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BMW's little M2 pulled safety-car duty somewhere unexpected: not Formula 1, but the 2016 MotoGP season.
The first M2 was built in Leipzig, Germany. This one isn't — BMW moved G87 M2 production to San Luis Potosí, Mexico, a first for the nameplate.
GM ordered every 1983 Corvette prototype destroyed. One white pre-production car escaped the crusher, sat forgotten for years — and even survived the museum sinkhole in 2014.
The C8 ZR1 broke with every ZR1 before it — instead of a front supercharged V8, it runs a rear twin-turbo V8, making it the most powerful Corvette Chevrolet has ever built.
The Corvette almost wore the American flag as its emblem — GM scrapped the idea before production because federal law bars the flag from appearing on a commercial product.
The last-ever C7 Corvette wasn't a base Stingray — it was a black Z06 coupe, auctioned for charity in June 2019 months before the actual car was even assembled that November.
The ZR1X's 6:49.275 Nürburgring record for an American production car fell in April 2026 to a Mustang GTD Competition, at 6:40.8.
The split rear window was a one-year-only thing -- Chevy's own Zora Arkus-Duntov hated it for blocking rear visibility and had it deleted after 1963, making that year's coupe an instant collectible.
For the first time since the original 1953 Corvette, Chevrolet builds a factory right-hand-drive C8 — the only RHD vehicle GM assembles on the line rather than converts afterward.
GM tried to keep the all-new C3's shape secret - then Mattel's Hot Wheels line leaked it weeks early with a die-cast "Custom Corvette" toy modeled on the real 1968 car.
The Z06's naturally aspirated LT6 V8 dethroned a Mercedes to become the most powerful naturally aspirated production V8 engine ever built.
Chevrolet bolted a front electric motor into a Z06 body to make the E-Ray the first Corvette ever sold with all-wheel drive.
The Z06 paced both the 2006 Daytona 500 and the 2006 Indianapolis 500, the same year it went on sale.
The C5 ended production on July 2, 2004 — making it, alongside the Lotus Esprit, the last car ever built with pop-up headlights.
This ZR1's supercharger isn't just bigger for show — at 2.6 litres, it displaces 52% more than the Z06's, a big reason it out-muscles its sibling.
The C7 Corvette borrows literal space-age tech: Aerogel, a NASA-developed insulating material, lines the transmission tunnel to keep its heat out of the cabin.
Chevrolet's weight-saving obsession on the C5 Z06 went all the way down to the radio: engineers fixed the rear antenna in place, permanently, rather than let it retract, just to shave a few more ounces.
GM bought Lotus in 1986 partly to build this Corvette, and a stock ZR1 then set seven FIA world records in Texas.
The C6 broke a four-decade habit — it’s the first Corvette generation to wear exposed headlights instead of hidden units since the original 1962 model.
Chevrolet put a window in the hood of the ZR1 so owners could watch their own intercooler work.
The NC Miata's folding hard top was the trick: it retracted into the trunk without stealing any cargo space, something folding hardtops of that era usually couldn't manage.
The original Miata was supposed to be a cheap sports car, but demand was so strong that buyers crossed state lines chasing dealers who actually had one in stock.
Mazda's planned Alfa Romeo platform-sharing deal was cancelled in 2014, so Fiat Chrysler built the 124 Spider on the MX-5's bones instead.
The 2004-2005 Mazdaspeed version of this generation is the only MX-5 Mazda ever turbocharged at the factory.
Porsche code-named the 997 GT2 RS project '727' — a direct dig at a Nissan GT-R Nürburgring lap time. The finished car reportedly beat it by nine seconds.
Porsche built 356 of these Speedsters, a number borrowed from the 1950s original, and offered two colours, one developed just for it.
Wider bodywork usually means more weight, not here: this 997 GT3 RS, with its flared rear end and adjustable wing, is actually 44 pounds lighter than the standard GT3 it's based on.
The 991 GT2 RS set the bar for Porsche itself: a 6:47.3 Nürburgring lap in September 2017, the fastest ever by a Porsche road car at the time.
The first 911 GT3 didn't get a tuned Carrera engine — it got the 'Mezger' racing unit shared with the 962 Group C car and the 911 GT1, dropped into a road-legal 996.
Porsche shaved weight everywhere it could on the 991 GT3 RS — right down to a roof panel made of magnesium instead of steel.
The 930 Turbo's whale tail rear spoiler housed the intercooler for its turbocharged 3.3-liter engine, added for the 1978 model year.
Despite the 911 badge, the GT1's mid-mounted turbo flat-six and race-built chassis shared almost nothing with a real 911.
Porsche built only 140 right-hand-drive examples of this GT3 RS, and it was never sold new in the US or Canada at all.
Extremely rare Gemballa tuner conversion with only a handful ever built. About 15 on North American roads today (estimate). Never sold new in North America. Unverified: about 25 built.
Porsche deleted the GT3 RS wing, cage and stereo to save 50 kg, then sold all 991 at a markup before most buyers ever drove one.
An RWB Porsche's widened stance isn't just visual flare -- Akira Nakai stretches the whole track before riveting on the fender flares.
Porsche engineered a clutch only for the S/T; with a single-mass flywheel it takes 10.5 kg out of the rotating mass.
The Dakar holds its maximum ride height at up to 105 mph, and Porsche says its rooftop tent fits on the roof.
The GTstreet RS name dates to 2008, when it beat three-time defending champion Cargraphic at the Tuner Grand Prix.
Hans Mezger signed off on the DLS head in his final engine project before his death in 2020.
Porsche built 57 road-going 993 GT2 examples to meet the FIA's homologation requirement for the racing version.
The 997.2 GT3 RS 4.0 carried the largest engine Porsche has ever offered in a street-legal 911: a 4.0-litre flat six, making it one of the most powerful naturally-aspirated six-cylinder engines in any production car of its day.
Singer founder Rob Dickinson was the frontman and guitarist of English rock band Catherine Wheel before he started rebuilding Porsches.
Despite adding a retractable rear wing and more hardware, the 997 Turbo actually weighed less than the 996 Turbo it replaced, thanks to aluminum used throughout the body.
The 996 was the first 911 with a water-cooled engine, replacing air cooling to meet noise and emissions regulations.
The 992 GT3's front suspension isn't shared-with-the-Carrera parts-bin stuff — it's an unequal-length control-arm setup lifted straight from Porsche's 911 RSR race car.
The Turbo Study was Singer's first turbocharged build, honoring the 930 Turbo on a 964 chassis.
All 250 Sport Classics sold out in under 48 hours of the January 2010 order books opening, a ducktail and double-bubble roof away from new.
Real Performance Icons cards spotted on the street by Burbles collectors. Tap any card to flip it over, inspect the collector’s binder, or follow them.
VerifiedFIRST · WORLDWIDEFIRST PRINTONLY ONE IN VANCOUVERThe original Miata was supposed to be a cheap sports car, but demand was so strong that buyers crossed state lines chasing dealers who actually had one in stock.
VerifiedFIRST · WORLDWIDEFIRST PRINTONLY ONE IN VANCOUVERFor the first time since the original 1953 Corvette, Chevrolet builds a factory right-hand-drive C8 — the only RHD vehicle GM assembles on the line rather than converts afterward.
VerifiedFIRST · WORLDWIDEFIRST PRINTONLY ONE IN VANCOUVERAn RWB Porsche's widened stance isn't just visual flare -- Akira Nakai stretches the whole track before riveting on the fender flares.
