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Epic Road Cars at Laguna Seca

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Porsche 917 and 918 Laguna Seca

There are always some extremely tasty cars in and around the paddock at Laguna Seca during the Monterey Motorsports Reunion. In addition to some of the most legendary racing cars of all time (see that Porsche 917 above), you are also likely to find many awesome road cars, everything from classic gems to the most current hypercars.

The action in the Paddock was especially good this year. We’ll show you the racing cars later on, but we wanted to start with the road cars, which were quite a spectacle. Enjoy!

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Cars We've Seen

Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale spotted in Carmel, CA

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Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale Carmel

This track-ready Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale was sighted amongst the craziness of Carmel during Monterey Car Week. Still one of the best sounding V8 Ferraris out there.

-Nick

Auto Idolatry, SHOWCASE

Motor Trend tests the new Challenger Hellcat

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Motor Trend’s Carlos Lago gets behind the wheel of the new Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat. He also puts it on a chassis dyno where it puts down some very consistent numbers over multiple runs….. the magic number, around 670rwhp. So, either the folks at Dodge have found a way to break the laws of physics with a miniscule 5% drivetrain loss through an automatic gearbox, or the Hellcat may be a little underrated, even at 707hp. But hey, I don’t think anyone will complain.

The Hellcat seems an outstanding machine. Enjoy the video!

-Nick

Car Shows

Highlights from the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Part 2

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Pebble Beach 2014 Ferrari 375 MM Scaglietti Coupe Best In Show

Here is part 2 of our highlights from the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. This was the first time a Ferrari has ever won best in show (see above), as well as a very uncommon occurrence where a post-war car takes the top honor.

Enjoy the photos of these incredible cars!

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Auto Idolatry, SHOWCASE

Autocar tries out the new Lexus RC F

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Autocar’s Steve Sutcliffe takes the new Lexus RC F for a spin. Looks like a lot of fun!

-Nick

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Ferrari 550 Barchetta Spotted in Carmel, CA

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Ferrari 550 Barchetta in Carmel CA Ferrari 550 Barchetta in Carmel CA

We caught this very rare Ferrari 550 Barchetta roaming the streets of Carmel during Monterey Car Week 2014. The owner was very nice and was happy to answer some questions about the car while he sat in traffic. Yet another great spot from our trip to California!

-Nick

Cars We've Driven, Exotic Supercars, Luxury Cars

2015 Kia K900 Reviewed (7/10)

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Kia K900 Front

This is Kia’s new K900, and it costs $60,000… that’s right, $60,000… for a Kia. That sounds outrageous, I know, and it may even be enough to render any of the K900’s good attributes irrelevant. But I’ve always been a fan of giving the benefit of the doubt to anyone willing to try their best, so it was with that mindset that I took the wheel of this white Kia K900.

So what do you get for your $60 grand?

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Cars We've Seen

Porsche 918 Spyder spotted in Carmel Valley, CA

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Porsche 918 Spyder at the Quail Lodge Porsche 918 Spyder in Carmel Valley

Porsche was actually holding test drives of this 918 Spyder, for those who were invited because they had access to a credit line of at least $1,000,000. As you might imagine, Al and I couldn’t weasel our way into this one, but here are some consolation photos of the car. I just love the 918.

-Nick

Cars We've Seen

Lamborghini Aventador 50th Anniversary Edition spotted in Carmel Valley, CA

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Lamboghini Aventador 50th Anniversary Edition

We found this epic Lamborghini Aventador 50th Anniversary Edition parked at the Quail Lodge, where Lamborghini was setting up their drive event. I hadn’t seen a 50th Anniversary Aventador until this one, and I must say it seems turned up to eleven!

-Nick

Car Shows

Highlights from the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Part 1

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Pebble Beach 2014-1929 Ruxton C Rainbow

Here is the first batch of our highlights from the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. It was a great year this year, with loads of unique automobiles in attendance, including 16 of the 17 remaining Ruxtons (shown above). Maseratis were also featured this year for the marque’s centennial, as well as a stunning showcase of Ferrari 250 Testa Rossas, and some truly beautiful machines with coachwork by Darrin.

This is rolling artwork at its finest, so enjoy the photos. There’s much more to come!

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Porsche Carrera GT spotted in Carmel, CA

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Red Porsche Carrera GT in Carmel front

While we remain busy catching up from our time California, we’ll continue to bring you some of the awesome sights from the streets around the Monterey area during car week. Downtown Carmel, CA is sheer craziness on Friday and Saturday evening, with stunning supercars everywhere you look.

We caught this Guards Red Porsche Carrera GT cruising down Ocean Avenue in the thick of the insanity. The Carrera GT is still one of my favorite modern supercars because its V10 engine sounds magnificent and it may well represent the pinnacle of the manual transmission in a high performance car.

Enjoy!

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A purple Jaguar F-Type R Roadster spotted in Pebble Beach?

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Purple Jaguar F-Type R Roadster Front

We’re not sure if this is for real or not, but if there were any place to see a pre-production version of a car out and about Pebble Beach is it. Officially Jaguar does not make a roadster version of their F-Type R yet, and they also haven’t released this ultra-shagadelic purple paint job on any of their other models. The high quality of the paint and the common sense that Jaguar would produce a topless version of their 550hp F-Type R both point to the possibility that this is indeed a pre-production car that one of their executives brought along to troll spotters like us.

Then again, it could just be some poseur F-Type V8S owner who got themselves a fancy paint job and a couple of R badges on Ebay…. who knows!

Let us know what you think!

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