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No Mustangs were harmed to build this mid-engine creation. However, a wrecked movie car donated its frame for a build featuring stock Mustang parts. That's how Chris Steinbacher of the B is for Build's YouTube channel started before ending up with a unique creation featured at the Holley booth during SEMA 2022. The wrecked movie car was built for the 2014 Need for Speed movie as a Bugatti Veyron replica. If you've seen the movie, it's the black and orange car t-boned by police in the final race. Since no one wanted to wreck a real Bugatti, they built a fiberglass replica and destroyed it. Even though the fiberglass body was shattered and a few other parts were broken, Steinbacher picked it up for $15,500. He had the idea of converting it into a mid-engine version of a 1967 Mustang . Then he came across Karan Adivi's BOSS 302 digital renderings and decided to use those images as his inspiration. Obviously, the Mustang was never meant to be a mid-engine car, but somehow, … [Read more...] about Widebody Mid-Engine 1967 Mustang Created From Wrecked Movie Car

Lamborghini hasn’t been shy about its efforts to electrify its lineup by 2024. The company’s plans include adding a hybrid system to its Urus SUV. We have previously spied the PHEV out testing on several occasions, but a new video from the Varryx YouTube channel captures the Urus silently operating in its electric mode. The SUV’s usual throaty exhaust note is completely absent as the car cruises away. The latest rumors suggest that Lamborghini will implant a Porsche powertrain into the hybrid Urus . The automaker will allegedly use a version of Porsche’s LK5 engine. It powers the Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid , pairing a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V8 engine and an electric motor that produces a combined 689 horsepower (513 kilowatts). However, the Urus is expected to deliver much more than that, possibly making around 820 hp (612 kW). Gallery: Lamborghini Urus PHEV new spy photos 14 Photos … [Read more...] about Lamborghini Urus PHEV Spied Quietly Testing In Electric Mode

Listen to this article ByKolles' solo ENSO CLM P1/01 dropped off the entry list for next month's Sebring 1000 Miles round owing to an issue with an unspecified third-party supplier. Although the Austrian team refused to comment on speculation that it was in the process of changing engine suppliers, it released a brief statement on Friday confirming it will swap its 3-litre V6 turbocharged Nissan units for Gibson's 4.5-litre V8 naturally-aspirated powerplants. ByKolles had used Nissan power since the start of the 2017 season , having used AER engines prior to that. The squad aims to rejoin the WEC grid for the final two rounds of the season, May's Spa 6 Hours and the Le Mans 24 Hours in June. Tom Dillmann is its sole confirmed driver for the latter race. "Everyone saw the tough time we suffered in recent race weekends and it's time to move on to a new chapter," commented ByKolles team boss Manfredi Ravetto. "We are very confident that a Gibson-powered ByKolles ENSO … [Read more...] about ByKolles switches from Nissan to Gibson engines

Listen to this article From the pole, Blomqvist led the field at the start in the #60 MSR Acura ARX-06, while Sebastien Bourdais managed to moved up from fourth to second aboard the #01 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac V-LMDh heading through the first sequence of corners. Front-row starter Felipe Nasr was demoted to third in the best of the Penske-run Porsche 963s, the #7 car, followed by Ricky Taylor aboard the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Acura. That was how the order looked at the front when problems for the Tower Motorsports LMP2 car, which stopped exiting Turn 6, caused the first full-course yellow of the race. When action resumed, Blomqvist quickly established a three-second lead at the front, while Taylor briefly swapped positions with the #6 Porsche of Nick Tandy , which had started at the rear of the field, in the battle for fourth. After being repassed for fourth, Tandy came under pressure from the #31 Action Express Cadillac of Pipo Derani , who attempted … [Read more...] about Rolex 24, Hour 1: MSR Acura leads, BMW in trouble early