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2017 Ford GT Supercar Teased in Forza Motorsport 6 Trailer
2017 Ford GT Supercar Teased in Forza Motorsport 6 Trailer

27 Jan 2015, 15:23 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / What came in concept format at the North American International Auto Show will morph into the production reality 2017 Ford GT early next year.

 
Ford GT40 P/1046 (1966 Le Mans Winner) to Enter 20-Month Restoration <span>· Video</span>
Ford GT40 P/1046 (1966 Le Mans Winner) to Enter 20-Month Restoration · Video

22 Jan 2015, 16:53 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Le Mans 1966 to 1969. Four times in a row, a GT40 won the grueling 24 hour endurance race. Who do we have to thank for the creation of Ford’s original supercar? Enzo Ferrari. Yup, il Commendat...

 
McLaren 650S Le Mans Priced at £244,500
McLaren 650S Le Mans Priced at £244,500

20 Jan 2015, 16:04 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As McLaren’s Formula 1 division prepares to reveal the world with its 2015 racecar, the carmaker’s so-called Special Operations skunkworks detail a 650S that pays tribute to the legendar...

 
Lister Knobbly Packs 330 Horsepower From Jaguar XK6 Inline 6-Cylinder <span>· Video</span>
Lister Knobbly Packs 330 Horsepower From Jaguar XK6 Inline 6-Cylinder · Video

8 Jan 2015, 13:14 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Founded in 1954 as George Lister Engineering Limited and rebranded in 2013 as the Lister Motor Company Ltd., the British sportscar manufacturer is something your old man surely heard about if he was...

 
24 Hours of Daytona-Winning Jaguar Racecar Heading to Auction <span>· Video</span>
24 Hours of Daytona-Winning Jaguar Racecar Heading to Auction · Video

2 Jan 2015, 07:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / While Europe has its Le Mans 24 Hours and many other second-rate endurance races, in the United States we’re boasting with the 24 Hours of Daytona. From 1962 to the present day, the Daytona Be...

 
McLaren 650S Limited Edition is an MSO Tribute to the F1 GTR
McLaren 650S Limited Edition is an MSO Tribute to the F1 GTR

10 Dec 2014, 14:34 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Until the McLaren Sports Series / P13 entry-level supercar will make its live debut at the 2015 New York Auto Show, the Woking-based manufacturer is trying to milk whatever hype there’s left i...

 
Audi R18 Ultra Le Mans Racer Spotted... Parked on Handicap Spot
Audi R18 Ultra Le Mans Racer Spotted... Parked on Handicap Spot

12 Nov 2014, 16:53 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / We’ve asked ourselves on numerous occasions - what happens with a racecar once its track time is over? There are plenty of answers depending on the car, but we now have one that’s among ...

 
Porsche 919 Hybrid Le Mans Racer's Steering Wheel Explained: Buttons Galore
Porsche 919 Hybrid Le Mans Racer's Steering Wheel Explained: Buttons Galore

17 Oct 2014, 18:56 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / This year's edition of the FIA World Endurance Championship was a bit of a surprise, chiefly because Porsche returned to the competition after a long hiatus with a full-on LMP1-H contender - th...

 
2016 Audi R10 Rumored to Have 6-Liter V10 Engine
2016 Audi R10 Rumored to Have 6-Liter V10 Engine

30 Sep 2014, 12:26 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The rumor mill is filled with foul-tasting speculative reports that never pan out. However, once in a while, an idea comes along that's so amazing, so outlandish that we simply have to report o...

 
Nissan Bringing 1994 Le Mans Winner to Monterey Motorsports Reunion
Nissan Bringing 1994 Le Mans Winner to Monterey Motorsports Reunion

22 Jul 2014, 03:56 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / In 1994, Nissan dominated the motorsports world with key endurance-racing victories at Le Mans, Daytona and Sebring with legendary racer Steve Millen behind the wheel. To commemorate 20 years since ...

 
Watch Real Racing in a $1.5 Million Porsche at Le Mans Classic
Watch Real Racing in a $1.5 Million Porsche at Le Mans Classic

14 Jul 2014, 17:53 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / For anyone who thinks that classic car races are just high-speed parade laps, you need to witness the Le Mans Classic. The Le Mans Classic, which took place earlier this month, is an incredible disp...

 
Ford Weighing Le Mans Return
Ford Weighing Le Mans Return

14 Jul 2014, 13:47 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The Blue Oval was a dominant figure of endurance racing back in the 1960s, when it dominated the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times with the Ford GT40. Despite this remarkable streak, the American manuf...

 
Jaguar F-Type Project 7 Hits the Track for the 2014 Le Mans Classic
Jaguar F-Type Project 7 Hits the Track for the 2014 Le Mans Classic

3 Jul 2014, 15:52 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / The Jaguar F-Type Project 7 made its stunning debut last weekend at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, but the 575-hp drop-top kitty will get to stretch its legs this weekend in front of the public at ...

 
Lola Mk6 GT Heads to Auction <span>· Video</span>
Lola Mk6 GT Heads to Auction · Video

3 Jul 2014, 11:47 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / RM Auctions' Monterey event will see a high number of car collectors aggressively bidding against each other for all sorts of rare, beautiful exotica from days long past. One of these motors is...

 
LaFerrari LMP1 Racer Rendering Is Gorgeous, Like Ferrari’s Potential Le Mans Return
LaFerrari LMP1 Racer Rendering Is Gorgeous, Like Ferrari’s Potential Le Mans Return

26 Jun 2014, 11:22 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / We’ve declared ourselves non-fans of the styling contemporary Ferrari have adopted and yet a rendering showing a LaFerrari Le Mans racer such as the one above can bring us to our knees. This i...

 
Steve McQueen’s Le Mans Porsche 917K to Be Auctioned Off at Pebble Beach
Steve McQueen’s Le Mans Porsche 917K to Be Auctioned Off at Pebble Beach

24 Jun 2014, 09:48 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Porsche’s unachieved goal to conquer Le Mans this year is of little importance. What does matter though is the Germans have made their comeback and, with a little time measured on their chrono...

 
Double Victory For Audi at 24 Hours of Le Mans 2014
Double Victory For Audi at 24 Hours of Le Mans 2014

15 Jun 2014, 17:23 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / The end of the 2014 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans saw Audi take double victory once again, as its two remaining R18 e-tron quattro racers finished in first and second position, respectively, af...

 
Porsche 919 Hybrid Le Mans Racing Action Becomes Coffee Art
Porsche 919 Hybrid Le Mans Racing Action Becomes Coffee Art

14 Jun 2014, 18:24 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / A really good coffee. This is what everybody at Le Mans truly needs now. The first four hours of the race have been nothing short of an unexpectedly wet spectacle, albeit a crashy one. An effervesce...

 
Crash Involving Audi, Ferrari and Toyota at the Le Mans 24 Hours
Crash Involving Audi, Ferrari and Toyota at the Le Mans 24 Hours

14 Jun 2014, 15:24 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / One of the oddest Le Mans accidents we've seen in recent years took place earlier, during the second hour of this year's edition of the famous endurance race. It seems that a combinati...

 
Le Mans Racing Driver Checks Out the Audi R8 LMX
Le Mans Racing Driver Checks Out the Audi R8 LMX

14 Jun 2014, 09:21 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Ahead of this weekend’s big Le Mans race, Audi has released a promo video for the R8 LMX, their first production car with laser headlights. In it, Tom Kristensen takes us around the finer deta...