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VERITAS RS III Roadster ready for production

After an eight-year buildup, the Veritas RS III has finally slithered into series production in Grafschaft-Gelsdorf, Germany. Just like the Dutch firm Spyker, Vermot AG has resurrected the post-war German racing marque that sold a few road-going versions of their racers to a handful of lucky enthusiasts. Now, the new company is doing less racing and more street scorching, and the RS III is its first foray into the world of production cars. In Monterey this past August, we caught our first glimpse of the finally-ready-for-production ... Read more →

AB stops at the 27th Concours d'Elegance at the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort Frank Filipponio

For its 27th iteration, Orange County's most prestigious classic car show returned to the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point, and finally dropped the "Newport Beach" from its name. No ...

Rendered Speculation: BMW Z10 ED to tackle Audi R8 Jonathon Ramsey

The BMW Z10 ED -- Efficient Dynamics -- is a green supercar that's out to get the Audi R8. Tech specs are hypothesized to be a high-pressure turbocharged inline six cylinder with 400 hp that would use ...

Barrett-Jackson 2009: The Supercars Drew Phillips

Although muscle cars are usually in the spotlight at Barrett-Jackson, there were quite a few interesting supercars that caught our attention as well. First up was a Saleen S7 Twin-Turbo done up in ...

European Nissan GT-R specs released, now with more power, grip Jonathon Ramsey

Nissan giveth, and Nissan taketh away. Although next year's Nissan GT-R will reportedly (maybe) lose launch control, it will get five more horsepower after a few electronics tweaks, going from 480 PS ...

Under the skin of the 2010 Acura NSX 11 months ago on Autoblog

We don't know what the next Acura (Honda) NSX will ultimately look like, but we do know that it will have a 5.5-liter V10 throwing down 560 hp through a torque-vectoring SW-AWD setup. The folks over at Auto Express have a cutaway view of the NSX's gizzards, and what lurks beneath the creased and ...

SEMA 2008: Supercar sightings from show floor 1 year ago on Autoblog

As much as we love its tires, we are really upset with Michelin. Where is the annual supercar lovefest that has been the Michelin SEMA booth? Last year's display was an incredible assortment of stock, tuned and race vehicles from Audi, Chevrolet and Porsche. The year before that the Michelin booth ...

Spy Shots: Porsche GT3 RS 1 year ago on Autoblog

Coming to the meaty part of the 911 model line revamp, the 2010 GT3 RS has been spotted after some time in wardrobe wearing slightly different clothes. These are subtle alterations, with LED daytime running lights, bigger intakes, a new air dam lip up front and revised taillights out back. The ...

Aston Martin to move further upmarket? 1 year ago on Autoblog

Such is the logic of luxury economics: charge tens of thousands of dollars more for the same product, sell fewer of them and boost the balance sheet and your brand's long-term viability. That is what Aston Martin's considering for the next phase of its business plan, which runs from roughly ...

duPont Registry's 11 "Best of" cars set horsepower, price records 1 year ago on Autoblog

The duPont Registry has listed the best cars in eleven categories, and taking the cake for 2009 Car of the Year is the Bugatti Veyron Gran Sport. Other winners, like the ZR1 for Bang for the Buck and Continental Flying Spur Speed for Performance Sedan, make up the usual murderers' row of marques ...

No future for the mid-engine Corvette 1 year ago on Autoblog

With GM facing well-publicized challenges -- along with just about everyone else who needs a little thing called money -- certain high-profile and expensive programs are crowding up on the back burner. Even America's sports car, the Corvette, is not exempt, with CAFE regulations clouding the view ...

Top Gear Magazine (sorta) reveals Aston Martin One-77 1 year ago on Autoblog

The Paris Motor Show has given up its secrets, but that doesn't mean the teasing is over. Top Gear magazine has the story on the Aston Martin One-77, joined by what will probably be more tease-tastic renders. One thing that can be gleaned from the rendering on the TG microsite is the headlight ...

Paris 2008: Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 S Roadster 1 year ago on Autoblog

Certain cars encourage a response that is as routine and predictable as the reaction to a stoplight, and the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 S Roadster is one of those cars. This is what happens every time someone gets in one, irrespective of their age, sex, or nationality: she snuggles into the ...

Corvette ZR1 to cost 109,000 in UK 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Corvette ZR1 The car that Top Gear liked to drive, if not exactly to look at, has a price they definitely won't want to pay. At an on-the-road price of £109,000, the ZR1 costs nearly £48,000 pounds more than a Z06 in the UK. As if that ...

Review: Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 1 year ago on Autoblog

As we all know, there are supercars, and then... there's the Lamborghini Murcielago LP640. It has been called old and overweight, it has been called impractical and overpriced, it has been called out for its propensity to make 10-year-old boys lick its windows. When we got word that the LP640 ...

Tanner tests his Top Gear skills on the Lambo Reventon 1 year ago on Autoblog

One-third of American Top Gear, Tanner Foust, spent a day in the Lamborghini Reventon, and here's his verdict: "Thumbs up big girl!" The fractional bit of additional horsepower didn't mean much to him, but he did say the brakes were more capable, and, surprise, the car is quite wide and people like ...

McLaren P11 supercar goes back to the drawing board... in two months 1 year ago on Autoblog

The McLaren P11 will still be powered by a 6.2-liter Mercedes AMG unit, but nobody knows yet what the car that goes around the engine is going to look like. Frank Stephenson, recently of Fiat fame, has been given instructions to completely redesign the car when he starts at McLaren. However, he ...

Ronn Motors' Scorpion: 450 horses, 40 miles to the gallon 1 year ago on Autoblog

Hydrogen has been touted as a viable fuel source for decades, and seemingly every day, some new or upcoming hydrogen-powered milestone is reached or discussed. However, in nearly every case, hydrogen is being touted as a standalone fuel source. But what about using pure hydrogen mixed with gasoline ...

Dissolution of Mercedes-McLaren partnership confirmed 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click for hi-res gallery of the Mercedes SLR McLaren It's hard not to follow a story like the veritable fleet of new supercars set to follow the controversial Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren. The supercar came out of the partnership between Benz and McLaren in Formula One, but while the racing cars have ...

Pagani releases more pics, details of Zonda Cinque 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of the Pagani Cinque The word "cinque," as in Pagani Cinque, means "five." The newest Pagani is the road-legal version of the racetrack-only Pagani Zonda R, and there will sadly be but five of them made for which all are already spoken. Not that we would have bought ...

New York 2008: Iconic GTR arrives in Gotham 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click the image above for a high-res gallery of Iconic GTR photos This is what you need to know about the Iconic GTR: 800 horsepower and 2,200 pounds. Claudio Ballard's dream was to blend the best of modern tech with the best of classic design, and the result is a roadster that takes many of its ...

New York 2008: Saleen S5S Raptor revealed 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above to view gallery of the Saleen S5S Raptor Though Saleen won't be officially unveiling its new supercar, the S5S Raptor, on stage until tomorrow, we've got pics and details for you now. Though slated to slot below the hardcore S7 in Saleen's lineup, the S5S Raptor looks no less the part ...

VIDEO: Car pr0n from SoCal 2 years ago on Autoblog

With California being the world's single largest market for cars and also the most populace place for supercars, it's no surprise that every now and then you'll spot a rare exotic supercar rolling along one of its many highways. However, to see more than fifty exotics roll past, including several ...

Spy Shots: Corvette SS 2 years ago on Autoblog

It's another slew of Corvette Blue Devil/SS/Stingray/Who-Really-Knows spy shots, this time in yellow with some modifications. Speculation continues that it will have a supercharged 6.2-liter V8 with a carbon fiber roof and hood, which probably does not include the transparent Plexiglas panel that ...

Lexus announces Chinese pricing for LF-A already 2 years ago on Autoblog

In early 2008, the Lexus LF-A will go on sale on China. The price: $264,700. That's a lot of yuan, even with the expected markup for the Chinese market. Zeng Lintang, vice president of Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co, said that the car will sell "for more than 2 million yuan." By comparison, in ...

Phillipines cracks down on smuggling by crushing exotics 2 years ago on Autoblog

A Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche Cayenne, Carrera, BMW and possibly 15 more high-end auos have been sentenced to death via steam roller by the President of the Phillipines, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The cars had been smuggled into the country through a former US Naval base in Subic, and Pres. Arroyo ...

Automobile names 25 greatest cars of all time 2 years ago on Autoblog

It's the Ultimate List, at least until it becomes the Penultimate List the next time some publication decides to go through the exercise of picking the best of all time, and then justifying the results. Automobile Magazine has picked up the gauntlet for its September 2007 issue, and selected what ...

Spy Shots: 2009 Lotus Esprit will be wicked, and this way it comes 2 years ago on Autoblog

The Lotus Esprit, a car severely missed by a huge number of auto fans, is slated after numerous delays to return from the dead in 2009, perhaps at the Geneva Motor Show. Until then, the Dutch seem to be first in getting details on and spy shots of this most English of cars. Last year it was said ...

Pass the dutchie: Hansen GTR supercar 2 years ago on Autoblog

Forget about YouTube, supercars are the new user-generated content. Is there anyone who isn't making one? I really wouldn't be surprised if my neighbor lifted his garage one day announced he was trying to get his home-baked superspeeder ready for the LA Auto Show. Now the Dutch, who have already ...

Rumormill: Bugatti targa coming this way 2 years ago on Autoblog

Bugatti has just added another option to the tiny list of upgrades for the thousand-horse, million-plus motorcar: a targa top. The top will be made of glass and stowed -- manually, we would guess -- somewhere in the car. Word is that if the skies turned sour too quickly, a fabric cover could be ...

A Ferrari with four doors? Todt says "Non!" 2 years ago on Autoblog

In the pit lane, Jean Todt is known for saying little and saying it curtly when he does. It seems nearly every time Speed TV attempts to interview him before a race, he waves the camera off and returns to his charges. In his role as CEO of Ferrari, however, he appears to be quite a bit more ...

WSJ examines why supercars are dropping like flies on public roads 2 years ago on Autoblog

It's a well-known fact that just because you can afford a supercar, it doesn't mean you can handle it. As the purchase of exotics has increased, the number of customers cracking up their hyper-expensive rides has risen accordingly, and the Wall Street Journal decided to take a look into the facts, ...

VIDEO: Supercar road test 2 years ago on Autoblog

The lads at Autocar magazine really do have one of the best jobs in the world. They recently put together a "test" comparing some of the fastest cars in the world, including the Bugatti Veyron. Other cars include the brand new Lambo Gallardo Superleggera, Audi R8, Porsche 911 GT3 RS, and the Aston ...

Starting 2007 off on the right foot 2 years ago on Autoblog

click on image above to see high resolution gallery with 50 pics Now here's a New Year's resolution we can get behind: pledging to drive our classic or high performance cars more. We're not talking about street racing or anything illegal, mind you, just a little spirited motoring to hear and feel ...

Separated at Birth: Bugatti Veyron and Bentley Hunaudires Concept 2 years ago on Autoblog

Look too quickly and you'd swear that these two exotics are the same car. Anything longer than a glance and you start to notice the differences. Even then, the silhouette of the Bugatti and the Bentley are quite similar. Both brands are under Volkswagen's corporate umbrella, and both cars were ...

Motor4Toys reaches 10,000 toy goal 2 years ago on Autoblog

Some of you may recall the Motor4Toys automotive toy drive we told you about a couple of weeks ago. Dustin Troyan and the Motor4Toys Foundation put out a call to all of the car clubs and enthusiasts in Southern California to collect toys and money for the needy. And the response was overwhelming. ...

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Autoblog Podcast #151: With Car and Driver's Eddie Alterman

Eddie Alterman wades in with Sam, Chris, Dan, and Jonny to talk about SEMA and other recent events.

 
 

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