Our brand new video of the day is this clip from the 2011 SCCA Chasing the Dragon Hill Climb in Robinsville NC. The car is a 2009 Grand-Am Porsche GT3 cup driven by Cory Friedman. The team is Autometrics Motorsports.
The run you will see in the footage, is the new course record of 1.54.7. The sports car was outfitted with Hoosier R80/R100 slicks.
Following Ken Block’s DiRT 3 Battersea Gymkhana video, the drift and Gymkhana master released a stunning new footage of his spectacular run at Battersea Power Station.
This time the full drift sequence was filmed through a tilt-shift lens. For those of you unfamiliar with the phenomenon, the tilt-shift lens creates the effect of a miniaturised world, in this case the Battersea Powerstation.
Audi of America took their Audi R8 V10 sports car to the Infineon Raceway for a hot lap. The following clip shows the lap at the race track in Sonoma, California, US.
The Infineon Raceway a 2.52 miles (4.06km) 12-turn road course and drag strip located on the landform known as Sears Point in the southern Sonoma Mountains. The course is a complex series of twists and turns that go up and down the hills.
The Audi R8 V10 uses a mid-mounted 525bhp 5.2 liter V10 engine with quattro permanent four-wheel drive and Audi Space aluminum body.
Did you ever park your car next to hypercar? No? In London you may have a chance to come across numerous exclusive supercars while parking your ‘precious’ station car or MPV.
Same happened to this person when he or she tried to park a Mercedes-Benz E-Class Wagon with parking sensors in front of a Ferrari Enzo. So what do you think? How close can this Mercedes get to the nose of this black Ferrari Enzo?
If you want to know the answer, check out the footage below.
Audi has released a new commercial showing its brand new member to the R8-family, the Audi R8 GT Spyder. The video follows after the official public release of the roofless sports car at Le Mans 2011.
The output of its 5.2 liter V10 has been increased to 560hp. The weight of the vehicle has been reduced by 85 kilograms. The R8 GT Spyder accelerates from zero to 100km/h in 3.8 seconds and reaches a top speed of 317km/h.
The open-top body version is being launched with a production again capped at 333 units. Each one sports a tag with its individual number on the gear lever knob.
The Ferrari F355 is a two-seater sports car from the 90?s. The mid-engined, rear wheel drive sports car is powered by a V8 with a displacement of 3.5 liter and a performance of 380hp at 8,250rpm and maximum torque of 363Nm at 6,000rpm. A sprint from zero to 100km/h is done in 4.7 seconds, 0–160km/h in 10.8 seconds.
Initially, only two models were available: the coupe Berlinetta and the targa-topped GTS. The Spider was introduced in 1995 with a total production of 3,717 units. The semi-automatic soft-top was powered electronically, a Ferrari first. The Spider shown in the video below has a six-speed manual transmission, but also a F1 transmission was offered. This F355 Spider is outfitted with a Capristo Stage 1 exhaust system. The Stage 1 system has a bypassvalve, which opens above a certain rpm.
One single afternoon with the Italian prancing horse showed us the heritage of the Italian brand from Maranello and the wonderful experience of driving open-top with a third-party exhaust outfitted to a true sports car. This F355 Spider left us with some kind of a true petrolhead feeling, one you will only experience in an open-top Italian V8-powered beauty like the F355.
The latest sports car by the British brand Jaguar – the XKR-S – is heading to the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011. The fastest and most powerful production sports car Jaguar has ever built, was filmed doing a preparation test-drive on the notorious Goodwood Hill.
Stay tuned for more from Goodwood 2011 in the upcoming weeks.
Back in 2008 the Corvette ZR1 amazed us all with a record lap of 07:26:40 at the Nürburgring. It even surprised the deemed invincible Porsches.
Today, the US sports car returned to the famed German track to test the 2012 ZR1 model. The latest version of the ZR1 achieved a positive difference of seven seconds, a stunning result. The new record time for the ZR1 is now set at 07:19:63. Enjoy the video!
Last week reported about the Pagani Zonda F Roadster Clubsport Final Edition for sale via SuperVettura Sales Ltd. in the UK at a price of 1,400,000 pounds including VAT ($ 2,292,075 or € 1,568,925). Our friend Shmee150 filmed this very last Pagani Zonda F Roadster.
In the video you will see a detailed look at the exterior and interior, a few startups and some absolutely glorious revs from the AMG engine. This car has just 103km on the clock.
Ahead of the start of Season 17 we bring you a series of videos showing Top Gears best hypercar drag races. The first video shows James May on the Top Gear test track reviewing the £ 825,000 Pagani Zonda F Roadster. The fastest ever Zonda – at that time – was also put against the storming speed of the Bugatti Veyron in a drag race.
Take a one-mile stretch of road in Abu Dhabi and the two fastest road-cars in the world and what do you get? The ultimate drag race is the answer as Richard Hammond in a Bugatti Veyron takes on the Stig in a McLaren F1.
Amazing challenge as Richard Hammond races a Euro Fighter Typhoon in the Bugatti Veyron. Who will win the horizontal vs vertical two mile race?
Our brand new video of the day is this clip from the 2011 SCCA Chasing the Dragon Hill Climb in Robinsville NC. The car is a 2009 Grand-Am Porsche GT3 cup driven by Cory Friedman. The team is Autometrics Motorsports.
The run you will see in the footage, is the new course record of 1.54.7. The sports car was outfitted with Hoosier R80/R100 slicks.
Combine a wonderful scenery, two epic Porsche 911s and a soundtrack by Moby. The end result? The clip shown below. Another great example of GT spirit.
Two Porsche 911s are playing the main roles in this clip. These are a Porsche 993 RS and 964 RS. The 993 RS followed in the tradition of earlier ‘Renn Sport’ models by shedding over 100kg in weight off the standard 993 Carrera and was the first Porsche to use the new 3.8 liter engine with an impressive 300bhp. The yellow 964 RS is a super-lightweight, rear-wheel-drive 911 limited to a small number in the US. The rear-mounted six-cylinder engine produces 260hp at 6,100rpm and a torque of 312Nm at 4,800rpm.
The clip below shows a rally driver losing control and using a escape road during a rally event. He reverses back and tells a camera man that he is sorry for running over his camera. The child was not hit, but only cried because it was scared.
CAR Magazine has pitched the new McLaren MP4-12C against its rivals, the Ferrari 458 Italia, Porsche 911 GT2 RS, Lamborghini Gallardo Performante, Audi R8 V10 and Mercedes SLS AMG.
The CAR team used Rockingham race circuit so Le Mans driver formerly known as the Stig, Ben Collins could lap each sports car against the clock. At the end of three days testing they picked their winner, the very best supercar on sale today.
The full story is available in the new July 2011 issue of CAR, but the Brits will also release more footage and info over the upcoming days.
Two videos have initially been released, showing the SLS AMG and Audi R8 V10 lapping the circuit. Check out the timed laps in the hands of ex-Stig Ben Collins at Rockingham via the onboard videos below.
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG laptime: 1min 33.01sec
Audi R8 V10 laptime: 1min 31.06sec
Every single day we will add one more video until the full film is released on the 20th of June. First new footage is the Performance lapping the track. Stay tuned for more!
Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Spyder Performante: 1min 29.92 sec
Audi has released a new commercial showing its brand new member to the R8-family, the Audi R8 GT Spyder. The video follows after the official public release of the roofless sports car at Le Mans 2011.
The output of its 5.2 liter V10 has been increased to 560hp. The weight of the vehicle has been reduced by 85 kilograms. The R8 GT Spyder accelerates from zero to 100km/h in 3.8 seconds and reaches a top speed of 317km/h.
The open-top body version is being launched with a production again capped at 333 units. Each one sports a tag with its individual number on the gear lever knob.
