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Today in Car History: The Quad-Turbo Bugatti That Launched on a Birthday and Died in Four Years
On September 15, 1991 — Ettore Bugatti’s 110th birthday — Romano Artioli relaunched Bugatti with a 3.5-liter, 60-valve, quad-turbo V12…
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Zero-Mile Le Mansory Ford GT Resurfaces For Sale At $1.63 Million
Six Years On, A Zero-Mile Le Mansory Ford GT Is Still Shopping For An OwnerEvery so often the Le Mansory…
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NASCAR’s Playoff Field Will Race Wearing Dolly Parton’s Butterfly at Bristol — Here’s How That Decal Actually Happened
Bristol Motor Speedway teamed with the Dollywood Foundation to put Dolly Parton’s pink butterfly on every car racing the Bass…
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Toyota GR GT And GR GT3 Laguna Seca Laps: What The Specs Reveal
Toyota’s GR GT And Its Race Car Twin Traded Places At Laguna Seca, And The Spec Sheet Explains WhyA phone…
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Defender Dakar Heading To Australia: What The Rally-Bred V8 4×4 Really Costs To Own
Land Rover has spent two years telling anyone who’d listen that the Defender Octa was the hardest thing it could…
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California Car Influencer and Hooters Calendar Girl Identified in McLaren Crash; No Word On Who Was Driving
Relatives have named the second Irvine McLaren victim, but police still have not said who was driving. Here is the…
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Dana White Wins Ram Rumble Bee SRT VIN 001 And Viper-Powered SRT-10 For $1.5M
Barrett-Jackson’s Las Vegas sale produced the usual parade of low-mile Fords and Porsches last weekend, but the loudest moment inside…
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Have This With Your Coffee: Your Backfire News Round-Up for September 14
Rise and shine — here’s everything that ran on Backfire News yesterday, all in one place before you start scrolling…
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Roush Cracked Open Its 38-Year Private Collection for Mecum’s First Nashville Sale, and a Boss 429 Leads the Charge
Mecum’s first Nashville sale leans on cars from the Roush Automotive Collection. The headliners are a Boss 429 with a…
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Cody Walker Is Done Filling In for Brian O’Conner, and California’s New AI Law Just Backed Him Up
Paul Walker’s youngest brother won’t double for Brian again and says the call belongs to Paul’s daughter. California’s digital-replica statute…
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One Thing We’d Actually Buy: A Mid-Torque Impact Wrench, Not the 1,400 lb-ft Monster
The biggest cordless impact wrench on the shelf is the wrong buy for almost everyone. Here is the one that…
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Today in Automotive History: The Car That Killed Isadora Duncan Wasn’t the Bugatti Everyone Remembers
On September 14, 1927, Isadora Duncan died when her shawl caught an open wire wheel. The car was an Amilcar…