All Radness, No Badness: 7 Hot Race and Performance Cars from the L.A. Auto Show

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The former replaces the CTS-V.R racer that has captured quite a few checkered flags for Cadillac in Pirelli World Challenge racing in recent years. ","mimetype":"image\/jpeg","photographer":"Michael Simari","illustrator":"","make_id":"31","model_id":"1004","submodel_id":"0","images":{"original_src":"http:\/\/blog-admin.cddev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hottest-Performance-Cars-201.jpg","large":["http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hottest-Performance-Cars-201-876x535.jpg",876,535,true]},"src":"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hottest-Performance-Cars-201-876x535.jpg","make_name":"Cadillac","model_name":"ATS-V","submodel_name":"","year":"","submodel_alias":""},{"id":170964,"title":"Cadillac ATS-V.R ","body":"Whoa, now there\u2019s a face you don\u2019t want to mess with. The Caddy\u2019s sinister black livery with silver, red, blue, and yellow graphics is simultaneously glitzy and intimidating. In other words, it\u2019s very Cadillac.","mimetype":"image\/jpeg","photographer":"Michael Simari","illustrator":"","make_id":"31","model_id":"1004","submodel_id":"0","images":{"original_src":"http:\/\/blog-admin.cddev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hottest-Performance-Cars-202.jpg","large":["http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hottest-Performance-Cars-202-876x535.jpg",876,535,true]},"src":"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hottest-Performance-Cars-202-876x535.jpg","make_name":"Cadillac","model_name":"ATS-V","submodel_name":"","year":"","submodel_alias":""},{"id":170965,"title":"Cadillac ATS-V.R ","body":"The ATS-V.R is now a fully homologated GT3-class race car, and thus gives Cadillac access to dozens more racing series around the world. Like the roadgoing ATS-V, the ATS-V.R is powered by a twin-turbocharged V-6, only here it pumps out 600 hp. And take it from this author, who\u2019s heard it already, it sounds sah-weet!","mimetype":"image\/jpeg","photographer":"Michael Simari","illustrator":"","make_id":"31","model_id":"1004","submodel_id":"0","images":{"original_src":"http:\/\/blog-admin.cddev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hottest-Performance-Cars-203.jpg","large":["http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hottest-Performance-Cars-203-876x535.jpg",876,535,true]},"src":"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hottest-Performance-Cars-203-876x535.jpg","make_name":"Cadillac","model_name":"ATS-V","submodel_name":"","year":"","submodel_alias":""},{"id":170944,"title":"Toyota 2000GT ","body":"Tucked back in the corner of the Toyota booth was some heritage eye candy, including this fantastic, museum-quality 2000GT.","mimetype":"image\/jpeg","photographer":"Michael Simari","illustrator":"","make_id":"17","model_id":"0","submodel_id":"0","images":{"original_src":"http:\/\/blog-admin.cddev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hottest-Performance-Cars-1011.jpg","large":["http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hottest-Performance-Cars-1011-876x535.jpg",876,535,true]},"src":"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hottest-Performance-Cars-1011-876x535.jpg","make_name":"Toyota","model_name":"","submodel_name":"","year":"","submodel_alias":""},{"id":170945,"title":"Toyota 2000GT ","body":"Spotting a 2000GT is rare, but being allowed to walk right up to one and touch it\u2014that's special. 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About 100 cars will be built in the first year, with half slated for U.S. customers and the rest headed for Asia and Europe.","mimetype":"image\/jpeg","photographer":"Michael Simari","illustrator":"","make_id":"3","model_id":"3","submodel_id":"0","images":{"original_src":"http:\/\/blog-admin.cddev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hottest-Performance-Cars-1031.jpg","large":["http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hottest-Performance-Cars-1031-876x535.jpg",876,535,true]},"src":"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hottest-Performance-Cars-1031-876x535.jpg","make_name":"Mazda","model_name":"MX-5 Miata","submodel_name":"","year":"","submodel_alias":""},{"id":170948,"title":"2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata Cup Race Car","body":"The Miata Cup will be powered by Mazda\u2019s 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine. (Output is undisclosed as of this writing.) 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Weekend entry fees are $500 (there are 12 races at six events each season). Everything else\u2014parts, tires, gas, hotels, and lots of Red Bull\u2014is on your or the race team. Many of those teams also rent seats out during the series to amortize the costs, thus making Miata racing even more inclusive and easy to join. Compared to dropping 25 grand for a spot in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo series, the MX-5 Cup can be swallowed in one gulp. And if you win the annual shootout during the first week of December, Mazda will cover the majority of your season costs. 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We included it here because it is an unattainable bit of performance radness and, well, it\u2019s an LFA.","mimetype":"image\/jpeg","photographer":"Michael Simari","illustrator":"","make_id":"47","model_id":"0","submodel_id":"0","images":{"original_src":"http:\/\/blog-admin.cddev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hottest-Performance-Cars-105.jpg","large":["http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hottest-Performance-Cars-105-876x535.jpg",876,535,true]},"src":"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hottest-Performance-Cars-105-876x535.jpg","make_name":"Lexus","model_name":"","submodel_name":"","year":"","submodel_alias":""},{"id":170950,"title":"Volkswagen GTI Roadster Vision Gran Turismo Concept","body":"VW\u2019s GTI Roadster concept rolled out earlier this year at the W\u00f6rthersee VW festival in Austria, but this is the first time we\u2019re seeing it here in the U.S. It does not disappoint. 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