18 March 2022 Lamborghini only built 237 LP400S, otherwise known as the Countach; of the 237, Lamborghini produced only 82 Series 3 cars. A 1981 Lamborghini Countach LP400S, Series 3 was recently sold for almost £715,000, making it one of the most expensive Countach’s sold at an auction. January 27 2022, Bonhams sold a 1989 […]
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18 March 2022 Enzo Ferrari managed to turn utter devastation into gain during World War II. In 1940, Enzo achieved one of his many goals; he entered two cars under the Scuderia Ferrari banner in the 1940 Mille Miglia. World War II broke out, terminating car racing and putting everything Enzo had dreamed at peril.
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18 March 2022 The Australian Government accidentally leaked the design patents of the upcoming new SUV from Lotus. The leak seems to confirm Lotus is in the process of completing their highly secretive SUV; they are close on the heels of Ferrari with their Purosangue. It is no secret that Lotus are pursuing electrification for
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18 March 2022 The Peugeot 205 was first seen by the world on 25 February 1983. Its appearance was fortuitous; Peugeot was close to bankruptcy due to poor management, a below-average model range, and worldwide poor trading conditions. The 205 provided a much-needed ray of light with newfound enthusiasm. As a part of its revival,
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12 March 2022 Kincsem was an unbeaten Hungarian thoroughbred horse with the longest undefeated record of any racehorse. A Swiss startup named Kincsem has plans to launch a line of thoroughbred luxury vehicles, starting with a hypercar. The Jaguar C-X75 concept from 2010 inspired the design. Introduced in 2021, the Kincsem Hyper-GT will be an
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12 March 2022 Sir Tim Birkin was the descendant of a notable Nottingham lace-making dynasty. Motor racing was not in his blood, but the second world war had given him an inexhaustible passion for speed and danger. He married and reluctantly joined the family business; neither lasted. By 1928, he had left his wife and
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12 March 2022 A converted 1.6-mile abandoned railway tunnel in the United Kingdom is now a supercar test track. According to a New Civil Engineer article on the project, part of the former Great Central Main Line, the Catesby Tunnel will soon become a 24/7 testing facility for engineering firm Aero Research Partners. According to
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12 March 2022 Before the Urus became what it is today, the LM002 SUV was the only four-door car Lamborghini made and sold to the public. Well, that could’ve been a different story had Lamborghini decided to go through with a concept car that everyone seems to have forgotten about — the Estoque. The Estoque
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12 March 2022 The BMW 507 model series debuted at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1955. A sporty model series aimed at buyers with purchasing power that didn’t exist in Germany and large parts of Europe. The price of the 507 was equivalent to 5.5 times the gross average salary of a German employee at
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12 March 2022 The 650-foot-long car carrier, the Felicity Ace, caught ablaze in February while travelling from Germany to the United States. Nearby ships and helicopters could rescue the 22-person crew without injury; however, the vessel wasn’t as lucky. For weeks, the world watched as the Felicity Ace continued to burn. The vessel sank roughly
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