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This 2011 Lotus Elise Is One Of The Rarest Modern Sports Cars You Might Not Known Existed

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I went to a car meet in West Hollywood last weekend that had everything from a Pagani Zonda and Bugatti Veyron to an Audi RS2 and a real Jaguar D-Type , with stuff like two G-wagen cabrios and a Porsche 993 GT2 race car present as well. But one of the rarest things that showed up was this 2011 Lotus Elise , a car you… Read more.

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Exotics Turned Into Scrap Metal. The Story Behind the World's Most Expensive Car Crash

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The world's most expensive car crash took place on an expressway in Japan in December 2011 in a chain-reaction smash. Eight Ferraris. A Lamborghini. Three Mercedes-Benzes. All disintegrated within a fraction of a second.

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Coffee and Headlights? Discover the Unexpected Use of Coffee Chaff in Auto Parts Innovation

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One of their most intriguing initiatives involves using coffee chaff – the skin of coffee beans that peels off during roasting – to create car headlights. Since 2011, it has used soy-based foam in its cushions. This groundbreaking approach addresses waste management while opening new avenues for innovation in auto parts.

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1965 Comet Cyclone: A Look Back at Mercury's Most Underrated Muscle Car

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Defunct since 2011, Ford's Mercury division enjoyed a period of great success during the 1950s and 1960s. Back when Mercury models were much more than just rebadged Fords, the Cyclone added some serious muscle to the upscale division's already popular lineup.

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5 Greatest Street-Legal Race Cars From the 1990s GT1 Era

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The GT1 era lasted from 1993 to 2011, but its most exciting period unfolded during the 1990s when outrageous machines were battling out on the world's most famous tracks, but also roamed public roads due to homologation requirements.

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This Factory Was Abandoned 13 Years Ago, but It Looks As if It Is In Between Shifts

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After closure in 2011, sale, fraud, and arrests, the facility will be demolished, a move that will mark the end of the Sicilian car industry. Along the Sicilian coastline, stands a legendary car factory. But time is ticking. That is where famous Fiat nameplates saw the light of day. The Fiat 500 and P. continue reading. )

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Fresh 2025 McLaren P25 Arrives in Fantasy Land to Meet BMW's M9 or Porsche's 970e

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After the surprisingly popular McLaren F1, the McLaren Group decided to turn its McLaren Cars subsidiary into McLaren Automotive in 2010 and started churning out sports and supercars one by one – 12C series in 2011, ( continue reading. ) But the automobile manufacturer, on the other hand, is struggling to make ends' meet.

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