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Lamborghini Urus to Ditch V12 in Favor of Twin-Turbo V8
Lamborghini Urus to Ditch V12 in Favor of Twin-Turbo V8

16 May 2012, 14:48 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The original Lamborghini SUV, the amazing(-ly thirsty) LM002 was an awesome piece of kit. It featured two V12 engines throughout its lifespan, the 5.4-liter from the Countach and a bigger 7.2-liter ...

 
Audi Q7 V12 TDI with 600 HP: Matte Black Wrap by Fostla
Audi Q7 V12 TDI with 600 HP: Matte Black Wrap by Fostla

14 May 2012, 11:35 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Audi Q7 V12 TDI is a monster that serves ego-related purposes more than anything else, so it’s only normal that owners become greedy and want to squeeze even more image points out of the v...

 
New Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Walkaround
New Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Walkaround

9 Apr 2012, 16:33 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / V12-powered cars are in a class of their own, simply because they offer a mechanical refinement that’s almost impossible to rival and the world has recently received a new member of this elit...

 
Lamborghini Aventador V12: the Glory of an Engine
Lamborghini Aventador V12: the Glory of an Engine

28 Mar 2012, 14:39 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We all know that whenever a Lamborghini makes a noise, it immediately results in one baby seal being killed by the exhaust fumes. But few people realize just how much the flagship V12 has changed ov...

 
Unique Eric Clapton Ferrari SP12 on Video: Likely not V12
Unique Eric Clapton Ferrari SP12 on Video: Likely not V12

23 Mar 2012, 09:45 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The media has been inundated yesterday with news of this awesome conversion of a Ferrari 458 Italia, built for Eric Clapton over a period of two years. Supposedly, the one-off was supposed to be fit...

 
Ferrari FF Screams During Engine Start Up
Ferrari FF Screams During Engine Start Up

22 Mar 2012, 16:21 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Ferrari FF is a Grand Tourer and one of the most revolutionary vehicles in the Prancing Horse’s history, but it still offers the traditional assets of every Ferrari. One of these is the sp...

 
Eric Clapton's Ferrari 458: V12 Boxer Tribute
Eric Clapton's Ferrari 458: V12 Boxer Tribute

22 Mar 2012, 14:44 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Various media sources report that the vehicle you are looking at is Eric Clapton’s custom Ferrari 458 Italia. Sure, the artist could have gone to a tuner, but it seems that he turned to the Pr...

 
2013 Mercedes SL65 AMG to Debut at New York Auto Show
2013 Mercedes SL65 AMG to Debut at New York Auto Show

8 Mar 2012, 15:58 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Not too long ago, Mercedes-Benz released the SL63 AMG, with the roadster proudly displaying its new 5.5-liter twin-turbo V8, but this is not enough for automotive enthusiasts, as car aficionados als...

 
Ferrari Enzo Successor Rumor: 920 HP
Ferrari Enzo Successor Rumor: 920 HP

20 Feb 2012, 12:06 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / A little bit earlier, we brought you a pair of leaked images that reveal the upcoming 599 GTB successor, a vehicle that could be called the 620 GT and will arrive at the Geneva Motor Show in March. ...

 
Lamborghini Aventador Reaches 370 km/h / 230 mph on Hockenheim
Lamborghini Aventador Reaches 370 km/h / 230 mph on Hockenheim

19 Dec 2011, 13:23 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Lamborghini Aventador has generated a lot of hype ever before it set wheel on the road and how could it have not done this, since we’re talking about an all-new V12 unit that delivers 700 ...

 
Ferrari 599 GTO Sounds Explosive
Ferrari 599 GTO Sounds Explosive

8 Dec 2011, 13:21 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ferrari is working overtime to introduce a successor to the 599 and we don’t have to much time left to spend with the car, which means that we have to enjoy every second of it. And there isn&r...

 
Building the Smallest V12 Engine Ever
Building the Smallest V12 Engine Ever

25 Nov 2011, 13:29 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The dedication and passion some people put into engineering perfection sometimes boggles the mind. We are not talking about a Ferrari 90 degree V8, but about something much much cooler, of which the...

 
Ferrari FF Burns Down During Test Drive
Ferrari FF Burns Down During Test Drive

4 Nov 2011, 14:31 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The first Ferrari FF fireball was recently seen in Frankfurt, Germany, with one example of the car burning full-throttle during a test drive. What took so long? Did anybody really think that its ...

 
Spyshots: Ferrari 599 Replacement <span>· Updated</span>
Spyshots: Ferrari 599 Replacement · Updated

6 Oct 2011, 21:52 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Ferrari’s 599 BTB is getting a bit old, and even though it can still tear up the track like a champion in its GTO high state of tune, it’s still awaiting a makeover. The Prancing Horse i...

 
Ferrari Enzo Replacement to Use Carbon Chassis and Mid-Mounted V12
Ferrari Enzo Replacement to Use Carbon Chassis and Mid-Mounted V12

6 Oct 2011, 07:50 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ferrari is currently working on an Enzo replacement and the automotive producer has a huge weight on its shoulders, especially if we consider the cult status of the car and the competition that has ...

 
Spyshots: 2012 Mercedes G55AMG/G65 AMG?
Spyshots: 2012 Mercedes G55AMG/G65 AMG?

3 Oct 2011, 10:31 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ever since our Daimler source confirmed that Mercedes will give the world a V12-powered G-Class, we’ve been eager to meet the monstrosity in person. Thus, we sent our spy photographers out to ...

 
Vision SZR Struggling to Enter Production
Vision SZR Struggling to Enter Production

1 Oct 2011, 17:57 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / More and more supercars have been announced lately, but not all these exuberant creations make it into the real world. We are here now to talk about the Vision SZR, a muscle car from the 21st centur...

 
Lamborghini Aventador Races Tuned Nissan GT-R
Lamborghini Aventador Races Tuned Nissan GT-R

30 Sep 2011, 21:31 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Since the Aventador has been launched, the Italian supercar has been used for all sorts of purposes (it’s even been crashed by an automotive journalist) and now it is time to see the vehicle a...

 
Mercedes GL V12 Engine Swap by MKB
Mercedes GL V12 Engine Swap by MKB

26 Sep 2011, 08:20 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Not too long ago, a Daimler source confirmed for autoevolution that a factory V12-powered version of the Mercedes G-Klasse is coming for the 2012 revamp, thus bringing all the rumors about the arriv...

 
How to Drift a Ferrari 599
How to Drift a Ferrari 599

20 Sep 2011, 17:12 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / We tried to show you how to drift in a little series included in our Auto HOW-TOs section (you can take a look at episodes 1 2 and 3 here), but our tools were just words and photos. However, ther...