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Jenson Button’s father, a highly popular F1 figure and a long-standing paddock regular, has died. Jensen Button, a former rallycross driver and preparer of kart engines, died at the age of 70 at his home in France of a suspected heart-attack, McLaren driver Button’s management announced in a statement.

Source: World Car Fans

The original Juke-R started as a concept. Then Nissan decided to build 20 of them and sell each example for an astounding 450,000 euros. The Russian company Shpilli Villi Engineering liked this idea and thought: We can do this for less and there is a market for it. This particarly Juke-R is their first car and you can say that it has some experience. It became famous after the Unlim 500+ in june of this year when it almost defeated a Bugatti Veyron! The Veyron didn’t launch very well and it wasn’t in its ‘Top Speed’ mode so the wing went up but still a very impressive feat. After a crash into a wall the team managed to get the car back in action within a few days! The crash acted as a real life crash test for the car and the driver walked away without a scratch.

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The LaFerrari’s predecessor continues to fetch a hefty premium, as this pristine example on sale with California’s CNC Motors demonstrates. The rare Nero-colored Ferrari Enzo comes with a Nero leather interior and the hypercar’s three owners since new managed to clock just 7,921 miles between them. Sporting a custom Tubi exhaust, the Enzo is powered by a 651-hp 6.0-liter V12 and looks just as epic today as when it left the factory in 2003. And now, hold your breath — the Ontario-based dealer wants $2,599,000 for its prize lot.

Source: Car Buzz

 

The will drawn up by Michael Schumacher would see his $1 billion-dollar estate divided equally among the three other members of his family. According to reports, the will and testament was signed by former Mercedes and Ferrari driver Schumacher in 2010, when he returned to F1 after a three-year sabbatical. It instructs that his fortune, reported to be a billion US dollars, be divided equally between his wife Corinna, his daughter Gina-Maria (16), and son Mick (14). It was reported that Schumacher’s condition, last listed as stable but critical, had not changed since the last medical bulletin issued about a week ago.

Source: World Car Fans

Corvette tuner extraordinaire Callaway has finally revealed its first tuned version of the Corvette Stingray, a new supercharged model that comes close to matching Chevy’s own Z06 in the horsepower stakes. Callaway’s new Corvette carries the SC610 designation, which as you may have guessed stands for supercharged and 610 horsepower. Callaway’s supercharger has several new features. It still relies on an Eaton TVS four-lobe, high helix rotor pack, however, the housing and manifold have been completely redesigned for improved airflow and a new intercooler configuration reduces charge air temperature. The supercharger is also front-driven, and extends through the hood for that racer look.

Source: Motor Authority