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JALOPNIK: Look At This Nearly $40,000 Camry With 300 Horsepower

September 18th, 2018 by
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Nice Supra, right? It’s also white with a red interior.  It is 2018 and you can walk into a Toyota dealership and put down about 40 grand to get a two-tone black over white Toyota Camry with 300 horsepower, an eight-speed automatic and a red leather interior. What is happening! Here’s a Camry press car I’ll be…

MOTOR1: Land Rover Defender Works V8 First Drive: Hot-Rod Tractor

September 18th, 2018 by
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For when you want your Defender to attack. Editorial Note: No, we still haven’t gotten the awesome Land Rover Defender in the United States (but it is coming). But while we wait for a redesigned version of Land Rover’s iconic off-roader to return to our shores, we thought you’d enjoy reading this short review from Motor1’s…

MOTOR1: Bugatti CEO Claims Chiron Could Easily Do 280 MPH

September 18th, 2018 by
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However, Bugatti wants to focus on track performance, not top speed. Many people believe the Bugatti Chiron can achieve a top speed of about 300 miles per hour (482 kilometers per hour). Of course, at this point, no one can really prove that, as the vehicle is electronically governed to 261 mph (420 kph) from the factory….

MOTOR1: Doug DeMuro Gives Us A Tour Of His 2005 Ford GT

September 18th, 2018 by
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It has 31,000 miles on the clock. Doug DeMuro, automotive YouTube and owner of the eclectic, has a new car in the garage – a 2005 Ford GT. He bought it last weekend from Karl Brauer, who posted a video of the transaction on his own YouTube channel, which we covered earlier today. DeMuro fell in love with…

5 Reasons The Ferrari 599 GTO Is Underrated

September 18th, 2018 by
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Julia Piquet presents 5 reasons why the 599 GTO is an underrated supercar.  1. It was the fastest Ferrari ever when it debuted. Despite various mid-engine supercars entering the market and setting records, the 599 GTO remains loyal to a proven drivetrain. Up front this exclusive prancing horse packs a legendary Ferrari V12 that send…

Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo Unveiled With Updated Aerodynamic

September 18th, 2018 by
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Racing debut scheduled for next year’s 24 Hours of Daytona. After giving the road-going Huracan the Performante treatment in both Coupe and Spyder flavors, Lamborghini is now introducing an update for the GT3-spec race car. Unveiled on the occasion of the Nürburgring round of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe, the new Evo serves as an evolution of…

Hennessey Drag Races Its 1,000-HP Jeep Trackhawk

September 18th, 2018 by
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You’d think a large and heavy SUV wouldn’t stand a chance in a drag race with a fully-fledged supercar… Weighing in at a whopping 5,363 pounds (2,432 kilograms), some might say the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk is not exactly drag race material. But this is not an ordinary SUV – if you’ll allow us to say 707…

Nissan GT-R Gives Dodge Demon Run For Money In Drag

September 11th, 2018 by
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The two couldn’t be more different. The Nissan GT-R and Dodge Challenger SRT Demon are bred from different philosophies. But the two are similar underneath the metallic veneer and high-octane horsepower.  Both ride on ancient platforms – by automotive standards –  released before the Great Recession. The GT-R debuted in 2007 while the Challenger debuted in early 2008 — months before…

JALOPNIK: Bugatti Won’t Make Another 16-Cylinder Engine

September 11th, 2018 by
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The Bugatti Chiron Sport. Image: Bugatti In doing the unthinkable, Bugatti CEO Stephan Winkelmann told Australian website CarAdvice there won’t be another 16-cylinder Bugatti engine after this one. Preposterous! Who could imagine a future where people could, potentially, get close to counting the cylinders in their Bugatti on their… fingers? Well, a lot of people can. Whether it’s more due to tightening…

MOTOR1: See Hennessy Test Customer

September 11th, 2018 by
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It’s almost fast enough to outrun the shriek from its supercharger. Friends, we should all rejoice. It’s 2018, and we live in a world where an 840-horsepower (626-kilowatt) Dodge Challenger Demon just isn’t fast enough for driving on the street. Enter Hennessey Performance, which has a new upgrade package for Demon owners that raises output to a full…

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