Stories about: race car

Toyota Prius GT300 Race Car Catches Fire

21 Mar 2012, 10:52 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Has Toyota caught the Ferrari curse? Is there an innate reason for which a hybrid race car deserves to burn? All we know is that a really slick and evil looking Toyota Prius was supposed to race ...

Nissan DeltaWing With DIG-T Engine for Le Mans <span>· Photo Gallery</span>

Nissan DeltaWing With DIG-T Engine for Le Mans · Photo Gallery

13 Mar 2012, 14:41 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Nissan wants to rewrite the book with a car that looks better suited for the land speed record than the Le Mans 24 hour endurance race it’s going to undertake. Yet here it is, an ‘experi...

Honda Civic NGTC Racer Spotted Testing

23 Feb 2012, 16:30 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / As if the gap between the Euro-spec Honda Civic and the US version hadn’t been wide enough, the Old Continent one is also getting a cool racing version, in the form of the Civic Next Generatio...

Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 Official Production Video

27 Jan 2012, 18:01 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If you are a German industrialist with more money than you can spend on motorsport-inspired watches and cufflinks than we might have the perfect car to make you feel special. It’s the SLS AMG ...

BMW 1M Coupe Silhouette Racer Uses Chevy V8 Engine

9 Dec 2011, 15:53 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Don’t worry, this is not a BMW 1M Coupe with a Chevy V8 engine. Nobody has desecrated the smallest member of the M family. Instead, we are talking about a silhouette race car that was created...

Nissan Unveils Stripped-Down 370Z Nismo RC

27 Oct 2011, 12:20 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Nismo version of the 370Z sportscar from Nissan was already so aggressive in its setup that only true fans would buy it, but now an even more hardcore version of the car has arrived on the scene...

Ford Mustang Boss 302 TracKey Use to Affect Warranty?

24 Oct 2011, 22:55 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / As Ford is preparing to officailly give us the TacKey for the Mustang Boss 302 at the upcoming SEMA event, an interesting piece of info about its attached strings has surfaced. According to Musta...

Romeo Ferraris Abarth 500 Race Car Replica Coming

6 Oct 2011, 12:58 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / When we drove the Abarth 500, we came back to the office with a huge go-fast-induced smile on our faces, with the 140 hp being enough to raise our bpms to sky-high levels. Well then, how about an An...

2012 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Race Car Gets Extended Motorsport Applicability

2 Aug 2011, 11:22 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The very successful Porsche racer has just become suitable for an even wider range of endurance racing, as compared to its predecessor, the German manufacturer announced today. The Porsche 911 GT3 C...

Porsche Plans Le Mans Return in 2014

1 Jul 2011, 07:47 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / German automaker Porsche is seeking to rule the Le Mans series once again, after it has managed to gather 16 overall victories in the renowned competition so far. The company revealed today it is wo...

Aston Martin V12 Zagato Completes Preparations for Nurburgring

13 Jun 2011, 09:40 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Two new V12 Zagato endurance race car concepts, affectionately nicknamed ‘Zig’ (green car) and ‘Zag’ (red car), have finally concluded preparations for the forthcoming Nurbur...

Bugatti Type 35B Race Car Hits the Auction Block

13 Jun 2011, 07:52 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / What is considered to be the most beautiful race car of all time is to go under the hammer at Bonhams’ annual sale of Collectors' Motor Cars and Automobilia at Goodwood Festival of Speed ...

McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Priced at GBP310,000

5 May 2011, 11:52 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / McLaren officially presented its new GT3 contender yesterday, while also revealing details of the development programme planned for 2011. Naturally, everybody was expecting two things from the Briti...

McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Unveiled [Photo Gallery and Video]

4 May 2011, 13:30 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / McLaren finally took the wraps off its GT3 car today, while also announcing plans for a 2011 team and development programme. Based on the new MP4-12C high-performance sports car, the GT3 features th...

Cadillac CTS-V Coupe Race Cars Head to Long Beach

15 Apr 2011, 09:29 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The Streets of Long Beach will be hosting the third round of the 2011 Sports Car Club of America World Challenge season, and Cadillac Racing will be present. The team returned to racing in March at ...

Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Race Car Unveiled

13 Apr 2011, 13:20 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Competition should be trembling by now, as Aston Martin Racing today released initial details of its new Vantage GT3 race car based on the V12 Vantage road car, which will be ready in 2012.The new V...

BMW Concludes Z4 GT3 Test Programme

8 Apr 2011, 15:24 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Aimed at improving aerodynamic efficiency, the last series of tests through which the modified BMW Z4 GT3 went in recent weeks have ended successfully, and the car can now be ordered from BMW Motors...

One-off Prototype Deep Sanderson 301 Up for Grabs

17 Mar 2011, 06:31 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Silverstone Auctions is preparing a special sale for July 23, during the Silverstone Classic race weekend, with the event being headlined by a one-off prototype 1960s race car. The Prototype Deep...

2011 Skoda Fabia R2 Rally Car Unveiled

9 Mar 2011, 17:23 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Following the new Fabia Super 2000 rally car unveiled back in January, Czech manufacturer Skoda has today taken the wraps off another motorsport derived model. Dubbed Skoda Fabia R2, this 2011 mode...

Longford Revival Festival Coming

22 Feb 2011, 15:40 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Australia is preparing to hold an extraordinary automotive event: the country’s most spectacular road and racing cars and bikes will gather in Northern Tasmania on the first weekend of April f...