2017 Acura NSX triumphs at Pikes Peak, wins class victory

The 2017 Acura NSX had an impressive North American racing debut Sunday, taking first place in the Time Attack 2 class at the Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. It was the 100th anniversary of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, which is America’s second-oldest racing event. The Acura NSX zoomed through the 12.42-mile Pikes Peak course in a time of 10:28.8, winning the Time Attack 2 class.

The 2017 Acura NSX runs on a three-motor sport hybrid super-handling All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) powertrain.

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Ferrari 458 MM Speciale

If you want to make your Speciale even more special you can have a chat with Ferrari Special Projects. They’ll help you build the Ferrari of your dreams (if emptying your wallet isn't an issue that is). That’s what one British owner has done to differentiate his hardcore 458 from all the boring others. Called the 458 MM Speciale, it uses the same stripped-out chassis and 597bhp, 4.5-litre V8 (with a record 133bhp-per-litre) as the Speciale but has had some major visual changes.

More aggressive, sporting lines and glass areas to give a ‘visor’ effect like a helmet, the car is finished in Bianco Italia (that’s white to ordinary folks) with an Italian flag livery.

There’s no word on performance, but there's probably not much change from the standard Speciale’s 0-62mph run of 3.0secs, 124mph in 9.1secs and 199mph top end. The Cioccolato leather upholstery with white stitching is elegantly accented, don't be ridiculous.

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The Mansory 4XX Siracusa

The new Mansory 4XX Siracusa is a Ferrari 488 with an engine tune up to 790 horsepower and a 'bumblebee' bodykit. Mansory claims the Siracusa makes 643 lb-ft of torque (up from 561 stock) and does 0-60 in 2.9 seconds on the way to 212 mph. The exterior is largely defined by Mansory’s trademark for adding an extensive amount of carbon fiber to give the 488 GTB a more race-oriented profile.

According to the German tuner, the modifications to the car’s 3.9-liter biturbo V-8 engine mainly include an optimized ECU unit and a new, specially designed sports exhaust system. Wheels are a set of 20- and 21-inch alloy wheels wrapped in 255/30 and 325/25 high-performance tires.

Mansory typically doesn’t release pricing details for its auto show-bound projects.

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Concept Cars never built - Beyond Mad Max

The Mazda Furai debuted at the 2008 North American International Auto Show in Detroit and marked the final concept in Mazda’s fluid Nagare line. Its name, meaning “sound of the wind”, was fitting: the Furai was powered by an all-new 20B 3-rotor wankel engine that was good for over 400 hp.

Lamborghini has never built a production sedan. The Estoque was revealed in Geneva in 2008 and looked like it was intended to be a production model. The Estoque had all the makings of a top-end sedan, including a powerful 5.2-liter V10 engine.

The Renault DeZir Concept. Though it was only powered by a 150 hp electric motor, its too sexy sheet metal stole the show at the 2010 Paris Motor Show.

The HX Concept was going to be the one that saved Hummer. Smaller than the H3, the HX still had Hummer DNA but in a far less clumsy package. The HX came far too late to save Hummer.

The Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina is a one-off sports car made by Italian sports car manufacturer Ferrari but redesigned by Pininfarina. The car was an Enzo. The project cost US$ 4 million and was officially presented to the public in August 2006.

Cadillac Sixteen Concept. The Cadillac Sixteen is a high performance concept car first presented by Cadillac in 2003. The vehicle was equipped with a Cadillac proprietary-developed 32-valve V16 engine displacing 13.6 liters (~830 cu. in) mated to a four-speed, electronically controlled, automatic transmission driving the rear wheels. The Sixteen would seamlessly shut down twelve cylinders in light driving, eight during strenuous driving, and only awaken the entire engine under full acceleration. The engine was said to produce a minimum of 1,000 horsepower.

BMW M1 Hommage Concept. The M1 Hommage was unveiled at the Concorso d’Eleganza at Villa d’Este in Italy in 2008.

The concept marked a celebration of the 30-year anniversary of the original German supercar.

The Citroën GT Concept. In a partnership between the French automaker and racing simulation developer Polyphony Digital, the GT was designed and created for Gran Turismo 5. The car weighs a mere 3,086 pounds and houses a Ford V8 with 646 horsepower.

The Ford Interceptor is a concept car debuted at the 2007 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. It featured a Ford Racing 5.0-liter Cammer engine producing 600 hp, with the capability of running on ethanol. It included a manual six-speed transmission.

No single machine from the film Mad Max was as memorable as Max's Pursuit Special, a 1973 Ford XB Falcon GT351. The car is a limited edition with a 5.7-litre V8 351 Cleveland engine and a four-speed manual transmission. Only 949 XB GT coupes were built.

It's time for 24 Hours of Le Mans

It takes something special to drive more than 3,000 miles in a single day as quickly as possible. But since 1923, that's exactly what teams have done at France's annual 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race. It's the oldest still-active auto competition of its kind. When it kicks off this weekend, 60 teams of three drivers will cover nearly 3,300 miles.

The race format is simple: Drive a car for 24 hours and complete as many laps as possible.

The Circuit de la Sarthe is a combination of permanent track connected to public streets. It is 8.5 miles long. The 2015 winners went around it 395 times. The Porsche's average speed was 140 miles per hour.

Over the past 20 years, 18 German-manufactured cars have won. The country's domination began in the mid-1970s. Before that, victories were largely celebrated by French, Italian and British automakers. However, there was a brief period in the 1960s when Ford was the car to beat. Starting in 1966 Ford won Le Mans four years in a row. 50 years since that first historic victory, Ford is making its triumphant return to Le Mans. One of its cars even qualified for the pole position — in its class. It's Porsche that has the overall No.1 car at the start.

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Mercedes-AMG GT R coming June 24

A hotter version of the existing Mercedes-AMG GT S will be unveiled shortly. It will be significantly more potent than its 503-hp sibling, but should pack the same 4.0-liter twin-turbo V-8. Some features include four-wheel steering and an industry-first adjustable spool valve shocks. Also appearing are larger rear tires, and as indicated by the teaser, active aerodynamic features. The 'new and improved' appears scheduled to debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

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McLaren 675LT

The McLaren 675LT is a lightweight, track-focused evolution of the McLaren 650S. It was announced in February 2015 and introduced at the Geneva Motor Show 2015. The car is powered by a variation of the M838T 3,799cc twin-turbo V8 engine, producing 666 hp at 7100 rpm and 520 lbf·ft at 5500 rpm. The 675LT uses the same seven-speed automatic dual-clutch gearbox used in the 650S. The 675LT can accelerate from 0–100 km/h (0-62 mph) in 2.9 seconds and 0–200 km/h (0-124 mph) in 7.9 seconds, continuing to a top speed of 330 km/h (205 mph). On episode 2 of season 23 of Top Gear, the 675LT became the fastest production car on the Top Gear test track with a time of 1:13.7, beating the Pagani Huayra's time.

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Porsche GT 911 Le Mans Racer

Porsche has unveiled their new GTE-spec endurance racing 911 that will race in the US and Europe in 2017. The truth is that Porsche has only revealed the front of the next race car. The new photos reveal nothing of the profile or the rear of the car. Conspiracy theorists suspect the new car might be turbocharged like the roadgoing Carrera, so Porsche would want to hide anything that might give away what powerplant it's using. Others suggest it may have to do with the placement of the engine. It has been rumored that the next 911 GTE would move the engine forward to become a mid-engined machine.

The photographs show the all-new 911 RSR undertaking a shakedown at Porsche's Weissach test track at some point over the past month. The car is based on the 911 road car, which has hit the market this year, but no further technical details have been released. The first GTE class 991 carried over the four-litre normally-aspirated flat-six engines of its 997-shape predecessor rather than adopting one of a new generation of direct-injection powerplants introduced in the road cars. A Porsche spokesman said no further technical details would be forthcoming until the official launch of the car towards the end of the year. Porsche will run two full factory GTE Pro cars in the Le Mans 24 Hours next month under the Porsche Motorsport banner.

Porsche 911 RSR

Martini Racing is the name under which various motor racing teams race when sponsored by the Italian company Martini & Rossi, a distillery that produces Martini vermouth in Turin. Martini's sponsorship program began in 1968. The race cars are marked with the distinctive dark blue, light blue and red stripes on white, red or silver background body cars.