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McLaren Has Named Its New Hypercar After a Legend

His impact on McLaren’s Formula 1 team was substantial, spending 6 of his 11 seasons in the top flight of motorsport with the team.

Toyota is Feeling Celebratory and Has Birthed a Monster...

He also stated his belief that competing in motorsport will make all future Toyota Gazoo Racing (hence the GR in the GR Super Sport’s name) offerings much better road cars.

These Enthusiast's Cars Will Be Enough to Make You Drool

McLaren P1 GTR This car started out life as a track-only version of McLaren's flagship P1 road car, but Lanzante Motorsport, a British company that prepared the McLaren F1 GTR that took victory at the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans, has been turning P1 GTRs into road-legal vehicles.

European Cars Were Out In Force At This Year's SEMA Show

Take a look at these amazing custom European cars from SEMA 2018: This is a Porsche 356 built by Emory Motorsports in the "outlaw" style. The term "outlaw" in this context refers to Porsches that have been modified in such a way as to upset or anger so-called Porsche "purists".

McLaren's Cars Are the Stuff of a Gearhead's Dreams

The thing is the governing body of world motorsport, the FIA, changed the homologation rules for the series at the last minute, meaning that McLaren had to build 50 street-legal versions of the M6GT before the car would be allowed to compete.

This All-Electric Racer From VW Has a Mountain to Climb...

BONUS - Watch the ID.R Pikes Peak complete its debut run up the mountain with Romain Dumas behind the wheel: Content and image source Meet the VW ID.R Pikes Peak Racer vehicles, racing, cars, hill, record break, electric, VW, volkswagen, motorsport, pikes peak, climb Volkswagen is headed for the Pikes

The Most Breathtaking Sports Photos of the Year

The event included a comprehensive assortment of 24 categories, including diverse fields such as basketball, motorsports, urban landscapes, and extreme sports. Recipients in each category were honored with either gold, silver, or bronze distinctions.

These Cars Took the World Rally Championship by Storm

Some 400 of the cars were sold new in Japan, and the remaining 24 went to export markets such as the UK. 10 Amazing Cars That Are Rallying Legends wheels, car, vehicles, champion, expensive, rare, legendary, rallying, motorsport, rally, WRC Modern rally cars have little to no relation to the road cars

The Germans Really Knew How to Build Fine Supercars...

Porsche 911 GT1 Straßenversion Image Source Like the Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR, the 911 GT1 Straßenversion only came into existence to meet homologation rules, which would allow it to compete in motorsport events.

Ford GT40: The Car the Blue Oval Built to Smash Ferrari

Image sources: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 The Story of the Legendary Ford GT40 wheels, science, sports, tech, racing, cars, ford, ferrari, legendary, motorsport, le mans, 24 hours The Ford GT40 is a car born out of Henry Ford II's rage at Enzo Ferrari for not selling him his business.

The Best of High Performance Vehicles in 2013

Magnum MK5 The MK5 comes out of the Magnum motorsport manufacturer, with a black and white color scheme and open cockpit like the VUHL. The MK5's numbers are also similar to the VUHL's, although it is a bit faster, reaching 62 mph in 3.2 seconds.

15 of the World's Most Beautiful Historic Race Cars

Jordan-Ford 191 Country of Origin: United Kingdom Type: Formula 1 car This is the car that marked the debut of Jordan Grand Prix in Formula 1, and also gave the legendary Michael Schumacher, the most successful driver in the sport’s history, his debut in the top tier of world motorsport.

Few Letters In Motoring Are More Evocative Than "AMG"...

were built, but what happened to them after their racing days were over is unclear – some of them were sold on to a French aircraft manufacturer during the 1970s in order to test landing gear. 1971-1987: The interim years Above: 1978 Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC AMG "Mampe" AMG has always been involved in motorsport