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2018 Mercedes-AMG Project ONE – Amelia Island Concours 2018 Photoset

February 19, 2019March 18, 2018 by Tom Burkart

The AMG Project ONE has an undeniable magic in the flesh that is absent in most photography. The slinky, almost formless nature of the bodywork is actually a pure, emotive skin wrapped tight around each wheelhouse like cheekbones. A supermodel of a machine if there ever was one. The dimensions alone are damn near Chiron large, for one, but the cabin tucked inboard radically too. A lower than low roof and snorkel intake up top are almost casual in their hardcore obviousness. Watching the car arrive silently was quite a spectacle indeed. Project ONE is a star! Even with its …

Insider: Five Ideas for Racing-Themed Vacations

February 19, 2019January 12, 2018 by Auto Industry Insider

Do you arrange your weekends around every televised NASCAR, IndyCar, Formula One or FIA World Endurance Championship race? Is your idea of a fun day out obsessing over every car at the car show or heading out to your local track to watch the drag races? If you live and breathe cars and racing, then it should also be a no-brainer to theme your next vacation around your passion. Here are five ideas for planning an amazing racing-themed getaway. 1. Get in on the Action Why watch from the sidelines when you can jump into the fray? Many drag tracks …

What Do We Know About the Mercedes-Benz AMG Project One Hypercar? – Scott Huntington

February 19, 2019October 9, 2017 by Scott Huntington

Mercedes has a long history of motorsports success. Lest you should you forget that this is a marque with the pedigree to win Formula One races and produce feats of engineering like the CLK-GTR, here’s a reminder. It’s called the Project One. It has been compared to Mercedes’ Vision Gran Tourismo concept, but unlike that car, the Project One is very real. In building it, Mercedes has delivered on their promise to create a new competitor for the “holy trinity,” of P1, 918, and LaFerrari. For $2.7 million, frankly, it had better. A Racecar for the Road Media fanboys kick …

Concept Flashback – 1994 Renault Espace F1 [38 Photos]

February 19, 2019August 17, 2017 by Tom Burkart

The coolest minivan of all time? A rolling, four-seat example of an F1 team doing their work joyfully? And an eclipse wall of yellow metallic …. coming in fast! The visuals of a van but the sound and speed of an F1 car do not register right in the brain. It is cognitive dissonance at its best. Play ten seconds of the below and tell me you disagree! Here are 38 remastered photos of the Espace F1 from its launch in 1994. 1994 Renault Espace F1 Tom BurkartTom Burkart is the founder and managing editor of Car-Revs-Daily.com, an …

2017 RenaultSport RS2027 Concept – Photo Comparo with F1 and e.dams

February 19, 2019May 13, 2017 by Tom Burkart

Updated 5.13.17 RenaultSport had center stage for the mainstream Renault range in Shanghai this year. The dancers and sense of occassion certainly made the new purple Espace’s debut a bit cooler. No mind. The star of the show soon rolled on stage. World debut of the RS2027 Vision concept. A look at what ultimate racecars will look like in a decade. Who is RenaultSport to make the prediction? THey are the only manufacturer with top billing in F1 and Formula E, as far as we can recall. The convergence of shouty gas turbos and buzzy electrics seems unavoidable in ten …

2017 RenaultSport RS2027 Vision – Active-Aero F1 Prototype

February 19, 2019April 19, 2017 by Tom Burkart

What would F1 cars be without their giant wings? Faster and more futuristic, if the RS2027 Vision is any indication! The latest RenaultSport concept takes a look at where F1 will be in a decade from now. The result is a gorgeous expression of the open-wheeled racecar. The future-tech is nose-to-tail, with intriguing details being the side-hinged driver canopy, open-mesh cockpit walls and the streamlined tail with integrated rising wing. Not as wild about the idea of a transparent helmet for the drivers, or the web-connected and public telemetry data the RS2027 shares with fans in realtime. The RS2027 looks at …

MSO Special! 1998 McLaren F1 #069 – Low Miles, Full Service History, CD Player

February 13, 2019May 1, 2016 by Tom Burkart

The opposite of most classified ads today from McLaren Special Operations! The final F1 hypercar masterpiece, chassis #069, is available to a new home. This car is absolutely concours-flawless and has been maintained since new by the MSO Heritage center. They’ve spiffed it up to as-new condition. This car was clearly owned by a VIP for its whole life, and the trappings all come along near 20 years later when it is sold almost as-new. Including the titanium toolkit, toolbox, custom luggage and many other goodies. Pricing is rumored to be a cool $3-million. As the only way to own what is …

Gran Turismo Red Bull X2014 Fan Car – Genius Racer… Now in 4D, Desktop Size

February 13, 2019April 12, 2016 by Tom Burkart

Red Bull’s prototype racecars for Gran Turismo are some of the most influential looks at the future of racing, and have been since the X2010 and X2014 challenges. A four-pack of concept vehicles was the result of those efforts, with the machines raceable in the game. Because GT5 and GT6 have such intense details in their physics simulator algorithms, you really can get a sense of each vehicle’s strengths and weaknesses on track. You become extremely familiar with their behavior at the limit — like a true racing scenario. It sounds like a cliche to say, but GT6 is that …

RoboRace Launches Driverless Formula E Series – Signs Daniel Simon as Lead Designer

February 13, 2019March 31, 2016 by Tom Burkart

Formula E is quite a hit so far, with a global schedule and many new entries for the 2016 and 2017 seasons. Even Jaguar is signed up for next year! These McLaren-powered electric racecars have overcome much skepticism already as a green F1 rival. And they are taking things much further today. RoboRace. RoboCar. RoboWin!? Daniel Simon is kindof an asshole but is a genius designer. His book Cosmic Motors is visually outstanding, if VERY light on actual story value or depth of universe. Put it this way: if it were a PDF, you’d be through it in under 90 …