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De Tomaso refreshes hypercar standing with new P900

Italian sports car manufacturer De Tomaso is on the comeback trail after financial issues derailed the company in the early 2000s. De Tomaso has introduced the P900 hypercar, one of the few road cars that achieves 1:1 power to weight ratios. It allows  the 900 kilogram (1,984-pound) machine to produce 900 horsepower. The automaker is also passing, at least for now, on the EV future, betting instead on the use of environmentally friendly synthetic fuel in the P900. Only 18 P900s will be built priced at $3M each. It’s a big step for the producer of the famous Mangusta and Pantera models. The P900 is a bold attempt to refresh De Tomaso’s hypercar standing and is using the shortest and

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#154 Todd Reiners combines racing, philanthropy

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 34:29 — 47.3MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | MoreTodd Reiners is a race car enthusiast and philanthropist in Sacramento. He competes in vintage cars and is as passionate about his collection as anyone. Reiners is our guest on Episode #154 of The Weekly Driver Podcast. He discusses his long-time appreciation for cars as well as his fund-raising efforts and a unique, moving experience he shared with those less fortunate. As a daily driver, Reiners negotiates Sacramento in a 1994 Honda Accord “with a dent.” But it’s Reiners’ other vehicles he prefers to discuss. They include: * 1971 Detomaso Pantera, 351 CI Cleveland V8 Supercharged 600 HP; * 1972 Plymouth Barracuda, 383 CI

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#131, Greg Griffin races a Ferrari, builds Florida homes

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:28 — 39.1MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | MoreGreg Griffin is likely the only race car driver whose heritage features an Italian grandfather who owned 18 Ferraris including one used as a farm tractor by famed artist Andrew Wyatt. The owner and president of Griffin Builders in Naples, Florida, Griffin has been a custom home builder for nearly 20 years. But he’s been around the supercars for as long as he can remember. Co-hosts Bruce Aldrich and James Raia interview Griffin in Episode #131 of The Weekly Driver Podcast. Greg Griffin: A family full of Ferrari After a two-week hiatus during the early stages of the coronavirus, Bruce and I resumed our

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