If you worked hard, made lots of money, and found yourself in a position to acquire lots of cars, what would you hunt down?The Aston Martin Lagonda probably doesn't come to mind—unless you're Briton Roger Duddling. Of the more than 350 cars he has amassed, we're perhaps most impressed that he has managed to track down 24 Lagondas. The...
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Sure, Ferrari fans typically prefer their cars red (or reddish-orange) but a few other hues occasionally pop off the assembly line. In the case of this Ferrari Enzo, it's actually been painted multiple times, making it a very rare car among already rare machines. Today, it's finished in Blu Tour de France, but it wasn't always this color. Produced...
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While much of the automotive industry is focused on future mobility and its many facets, Hagerty is aiming to bring a splash of the modern era to classic cars. The classic car insurance company has announced DriveShare, which takes the concept of renting cars via an on-demand service to vintage vehicles. Hagerty says DriveShare brings the "sharing...
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If you've been following along lately, you've noticed that Porsche is quite excited to tell you all about its new limited-edition car. The 911 Turbo S is being offered in a small batch called the Exclusive Series, and it's serving as a 607-horsepower welcome mat for the Exclusive Manufaktur program. The latest fascinating tidbit about the car? You...
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Imagine spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a complete, thoroughly researched, multi-year restoration of a historically significant car and not even placing in your class. That's the reality of the annual Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. Each year, the most prestigious car show in the country draws a couple hundred of the finest, most...
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Millions of dollars were spent at the auctions that were held during the lead up to this year's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, but what did those lofty sums buy? Quite a few tremendous machines. We've already highlighted some of the largest transactions that took place during the posh classic car gathering, but below is a list of the top 10...
via Blogger See the top 10 most expensive cars sold at Pebble Beach This exclusive Autocar image shows how the new Ariel P40 all-wheel-drive electric supercar project could lookAll-wheel-drive electric machine set to be fastest accelerating supercar in history, with 0-100mph time of 3.8sec British firm Ariel is poised to unveil what it believes will be the fastest-accelerating and most advanced supercar in history, a 1200bhp, four-wheel-drive electric two-seater with a revolutionary turbine range extender powertrain. The vehicle will be capable of 0-100mph in just 3.8sec, and is scheduled to go into production in 2020. The chassis and powertrain of “tomorrow’s supercar today”, as Ariel puts it, is the result of a three-partner, three-year project supported by the British Government. It is due to be revealed later this month – but you can read extensive details about the car in this week’s Autocar magazine. Codenamed P40 and built on an aluminium monocoque chassis, the new Ariel is expected to weigh around 1600kg and to be clad with carbonfibre body panels, although the exterior shape is still in development. The P40 is powered by four separate electric motors, each producing 295bhp. Each is fed from a centrally mounted, 42kWh liquid-cooled battery mounted at the car’s base. As well as the 4x4 model, Ariel is proposing a slightly slower two-wheel-drive model with a 56kWh battery. Both models will include a turbine range extender, which produces a maximum of 35kW, that sits atop the two rear motors and can produce sufficient power to maintain a fast road performance once the initial 100-120 miles of electric range is exhausted. It is estimated that the car will be good for around 15 minutes of flat-out track driving before needing around 50 minutes of fast-charging. The flagship 4x4’s official maximum power runs to a staggering 1180bhp, with an eye-watering torque peak of 1328lb ft, all of it intelligently deployed by advanced electronic traction control and torque vectoring, and incorporating regenerative braking. Ariel forecasts the new supercar’s 0-60mph and 0-150mph acceleration times to be 2.4sec and 7.8sec respectively, with the maximum speed restricted to 160mph. Ariel, based in Crewkerne, Somerset, is best known for making lightweight performance machines such as the Atom sports car and Nomad off-roader. Company boss Simon Saunders said: “We’re building tomorrow’s aspirational car using our small-company agility to beat the big companies. We love the Ariels we make now, but we know we have to embrace new technology. If we don’t, in 20 years we’ll be making antiques, and we could even be legislated out of existence.” The new Ariel is the result of a three-company co-operative project called Hipercar – an acronym for High-Performance Carbon Reduction – and backed by a £2 million grant from Innovate UK, the government technology agency. For full details of the revolutionary Ariel P40 project check out this week’s Autocar magazine, on sale tomorrow (Wednesday). You can find Autocar in UK newsagents. You can also buy it as a digital edition online here, or by searching for Autocar in the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. Read more Insight: how to build an Ariel Nomad via Blogger World exclusive: Ariel to launch world-beating supercar with 1180bhp
Monterey Car Week draws everything from microcars to one-off coachbuilt classics of the 1920s and 1930s, all of them crowd-pleasers for the thousands of visitors swarming tasteful venues centered on Pebble Beach. But it was sports cars that lured two generations of drivers into the appeal of exotic English and European brands in the days when...
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James Key will remain the Toro Rosso Formula 1 team's technical director after extending his contract with the squad
via Blogger James Key extends stay as Toro Rosso F1 team's technical director
BMW finally took the wraps off the 2018 M5. With power shuttled to all four wheels, it's a massive departure from tradition. Motivations comes from a rather more M-like 4.4-liter twin-turbo V-8 producing 600 horsepower, but a manual transmission isn't on the options list. The new M5 will arrive in U.S. dealers next year. If yesterday's eclipse...
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