Nice cars other than x-fire

Dave91TM said:
How times have changed... 2.5 to 3.5 M for a car with a home made sheet tin lower spoiler on the front. It just looks like the first thing that would break off at 200MPH.
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For people with too much money…….
 
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This ‘Franken-Ferrari’ was used to develop the LaFerrari​

Ferrari, the renowned Italian leader in motorsports and performance cars, has modified production vehicles for use as development test mules. During the development of the Enzo, its engineers elongated the body of a 348 to accommodate its powerful Formula 1-derived V12 engine. Earlier this year, images emerged of a development mule that used the body of a Maserati Levante SUV to conceal the drivetrain of its upcoming electric vehicle.This unusual, bulbous Ferrari 458, headed to the RM Sotheby’s auction at Monterey, is another development mule; one that played a key part in the development of the LaFerrari hypercar. According to RM Sotheby’s, this specific 458-based test mule was spotted testing at Ferrari’s Fiorano facility and on the roads around the factory between May 2011 and December 2012, before being offered for sale to Ferrari’s most loyal customers.
Formally known as the Prototype M4 or the F150 Muletto M4 internally at Ferrari, this matte-black special forgoes the screaming, naturally-aspirated 4.5-liter V8 found in the regular 458 in exchange for a much more powerful motor. This prototype has had its aluminum chassis modified to accommodate a first draft version of the LaFerrari’s hybrid F140 V12 engine, which would produce 949 horsepower in its production form.
Although Ferrari engineers tinkered with the Prototype M4’s engine bay, their modifications to the rest of the vehicle strongly suggest that their primary intention with this vehicle was to collect data, rather than anything else. The beautiful, sweeping lines of the 458’s Pininfarina-designed bodywork were modified with bits that showed it meant business. The Fiorano Dr. Frankensteins made all kinds of alterations, including additional side hatches to ease engine access, extra air intakes, including a giant Pirelli-stickered one mounted to the front, and overextended exhaust pipes out the back.
Although the Ferrari engineers didn’t modify the base 458’s headlights, taillights, mirrors, and Ferrari shields, relatively few alterations were made to its interior. The cabin retains much of the base car’s switchgear, black leather seats, and tan carpets. However, unmistakable signs that this is a prototype vehicle are an unmarked dashboard toggle switch, a high-voltage warning sticker placed over the Prancing Horse in the middle of the steering wheel, and an unaccounted-for 12-volt car battery in the passenger footwell.
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Dave91TM said:
She said "be careful out there". He said "I'm just going for a quick run, what can go wrong?" On the serious side, hope that wasn't his last run.
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The boys are brave climbing into a 10,000 HP collection of steel tubes…

Larry Dixon's car snaps in half at nearly 300 MPH in scary racing moment​

The incident happened Saturday at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals drag racing event at the Auto-Plus Raceway in Gainesville, Fla.
Investigators are trying to figure out what caused a drag race car to snap in half, breaking into pieces at almost 300 miles per hour, a scary moment for the racing community.
The incident happened Saturday at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals drag racing event at the Auto-Plus Raceway in Gainesville, Fla. A dragster driven by Larry Dixon broke in half, flipping and smashing into a retaining wall. Dixon, who was launched more than 20 feet in the air, was able to walk away unhurt, waving to the crowd.

"I got maybe 100 feet before the finish line and then that's when the front end failed and it flew off the car," Dixon said following the race. "At that point, I'm along for the ride. I'm traveling through the air and hoping that I stay on the race track when I finally come down."
The three-time NHRA Top Fuel champion survived a nearly identical accident on a Memphis track in 2000. Dixon suffered a broken leg and an eye injury in that accident. Dixon says safety improvements such as the Head and Neck Support (HANS) device have been vital for drivers.
"I feel safer in that race car than I do driving to the race track, because of my head and neck restraint, because of my helmet, because of the roll cage that I'm surrounded in," Dixon said. "So when you do have a bad day at the office, you can dust yourself off and get back in again."
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We are talking Z-06 money here…but , if you think that a C8 is hard to get in and out of……..
The most valuable Hot Wheels car on the collectors market is the pink 1969 Beach Bomb Microbus, which can fetch up to $175,000. The Hot Wheels version of the popular VW Microbus from the '60s has some unique characteristics that increase its value. For one, the pink Beach Bomb was a prototype, and only two are thought to exist in this color. The prototype model also featured rear-loaded surfboards, but in final production, Mattel mounted the surfboard to the side of the bus.


Of the approximately 200 rear-loading Hot Wheels Beach Bombs produced, only about 40 are accounted for today. This has helped boost the value of the pink 1969 prototype version as well. At one time, famed Hot Wheels collector Bruce Pascal owned both pink 1969 Beach Bomb Hot Wheels, but he sold one to a fellow collector. He displays the little pink Microbus at his personal museum in Maryland, and he owns about 4,000 other Hot Wheels cars.



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