With the reveal of the Ferrari 599 GTO scheduled for 7th April, we now have an undisguised photo of the GTO and a price list. The rumour-mill has been running wild on the first GTO to come out of Ferrari in quite some time. We first heard news of a ‘Limited Edition’ Ferrari 599 in late October […]
Ferrari California – manual gearbox option arrives
When Ferrari launched the ‘Entry-Level’ Ferrari California it said that it would be offered with a manual gearbox. But that hasn’t happened – until now. Ferrari are to finally give buyers the option of a manual gearbox on the Ferrari California from this month in Europe and next month in the US. Which seems the […]
Ferrari 599 GTO – reveal in April
Ferrari will be revealing the limited edition Ferrari 599 GTO on 7th April, featuring 670bhp and 0-62mph in 3.3 seconds. Back in November we first reported that Ferrari were planning to resurrect the GTO badge and attach it to a limited edition Ferrari 599. We’d heard from a couple of people who’d been invited to put a deposit on […]
Inside McLaren Automotive: Launch of a New Company Press Release
McLaren Automotive: The Launch of a New Car Company McLaren’s unique ambition To build a brand new car is a challenge; to build a brand new sports car that is ground-breaking, efficient, high-quality, lightweight, practical, dynamic, safe, comfortable, and visually arresting is a greater challenge still. McLaren Automotive will take the challenge to a rare, […]
McLaren MP4 12C Review – with Hamilton and Button
McLaren Automotive officially launched today together with lots of detail on the McLaren MP4-12C and we have a video review if the new McLaren by Messrs Button and Hamilton. Today Cars UK hosted the McLaren press conference to officially launch McLaren Automotive as a Supercar manufacturer, and give the first proper outing to the first car created […]
Bugatti 16C Galibier – back in Black
Bugatti has released a new set of images of the Bugatti 16C Galibier, the ‘Concept’ Bugatti thought of as a replacement for the Veyron. The Bugatti 16C Galibier came to our attention back in September at the time of the Frankfurt Motor Show, although it wasn’t on the floor at the show. Bugatti claimed it […]
Lexus LFA- The Special Edition Nurburgring Package
Lexus has revealed a special edition of the Lexus LFA Supercar – the Nurburgring Package – featuring extra power, big rear wing and super sticky tyres. No word on price. It would be entirely reasonable for you to consider the Lexus LFA a special edition in its own right. After all, there are only ever […]
Pagani Zonda R – the Ultimate Video
We have a terrific video of the Pagani Zonda R, from creation to action on a rain sodden track. Well, ‘Ultimate Video’ may be slightly overstating the case, but it is a crackingly good video. As we said when we reported that Pagani were taking a Zonda Cinque Roadster to the Geneva Motor Show – […]
Lamborghini sales drop by £180 Million
Lamborghini has revealed a loss of €35 million for 2009 on turnover down a massive €200 million on 2008. Just 1,515 cars were sold in 2009. This time last year supercar maker Lamborghini was reporting some very healthy figures for 2008, with a turnover of almost half a billion Euros from the sale of 2,480 […]
Audi R8 V10 5.2 FSI quattro – stunning CGI
Audi has produced a stunning CGI video of the Audi R8 V10 5.2 – perhaps for the upcoming Gran Turismo – which is very impressive. As we’ve said a thousand times before, there is no substitute for actually driving a car. However hard we try at Cars UK to tell you what a car is […]