Pagani just released this five part series on how Horacio Pagani got his start designing cars and the creation of the Pagani Zonda. It’s an interesting look into the birth of what is arguably one of the most exotic cars you can buy today. The videos talk about how the founder of Pagani cultivated his passion for car design with technical skills and end with detailing all of the special editions of the Zonda.
This is a video detailing the overhaul process of a Porsche Carrera GT after it had done 13,000 hard miles. The engine was dropped out and most of the panels and seats removed for care and cleaning. It’s a rare in-depth look at one of the most amazing supercars on the road today.
Porsche released this series of videos detailing the different tracks that make up their Porsche Experience Center at the Silverstone track in the UK. They each simulate extreme driving conditions so that Porsche owners can learn how to respond. It’s useful training for any driver, but I can see it being particularly helpful for first time Porsche drivers. The rear engine rear wheel drive format drives like nothing else on the road.
The Kick Plate simulates unexpected oversteer with an actuated plate that pushes the rear axle of the car sideways.
The Ice Hill uses wet plastic resin to simulate sheets of ice. There’s also water fountain barriers for the drivers to try and avoid.
The Low Friction track has a special kind of asphalt that simulates snow covered roads.
The offroad track allows drivers to take the Cayenne to its limits of climbing and tipping.
The Handling Circuit is a good old fashioned twisty bit of road designed to simulate British B Roads.
Source: Porsche on YouTube
This is footage from a recent Ferrari client car track day at Monza. The client car program is where select Ferrari owners purchase race cars based on production cars that Ferrari keeps and maintains. Track days such as this one are the only time these cars are driven. There were a handful of the Enzo based FXX’s present. The FXX has a 6.0 liter V12 that makes 800 horsepower at an astronomical 8500 rpm. Very few engines have the kind of response like the one in the FXX and most of those are rotaries. It almost sounds like engine note can’t keep up how fast it revs. All of the downshifts fire off like lightning and the throttle blips sound like they would continue to rev forever if the gear engagement didn’t stop it.
One of the signature characteristics of the British Touring Car Championship is that they’re not afraid to do a little gentlemanly bumping. Combine that with world class car control and you get the highlights contained in this video.