Author Archives: RatFink

Novitec Torado Lamborghini Aventador

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If the stock Aventador isn’t quite good enough for you, consider taking it to the folks at Novitec. Who have just announced their Torado package for the Lambo, which includes various carbon fiber vents and spoilers, plus various tuning packages that could get you as much as 969 hp and 672 lb-ft of torque. Interested? [...]

Legendary Lancia Stratos Featured on Petrolicious

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The unmistakably iconic Bertone shape says one thing to most car enthusiasts: rally victory. The Stratos won three consecutive WRC titles in the mid-70s and then faded into the sunset. So what is it like to own and drive one of these Italian cars today? Petrolicious met up with owner Phillip Toledano to find out. Video after the [...]

Weistec Engineering E63 AMG

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Matt Farah just got his hands on this brute from the folks at Weistec Engineering. They took an E63 AMG and managed to get 850 hp and nearly 900 lb/ft of torque from a 5.5L Twin-Turbo V8. That’s a big improvement over the stock 557 hp. This thing sounds mean as hell of and of course Matt managed [...]

Idiot Wrecks Koenigsegg Into Crowd in Poland

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When you are attending a motorsports event, always make sure you have proper barriers between yourself and the cars on the track. But I wouldn’t even bother attending this kind of event, where idiots with too much money and not enough skill try to show off–with devastating results. At least nineteen were injured, five seriously, [...]

Sebastien Loeb Shatters Pikes Peak Record

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Sebastien Loeb just drove his Peugeot 208 T16 to the top of Pikes Peak in 8:13.878–that is one minute and 33 seconds faster than last year’s record. Rhys Millen was 49 seconds behind in his Hyundai PM580T. Sebastien is the only driver to have done the race in eight minutes. Can a seven minute run [...]

Purple Aventador Seized by London Cops

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This Aventador is apparently owned by 24 year old Nasser Al-Thani, a member of Qatar’s ruling family. It’s purple and glows in the dark, but what got the cop’s attention was the fact that it was missing a front license plate. When they pulled Nasser over, they also discovered he didn’t have a drivers license. [...]