50 years of Porsche at the Sebring 12 hour race

2010 is a very special year for Porsche as it marks the 50th anniversary of Hans Hermann’s victory at the 12 hours of Sebring in 1960 with his Porsche RS60. Porsche also won the title last year and for 2010, the pair of Flying Lizard Porsche GT3 RSRs are on hand to defend their title against the mighty Corvette’s.

In the video, Porsche factory drivers speak about what its like to race at Sebring and to be part of the Porsche driver legacy. Also featured is Hans Hermann himself, the legend got a chance to drive his winning car on the track before night practise. A great video for Porsche and race fans alike.

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Lewis and Jenson meet the MP4-12C: Full details on the new Mclaren revealed!

Mclaren has officially revealed its MP4-12C supercar and its final details. The British racing company first revealed their new supercar a few months ago but that was just to show its design, final performance details were not revealed till yesterday.

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What were the Italians thinking? Lancia Delta HF Integrale Stretch Limo

What do retired rally drivers drive around? Well we would like to think that they don’t drive but instead get chauffeured around in this, a Lancia Delta HF Integrale EVO Stretch Limousine.

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Camouflaged Ferrari 458 Italia blends in with the snow to sneak up on Porsche’s and GTR’s

German based company Cam Shaft decided to make the Ferrari 458 Italia stand out even more by wrapping the car in ‘camouflage’ vinyl. Now we have seen some pretty interesting camouflage paint jobs like the camouflaged classic 300SL ‘Gullwing’ by BAPE fashion designer but this is something else.

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527hp E92 BMW M3 by Dinan Tuning

Dinan is a premium tuner out California and specializes in tuning BMW’s; this is their latest project – the e92 M3 S3-R. The Dinanized M3 now has 4.6-liter v8 which was stroked from its original 4-liters. Doing this has increased its horsepower from the original 414hp to an incredible 527hp with 407 lb-ft of torque. Top speed of the S3-R M3 should easily be above 200mph or 322km/h or so Dinan claims. Read more

BMW at the 12 hours of Sebring

Racing, you have to love it. The adrenalin, the stress, the anxiety, the perfect balance of man and machine versus competitors that are in their own such equilibrium, winning just makes it all the more better. Being able to do so means thousands of man-hours put into building the perfect machine and many more hours for the drivers and pit crew to have everything at the tip of their fingers. This comes naturally to top teams like BMW. Here’s a great two part video of BMWs involvement in the 12 hours of Sebring showcasing the machine, the drivers and what it takes to race. Read more

Fernando Alonso Presented With New Maserati GranCabrio

The perks of joining the most successful Formula One team in the history of the sport include being helicoptered around to exotic ski destinations in the Italian hills and being presented with the keys to one of the most beautiful Italian cars for a while. Among others of course. Fernando Alonso, Formula One’s top driver, has just been gifted a Maserati GranCabrio by his new employer Ferrari. Read more

Ferrari 458 Italia at track day

The new Ferrari 458 Italia has looks that are rather, personal. I know a lot of people who don’t think much of it and I know some that totally love it. Well I fall into the latter class as I like how it is all so functional; it looks like that because it all has something to do with going faster. Well if you’re a fan then this is a great video, a bit of a time waster at first but things start to get interesting at the 1:16 mark. It includes in car footage of the Italia lapping what looks to be an Italian race track but that’s just speculating. Special attention to the almost instantaneous gear shifts. Read more

BMW to start production of front-wheel-drive models

Reports have surfaced saying that a top official at BMW has confirmed that the German carmaker will soon begin to produce front-wheel-drive vehicles. The car, likely to compete with the Audi A1, will be based on a new joint architecture, currently in its research phase, that will be shared with the MINI. Read more

DTM Champion Mattias Ekström meets the new Audi R8 Spyder

Mattias Ekstrom has been racing Audi’s for the past nine years and has won the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) title twice, so there is basically no one better to test out the latest performance Audi. In this new video from Audi, the Swedish DTM legend meets the new R8 Spyder, ang put the 5.2-liter V10 engine trought its phases with some sideways fun in an underground parking lot. It comes complete with English dubbing of a German or Swedish conversation. A great walk-through the technology behind the new Spyder. Read more

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