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Video: Porsche vs. Corvette prequel at the 12 Hours of Sebring

March 19th, 2010

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The 57th running of the 12 Hours of Sebring is set to begin tomorrow at 10:30 AM, and with Audi out and Peugeot already dominating the LMP class in the qualifying sessions, the attention turns to the ALMS GT cars – specially the Porsche and Corvette teams.

The rivalry between the Flying Lizards and the Corvette C6.Rs has been stoked (even further) by Chevrolet’s new racing webisodes, and after last year’s final lap at Laguna Seca, the GT-class feuding is sure to make for some great racing.

After the jump you’ll find a video documenting the Lizard’s practice session yesterday, including Hans Herrman – the winner of the 1960 race – taking a lap around Sebring in a immaculate Porsche RS 60 Spyder. If you’re planning to tune in tomorrow, you can download Andy Blackmore’s stellar spotter’s guide in all its high-res glory here and read our breakdown of this year’s season here.

Gallery: 2010 ALMS Corvette C6.R

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Video: Porsche vs. Corvette prequel at the 12 Hours of Sebring originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Buy a Rolls-Royce and Help a School

March 19th, 2010

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Rolls Royce The online auctioneer, charitybuzz, is well known for the celebrity experiences and luxury goods it auctions in order to help raise millions for nonprofits around the globe. As we write, there is a 1983 Rolls-Royce Corniche II Convertible with only 19K original miles in pristine condition up for bid exclusively at charitybuzz, with the proceeds going to the Greenwich Village School in Greenwich Village, NYC.

For those of you feeling especially generous and would like to bid more than the $85,000 estimated value, the Internal Revenue Service websites states that “donors who purchase items at a charity auction may claim a charitable contribution deduction for the excess of the purchase price paid for an item over its fair market value”- not to be misconstrued as tax advice.

You can find out more about charitybuzz and the Roller on the auctioneers website.

Buy a Rolls-Royce and Help a School originally appeared on About.com Classic Cars on Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 at 19:39:10.

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Live Shots: McLaren MP4-12C takes the stage at company unveiling

March 19th, 2010

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McLaren MP4-12C at company unveiling – Click above for high-res image gallery

Early this morning, at least in the U.S., McLaren Automotive had a coming out party in its home town of Woking, England. We were there in person and witnessed the unveiling of not only a new sports car company, McLaren Automotive, but also its flagship product: The MP4-12C. This will be the first of an entire range of new McLaren sports cars, and the company best know for its exploits on the F1 race circuit appears to have built a doozy of a supercar to kick things off.

McLaren F1 drivers Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton were on hand at McLaren’s technology center to pull back the sheet on the MP4-12C. The rear-wheel-drive supercar features a mid-mounted 3.8-liter V8 producing 600 horsepower and 443 pound-feet of torque with an 8,000-rpm redline. Comparisons with the legendary McLaren F1 will no doubt be made, but no performance numbers are available for the MP4-12C yet and, we suspect, their missions in life are not exactly the same. The MP4-12C appears to be a supercar you could live with on a daily basis, more like a Gallardo than a Murciélago (though we suspect it might leave both in the dust).

Since we were there, we also meandered about McLaren’s facilities and captured stills of a bare MP4-12C chassis, rolling bodies on the assembly line, the XP11 prototype that was used for testing and various historical McLaren automobiles that were hanging out in the lobby. Check out the virtual tour of today’s big event in the high-res image gallery below.

Gallery: McLaren MP4-12C At Company Unveiling

Live Shots: McLaren MP4-12C takes the stage at company unveiling originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mullin Automotive Museum – Opening April 15th

March 19th, 2010

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In recent years, we have come to expect a car from the Mullins Collection to be on display and winning awards at the most prestigious Concours d’Elegance events in the world. Soon folks can experience Peter Mullin’s lifetime of collecting exquisite art and magnificent automobiles in a 50,000 sq ft exhibit space in the beach community of Oxnard, Calif.

According to a press release, “the Mullin Automotive Museum, scheduled to open on April 15, 2010, will pay homage to the art deco and machine age design eras of 1918 to 1941 with a display of more than 100 historic French cars that include examples from Delahaye, Delage, Talbot-Lago, Voisin, Hispano-Suiza and Bugatti.

Next to the Mullin’s Pebble Beach Concours winning automobile restorations, the museum will house 30 unrestored cars and a whole roster of Grand Prix and Le Mans cars.

Some of our favorite cars from the Mullin collection we’ve had the pleasure to ooh and awe over have been their:

1908 Niclausse Type D Tourer

1938 Talbot-Lago T150 C SS

1939 Delahaye 165

1951 Delahaye 235 Saoutchik Cabriolet

1937 Wanderer W25K Sports Roadster

More information about the Mullin Automotive Museum can be found on their website.

Recommended reading: Bugatti – Is it an Auto or is it Art?

Mullin Automotive Museum – Opening April 15th originally appeared on About.com Classic Cars on Thursday, March 18th, 2010 at 17:34:35.

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