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GT3 Challenge Brazil spells out Porsche in Porsches on track

Earlier this month, the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Brazil took a break from punishing the pavement to spell the word “Porsche” in Porsches on Estoril's straight. The project took 23 hours of shooting and countless more in planning. Nearly 180 people were involved including drivers, Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Brazil staff, engineers and mechanics, Estoril Circuit staff and others.

Tesla pays off its government loans

Tesla paid off the last of its $465 million government loans May 22, nine years ahead of schedule, thus outperforming most U.S. college graduates and the vast majority of American homeowners. Tesla used funds from a stock offering to finish the loan with a whopping bank transfer of $451.8 million Wednesday, pointing out that it was “…the only American car company to have fully repaid the government.” Apparently no one at Tesla was even born when Lee Iacocca paid off Chrysler's $1.2-billion government bailout ahead of schedule back in 1983.

'Oldest' right-hand drive Austin Healey up for sale

THE OLDEST right-hand drive Austin Healey in existence is to be sold at auction within days. Specialist car auctioneers Coys is to sell the car among other highly sought-after models as part of the True Greats event in London on December 3. The 16th of 20 pre-production Healeys built before the model went into production is the oldest surviving example of a much-loved British classic, with genuine racing heritage and a lightweight bodyshell.