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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...

Overview "One of the most technologically advanced vehicles to ever exist, the fastest accelerating production car of all time, a successor to one of the greatest Porsche of all time, the gentleman's supercar, etc....." The above lines are just some of the ways the most well-behaved members of the Holy Trinity of Automobiles, the Porsche 918 Spyder. The Porsche 918 Spyder The 918 Spyder, just like the other members of the holy trinity, i.e, The McLaren P1 and the Ferrari LaFerrari is a hybrid supercar. In fact, it is the only car among the trio that boasts two electric motors instead of one, as well as all-wheel-drive and four-wheel steering as both the McLaren P1 and the Ferrari LaFerrari, have one electric motor each and both of them are rear-wheel-drive. Specifications The Porsche 918 Spyder has two engines, one being a 4.6 L naturally-aspirated V8 that is capable of producing peak power of 599 hp at 8,700 rpm and a peak torque of 540 ...

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 o...

Curiosity is the mother of all inventions Although necessity is widely regarded as the mother of all inventions until we aren't curious about the fundamentals and workings of the world around us and won't ask questions, growth will become stagnant. The invention of the modern automobile by Karl Benz in 1886 changed the world forever and with the sharp rise in popularity and sales of automobiles, came a sharp rise in the questions of curious peoples. "How safe is it than a horse carriage? ", " How far can it go before refueling?" etc, etc...... and among these, came one such question that changed the automotive world forever. " How fast can it go?"  The answer to which still changes after every few years, it is because of this question that some of the most beautiful and extreme pieces of engineering were created. Holding the title of the " World's Fastest Production Car " is one of the most prestigious and elite award a ...