Supercars are the cars that set the standards. Cars built as technological statements by their makers and often with the claim of being the best in the world. They’re the cars of which dreams are made, passions are inflamed and imaginations fueled. They are what makes loving cars such an easy thing to do.
Here are the 50 greatest supercars of all time. And by all time we mean within the context of their time. After all, the Mercer Raceabout was a total terror back in 1910, but would have a hard time keeping up with a Nissan Versa today … Pictures and more
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Andy Granatelli, the man who catapulted STP oil company into the consciousness of every IndyCar fan of the 1960s, died today in Santa Barbara, Calif., at the age of 90,
STP-sponsored cars drove to Victory Lane at the Indianapolis 500 in 1969 and ’73, in the hands of Mario Andretti and Gordon Johncock respectively. Yet the near misses with the turbine engined STP-Paxton car of Parnelli Jones in ’67 and the similarly powered Lotus 56 of Joe Leonard in ’68 that earned STP just as much press coverage … More
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Michael Schumacher is in a critical condition in a French hospital as a result of the head injury that he suffered in a skiing accident on Sunday.
A statement issued by Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble on Sunday evening confirmed that Schumacher’s injuries were very serious and that he had undergone emergency surgery … More
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