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0Study: Car History - May 18: Lotus makes Formula 1 Debut 1337379300
Over half a century ago on this day in 1958, one of the most successful teams in Formula 1 history made their first appearance in the sport. Monaco, France was the setting where Team Lotus, the motorsport division of the then six-year-old brainchild of Colin Chapman (Lotus), made their debut into ...
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Featured: 1957 Ferrari Testa Rossa sells for $6.4M in Monaco 1337104500
Few marques get auto collectors riled up quite like Ferrari, and of classic Ferraris, few are as highly sought-after as the legendary Testa Rossa. We're talking, of course, about the 50s-era roadster (as opposed to the 80s-era cheesegrater supercar), and the originals continue to fetch top dollar ...
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Rumormill: Renault to unveil new Alpine concept at Monaco Grand Prix? 1336998600
Typically when an automaker wants to roll out a new car, it does so at one of a dozen or so major auto shows held throughout the calendar and around the world. But with the bulk of the show season on break for the summer, rumor has it that Renault is planning a more glamorous location to unveil ...
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Official: Savage Rivale GTR earns Top Marques in Monaco 1336084320
If the idea of building a four-seat hard-top convertible supercar in Holland strikes you as off-the-wall, then its racing counterpart should blow your mind. We're talking about Savage Rivale, the markers of the Roadyacht GTS and the competition-spec GTR model it just unveiled at the Top Marques ...
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Featured: Rimac Concept_One shows up in Monaco with $1M sticker price [w/video] 1335805200
Alt=Rimac Concept One - red - front three-quarter static view It takes a lot to stand apart at an exposition as jam-packed with glitzy treasure as the Frankfurt Motor Show and impress the hordes of automotive journalists there assembled, but we were suitably impressed when we laid eyes upon the ...
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Featured: 1968 Alfa Romeo T33/2 Daytona racing to the auction block in Monaco 1334098800
By the early 1950s, Alfa Romeo had grown tired of dominating (and spending huge sums of money on) grand prix racing, and shut down its program. Along with it, a program to develop a small-displacement two-litre V8 was aborted. But Alfa couldn't keep away from racing altogether for very long, and ...
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Report: McLaren to unveil F1 successor at Monaco GP 1330464540
Legends come and legends go when it comes to supercars, but few remain etched as indelibly in our hearts and minds as the McLaren F1. Still capable of trouncing 99% of the performance machinery being built today, the legendary F1 is one icon whose successor has been anticipated arguably more than ...
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Official: 1950s Ferrari-powered world record hydroplane heading to auction in Monaco 1329838380
There are any of a number of places you'd expect to find a Ferrari: at the race track, on the auction block, in the showroom, parked in front of the swankiest restaurants in town... To see one in the water usually spells trouble, but history is not without its exceptions. Back in the 1980s, ...
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Official: Dartz headed to Monaco with Jo-Mojo electric roadster concept [w/video] 1323270060
Think of the name Dartz and, if you're up on your whale foreskin-upholstered SUVs, you'll invariably arrive at the Prombron. But while glad to furnish Eastern European mobsters with the machine that makes the Hummer look like a beauty queen, Dartz is keen to break out of the Prombron's mold with ...
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Renault gilds the lily with Megane RS 250 Monaco Grand Prix Limited Edition 1314793620
Typically, when Renault comes out with a Monaco or Silverstone GP edition or something similar, it's targeted at those who'd like to get their hands on a full-fat Renaultsport model but can't quite get there. This time, however, the Monaco Grand Prix edition packs everything you'd expect from a ...
