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The list of supercars and hypercars equipped with naturally aspirated V12 engines and traditional manual gearboxes is a storied one; after all, the McLaren F1, Pagani Zonda, Gordon Murray ...
A supercar, also known as an exotic car, is a type of automobile generally described at its most basic as a street-legal sports car with race track-like power, speed, and handling, plus a certain subjective cachet linked to pedigree, exclusivity, or both. [1]
The Ferrari 499P is a sports prototype built by Scuderia Ferrari to compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship in the Le Mans Hypercar category since 2023. [5] The introduction of the 499P marks 50 years since Ferrari last fielded a factory-backed sports prototype that contested for the overall win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and one of the 499Ps raced with the number 50 as a tribute.
The car was designed and developed entirely in-house at the Vanwall Racing Team base in Greding, Germany. [6] ByKolles Racing planned to use a Gibson LMP1 engine for its non-hybrid Le Mans Hypercar, as its development continues ahead of its debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship.
In an interview, General Motors global design chief Michael Simcoe admitted GM would love to build a Cadilac hypercar, but wouldn't admit if it's happening.
Mercedes-AMG later tested this claim and, in September 2024, set another laptime in optimal track conditions with a time of 6:29.09 minutes, beating its own record by another 6 seconds. This makes the AMG ONE the first road-legal production car to set a sub-6:30 minute lap time around the Nürburgring Nordschleife 12.944 mile (20.832 km) course.
Current Hypercar World Endurance Champions Toyota Gazoo Racing's GR010 Hybrid. The FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) is an endurance auto racing series administered by the governing body of motorsport, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), and co-organised and promoted by the automotive group, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). [1]
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