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VIDEO: Jay Leno’s ‘The Fast and the Famous’

It is no secret that late night TV host Jay Leno is a “car guy,” so it shouldn’t surprise anyone to learn that the comedian has made a mini-film as an homage to Claude Lelouch’s “C’etait un Rendez-Vous,” (arguably the best car movie ever made) on the streets of Los Angeles.

Leno’s mini-film, “The Fast and the Famous” is shot on a 13 mile route; Mulholland east to Laurel Canyon south to Sunset Boulevard west to Coldwater Canyon north right back up to Mulholland. Leno believes this route to be LA’s “hidden circuit,” and it is coincidentally quite similar to Germany’s Nurburgring Nordschleife circuit. Is it really LA’s hidden circuit? You’ll have to watch the film to be the judge of that.

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The Porsche Cayman S Turbo by TPCRacing

More than a few of us were disappointed when Porsche introduced its Cayman in 2006; a car with so much potential but lacking the power or oomph of a championship winning race car. Luckily for consumers, Mike Levitas, of TPCRacing who has an extensive resume of turning cars into race cars (Nissan 300ZX, Mazda RX7, Lotus Esprit, etc.), went to work on creating the TPCRacing Cayman S Turbo Kit.

The kit includes a cat-back exhaust, turbocharger, liquid-to-air intercooler, new intake plenum, upgraded injectors, custom silicone piping, and all brackets/plumbing/fitting/hardware/clamps, selling at a dollar less than ten grand. With the turbo kit, the Cayman rides roads like a race car should; gently, but reaching the high speeds expected of a Porsche race car.

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Mazda’s RX-7 will be out in late 2011

Mazda is going against the grain and sticking to its roots when it comes to its sports cars. While its rivals add forced induction technology and bump up the displacement to their engines to add more power, Mazda is working on a successor to its FD RX-7, which is expected to replace the RX-8, and on a brand new Renesis rotary engine as well.

Mazda hopes that the new RX-7, due to launch in late 2011, will evoke the character of the original RX-7, but will remain affordable and reliable boasting an output of 200 to 250 horsepower. The car’s styling is inspired by the Furai concept car and the 2008 Takai concept. Mazda will use a new rotary engine, the Renesis 16X, that is lighter, more reliable, and more fuel efficient than the engine of the RX-8.

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Turkey’s first supercar – The Onuk Sazan

Turkey will soon be introducing a new supercar. Dr. Ekber Onuk has designed the Onuk Sazan in memory of his son who died in a car accident in 1996. The car is undergoing finishing touches in a secluded factory just outside of Istanbul and is expected to match the performance of some of Europe’s finest.

The Onuk Sazan is still in the prototype stage, but five units are planned, each including a Corvette sourced LS7 V-8 engine churning out 512 ponies. The engineers are hoping for a top speed of 186 mph, but the likelihood of the car reaching the States is slim to none.

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VIDEO: Sneak Peek at the HSV-010

Honda fans certainly have something to ogle at thanks to a Japanese fan who shot the new Honda Sports Velocity (HSV) 010 circling the track at the Suzuka Circuit and released both photos and videos on to the internet.

The HSV-010 boasts a 3.4 liter V8 mounted in front, and a six-speed sequential gear box. The HSV-010 is noticeably sexier than previous makes; however Honda has no plans to make a road-going version available to consumers.

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