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At the 2013 LA Auto Show, Porsche debuted the new 918 Porsche Spyder Hybrid. This Porsche was enclosed within a glass booth, with highly impressed fans milling around trying to get a glimpse of this new super car. In this third and final part of the series, we see the team from Bentley Motorsport continue their efforts at achieving a finish at the grueling 2014 Spa 24 Hours with a pair of Bentley Continental GT3 cars. Chris Reinke, the head of Audi LMP program, talks about this year’s car benefiting from the efficient combination of the V6 TDI engine, e-tron quattro hybrid drive, and the new aerodynamics, as they come to SPA and then head to LE MANS.

The Porsche factory teams with the super fast 911 RSR GT Class car and the 919 Hybrid LMP 1 class car start off the 2015 season with some runs at the Silverstone Circuit.

Surfer, designer, Brian Bent takes a Ford Model A frame and gathers together pieces from old cars, church pews seats and old airplane fittings to create his version of a California original.

Renowned product designer, Millie Miglia Racer and Classic Car Collector Carl Gustav Magnusson shows us his vintage watch collection and points out the stunning vintage rally stopwatch from Heuer, the HEUER CRONOGRAFO CRONOMETRO GAME MASTER STOPWATCH. First time Audi LMP factory racer Rene Rast talks about his first race experience with the Audi E-tron Quattro LMP at the Spa Circuit. The stunning Bentley Continental GT3 road car reimagined as a racing machine, as first seen running during the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed in Sussex, England.

Renowned Formula Drift Racer Joon Maeng comes to the 2015 Long Beach Grand Prix with his highly modified road going BMW Z4 fitted with a 2JC engine. Interview with Porsche technical director Alexander Hitzinger about the Porsche 919 hybrid LMP1 racing car. Porsche Cayenne Turbo S snow drift.

A look at the new Porsche Concept Mission E. The stunning new all electric sedan from Porsche is one of a kind and is creating endless desire from petrol heads everywhere. FIRST LOOK. FERRARI 488 SPIDER REVEALED AT THE 2015 FRANKFURT MOTOR SHOW. Ferrari continues it’s love affair with the open top with the new 488 Spyder. This new Spyder is a continuation of a story that started with the targa top 308 GTB. BROAD MUSEUM OPENS IN LOS ANGELES. We take a trip on the BMW i3 to have a first look at the just opening Broad Museum in downtown Los Angeles.

Josh, one of the crew team leaders of the DragonSpeed team, at the 2015 Long Beach GP,  talks about the US Flag livery Mercedes Benz SLS AMG driven by Henrick Hedman. The team from Bentley Motorsport sets out to race at the grueling 2014 Spa 24 Hours with a pair of Bentley Continental GT3 cars. Darren Cox of NISMO talks about the NISMO LMP1 race car.

RACE SCENES. A LOOK BACK AT BMW AT LAGUNA SECA IN 2012. The racers generally don’t need any incentive to move fast, but, here the engineers with supreme confidence in their machines try to get the drivers to move even faster, testing the limits of the racing machine. RACE CARS. THE FANTASTIC BMW V12 LMR. The stunning and visually arresting race car from the 2000 American Le Mans Series, the BMW V12 LMR is a magnificent racing machine. Seen here being track tested before making it to the race at Sebring.

For 2015, Porsche has created a super fast customer race car, the 911 GT3 R based on the 911 GT3 RS production car. Over 500 hp, lightweight design, advanced aerodynamic efficiency and lower fuel consumption. This year, one of the oldest rallies in Europe, the Mille MIglia, starts with 438 stunning rare cars. On Day 1, this 2015 Mille Miglia starts in Brescia and makes its way to Rome. A stunning 1965 Alfa Romeo GT reengineered for vintage racing, as seen at the Buttonwillow race track.

Scenes from the first 8 hours of the 2015 race. Tire inflation problems, car on fire and more. None of these hiccups keep the Audi racing machines from getting to the front of the race. CAR SCENES. WHITE FERRARI 458. SUPER CAR WEEKENDS. RODEO DRIVE. On any given weekend in Beverly Hills, the main drag becomes a runway for every kind of supercars. Very common scenes include, supercars flown in from Arabia to strut the streets around Rodeo. KARIM HABIB ON THE BMW 3.0 CSL HOMMAGE CONCEPT. Karim Habib, the head of BMW Design, tells us about the new BMW 3.0 CSL Hommage Concept car that gets inspiration from, and pays homage, to the great BMW 3.0 CSL super sports cars from the seventies.