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20 Favourite Looking Racing Cars

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 Motor racing has given us a variety of fantastic looking race cars over the years, from the days of Fangio and Monte Carlo Minis through JPS Lotus', Skylines and Gulf McLarens to now. Some cars are beautiful simply because that's the way they look, other cars are beautiful through the pursuit of speed that won races and championships and some are just weird and quirky. This isn't a definitive list of the top 20 best ever, merely a selection of my favourites. Audi 90 IMSA GTO Hard to believe that this was an Audi 90 saloon, but that's IMSA for you. The 90 GTO has several nice design touches like the huge side exhaust, the solid alloy wheels, rear wing and it's livery full of slashes of black, grey and red. It's livery was so iconic Audi recreated it for the RS6 GT. All in all a menacing yet handsome fire spitting race car. Cadillac V-Series.R  Cadillac's endurance racer is iconic not only for it's ferocious 5.5 litre V8 but also it's stunning new Her...
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Alex Unleashed on Cars- Plymouth Prowler (Hot Rod for All Seasons)

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It's fair to say that nothing looks quite like the Plymouth Prowler. It was designed during the period when Chrysler was creating a multitude of retro inspired cars including not only the Prowler but also the Atlantic, Phaeton (not to be confused with the VW Phaeton), Dodge Copperhead (also known as the Dodge Concept Car in Gran Turismo 2) and Plymouth Pronto (which served as the basis for the Chrysler PT Cruiser), with the Prowler designed as a follow-up to the Dodge Viper, with the Prowler being unveiled in 1993, but instead of being a no-frills spiritual successor to the Shelby Cobra, instead, this was designed as a car that could be used every day. So, despite the bonkers hot rod looks, inside and to drive, it's very different, it only has an automatic tiptronic style gearbox with left for up and right for down, which means that despite having a healthy 3.5 litre V6, performance is not as extreme as the styling, in fact, a rather mundane Vauxhall Calibra Turbo would easily ...
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What You Need to Know: McLaren

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  McLaren for a long time was just a Formula 1 team, and a very good one at that, but they then moved into road cars with the F1, the Mercedes SLR and finally the MP4-12C in 2011, they offered a new technical and conservative approach to supercars and now the once outsiders are as a much a part of the supercar world as Ferrari whilst still being on of the top F1 teams along with a strong reputation in Can-Am, GT and Indycar. Here's all you to know about the company. Year Founded: 1963 (1985- McLaren Automotive) Founder: Bruce McLaren Important People: Bruce McLaren- A successful New Zealand racer, he came close to winning the 1960 F1 World Championship and did win the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 1967 & '69 Can-Am series, he was also a skilled analyst and engineer. Ron Dennis- Former head of the McLaren F1 team, he guided them through their highs and lows from 1981-2009 and was also the founder of McLaren Group, he served as a mechanic for the late Jochen Rind...
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15 Cars I Want to see in Forza Horizon 6

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The first gameplay reveal for Forza Horizon 6 was shown on Thursday 22nd of January and several new cars were shown off and announced including the Ferrari F80, Honda E and the cover car the Toyota GR GT. With a list of 550 cars at launch and claims of the gaming focussing on 'progression' this could put the Horizon series back to it's former glory. But here are 15 cars that I'd like to see make into the game either at launch, through DLC or updates.       Honda Prelude- The brand new Prelude is very popular in Japan at the moment, and would make a perfect fit alongside the Toyota GR86 and Subaru BRZ. Considering the devs got the GR GT on the cover, I'm sure the Prelude will either be in the base game or arrive soon after. Year: 2026 Division: Modern Sports Cars Engine: 2 Litre 4 Cylinder and 2 Electric Motors, 181 BHP, 232 Ib/ft Performance: 0-60: 8.2 Seconds, 117 MPH, 1490 KG   Mazda Furai- The one-off Mazda concept made a surprise return in Forza Motor...
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