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Motor 1
5 days ago
- Automotive
- Motor 1
Mamma Mia! This Might Be a Street-Legal Lamborghini Sesto Elemento
Remember the Lamborghini Sesto Elemento? How could you forget? Introduced in 2010, the ultra-limited, Gallardo-based hypercar packed a 5.2-liter V-10 tuned to 562 horsepower, and had carbon-fiber-everything—the chassis, the body, the driveshaft, even the wheels. With all that carbon fiber work, plus no stereo or air conditioning, the Sesto Elemento weighed just 2,202 pounds (or 999 kilograms). Unfortunately, that meant it wasn't street-legal—not that any of the 20 very lucky owners were likely to take their multi-million-dollar hypercar to the grocery store. But at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed, Lanzante—the British tuning shop known for making track cars street legal—may have quietly introduced a street-legal version of the iconic Sesto Elemento. And we're obsessed. Admittedly, there aren't a lot of details on this car (yet). We've reached out to Lanzante in hopes of securing some official info. But a video from the user on TikTok shows the Sesto Elemento driving on public roads in the UK with the caption "Road legal Sesto Elemento." And it does have a real , actual license plate. The car, admittedly, doesn't look all that different from the track-only version introduced in 2020. But we can imagine there are a few hidden modifications under all that carbon that make this Sesto Elemento road-legal, at least in the UK. A second video posted to the Goodwood Festival of Speed's social channels confirms that this car, indeed, does come from Lanzante. The Sesto Elemento in question made a run up the Goodwood Hillclimb late yesterday. As mentioned, we've reached out to Lanzante to confirm that this is indeed the real deal. If this Sesto Elemento is indeed street-legal, it would be a world's first. More From Lanzante Lanzante's New Supercar Has Three Seats and Costs Seven Figures Lanzante LM 25 Edition McLarens Celebrate F1 GTR 1995 Le Mans Win Get the best news, reviews, columns, and more delivered straight to your inbox, daily. back Sign up For more information, read our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use . Share this Story Facebook X LinkedIn Flipboard Reddit WhatsApp E-Mail Got a tip for us? Email: tips@ Join the conversation ( )
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
These Are Your Favorite Factory Exhaust Designs
Earlier this week I asked you fine people to share your favorite factory exhaust designs, inspired by Bugatti releasing an option package for the new Tourbillon hypercar that gives it eight round exhaust tips. There are so many cars with weird, interesting, unique designs out there, and y'all had a lot of good suggestions, so I narrowed it down to fifteen of my favorite answers. Take a scroll through to see what your peers said are their favorite exhaust designs, and let me know what we missed in the comments. Read more: Apparently It's Illegal To Put A 'For Sale' Sign In Your Truck Now The one that comes to mind first is the Porsche 918. WOW Porsche 918 918 top mounted exhaust Suggested by: BoneheadOtto, towman, Brian K This was one of the most popular answers, and for good reason: the 918's exhaust is freakin' sick, especially when it shoots flames. I mean 1st gen Dodge Viper is the answer. It would be wrong not to mention the first gen Dodge Viper side exhaust. A car icon that actively tried to kill you even when you were getting out of the car. Suggested by: The Duke, Nathan V I mean, how could you not be into this? Little red express. How many 1/4 ton trucks came with stacks from the factory? Right??!! This was a stock Dodge product in the 1970s. I remember thinking they were the coolest. Stacks, wood panels, door graphics, mags... Damn these were cool. Even cooler were the black "Midnight Express" trucks. Suggested by: jsloden, JohnnyWasASchoolBoy This would make a great pairing with a Viper. Since you said factory and not necessarily production, im throwing my vote on the Sesto Elemento's spoiler exit Suggested by: Crashed Lambo Definitely one of the coolest and most unique setups out there. And this was a production car! Lamborghini sold 20 of them. Koenigsegg Regera. The exhaust tips are actually diffuser strakes Suggested by: DHM Another extremely cool and innovative setup. The big oval in the center of the diffuser that looks like an exhaust tip expels hot air to cool the electric motors. TVR Sagaris has a very interesting take on the side exit exhaust on such an interesting vehicle. I actually saw one driving around at Hermosa beach, Ca. Yup it sounded otherworldly. Suggested by: Agon Targeryan The Sagaris is easily one of the best car designs of the 21st century. And I know the car you're talking about, there's a guy in LA with a Sagaris, a Tuscan and a Cerbera. Now that's living. 2004 GTO Understated. Unassuming. Suggested by: Huckleberry I do love a sports car or muscle car with a subtle exhaust setup. I just love outrageous ones more. For a relatively attainable car, the Civic Type R triple exhaust is kind of hilariously dumb smart, since the number of exhaust tips are usually a factor of the numbers of engine cylinders, so triple exhaust tips on a four cylinder car makes me laugh, even knowing that it's functional to make an electronic/valve free cutout (aerodynamic resonator block?). I dunno, it's funny, functional, and cool. Suggested by: Ian I'm so glad the latest generation stuck with this design. I've always loved the simplicity of the F40 exhaust, with the centre pipe acting as the wastegate dump. Suggested by: JohnnyWasASchoolBoy Speaking of triple exhaust... I'm surprised more people didn't say the F40. The Ford GT90 Concept car is the right answer here or you're delusional. Suggested by: mramseyISU Correct. Other than the crazy exhaust on some hypercars I always thought the Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale exhaust placement was like perfection. Its nothing crazy but just to me always looked perfect. Suggested: RC350F Every version of that generation GranTurismo is a great-looking car, but the MC Stradales are probably the best, in large part because of that awesome bumper design. Always liked the details on the dual exhaust Ram bumpers Suggested by: Bryan Fischer Pickups are usually devoid of any interesting exhaust designs, but these are really nicely done. Couple of Corvettes come to mind: the original C1 had two exhaust tips that exited through the body instead of hanging below the body is a beautiful detail. Suggested by: LarriveeC05 I've always loved this detail. How about the original fake tips on the Lamborghini Miura? Suggested by: TRath I bet you didn't know this! Unless, of course, you're a Jalopnik reader. Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe Suggested by: LifeCooler Saving the best for last. Want more like this? Join the Jalopnik newsletter to get the latest auto news sent straight to your inbox... Read the original article on Jalopnik.
