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Pics Aplenty: Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Valentino Balboni gets its launch on

Lamborghini Gallardo Valentino Balboni – Click above for high-res image gallery
Autoblog friend David Kaiser, the same man who brought us images of the Tramontana F1 in full jet fighter camouflage regalia, has struck again with stunning pictures from Lamborghini’s launch of the Gallardo LP550-2 Valentino Balboni in Z??rich, Switzerland. According to Kaiser, this was the [...]

You Had Your Chance: Chrysler says Viper program is no longer for sale

2008 Dodge Viper ACR – Click above for a high-res image gallery
The future of the Dodge Viper has been in question since the summer of 2008, when it was reported Chrysler was considering selling the rights to their halo sports car instead of killing it all together. Initially, there seemed to be plenty of interested [...]

VIDEO: Ferrari Scuderia Spider 16M completes Goodwood hillclimb in 59 seconds

Ferrari at 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed – Click above for high-res image gallery
We’ll have our own images from last weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed for you in a jiffy, but until then we thought we’d share with you the fun that Ferrari had on the Earl of March’s state. The Italian exotic car maker [...]

Officially Official: Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550-2 Valentino Balboni

Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550-2 Valentino Balboni – Click above for a high-res image gallery
Few names resonate more with the Lamborghini faithful than Valentino Balboni, Lambo’s long-term test driver who’s honed every model to roll off the line since 1973. In an ultimate tribute to Balboni, the Italian supercar manufacturer has created this: the Lamborghini Gallardo [...]

Pics Aplenty: Gettin’ bacchus with the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport

Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport – Click above for high-res image gallery
Production of the Veyron Grand Sport, Bugatti’s roadster version of the ultimate super car, is just getting underway at the automaker’s factory in Molsheim, France. Accordingly, Bugatti has released a batch of new high-res pics that were taken last year in such places as Napa [...]

Get your grubby hands on a Bugatti Veyron for just $25k

Bugatti Veyron – Click above for a high-res image gallery from our first drive
Not all of us have over a million to spend on a new car, otherwise we’d all be driving Bugatti Veyrons, right? Or at least most of us would. So how about $25,000 – that’s a bit closer, right? Well now [...]

Rumormill: Lamborghini working on short-wheelbase V12 Jota, Revent??n Roadster

Lamborghini Revent??n – Click above for a high-res image gallery
If you’ve been waiting for Lamborghini to replace the aging Murcielago and were disappointed by recent reports that its successor may not arrive until 2012, the mavens over at Autogespot may have some good news for you.
While the Murci may stay on for another [...]

Rendered Speculation: Lamborghini Murcielago successor not coming until 2012

Lamborghini supercars tend to have a relatively long lifespan. The Countach stayed in production for sixteen years from its introduction in 1974 until the Diablo replaced it in 1990, which in turn anchored Sant’Agata’s line-up for eleven years until the Murcielago was introduced in 2001. Now eight years in production, the steel-bodied Raging Bull has [...]

REPORT: PSA to decide on GTbyCitroen production within four weeks

GTbyCitroen – Click above for a high-res image gallery
When Citroen collaborated with the people behind Sony Playstation’s hit Gran Turismo game franchise on the show-stopping – if clumsily named – GTbyCitroen for last year’s Paris Motor Show, few thought it would see the light of day. That includes the French automaker itself, but as we [...]

Rumormill: Porsche planning road-going RS Spyder?

2007 Porsche RS Spyder – Click above for a high-res image gallery
L’Automobile, our new favorite purveyors of outlandish stories and Photoshopped speculation, is reporting that Porsche is considering building a road-going version of the RS Spyder to fill the vacuum created by the dearly departed Carrera GT.
According to the French rumormongers, the RS Spyder’s road-legal [...]

North Carolina’s Supercar Sensation gets you behind the wheel without breaking the bank

You’ve seen this concept before: Most folks can neither afford to buy exotic supercars, nor do they yearn for the headaches of ownership. But hey, it sure would be nice to get behind the wheel once in a while. That’s where Supercar Sensation comes in.
They own the cars, they organize the drives; you just [...]

All Torque, No Action: Audi reportedly cancels R8 TDI

Audi R8 TDI Le Mans concept – Click above for a hi-res image gallery
If anyone could have done a diesel supercar, it would have been Audi. After achieving utter domination in Le Mans racing with its R10 TDI, the German automaker unveiled two successive turbodiesel concept versions of the R8 supercar at the Detroit [...]

Exclusive by Design: Bertone Mantide priced at $2M, only 10 will be made

Bertone Mantide – Click above for high-res image gallery
Perspective is a curious thing. Some look at the Corvette ZR1 and think it’s a bargain compared to the exotic European machinery that it’s capable of trouncing. Others look at the six-figure price tag and wonder how a Chevy could possibly cost that much. Then comes [...]

And they’re off! Gumballers head out of Los Angeles on first leg of rally

Entrants of the 11th running of the Gumball 3000 started their cross-country rally Friday afternoon, cheered on by hundreds of fans as the cars began their journey at the Santa Monica pier in Los Angeles. The rally will also stop in Las Vegas, Sante Fe, Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, and Orlando before finishing in Miami. [...]

Geneva Motor Show: Tramontana brings the open-wheeled to the open road

When it comes to eccentric exotics, a few names spring to mind; today, a new one can be added to the list. The Tramontana has the looks, mechanicals and aura of something very special, and when you dig a little deeper, your interest grows exponentially. To begin with, a V12 Biturbo, producing up to 720 [...]

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