If you're a fan of horsepower, then you are living in a golden age. For example, there's a Dodge sedan out there with over 700 horsepower. If you're playing in the hypercar space, then you are also playing near the four-figure power club.
1990s greatest hits: powerful Japanese sports cars, F1-derived technology, and a wonderful melange of naturally aspirated and turbocharged engines.
Although the 1990s did not leave us with as many iconic cars as the 80s did, it was still a great decade engine-wise. During this interval, a variety of engines offered something for everyone and despite taking different approaches when it came down to the internals, these engines had something in common by offering brilliant performance.
Finding an abandoned, broken-down car on the side of a US road isn’t exactly out of the ordinary, but when that car is an exotic, $300,000 supercar that has been completely destroyed in a high-speed crash, that’s a bit more rare.
When designing a car, there are a thousand and one good reasons to keep the doors simple. Here are ten examples chosen from when conventional car doors just weren't good enough.
McLaren is known for being much more than just a Formula One team. Its experience in racing over the decades stretches from the Le Mans 24 Hour to the Indy 500. Can-Am, or the Canadian-American Challenge Cup, was another series the British based team raced in. The McLaren M8D was its challenger for 1970.
The 500th and final build allocation for a McLaren Senna just sold at a private auction of McLaren customers for $2.67 million. Proceeds go to the Ayrton Senna Institute, named for the late three-time F1 world champion who famously raced for McLaren. Senna’s sister and nephew were in attendance at the auction.