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Official: SRT Viper GT3-R is ready to kick racetrack butt

Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Performance, Racing, SRT

SRT Viper GT3-R race car - front three-quarter view

This weekend, SRT Motorsports will be focused on returning to the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the Viper GTS-R, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t looking a bit further down the road. While the GTS-R is the factory-backed racecar running at Le Mans and in the America Le Mans Series, SRT is also preparing to introduce this new Viper GT3-R for private race teams to run in various GT3 classes around the world.

Culminating from a collaboration with Riley Technologies in Mooresville, NC, the SRT Viper GT3-R uses many of the same performance technologies as the GTS-R. While a stock Viper produces 640 horsepower and 600 pound-feet of torque, the GT3-R’s unrestricted V10 lays down 680 hp and 640 lb-ft. This car goes on sale – ready to race – later this year with a starting price estimated at around $459,000. Scroll down for more info on the newest member to the Viper family.

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Hyundai Accent to “kick Fiesta’s butt” says U.S. CEO John Krafcik

Filed under: Detroit Auto Show, Etc., Hatchback, Hyundai

2012 Hyundai Verna/Accent

Given the chance to ask Hyundai’s US CEO John Krafcik a question, what would you ask? If you’re a Jalopnik reader, you’re apparently curious if Hyundai plans to bring over a five-door Accent hatchback. Krafcik took the time to answer the question in the affirmative, and then used the opportunity to proclaim that a five-door Hyundai Accent hatchback “will kick the Fiesta’s butt.”

Until we see the car in the flesh at the upcoming New York Auto Show and go for a drive, we’ll hold off on coming down on one side of the butt-kicking. However, with the recent run of new products flowing from Hyundai there is a strong chance that Krafcik’s words will hold true.

[Source: Jalopnik]

Hyundai Accent to “kick Fiesta’s butt” says U.S. CEO John Krafcik originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Monterey 2010: Blue Oval bargains kick off RM auction

Filed under: Classics, Auctions, Ford

Mercury Messenger Concept

RM Ford-Themed Monterey Auction – Click above for high-res image gallery

The Monterey auctions kicked off last night with a special Ford-only sale put on by RM. Despite an offering of significant race cars and a slew of concept cars, bidding was sluggish and many of the final sale prices were well below the pre-auction estimates. Some of the concepts like the 2000 Ford Prodigy Concept and the 2002 Lincoln Coninental Concept Shell sold for just $14,000 each, while many of the high profile cars sold for less than half the estimates. The 2003 Ford Supercharged Thunderbird Concept went for $60,000, the 2004 Lincoln Mark X Concept sold for $92,500, and the 2004 Ford Mustang GT-R Concept went to a bidder who only had to fork over $100,000.

The top sales of the day were actually a pair of Lincolns, one a 1962 Continental “Bubbletop” Kennedy Limousine ($429,000) and the other a 1933 KB Custom Dietrich Convertible Sedan ($385,000). Some most significant cars were no-sales, including a 1903 Ford Model A that is the oldest existing Ford ever sold (high bid of $325,000) and a 1964 Cooper Ford “King Cobra” that didn’t meet the reserve at $450,000.

You can see the Ford concept cars and many of the other vehicles at RM’s Thursday night auction in the gallery below, and be sure to check back for more auction photos and results this weekend.

Gallery: RM Ford-Themed Monterey Auction

2004 Lincoln Mark X Concept 2001 Ford Forty Nine Concept 2001 Lincoln MK9 Concept 2005 Ford Explorer Sport Trac Adrenalin Concept 2001 Ford EX Concept

Monterey 2010: Blue Oval bargains kick off RM auction originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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