McLaren has brought a spare bodywork package to Bahrain in case FIA scrutineers deem its rear wing illegal ahead of the 2010 season opener. The British team's managing director Jonathan Neale on Tuesday said he was disappointed a flight delay from Sao Paulo meant Charlie Whiting could not as scheduled inspect the MP4-25 at Woking before the first race of the season. Instead, that inspection will take place at the Sakhir circuit on Thursday, amid concerns from Red Bull and Ferrari tha..

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I’ve always had a thing for Mustangs, which I can trace back to my cousin’s 1970 Mach 1. I know there are faster cars out there, I know there are better handling cars out there, but there’s something about a well built ‘Stang that just sets it apart.

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Reader’s Rides: Michael’s 2001 Mustang GT Convertible

The new ALMS season is set to kick off at Sebring on March 20, and Corvette Racing will debut their new ZR-1 based race cars in the GT class (called GT2 at the 24 Hours of LeMans). Gone for 2010 is the GT1 class, which has been ruled by the Corvettes since the late 1990s

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American LeMans Series Corvette C6.R Teaser Vid

Filed under: Hybrid , Performance , Maserati , Rumormill , Luxury What’s the world coming to when two of Italy’s most storied supercar manufacturers - we’re talking Ferrari and Lamborghini here, in case you couldn’t tell - are planning to launch hybrid automobiles? Well, actually that’d be three of Italy’s most storied automakers, now that rumors of just such a Maserati are making the rounds on the Interwebs

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Maserati to follow Ferrari down path of hybrid sportscars?

Filed under: New York Auto Show , Hybrid , Performance , Geneva Motor Show , Chevrolet , Kia , Mercedes-Benz , Porsche , Toyota , Volkswagen , Ferrari , Diesel The votes from 59 international journalists have been counted and the finalists for World Car of the Year have been named. The Detroit News is reporting that the Toyota Prius , Volkswagen Polo and the Mercedes-Benz E-Class have made the final cut, and the three vehicles will go toe-to-toe on April 1st (no foolin’) at the start of the New York Auto Show , which is where the World COTY award is announced.

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Final three World Car of the Year finalists announced

Just in case you’ve never heard of the film, “Rendezvous” , I’ll recap it for you: it’s nine minutes of pure mayhem, as an anonymous driver hauls ass through the deserted streets of Paris in an unseen Mercedes.

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FERRARI HAS UNVEILED its first hybrid concept at Geneva this week, in the form of the 599 HY-KERS vettura laboratorio (Italian for 'experimental vehicle'). Based on technology developed through its Formula 1 programme, Ferrari has developed a hybrid system that pairs a 40kg, 75kW electric motor with its 6.0 litre V12 engine and seven-speed F1 dual-clutch transmission.

Mar.4 (GMM) HAD FERRARI GOT the go-ahead to field a third Ferrari in 2010, Michael Schumacher would have driven it. That is the admission of the 41-year-old's long time manager Willi Weber. “I believe had the third car been there, with all respect to Mercedes, Schumacher would have been promoting Ferraris, not Mercedes,” Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo said in January

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We’ve all been caught in the act at one time or another, haven’t we? No matter how careful you are to check under the car seats, delete the call log on your phone or wipe out the cookies on your computer before the significant other asks, “Why were you at a website called tinytrannyhookers.com?”, sooner or later we all get busted. It’s like that for gear heads, too.

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10 Cars You’re Embarrassed To Lust For

Filed under: Concept Cars , Geneva Motor Show , Europe , Electric Lumeneo Smera Concept - click above for high-res image gallery if there’s one overriding theme at this year’s Geneva Motor Show , it’s the electrification of the automobile. Long story short, even scorched earth king Ferrari showed a hybrid . The show floor was littered with dozens of electric contraptions of all shapes and sizes , but we’re taking a moment or so to tell you about the Lumeneo Smera because it made us smile.

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Geneva 2010: Lumeneo Smera Concept is a lean(ing), possibly hyper-mean, electric machine

Mar.4 (GMM) THE FIA IS SET to rule on whether the rear wing on McLaren's 2010 car is legal. According to the Telegraph, both Red Bull and Ferrari have requested the clarification about a slot on the wing of the MP5-25 designed to reduce drag and add 10kph to the car's speed on straights

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F1: FIA Set To Rule On McLaren Wing Legality, Rosberg Claims Schumacher No Faster

Filed under: Geneva Motor Show 66 vehicles covered… and counting. Tell us your favorite so far in the comments.

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Super Car Sunday features Ferrari as honored marque

Ferrari 458 Italia Custom

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Ferrari 458 Italia Custom

Ferrari 599 Hybrid ?

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Novitec Rosso 848 RACE

Since the Geneva Motor Show is now underway, Novitec Rosso has released their latest tuning project on the Ferrari 599 GTB called the 848 RACE.

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Filed under: Geneva Motor Show Pagani Zonda Tricolore stands out in the crowd Any other time we would tell you that navy blue paint, yellow wheels and a bright blue interior would be a recipe for disaster, but this is no ordinary car. Of course, Horacio Pagani could probably paint his cars any color combination he wanted and we’d still think it was awesome.

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Geneva 2010: Day One Round Up

Filed under: Geneva Motor Show It’s lunch time here on the East Coast in the U.S., but the first press day of the 2010 Geneva Motor Show is drawing to a close halfway around the world. We’ve already covered an incredible number of debuts from the show, but there’s lots more to come today and tomorrow, so stay tuned.

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Geneva 2010: Mid-day Round Up

Filed under: Concept Cars , Coupe , Hybrid , Performance , Geneva Motor Show , Ferrari Ferrari 599 HY-KERS - Click above for high-res image gallery Onlookers green with envy. Waiting twitchingly for the traffic light to turn green. A briefcase full of greenbacks.

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Geneva 2010: Ferrari 599 HY-KERS is green in more ways than one

Full details and image gallery released. It’s a laboratory car….

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Ferrari 599 GTB HY KERS

Ferrari 599 GTB Hybrid revealed

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Ferrari 599 GTB Hybrid revealed

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Ferrari 599 GTB Hybrid

Images show up on the web ahead of the model’s debut in Geneva….

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Ferrari 599 GTB Hybrid leaked

Images show up on the web ahead of the model’s debut in Geneva….

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Review: Lexus GS450h uses electrons for fun Can a Lexus hybrid actually be an entertaining steer? We flog the GS450h for a week and come back with an answer. Yes.

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Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 2.26.10

Filed under: Spy Photos , Coupe , Hybrid , Performance , Geneva Motor Show , Ferrari , Luxury Ferrari 599 Vettura Hybrid - Click above for image gallery With just a few days separating us from the Geneva Motor Show , the list of surprises continues to dwindle. The latest victim is the much-anticipated Ferrari 599 Hybrid which the automaker has confirmed will appear in Switzerland next week.

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Geneva Leakage: Ferrari 599 Hybrid (Vettura?) caught on stage

Behold, the tireless Umbrella Girl Last week we introduced you to the glamourous world of tuner and local car show girls. We gave you a glimpse into their world of small town convention centers, unemployed boyfriends and endless attempts at upskirt photos from kids and adults alike. At RideLust, we recognize that some women want more from a career in auto show representation, so in this installment, we’ll cover the next step up the Car Show Girl Ladder: Umbrella Girls, aka Grid Girls, aka Paddock Girls.

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So You Want To Be A Car Show Girl: Part 2

Filed under: Aftermarket , Coupe , Performance , Geneva Motor Show , Ferrari Novitec Rosso 848 RACE - Click above for high-res image gallery Novitec Rosso always goes big at the Geneva Motor Show , and this year won’t be any different with the introduction of the 848 RACE, a twin-supercharged version of the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano . As its name would imply, those two blowers, combined with a set of water-to-air intercoolers, a new exhaust and an ECU tune, are good for 848 horsepower at 7,900 rpm and 621 pound-feet of torque at 6,300 rpm, allowing the matte white and grey supercoupe to run to 60 mph in 3.4 seconds, hit 186 mph in 23.7 seconds and on to a top speed of 214 mph flat out.

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Geneva Preview: Ferrari 599-based Novitec Rosso 848 RACE

Rear wings on the rear of a car used to mean something and were placed there for a purpose. They were and still are used the help stabilize a car at high speed by creating down force, thus helping the automobile stick to the road. About 20 years ago though something bad happened and things started to go south.

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Rear Wings: The Misguided Truth

Filed under: Motorsports , Marketing/Advertising Highcroft Acura ARX-02a sponsored by Tequila Patron - Click above for high-res image gallery Imagine, if you will, that every motorsport discipline can be equated to one kind of alcohol or another. Formula One might be champagne.

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American Le Mans Series gets a new Patron

Filed under: Motorsports , Coupe , Europe , Aston Martin , UK , Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT4 - Click above for high-res image gallery Single-make customer racing series are an engaging experience for exotic sportscar-makers and their customers. Ferrari ’s Challenge series dates back to the 348 (succeeded since by the 355, 360 and 430, soon to be replaced by the 458 ). Porsche ’s Supercup series has been at it since the early ’90s and Lamborghini launched its own Super Trofeo championship just a couple of years ago

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Aston Martin Racing launches one-make Vantage GT4 series in UK

Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Geneva Motor Show , MISC Pagani Zonda Tricolore - Click above for high-res image gallery Ferrari may have claimed the name Italia with the new 458 , but rival Modenese exotic automaker Pagani is hoisting the Tricolore flag with a new special edition Zonda. Presumably the last iteration of the hyper-exotic Zonda before the new C9 hits production, the Tricolore edition honors the Italian air force aerobatics team, known as the Frecce Tricolori. Based on the exclusive Zonda Cinque , the Tricolore is constructed from a special carbon-titanium weave left bare but for a clear blue lacquer.

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Geneva Preview: Pagani Zonda Tricolore is a ground-bound air force tribute

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The 10 Best Car Chases: 2000-2010

Filed under: Motorsports , Marketing/Advertising F1 car replica made out of Puma shoe boxes - Click above to watch the video after the jump All sorts of companies shell out big bucks to have their name associated with Formula One racing, whether by sponsoring individual teams, supporting aspiring drivers, or erecting trackside billboards.

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Video: Puma puts the car in cardboard box… or maybe the other way around

I’ve never really been one for sport compacts as they’re just not my thing. Last night however I had the pleasure of meeting a few buddies for dinner in lower Manhattan and as it usually happens we started talking about automobiles. If you would’ve added up our collective stables you would’ve come away with some damn fine offerings

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Fiat 500 695 Tributo: Pint Size Pasta Rocket.

A 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO is pictured above. It was part of bankrupt Kroyman’s Ferrari collection sold in a deal brokered by Thomas Hamann

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Bankrupt Kroymans’ Ferrari Collection Sold

Reuters reports that a speeding Swiss motorist was fined 299,000 Swiss francs for speeding at 100 miles per hour in his Ferrari Testarossa. A court in the northeastern Swiss canton of St Gallen gave the millionaire the hefty penalty, which outstripped the previous record of 111,000 francs handed a Porsche driver in 2008 in Zurich, after a string of previous traffic offences.

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Speeding Swiss Motorist Fined $290,000

The New York Times reports that BMW has pulled out of Formula One raising. BMW’s chairman Norbert Reithofer said a press conference that the decision was a difficult one. “Of course, this was a difficult decision for us,” said Norbert Reithofer, BMW’s chairman, at a press conference at BMW headquarters in Munich.

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BMW Pulls Out of Formula 1

The Zobin Concept is a design study of a single-seater aerodynamic sportscar inspired by Ferrari Formula 1 cars. The author is Iranian engineer Siamak Ruhi Dehkordi.

The Zobin design study by Iranian engineer Siamak Ruhi Dehkordi is an aerodynamic single seater with compact dimensions (4,114mm long and 1,855 mm wide).

The exterior design is characterized by the original front structure made of a metal band, which supports the headlights and integrates the front spoiler and the front fenders, and gives the car an “open-wheels” look.

Focused on efficiency, the car is powered by a compact unit mounted in mid-rear position.

About the Designer

Siamak Ruhi Dehkordi (33 years old), from Iran, graduated in mechanical engineering 10 years ago.

He is currently working in the Iranian car industry (Saipa-Zamyad) and looking for master course or a job in transportation design.

Above is a sleek station wagon from Ferrari called the Ferrari 456 Venice Station Wagon.

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Custom Ferrari Station Wagon

RideLust.com has an interesting post that list the 50 most famous cars of all-time. Here’s a few of the cars included

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50 Most Famous Cars Of All Time

CNN reports that a A 1961 Ferrari California Spyder sold for $10,894,900 in auction in Maranello, Italy. That’s a world record price for an auctioned vintage car. A 1961 Ferrari California Spyder sold for $10,894,900 at an auction in Maranello, Italy, Saturday

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