The McLaren MP4-12C is about to get some upgrades – including an extra 25bhp – which will also be offered to existing owners free of charge. On balance, what McLaren has achieved with the MP4-12C is nothing short of remarkable. Yes, there have been a few glitches along the way, but in truth they have been little […]
Ferrari 250 GTO sells for $35 million
A Ferrari 250 GTO – once owned by Sir Stirling Moss – is reported to have sold for a record-breaking $35 million. The Ferrari 250 GTO is probably the most coveted car on the planet and is, therefore, one of the most expensive. Simple supply and demand dictates that when a product is reckoned to […]
Eric Clapton’s Ferrari SP12 EC ‘Official’
The Ferrari BB inspired Eric Clapton Ferrari – which is actually a 458 under the skin – is officially acknowledged by Maranello. Eric Clapton’s new Ferrari was all over the place in March as it sat in pride of place in a glass box at H.R. Owen’s in London. Except officially it wasn’t God’s new […]
Supercar Video Test: LFA vs McLaren vs Aventador vs Veyron
Automobile Magazine pits the McLaren MP4-12C against the Lexus LFA & Lamborghini Aventador and that against the Bugatti Veyron. If you’re going to do a supercar shoot out it helps to have some of the best metal on the planet top play with. And that’s exactly what Automobile Magazine’s Jason Cammisa managed with an empty runway at his […]
Lamborghini Aventador Roadster to get carbon fibre Targa roof
The Italian Motoring press are reporting that the new Lamborghini Aventador Roadster will get a carbon fibre Targa roof. Lamborghini has always had a slightly cavalier attitude to the roadster roofs they put on their cars. Even the range-topping Murcielago Roadster had an origami canvas top on a frame made of old coat hangers that took longer […]
Bentley Hunaudières: The Bentley that became a Bugatti
[nggallery id=1058 template=customlinks] Now seemingly forgotten, the Bentley Hunaudières Concept car from the 1999 Geneva Motor Show was the forerunner to the Bugatti Veyron. At the end of the 1990s Volkswagen embarked on a buying frenzy that would see them become makers of some of the world’s most desirable cars, acquiring Bentley, Bugatti and Lamborghini in the space […]
New Bugatti Galibier tease video seems a bit…familiar
The Interwebs are full of a ‘new’ video of the 4-door Bugatti Galibier. But Cars UK published the same video in 2009. Is the Bugatti Galibier going to make it in to production? Of course it is. Is the Bugatti Veyron going to disappear to make way for the Galibier? Of course not. They are the […]
Nissan GT-R Track Pack arrives in UK
Just in case a Nissan GT-R isn’t quite aggressive enough you can now have the Nissan GT-R Track Pack in the UK. Costs £10k. When Nissan told us the Track Pack for the GT-R was going to be available in the UK for £10k they said it would reach Nissan’s UK showrooms by March. So by car industry […]
Aston Martin One-77 now officially sold out
The Aston Martin One-77 – Aston Martin’s £1 million hypercar – has finally sold out with the last One-77 reaching its owner. From its arrival at Villa D’Este in 2009 through news that one buyer had grabbed 10 cars for his family by way of endless other stories, the Aston Martin One-77 has kept us […]
New McLaren F1 or MP4-12C Spider about to be revealed?
It looks like McLaren are about to reveal a new car to McLaren owners and VIPs. But is it the new McLaren F1 or the MP4-12C Spider? The rumour is that McLaren will reveal their new range-topping hypercar – a successor to the iconic McLaren F1 – at the Monaco Grand Prix in May, although […]