pininfarina has a long and famous collaboration with Ferrari with the realization of the design of their cars, with the born of many models such as the Ferrari P4/5, Ferrari 599, Ferrari California, Ferrari Enzo and many others. It's a great loss for the motoring, condolences to the family Pininfarina.

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Gumpert Apollo crash

The hillclimb of Goodwood is protagonist of another accident. The circuit is very tricky and you can't afford to make a mistake, otherwise you'll crash into the barriers. In the history there have been even fatal accidents, involving marshalls or the drivers themselfs. Luckily, the video of today doesn't show a fatal accident, still painful, a blue Gumpert Apollo going sideways and crashing at 85mph.

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Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake

This weekend Mercedes showed on world debut the new shooting brake version of the Mercedes CLS63 AMG at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The car is almost ready but it had a light camouflage,  The performance and power output should be similar to the sedan but certainly with a major weight; under the bonnet we will probably find a twin turbo 5.5L V8 with 525hp and 700nm, 0-100kph in 4.5s and a top speed limited to 250kph.

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