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ALMS 2012: Muscle Milk Racing Dominates 6-Hour Race at Laguna Seca

By Andre Ravinowich on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 19:11

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This past weekend Sub5Zero traveled once again to the beautiful Monterey Peninsula to bring you coverage of American Le Mans Series at Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway. After 6 grueling hours, Lucas Luhr and Klaus Graf took their Honda HPD ARX-03a to the top step on the podium.

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TopCar's Seventh Porsche Panamera Stingray GTR Headed to Top Marques Monaco

By Tom Anderson on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 01:29

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Last May, Russian (da, Russian) tuner TopCar announced the Stingray GTR, a dazzling widebody super sedan born from the Porsche Panamera. While the Stingray GTR package doesn't add anything in the way of powertrain upgrades (unless you opt for TopCar to send your car to a third party tuner), the bulging bodywork should make you forget all about that.

Of course, it was one thing to see TopCar's pumped up Porsche in a murdered out all-black color scheme; it's a completely different thing to see it in an actual color. But that's exactly what attendees of this week's Top Marques Monaco (and readers of this article, of course) will be able to do, as TopCar is bringing car number seven of the 25 set to be built to the show.

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SpeedART Emboldens the New 911 Carrera S with the SP91-R

By Tom Anderson on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 21:09

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The passing of Ferdinand Alexander “Butzi” Porsche – designer of the original Porsche 911 – on Thursday got us thinking about Porsche’s longest-lived model line, both where it’s been and where it’s going. It’s been through numerous evolutions and revisions over the last 48 years, and the AWD Carrera 4 and high performance versions (Turbo, GT3 and GT2) of the current 991 generation are on the horizon.

But until those hotter 991s are ready to go public, though, enthusiasts will have to be content with normal Carreras that have been hopped up by aftermarket tuners. We’ve already seen quite a few companies release upgrades for the newest 911, ranging from mild to wild. And while the SP91-R package from SpeedART leans more toward the former than the latter, that doesn’t make it any less desirable.

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The Top 10 Vehicles That Could Be April Fools’ Jokes

By Tom Anderson on Sun, 04/01/2012 - 02:06

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Sunday is April Fools’ Day (No, really, it is!), so be on the lookout for pranks, gags, and other sundry acts of bamboozlery being lobbed in your general direction. So if someone offers you a jar of peanut butter, politely decline. Look before you sit, lest you land on a whoopee cushion. And please, for the love of all that is sacred – and some of the stuff that isn’t – DO NOT borrow a pair of binoculars (even if you encounter a rare species of bird).

This holiday for hams also got us thinking about occasions when car companies released a new model about which they were quite serious, but in practice it looked like they were intentionally pulling the motoring world’s collective leg. What follows is a list of 10 vehicles past and present that are so tone deaf to marketplace whims and inconsistent with their brands’ core values that they could have just as easily sprung from the minds of The Onion’s editorial staff as their makers’ product planning departments.

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Cars and Coffee Irvine: The Automotive Melting Pot

By Jason Kwon on Fri, 03/09/2012 - 00:40

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I had the pleasure of driving down to Irvine for the Cars and Coffee meet on a warm, sunny Saturday morning 2 weeks ago. If you didn't already know, Cars and Coffee is an informal meet that takes place at Mazda’s HQ parking lot every week, where gearheads from all walks of life come together to have a drink of coffee and enjoy automotive culture. You can find about any type of vehicle in the meet; muscle, Italian, motorcycles, Le Mans racers, imports, and even concept cars! Did I mention it was free?

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