The 10 Best Looking Endurance Race Cars Ever Created
Endurance race cars are not only insanely quick, but some of them are absolutely stunning too!
3. Mazda 787B
The beautiful orange and green-liveried Mazda was raced in the World Sportscar Championship, All Japan Sports Prototype Championship and 24 Hours of Le Mans between 1990 and 1991. Powered by a 700bhp four-rotor engine, it sounded epic and proved to be very reliable, helping it to the Le Mans victory in 1991.
5. McLaren F1 GTR
The GTR was an aggressive-looking beast, an unusual beauty and one that was very successful too. It’s most famous for beating prototypes to the out-right Le Mans win in 1995 thanks to superior reliability. Various upgrades were made to the F1 and in 1997 the ‘Long Tail’ version debuted. Some were raced well into the 2000s after being picked up by private owners.
9. Mercedes CLR
This one will probably split opinion, as the CLR was certainly a peculiar-looking machine, but it had an odd beauty and elegance to its design. While it was a striking car, though, its stint in sportscar racing was short-lived.
The Merc’s one and only outing was at the 1999 Le Mans endurance race. Two terrifying airborne incidents for a young Mark Webber meant the number 4 car was withdrawn before the race and a similar, scary crash happened during the famous event, forcing the one remaining car to be retired.
Complete list (CarThrottle.com)
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