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Director Mark Jenkinson was asked by Audi to help put together materials for the launch of the Audi R8 V10 Plus. So Jenkinson put the 550 horsepower all-wheel drive supercar on a dynamometer, took off the back end, and sent it through its paces.

The new 2014 Alfa Romeo 4C is a lightweight and very fast rear-engine, two-seater sports car. In fact, the 4C recently recorded the fastest lap on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife ever recorded by a car with less than 250 horsepower at just 8 minutes, 4 seconds.

While we covered the major features of the 2015 Ford Mustang when it was revealed earlier this month, Ford chief engineer Dave Pericack later revealed there is a “secret feature” which they won’t yet talk about.

While the Pagani Zonda is nearing the end of the line, that still doesn’t stop us from still having a spot in our hearts for this track-ready monster. The Pagani Zonda Revolucion is supposed to be the final variant of the Zonda before it’s retired, and it’s recently been spotted burning it up on the track as it gets ready to go into final production.

The AMG Vision Gran Turismo concept supercar that was created by Mercedes-Benz for Gran Turismo 6 is astounding. Now the Mercedes-Benz designers have stepped forward to discuss the process behind the design of the vehicle. Steffen Köhl, Director Advanced Design Global, and other members of the Mercedes Design team explain that the team had the freedom to create without the constraints of the real world, while still making a car that drives realistically within the game.

The Google Street View team continues their plan to map out as much of the world as humanly possible, this time taking their panoramic lens inside McLaren’s Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, UK. What makes this particular Street View special is that the facility isn’t open to the public, so for most of us, it’s the only opportunity we’ll get to see these amazing vehicles in such detail.

We’ve seen a Corvette raced down ice-covered roads and a Formula 1 car taken around the Nürburgring in ice and snow, but when it comes to high-speed potential on snow, the Nissan GT-R may be tough to beat.

Bugatti unveiled the second in its “Legend” series of six cars, the Jean Bugatti model, in honor of the one-time leader of Bugatti, Gianoberto (“Jean”) Carlo Rembrandt Ettore Bugatti. Based on the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse, the changes to the vehicle are purely aesthetic, with no changes made to the vehicle’s already astounding mechanics.

The McLaren P1 is the unofficial successor to the incredible supercar the McLaren F1. The P1 is a 903 horsepower plug-in hybrid costing $1.15 million and McLaren brought it to the historic track outside Nürburg, Germany with the sole purpose of setting a sub-seven second lap time.

The 2014 BMW M5 is a beautiful performance coupe right off the assembly line. But the folks at Vorsteiner, a a California-based luxury vehicle tuner, always seem ready to try to boost things a little bit more anyway.

German tuning wizards Regula Tuning have just announced this carbon-fiber body kit for the 2014 Audi R8 V10 Spyder and it’s anything but subtle. The kit includes aggressive body panels, a massive mesh grille, matching air intakes, recessed side skirts, and a rear diffuser apron, all trimmed in bright red, so you sure can’t miss them going down the road.

McLaren’s Special Operations customization group has put together a concept variant of the MP4-12C which takes the already impressive supercar and steps it up another notch, focusing efforts on reducing weight, and improving airflow and aerodynamics.

TaxTheRich, the same guys who famously took their Ferrari 288 GTO into the grass, are back with a new clip – this time showing off its successor, the Ferrari F50 as it drifts, spins and slides around the track in slow motion.

After years of anticipation by eager muscle car aficionados, Ford has dropped the curtain on the worst kept automotive secret in recent times, the 2015 Ford Mustang (S550). Renders and partial images of the car have circulated for over a year now, and full images were revealed earlier this week, but we’re finally getting to see the official release today, complete with high quality images, and at least partial specs on the latest generation of the iconic pony car.

We all love the  beautiful, beastly exhaust notes of the 720 horsepower Pagani Huayra. Alex Goy at XCAR Films was lucky enough to have the chance to take the Huayra for a test drive and shares his thoughts of this exotic Italian supercar in this video.