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Dubai Police Put a Mansory Ferrari 812 on Tourist Patrol, and the 800-HP Claim Doesn’t Add Up
Dubai Police unveiled a fifth Mansory-built patrol car. The quoted 800 horsepower is Ferrari’s factory rating in different units.
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A Gold-Plated One-Off Cadillac Beat a Duesenberg at Auburn — and That Designer Credit Is Doing Less Work Than You’d Think
The one-off 1953 Cadillac Elegante brought $1.4 million at Kruse’s Auburn sale. The Albrecht von Goertz attribution everyone is repeating…
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A Former F1 World Champion Sank £55 Million Into an Organic Buffalo Farm, and a UK Tax Tribunal Just Explained Exactly Why It Failed
Jody Scheckter won the 1979 Formula 1 World Championship in a Ferrari, and he’s still the last Ferrari driver to…
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Vanilla Ice Put His Original 5.0 Back on Camera, and the Build Says More Than the Caption Does
Vanilla Ice posted his original Ice Ice Baby 5.0 again. The Fox-body build, the market math and the airbag nobody…
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It Took Rolls-Royce Six Attempts and Nine Months to Stop a Seashell From Cracking Inside a Phantom
Rolls-Royce built its first abalone shell marquetry into the one-off Phantom Hummingbird. The hard part wasn’t the bird – it…
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COTA’s $450 Grounds Pass Is Sold Out — Costco Still Has Them for $359.99
Circuit of the Americas is sold out of three-day general admission for the 2026 US Grand Prix. Costco is still…
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Defender’s Showroom-Based Race Truck Heads to Morocco, Where Stock Parts Usually Give Up
Defender Rally enters three D7X-Rs at Rallye du Maroc, defending its Stock class championship lead in Morocco’s dunes.
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Robert Pattinson Bought a Shelby Mustang and Can’t Remember Which One — But He Remembers the Part That Matters
Pattinson bought a Shelby during Twilight and spent the next stretch pushing it around corners. Every failure he describes has…
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This $209,950 ‘Land Rover Defender 90’ Isn’t Actually a Land Rover, and the VIN Proves It
A Wilmington dealer wants $209,950 for a 2022 Land Rover Defender 90. The federal VIN record says it is a…
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Scout’s Traveler Concept Shows Up Wearing 35-Inch Tires, Beadlocks, and a Winch
Scout Motors just gave off-road fans something to argue about over the tailgate. At an event in Aspen, the revived…
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GM’s New Truck V8 Makes 481 HP, Drops the Dipstick, and Lands as Feds Still Probe Its Predecessor
GM’s next-generation Small Block V8s hit 481 horsepower and drop the factory oil dipstick for good, arriving just as federal…
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Lamborghini Only Built 1,499 Huracán Sterratos, and This 2,281-Mile Example Is Hitting Mecum’s Block in Nashville
Lot S221 at Mecum’s Nashville sale is a 2024 Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato LP610-4 with 2,281 miles on the clock, finished…
