{"id":299,"date":"2012-05-30T13:48:38","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T13:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wordpress\/?p=299"},"modified":"2012-06-15T13:52:05","modified_gmt":"2012-06-15T13:52:05","slug":"michelin-set-to-crown-king-of-the-supercars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/index.php\/michelin-set-to-crown-king-of-the-supercars\/299","title":{"rendered":"Michelin set to crown king of the supercars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate its sponsorship of the Supercar Paddock at this year\u2019s Goodwood Festival of Speed, Michelin has been polling its Facebook fans on their favourite supercars of the 80s, 90s and 2000s.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The first two rounds of voting are over, with the iconic Porsche 959 trouncing the Ferrari F40 and the Lamborghini Countach to take the ultimate 80s supercar crown. 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