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Following a preview last year, BMW has released new details about the M5 MotoGP safety car. Set to enter service this weekend at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar, the safety car features a unique livery, a roll cage and seats from the M4 GTS. The model has also been equipped with an assortment of carbon fiber M Performance Parts including the grille, mirror caps, rear diffuser and rear spoiler. Designers also installed a titanium sports exhaust system with carbon fiber tips. The styling changes don’t stop there as the model has a prototype front splitter which has been designed specifically for the safety car. Other notable changes include an LED light bar and blue emergency lights in the grille. Like the standard model, the safety car has a 4.4-liter M TwinPower Turbo V8 engine which develops 600 PS (441 kW) and 750 Nm (553 lb-ft) of torque. It is connected to an eight-speed automatic transmission and an all-wheel drive system that enables the sedan to rocket from 0-...

Ford's new GT Competition Series was built with weight-saving in mind, but also with an improved center of gravity for better road-holding. Among its features, you'll notice the lightweight carbon fiber racing stripes, A-Pillars and side mirrors, as well as the unique race-inspired Perspex acrylic engine hatch with integrated venting. Thanks to the manual latch and the carbon fiber prop rod, weight near the roof has been reduced, though Ford engineers went even further in their quest to make the car lighter, by making the bulkhead Gorilla Glass behind the driver about half as thick (and as light) as on other models. "The Ford GT has racing in its blood," said Ford exec Raj Nair, while adding that the Competition Series "was developed with the most hardcore track enthusiasts in mind, providing a tailored set of lightweight features and unique livery to match." There are also plenty of remaining performance features from the production car, such as ...

It has become so common for automakers these days to produce a plethora of ‘limited-edition’ models of their flagship vehicles that whisperings of these new variants rarely ever surprise us. Case in point, talk of a new version of the 2017 Ford GT. Although the company’s official word is that it will simply produce 1,000 units of the mid-engined supercar over the coming four years, it seems as though at least part of that figure will be made up by a special ‘Competition Series’ variant. Details about this potential variant have not emerged because of an internal leak and instead come straight from the Ford GT owner’s manual, reports Autoblog. On Page 42, the manual makes mention of a Competition Series model that uses a different key fob lacking a remote rear hatch release, stipulating that the hatch must be opened manually. Rather an being locked electronically, the hatch of the Ford GT Competition Series will be latched with racing-style hood-pins. Page 149 of the manual a...