2010 Porsche 911 GT3 runs the 'Ring in 7:40, reps still claim Nissan GT-R is slower 7 months ago on Autoblog

The 2010 Porsche 911 GT3 is unquestionably bad-ass. Its naturally aspirated 3.8-liter flat-six provides 435 hp from behind the driver's seat, and its track-tuned chassis can dance with the world's most nimble supercars. The free-wheeling product of Stuttgart has been undergoing testing at the ...

Auto Espionage: Koenigsegg dealer caught spying on competing Ferrari dealer 7 months ago on Autoblog

It's a story that's befitting of a James Bond plotline. Possibly disgruntled after being let go by Ferrari-Maserati of Fort Lauderdale-Long Island, former employees Giacomo Ciaccia, Leka Vuksanaj, and Michael Lussos started up a firm of their own called Universal Autosports, LLC. Still dealing ...

Spy Shots: Mercedes-Benz AMG SLS taking shape 7 months ago on Autoblog

The gestation of the Mercedes-Benz AMG SLS has spanned almost two years, and what started with a Viper-bodied mule, a few drawings and a full-scale interior mock-up has evolved into this, the latest super coupe prototype caught outside AMG Headquarters in Affalterbach, Germany. Although there's ...

Bugatti to unveil four Veyron Centenaire specials at Villa d'Este? 7 months ago on Autoblog

It must be a month with the letter "R" in it, because Bugatti is releasing yet another special edition Veyron. Following up on the one-off Blue Centenaire that was shown in Geneva to celebrate the marque's 100th anniversary, the latest is actually a corral of four special editions, each in a ...

Spy Shots: Ferrari to give 599 the Scuderia treatment? 7 months ago on Autoblog

Some people just won't leave well enough alone. We love those people. Like the engineers at Ferrari, who routinely develop some of the most wicked supercars known to man, and then set about improve them. Take, for example, the 360 Modena. A spectacular car, by all accounts, so they made it better ...

Quartet of Audi R8 LMS racecars to compete in Nürburgring 24-hour race 7 months ago on Autoblog

Audi's new R8 LMS racecar is set to face its first serious test of motorsports endurance next month. Abt Sportline and Phoenix Racing will each field two cars at the Nürburgring 24 Hour race with factory support from Audi. In preparation, the R8 LMS has already completed two races at the ...

Ferrari offering free PC game download for Tifosi 7 months ago on Autoblog

It's like a dream-come-true for tifosi everywhere, hearing the words "Ferrari" and "free" in the same sentence, but Ferrari has posted a free racing simulator on their website. Ferrari Virtual Race can be downloaded straight from the automaker's website, allowing PC users to pilot a virtual 599 GTB ...

RM auctioning rare Ferrari 330 P4 competition car at Leggenda e Passione event 7 months ago on Autoblog

A few years ago, RM Auctions arranged a private sale at the Ferrari factory to help the Maranello firm clear out some of their various race cars, prototypes and other motoring effluvia that had begun to clutter up the cavallino campus. The sale was so successful (and fun) that the auction house ...

Rendered Speculation: Ferrari F142 taking shape 7 months ago on Autoblog

CAR Magazine is running a new sketch of what they anticipate the newest V8 Ferrari will look like, and we have to say, we're a little disappointed. Internally dubbed the Ferrari F142, Maranello's replacement for the F430 is inching closer to its first public showing, and although we've seen some ...

Camo Cameo: Ferrari 612 Scaglietti ready for desert storming 7 months ago on Autoblog

Try playing hide-and-go-seek with a Ferrari 612 Scaglietti and you're bound to lose. At over sixteen feet in length, the two-door GT is longer than a Hummer H3 and nearly as long as a Mercedes S-Class. But one owner may have found the key. This desert-camo Prancing Horse was spotted by ...

Lexus LF-A to race in 24 Hours of Nürburgring, but is it still on track for production? 7 months ago on Autoblog

Well, it looks like Toyota is committed enough to the Lexus LF-A to at least race it again in this year's 24 Hours of Nürburgring. Just like last year, the rumored on-again, off-again for production luxury supercar is set to tackle the Green Hell in another 24 hour endurance run. That ...

Only Lamborghini LP670-4 in the U.S. unexpectedly stops for some coffee in California 8 months ago on Autoblog

We were a bit shocked to see the newest Lamborghini supercar at our favorite weekly car gathering in Southern California this weekend. After debuting at the Geneva Motor Show back in March, the LP670-4 SV skipped the New York Auto Show and had its U.S. unveiling at a private event in Las Vegas ...

Bertone Project M episode VII reveals ZR1-based Mantide in all its glory [w/VIDEO] 8 months ago on Autoblog

For fans of Italian automotive design, it's been a deliciously torturous process to watch the slow, webisode-by-webisode reveal of Stile Bertone's highly anticipated Project M, but we've just about made it to the end. After revealing the car's underpinnings as those of the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 ...

Novitec gets ambitious, builds "own" supercar, the TuLesto 8 months ago on Autoblog

Novitec has long been regarded for their ability to produce streetable tuner Ferrari models with massive power and generally well-integrated aesthetic and aerodynamic modifications. And while this car, the Novitec TuLesto that see before you clearly has a lot of Ferrari 430 in it, this is a far ...

Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren based Desire. FAB-ulous? Umm... 8 months ago on Autoblog

- Don't look now, but there's another Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren special on the scene. The latest comes via FAB Design, the tuner that shocked us with their modded SL and CL in Geneva last year. Now they've turned their attention to the SLR and dubbed the result "Desire." If beauty is in the eye ...

VIDEO: Saudi hits Lamborghini Reventon vMax of 222 MPH 8 months ago on Autoblog

The Lamborghini Reventon is a very rare bird, indeed. There are only 20 copies in existence, and the asking price for the king of Lambos is a cool $1.4 million. For that kind of coin, owners have every right to expect world-class speed, but few will ever test the raging bull's ridiculous ...

Revised Nissan GT-R clocks 7:27.56 lap time at the Nürburgring 8 months ago on Autoblog

Enough is never enough. Not when you're talking supercars and Nürburgring lap times. As if enough jaws weren't dropped when Nissan posted their fantastic initial time of 7:29 around the vaunted Nordschleife (besting Porsche's best), the automaker's engineers went back to the garage looking ...

REPORT: Formula 1 fixture Ron Dennis quits McLaren Racing 8 months ago on Autoblog

McLaren F1 doesn't need to cheat to win, but for some reason they keep on doing it – cheating, that is. The team's most recent snafu is being called Liargate, and it has resulted in a McLaren sporting director being sacked, Lewis Hamilton talking of switching teams, Martin Whitmarsh fumbling ...

The Golden Arches: Gilded McMerc spotted in - you guessed it - Dubai 8 months ago on Autoblog

Redefining the term "enough is enough", the owner of this car is said to have had his SLR gold-chromed. The strangest part is that, according to reports, this is actually the same Mercedes SLR McLaren that was previously spied in Dubai with a silver-chrome treatment. We're not sure about the ...

Super-rare Supercar: Bugatti Veyron Pur Sang for sale in Abu Dhabi 8 months ago on Autoblog

When Bugatti rolled out the limited-edition Pur Sang edition of its Veyron at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show, European customers snapped up all five before any American buyers could get their checkbooks out. As a result, Bugatti had to make the Sang Noir the following year and offer U.S. customers ...

Lamborghini profits up 27% for 2008 due to cost-cutting, outlook for 2009 hazy 8 months ago on Autoblog

Lamborghini has released its pre-tax profits for 2008, and the supercar manufacturer netted a total of 60 million euros ($79.6 million) last year for a 27% increase over 2007. Overall sales were up a scant 2.5%, eclipsing the previous year's sales record (2,406 vehicles) with 2,430 cars sold ...

Corvette GT2 C6.R spotted in ZR1 body 8 months ago on Autoblog

We recently reported Chevrolet was rumored to be switching from the bespoke wide-body Corvette used in GT1, to a more stock-looking body styled like the ZR1 as it moved into the GT2 class in ALMS. Now, the first few pics of the new Pratt & Miller Corvette C6.R GT2 have surfaced courtesy of ...

Corvette ZR1-based Mantide coming from Stile Bertone this week 8 months ago on Autoblog

Now that episode six of the KineticFin-produced mini-documentary has revealed that Project M is based on the Corvette ZR1, we finally have a name for Jason Castriota's newest endeavor. The Mantide, due to debut at the Shanghai Motor Show this weekend, features custom coachwork that appears both ...

MTM adopts Porsche GT3 green for latest force-fed Audi R8R 8 months ago on Autoblog

As cool as owning an Audi R8 may be, the German supercar is becoming common enough that in tonier markets, you may just pass another one on your daily commute. Chances are you'll even pass one in the same color, which might make the ownership experience slightly less special for the driver. ...

Rumormill: Mercedes-Benz SLS Roadster coming in 2011 8 months ago on Autoblog

In a story that's sure to surprise no one, France's L'Automobile magazine is reporting that the upcoming Mercedes-Benz SLS supercar will be available in Roadster form sometime in 2011. According to the report, the gull-wing SLS will make its debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show this September and will ...

Reiter Engineering developing GT1-spec Lamborghini Murcielago SV 8 months ago on Autoblog

- Some automakers run their racing programs in-house, and some choose to out-source. While its principal rival falls under the former, Lamborghini opts for the latter, giving its blessing to German motorsport garage Reiter Engineering to campaign race-prepped Raging Bulls in European sportscar ...

Booted Bugatti Veyron proof that nobody is safe from the recession 8 months ago on Autoblog

To their credit, the police in Slovakia evidently make no exceptions for €1.1 million supercars. There are supposedly two Bugatti Veyrons registered in the European country, and this one is said to belong to Ladislav Basternak. When Basternak;s Veyron was parked a little too long at the ...

Episode VI reveals what lies beneath Bertone's Project M 8 months ago on Autoblog

After the first and subsequent four webisodes of Stile Bertone's Project M hit cyberspace, everyone's wanted to know just what the upcoming supercar would be based on. Talented young designer Jason Castriota has designed Ferraris, Maseratis, Rolls-Royces and more, but since leaving Pininfarina ...

New York: Spyker C8 Aileron makes North American debut 8 months ago on Autoblog

Dutch car manufacturer Spyker unveiled its updated version of the C8, the Aileron, last month in Geneva, but the U.S. is getting its first look at the quirky supercar in New York. While the car doesn't look like that much different than its predecessor, Spyker claims to have made some fairly ...

New York: TRG Motorsports puts SLR 722 GT on display 8 months ago on Autoblog

The McLaren SLR isn't the most conventional platform on which to create a racecar, but when everything is said and done, it sure looks the part. TRG Motorsports brought one such example, dubbed the SLR 722 GT, to showcase in their display here at the New York Auto Show. Florida-based tuner ...

Lexus L-Finesse styling makes its gallery debut in Milan 8 months ago on Autoblog

At this year's Milan Design Week, Lexus will be showing off an art exhibit dubbed "Lexus L-finesse - crystallized wind." It's meant to portray the Lexus L-finesse design philosophy along with "the very finest in contemporary art, architecture and design elements from Japan." Japanese architect Sou ...

The Price of Green: Bentley Continental Supersports is $267,000 8 months ago on Autoblog

The Continental Supersports has been priced, with Bentley having decided that $267,000 is fair compensation for exclusive access to green, luxurious speed. The ethanol-capable Conti is not only a sign of Bentley technology to come, it also provides the first clues to the next generation ...

New York: Mercedes-Benz AMG SLS - new sketches, interior revealed 8 months ago on Autoblog

When Mercedes-Benz and McLaren announced in the late 90s that they would collaborate on a new supercar, enthusiasts were hopeful that it would be a true successor to the legendary F1. While the roadgoing McLaren had plenty of technology, it was not dominated by it. Instead it was designed more ...

VIDEO: Hennessey GTR700 rips 2.8s 0-60 with launch control off 8 months ago on Autoblog

You name it and John Hennessey will make it faster. From Vipers to Vettes to Challengers, Hennessey Performance will take competent sports cars and make them into tire-shredding speed demons with more horsepower than any street-going vehicle should ever logically have. The latest creation to ...

New York: Ferrari 599XX arrives Stateside 8 months ago on Autoblog

The first stop for a few of us Autobloggers who just arrived in Manhattan was at the local Ferrari and Maserati dealer where the 599XX racecar that was introduced in Geneva was making its North American debut. It looks just as mean and aggressive as it did at on the stand at the Geneva Motor ...

Project M is not a Nissan GT-R, new episodes tell more of the tale 8 months ago on Autoblog

Early last month, the first webisode of Inside Project M surfaced, showing a cloaked, bespoke supercar designed by Jason Castriota, the man behind the Maserati GranTurismo, Rolls-Royce Hyperion and James Glickenhaus' Ferrari P4/5. Over the ensuing weeks, four more videos have been released by ...

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Autoblog Podcast #157: Mike Levine trucks along with us.

Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com joins Chris, Sam, and Dan this week and gets a chance to talk about cars, too! 

 
 

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