02 July 2022 I had the opportunity of visiting the Goodwood Festival of Speed, thanks to the good offices of McLaren; not only that, I had the rare pleasure (not sure about the pleasure) of being driven there by my son in a McLaren 720S Spider. The Goodwood Festival of Speed claims to be the […]
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01 July 2022 In 2015 Zagato introduced the Mostro coupé at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, overlooking one of the most romantic lakes in the world, Lake Como. In 2022, Zagato debuted the Barchetta roofless version of the limited-run supercar at the same venue. The first owner took delivery of the first production example at this year’s
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01 July 2022 Ruf has been around since the 1950s. They are most famously known from the late 1970s and early 1980s for their SCR, BTR, and CTR. Ruf Automobile GmbH is a German car manufacturer. The company manufactures vehicles using unmarked Porsche chassis, known explicitly as bodies in white. By looking at the VIN
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01 July 2022 The House of Bertone created several concept cars for Jaguar, from the 1957 Xk150-based coupé to the B99 two-door saloon, unveiled at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show. Less than a year later, the House of Bertone was gone. A tribunal concluded that the brilliant accomplishments of Nuccio Bertone, who died on 26
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01 July 2022 The Ferrari SP48 Unica debuts as a one-off F8 Tributo without a rear window; you wouldn’t tell immediately since the body was extensively changed meant Ferrari had to re-work the airflows for cooling and downforce. While the Unica sit on the F8’s platform, the SP48, the design feels more in line with
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01 July 2022 At the beginning of the 20th Century, Oscar Wilde commented, ‘My dear boy, no woman is a genius – women are the decorative sex.’ Sadly this opinion was not uncommon, and it was regarded as positively outrageous and shocking if a woman considered motoring at all, let alone enter a road race!
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01 July 2022 In 2020, McLaren launched a limited-edition Supercar, the Sabre, and McLaren only built 15. The McLaren Sabre was an 824hp hypercar exclusively for the United States. The Sabre was related to the McLaren Senna, which produced 789hp against the Sabre’s 824hp. On reflection, it seemed an odd time to launch a Supercar,
17 June 2022 ‘Four Italian Engineers and Two Designer produce Luxury Car Design and Prototypes. Made in Italy, our team designs and produces one-of-a-kind pieces for passionate customers and gentlemen drivers.’ – Angelelli Automobili. Formed in 2017. Angelelli Automobili has built the 1,350 hp Superperformante D-One R. A joint project of Davide Angelelli and two
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17 June 2022 Silver Arrows was the name the press gave to Germany’s dominant Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union Grand Prix motor racing cars between 1934 and 1939 and later applied to the Mercedes-Benz Formula One and sports cars in 1954/55. 1934 marked the beginning of a new era in motor racing history: the W 25
17 June 2022 The 1966 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race officially known as the XXIV Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco, held at the Circuit de Monaco on 22 May 1966. It was race 1 of 9 in the 1966 World Championship of Drivers and the 1966 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.
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