Posts Tagged ‘ferrari f40’
With things like cheap gas and the value of a dollar slowly being taken from us, it's good to see that somebody wants to give us something. For the US release of the Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, Polyphony has thrown in features the Japanese version didn't get.There's a drift mode that judges drivers on ......
The new skinny on the McLaren P11 supercar
Saturday, October 6th, 2007
McLaren is one of the most successful race teams in Formula One, but unlike rival Ferrari, it doesn't make many road cars. Its current supercar, the Mercedes SLR McLaren, was a relative disappointment, particularly when judged against the impossibly high yardstick of its predecessor, the McLaren F1,......
Pebble Beach Week 2007: The Monterey Historics at Laguna Seca, Pt. II
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007
While we already brought you an initial post from the Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races, there was so much more action at the track that we wanted to show off more of the great shots we got from Laguna Seca last week. Today's track pics come from earlier in the week and include some action fr......
2007 Goodwood Festival of Speed: Sports cars
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
Although we do get our fair share of sports car races over in the States, the popularity of this type of racing, compared to, say, NASCAR, makes it just a blip on the radar. European sports car racing is way more popular. At Goodwood we got a chance to see some great examples of race teams and manuf......
Gunning for Guinness: Ferrari eyes record with parade at Silverstone
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
This year is Ferrari's 60th anniversary, and Ferrari is doing Rossa-themed things all over the world to celebrate. In Britain, the Silverstone race track will play host to Ferrari Racing Days the weekend of June 8-10. Among the range of festivities will be Ferrari Great Britain's attempt to break t......
eBay Find of the Day: 1997 Lotus Elise FIA GT-1
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007
Click on the photo for a gallery of the Elise GT1For an all too brief period in the mid-90s, racing fans were treated to the sight of the fastest road-going exotic cars in the world competeting against each other on the world's stage. It began in 1994 with the victory of the Dauer 962LM. The 962LM ......
VIDEO: Bugatti Veyron and Ferrari F40
Monday, March 5th, 2007
As far as supercars go, the Bugatti Veyron and Ferrari F40 share little in common. Both have engines mounted amidship, two seats, and one turbocharger for each cylinder bank. Both sat at the absolute pinnacle of performance in their respective times. But that's where the similarities end.While the h......
VIDEO: Ferrari F40, the dyno-saur of supercars
Sunday, February 4th, 2007
Coming up on nearly twenty years old now, some would be mistaken to consider the legendary Ferrari F40 a bit of a dino – not because it was part of the series named after Enzo's dear departed son, rather because, as far as supercars go, the F40 seems is a bit of a relic, dating back to an age befo......
UK blessed with right-hand drive 300C SRT-8 Touring
Sunday, October 29th, 2006
We recently had a discussion amongst the AB staff about our idea of the perfect go-anywhere, do-anything dream car. We started with exotics and supercars and then started to get realistic and talk shifted to more versatile and practical cars that are still fun to drive. The Hemi Magnum was mentioned......
VIDEO: A history of the Ferrari F40
Friday, October 13th, 2006
When I was in high school, I remember reading the Road & Track issue with the Ferrari F40 on the cover over and over and over. It was, at the time, the greatest thing I'd ever seen. Ultimately, the magazine was sacrificed (something I deeply regret today), as I cut out the best photos and plaste......