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Panoz Unleashes New Abruzzi "Spirit of Le Mans" Supercar
Following on from a series of cropped teaser images, Panoz lifted the covers off its new Abruzzi "Spirit of Le Mans" sports coupe today at the home of the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, the Circuit de La Sarthe in France.
The hand-built Abruzzi "Spirit of Le Mans" comes with a front-engine, rear-wheel drive layout and is powered by an unspecified powerplant that is said to deliver more than 600HP and 590 ft.-lbs. of torque.
The swoopy and unique-looking, but far from beautiful, sports car features a composite body that is claimed to be dent-resistant, shatter-proof, recyclable and both stronger and lighter than carbon fiber.
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Porsche Is The New King Of The Le Mans 24 Hours [w/video]
After a long and beautiful battle with Audi, Porsche has taken overall and LMP1 class victories at Le Mans in only its second participation with the 919 Hybrid race car. The German carmaker’s 17th overall Le Mans victory was taken in style, with...
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Rumors: Four-seat Coupe To Join Next-gen Mazda6 Range?
When you put the words "Mazda" and "Coupe" together, they immediately conjure images of models like the RX-7 and RX-8. Especially the latter since, save for the Japanese market-only Spirit R special, the RX-8 has being discontinued...
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Honda Cr-z Hybrid Racer Ready For Demonstration Runs At Le Mans
The latest news from Honda’s motorsport front is that the Japanese company will campaign a CR-Z hybrid racecar at the second annual Le Mans Vers Le Futur (literally translates to ‘Le Mans to the Future’), which is a support event...
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Reader Snaps Panoz Abruzzi Spirit Of Le Mans During Presentation [+ Video]
We're always glad to post pictures of cars from our readers, even more so when it's from a world premiere of a new model like these shots of the Panoz Abruzzi 'Spirit of Le Mans' that were sent to us by Carscoop reader Simone C. The small...
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2000 Cadillac Northstar Le Mans Racer Could Be Yours For $175,000
Found for sale at the Aero Toy Store Collection is this extremely rare Cadillac Northstar LMP racer from 2000. The chassis number "0LMP00005" Cadillac Le Mans race car is powered by a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter Northstar V8 said to produce...
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