Yesterday during a Cars & Coffee Italy event the former rally driver and manager of RM Autosport Raul Marchisio entertained the crowd doing some very nice donuts in his Porsche Carrera GT. Not something you can see every day…
Apple’s ambitions to take on Tesla in the electric car space, Uber in the self-driving space, and in general, to pivot into the auto industry have not been exactly a secret over the past year, but few had any idea how Tim Cook would go about doing this. Today, the FT reveals that the world’s most valuable company plans to transform the auto industry by purchasing British supercar maker and Formula One team owner, McLaren technology.
According to the FT, Apple has been working on a self-driving electric vehicle for more than two years, is considering a full takeover of McLaren or … More
Clearly, the Germans know what they’re doing, on many levels
Hardcore track day attendees can be rather elitist. Many feel only certain automobiles fitted with certain options should be run in anger around a racing circuit. Your Dodge Viper doesn’t have the ACR package? Are you sure you should be out here? You didn’t order the Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires on your Focus RS? Wow, I can’t believe you’re thinking about tracking your car. It’s no different in the Porsche world. We all know a 911 GT3 RS is a brilliant car to run around a track at ballistic speeds but the truth—much to the chagrin of many Porsche weenies—is that any modern sports car sold by the German automaker is impressive on a racing circuit.
… Motorsport rulemakers make the rules, engineers find ways to stretch those rules to the absolute limit, and then rulemakers get mad. Fans love it, but when the banhammer comes down, it comes down hard.
Here are six of the greatest racing cars that were just too beautiful for this world … More