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Bugatti has released a photo dump showing its nascent Bolide hypercar getting a little coy with some of its clothes off. Currently #6 on our list of the world's most powerful cars, the 1,825-hp Bolide prototype is an epically raw rejection of luxury.

Ever wonder what Bugatti's quad-turbo W16 could do if decoupled from heavy, bulbous cars like the Chiron? Bugatti has, too, and it answers with the Bolide, an ultralight 1,825-hp hypercar parked at the bleeding edge of automotive possibility.

Radical Sportscars has released another race-ready lightweight track car, slapping a big Garrett turbo on a mid-mounted Ford EcoBoost engine for strong racetrack performance with endurance-championship durability. The new SR10 makes 425 horsepower.

Gordon Murray's T.50, with its record-smashing Cosworth V12 and fan-forced aerodynamics, is a fascinating car. And if you thought Murray was going to build it and not take it racing, you're nuts. There's a race version coming, and it's even nuttier.

Due for full release soon, the latest track-only Lambo will have the most powerful V12 in the company's history, and higher downforce levels than a GT3 racer. While it's still in pre-launch camouflage, the video is pure petrolhead audio porn.

Take one genuine ex-F1 chassis, fit it with a 600-hp, 9,000-rpm engine designed for reliability and low maintenance, add one set of custom Pirelli tires, and you can own a 600-kg track weapon capable of generating up to 4 g of cornering force.

Cambridgeshire's Radical Sportscars knows a thing or two about making full-on race cars for the road, and the company has come to Goodwood with a new, 350-horsepower, Ford EcoBoost-powered lightweight weapon to show off. Meet the fully street-legal Rapture.

​​Ford has rolled into this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speedwith a special edition GT supercar built exclusively for the track. The Ford GT Mk II travels a little lighter and lower than its street-going sibling, and also packs considerably more punch for a life off the leash.​

Like a cross between an old-school Ferrari and an Ariel Atom, this ultra-lightweight, 400-horsepower overgrown Aussie go-kart is set up to destroy machines 5 to 10 times as expensive on track. We're talking 0-100 kmh (0-62 mph) in 2.4 seconds.

Aston Martin has unveiled a new track-only version of the Valkyrie, dubbed the AMR Pro edition. The hybrid supercar is showing alongside the Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Formula 1 car at the Geneva Motor Show, and was unveiled by racers Christian Horner and Adrian Newey.

Paying homage to the late McLaren F1 driver, Ayrton Senna, the new 789 bhp Senna packs a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 into a featherweight chassis and wraps it in jet-fighter styling.

Most motoring journalists like to think of themselves as racing drivers in disguise. Truth is, many are high on confidence and low on talent. Rather than trying to learn on the fly, Ford suggested we spend some time driving a Focus RS, learning how to extract the best from a car on the track.