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The 2024 BMW M Hybrid V8 Looks Like It's About To Swallow the Entire Le Mans Grid
The 2024 BMW M Hybrid V8 Looks Like It's About To Swallow the Entire Le Mans Grid

29 Nov 2023, 20:30 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / BMW will tackle the 2024 FIA WEC season with two cars under the BMW M Team WRT banner. The M Hybrid V8 will also race at Le Mans.

 
720S GT3 EVO Race Cars Will Mark McLaren's Return to Le Mans After 26 Years
720S GT3 EVO Race Cars Will Mark McLaren's Return to Le Mans After 26 Years

28 Nov 2023, 10:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / British carmaker McLaren confirmed its entry in the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) with at least three 720S GT3 EVO race cars

 
1-in-31 1966 Ford GT40 MkI Aims for Millions Next January, Has All the Bells and Whistles
1-in-31 1966 Ford GT40 MkI Aims for Millions Next January, Has All the Bells and Whistles

26 Nov 2023, 13:52 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Built to homologate the GT40 race car, the road-legal versions of the Ford icon are as commonplace as a midnight solar eclipse in the dead of the Arctic winter

 
1950 Cadillac "Le Monstre" Comes out of Long-Term Storage To Showcase Wing-Like Body
1950 Cadillac "Le Monstre" Comes out of Long-Term Storage To Showcase Wing-Like Body

14 Nov 2023, 15:20 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Designed and raced at Le Mans by Briggs Cunningham, the "Le Monstre" is a radically-shaped 1950 Cadillac Series 61 De Ville.

 
One-Owner '69 GTO Judge Doesn't Wait for Judgement Day, It's Too Original To Be Ignored
One-Owner '69 GTO Judge Doesn't Wait for Judgement Day, It's Too Original To Be Ignored

5 Nov 2023, 21:59 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Bought new in June 1969, the car stayed with its original owner until the buyer passed away; it is now offered for sale with its matching numbers powertrain

 
Ferrari 499P Modificata Is a Le Mans-Inspired Car That Only Selected Clientele Can Buy
Ferrari 499P Modificata Is a Le Mans-Inspired Car That Only Selected Clientele Can Buy

29 Oct 2023, 19:26 UTC · By: Elena Luchian / The Ferrari 499P Modificata a machinery developed on the race track, with racing DNA, which will only be available to a limited number of customers

 
Actual Le Mans-Winning Bentley Drag Races a Modern W12 Continental GT Speed
Actual Le Mans-Winning Bentley Drag Races a Modern W12 Continental GT Speed

21 Oct 2023, 11:20 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / What's the drag race gap between a modern GT car and a 20-year-old Le Mans winner? A question nobody asked but everyone would like to see answered

 
Porsche 917: The All-Conquering Icon Created by Exploiting a Loophole in the Regulations
Porsche 917: The All-Conquering Icon Created by Exploiting a Loophole in the Regulations

22 Sep 2023, 19:04 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Developed in only 10 months and technically streel legal, the 917 brought glory for Porsche in the World Sportscar Championship, Can-Am, and won at Le Mans twic

 
Bentley Continental GT Le Mans Drags Flying Spur Speed, and the Unthinkable Doesn't Happen
Bentley Continental GT Le Mans Drags Flying Spur Speed, and the Unthinkable Doesn't Happen

19 Sep 2023, 20:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Mat Watson and the 'carwow' team (along with Yanni) are back again with a brawl involving models from the same company - Bentley fans should raise an eyebrow

 
Hear the Sauber-Mercedes C9 Flex Its Le Mans-Winning Twin-Turbo V8
Hear the Sauber-Mercedes C9 Flex Its Le Mans-Winning Twin-Turbo V8

19 Sep 2023, 15:14 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Developed by Swiss outfit Sauber and powered by a twin-turbo, Mercedes-Benz V8 engine, the C9 won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1989.

 
1951 Cadillac With Le Mans Legacy Has a Royal Story To Tell, Goes to Car Spa for Treatment
1951 Cadillac With Le Mans Legacy Has a Royal Story To Tell, Goes to Car Spa for Treatment

17 Sep 2023, 12:45 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Sporting a Le Mans-proven V8, the Cadillac 62 convertible of ’51 was the official vehicle for the future Queen Elizabeth II’s first visit to Canada

 
Matra MS670: The Underdog Story of the French Car That Won Le Mans Three Times in a Row
Matra MS670: The Underdog Story of the French Car That Won Le Mans Three Times in a Row

28 Aug 2023, 13:37 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / More than five decades after its debut, it remains the only French race car to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times in a row

 
The 330 LM Might Be the Most Expensive Ferrari Ever Sold at Auction
The 330 LM Might Be the Most Expensive Ferrari Ever Sold at Auction

22 Aug 2023, 22:22 UTC · By: Elena Luchian / This Ferrari 330 LM might fetch in excess of $60 million, which would turn it into the most expensive Ferrari ever sold at an auction

 
Most Expensive Ferrari Ever? A 330 LM Is Expected To Cross the Block for Over $60 Million
Most Expensive Ferrari Ever? A 330 LM Is Expected To Cross the Block for Over $60 Million

22 Aug 2023, 00:44 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / A one-of-two Ferrari 330 LM from 1962 is going against the gavel this November in New York, and the price is devastatingly high

 
Holman-Moody Challenger III: The Race-Bred Ford That Fought Ferrari Before the GT40
Holman-Moody Challenger III: The Race-Bred Ford That Fought Ferrari Before the GT40

17 Aug 2023, 12:53 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / This Falcon-turned-race-bred-GT never got to compete at Le Mans and its racing career lasted about a week, but despite that it remains a fascinating 1960s racer

 
Best-Looking Porsche Ever? The Vision 357 Concept Is Maddeningly Plain-Jane Yet Sublime
Best-Looking Porsche Ever? The Vision 357 Concept Is Maddeningly Plain-Jane Yet Sublime

13 Jul 2023, 21:59 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Porssche’s new concept car celebrating the epitome 356/1 prototype from 1948 is on display at the Goodwood Festival of Speed; looks amazing

 
Lamborghini Unveils SC63 Hypercar, Will Compete at the 24 Hours of Le Mans
Lamborghini Unveils SC63 Hypercar, Will Compete at the 24 Hours of Le Mans

13 Jul 2023, 10:21 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The brand's first venture into the top-tier class of endurance racing, the SC63 hybrid will tackle the WEC and IMSA championships.

 
This Is Why the NASCAR Cup Series Should Race at Le Mans One Day
This Is Why the NASCAR Cup Series Should Race at Le Mans One Day

8 Jul 2023, 20:36 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / And to think, the only reason we're even fielding this discussion at all is that Garage 56 had the cajones to stand up to the establishment.

 
New Lamborghini LMDh Racing Prototype Ready for Debut at 2023 Goodwood FoS
New Lamborghini LMDh Racing Prototype Ready for Debut at 2023 Goodwood FoS

7 Jul 2023, 08:14 UTC · By: Elena Luchian / Lamborghini is marking the 60th anniversary year with an LMDh racing car, ready to start in the 24 Hours of Le Mans next year