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The Holy Trinity of Automobiles | The Greatest Automobiles of the Modern Age |

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There are normal cars like sedans, hatchbacks, then there are sports cars like the Porsche 911 or the Toyota Supra , above them are supercars like the Lamborghini Aventador or the Ferrari SF90 Stradale and even above them are hypercars like Koenigsegg Agera RS or the Bugatti Chiron. The cars that we will talk about in this article are in a league of their own and have achieved such a divine stature in the car community that these three vehicles are collectively called the Holy Trinity. The members are :  McLaren P1 Porsche 918 Spyder Ferrari LaFerrari These cars are essentially hybrid supercars, that is they have the conventional internal combustion engine and in addition to that, they also have an electric power-train. So, basically, they have two engines. The holy trinity, The Ferrari LaFerrari, Porsche 918 Spyder, McLaren P1 McLaren P1 The McLaren P1 The most brutal supercar ever, the wildest of the holy trinity as well as the best driver's car

Ferrari LaFerrari | Maranello's answer to the hybrid supercars |

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Overview The Ferrari LaFerrari is Ferrari's answer to the McLaren P1 and the Porsche 918 Spyder. The successor to the mighty Ferrari Enzo and the next chapter in the ultimate Ferrari line-up, the Ferrari LaFerrari is not only Ferrari's first hybrid supercar, in-fact at the time of its launch, the Ferrari LaFerrai was the fastest and the most powerful road-going Ferrari in the whole world. The Ferrari LaFerrari The Ferrari LaFerrari, just like the McLaren P1 and the Porsche 918 Spyder is a hybrid supercar but unlike the Porsche and the McLaren, the Ferrari uses an F1-derived KERS or Kinetic Energy Recovery System, which means that the power that is essentially wasted by the engine, like during braking is stored for later usage. The Ferrari LaFerrari is also the lightest car among the trio, with a curb weight of 1,585 Kg. Specifications The Ferrari LaFerrari, at the time of it's launch, was not only Ferrari's first hybrid supercar, but it was a

Fastest Production Cars as of 2020 ( as per Nurburgring Lap Times )

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The Green Hell The Nurburgring or " The Green Hell " as Sir Jackie Steward called it after winning the 1968 German Grand Prix is the longest and the most extreme race track to ever exist. With a combined length of 25.378 km or 15.770 mi and containing 170 turns, it is the most brutal and most demanding race-track ever as well as one of the most lethal. The Green Hell Image source:  https://www.vln.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/YouTube_Header_v2.jpg Originally, the track featured four configurations : 28.265 km or 17.563 mi long Gesamtstecke ( whole course ) 22.810 km or 14.173 mi long Nordschleife   ( north loop ) 7.747 km or 4.814 mi long Sudschleife ( south loop ) 2.281 km or 1.471 mi long Zielschleife ( warm-up/finish loop ) In this blog, we will take into consideration the modern-day lap times of the Nordschleife and rank the cars according to the time they took to complete the present course of Nordschleife which is an astounding 20.81 km or 15