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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.

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 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 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.

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.

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.

Chevrolet put a window in the hood of the ZR1 so owners could watch their own intercooler work.

Ford built 1,571 Shelby GT500KRs across 2008 and 2009, matching the exact production count of the original 1968 GT500KR.

Ford calls the Dark Horse SC the successor to the Shelby GT500, built on the same supercharged 5.2-litre V8.

The 1996 Mystic Cobra was the first production vehicle with colour-shifting factory paint, moving from green to amber to gold to purple; 1,999 were made.

Ford couldn’t call it a Mustang in Germany — Krupp already owned the name for a truck — so it sold as the "T-5" there until the trademark expired in 1979.

Ford's 1999 Cobra made less power than advertised, so it recalled the car and skipped the 2000 model year.

The GT350R was the first mass-production car fitted with carbon-fibre wheels, built by Carbon Revolution.

Ford built this Mustang's rear transaxle to mimic its own GT3 race car, then shaved its Nürburgring time by nearly eight seconds in five months.

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.