The new SRT Viper was recently revealed at the 2012 New York Auto Show, and to many surprised Viper enthusiasts the SRT Viper GTS-R was as well. Draped in the Forza Motorsport livery, Ralph Gilles roared the Viper GTS-R onto the stage with force and drama. Mr. Gilles announced that the Viper is back

The Grand Prix Historique Monaco is based on the charming old cars that propose a real travel back in time. It is one of the rarest opportunities to see mythical single-seaters of yesterday and today. Among the vehicles are the Maserati 250F, Ferrari 312T, McLaren M26, Lotus 77, Tyrell 006, Bugatti Type 51, 59, and Gordini T11.

Mazda Laguna Seca in Monterey, California played host to the 3rd round of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS), and what an exciting weekend of racing it was.  Every year, this is one of our favorite Motorsports events to attend. To make this year’s ALMS Laguna Seca a bit more exciting for ourselves and the eGarage faithful we hopped in a Helicopter to capture the action of the Corkscrew from above.

(Le Castellet, France) The Tour Auto is a French automotive competition which takes place every year on various stages through France. Paul Ricard Circuit hosts this very old event created in 1899 by the Automobile Club of France with the name of Tour de France Automobile. It was renamed in 1998 to Tour Auto to distinguish this event from the the famous French cycling race called Tour de France.

Terrible news this week in Motorsports, the French automaker Peugeot announced they will no longer campaign the Peugeot 908 HDI for endurance racing. Peugeot, the two time Intercontinental Le Mans Cup champion (ILMC), has won 14 out of the last 16 races in the ILMC. They also won three 24 Hour of Le Mans championships in 1992, 1993, and 2010.

Now nearing 2 decades since its inception, this year Ferrari Challenge introduced the new 458 Challenge which shared the asphalt with the F430 Challenge at the starting line. There are typically three series in Europe, Italia, and North America. This year there was a fourth Ferrari Challenge Series introduced in the Asia-Pacific region, which was deemed a huge success.

Ferrari 599XX EVOLUZIONE! In Italian that means: just when you thought the Ferrari 599XX couldn’t get any more extreme. Ferrari’s latest track monster was spotted in Mugello like a mythical loch ness. The new 599XX “Evo” is expected to have an even more powerful V12 6.3-liter powerplant.

Launched by Peter Auto in 2010 on Paul Ricard racetrack, the Le Castellet 10000 Tours mixes the most famous cars that took part to endurance series between 1950 and 1990. This is the only historical event in the South of France. Following the success of 2010 edition, Peter Auto decided to do it again with the same motivation – to bring together Automotive treasures.

The Rennsport Reunion is in fact “the real deal.” We saw THE most historic Porsches ever created! We watched the new 911 unveiled in its North American debut. We drank and toasted to Porsche out of giant frothy mugs in the Oktoberfest beer garden. We met Jerry Seinfeld and filled our peripheral vision with Porsches and what we saw cannot be unseen.

With their XX cars, Ferrari has forever raised the bar on the racetrack and subsequently on the road as well. The XX Programme began back in 2005 in Maranello, Italy with a stripped down, track version of its street legal race car, the Ferrari Enzo, named the Ferrari FXX. FXX owners still participate in various Ferrari track tests and brand development programs.