Lamborghini has decided that it has reached the upper limit of horsepower with its cars and will in future concentrate on aerodynamics and weight saving. The horsepower wars are just about over. The Germans lead the way with ever bigger displacements and outputs, but the seriously misguided attempts by Governments around the world to penalise […]
Lexus LFA at Salon Privé 2010
Salon Privé has announced that this years show at the Hurlingham club will include the Lexus LFA. We reported last week that all the Lexus LFAs that are destined for the Japanese market have already been sold. We also hear from Lexus that they have had more ‘Expressions of Interest’ on the LF-A than they […]
Ferrari 458 Italia UK price
Ferrari has officially announced the 458 Italia will start at £169,545 in the UK. The California rises to £143,325. We’ve been here before back in October when we published UK prices for the Ferrari 458 Italia. Of course they weren’t completely official as Ferrari hadn’t released them. They looked to be a leaked document but seemed pretty […]
Pagani C9 – Horacio Pagani speaks
Horacio Pagani has been talking about the new Pagani C9. Due to launch in the Autumn of 2010 it will feature a custom-made AMG bi-turbo V12 with 700bhp. The Pagani Zonda is a very impressive car. It stands shoulder to shoulder with some of the finest Supercars in creation built by some of the most […]
Lexus LF-A – Sold out in Japan
It’s being reported that Lexus has already sold all 136 Lexus LF-As destined for the Japanese market, just three months after the official reveal. We’ve had all the hype on the Lexus LF-A, from a decade long gestation (or did it just feel that long?) through teaser images, proper images and reports that the LF-A […]
Lamborghini Jota spied testing
The replacement for the Lamborghini Murcielago – the Lamborghini Jota – has been spied cold weather testing. The Murcielago range of Lamborghinis is coming to the end of their shelf life and we have in store the replacement – The Lamborghini Jota – which will be with us in the next year or so. So […]
Gemballa MIG-U1 Enzo – details revealed
Gemballa has now sent us details of the Enzo based Gemballa MIG-U1, a 700bhp modified Ferrari Enzo. Just before Christmas a set of pictures of a Ferrari Enzo dropped in to our inbox. They turned out to be pictures of a modified Enzo created by Porsche specialist Gemballa and looked very appealing – although probably […]
Mercedes SLS AMG – Dancing on the ceiling
Mercedes has released a video of the Mercedes SLS AMG driving upside down on the roof of a tunnel. Every car maker wanting to boast about the ground-effect prowess of their cars will claim they could – in the right circumstances – drive upside down on the roof of a tunnel. But to the best of our knowledge it’s […]
Ferrari 599 GTO Confirmed
It now seems certain that Ferrari will produce a road-going version of the 599XX – the Ferrari 599 GTO. Back in November we ran a story about plans by Ferrari to produce a special edition 599 – the Ferrari 599 GTO – which would resurrect the most iconic of the Ferrari badges – the GTO. […]
Lamborghini LP570-4 Superleggera – NOT SV
The Lamborghini LP570-4 will, it seems, get the Superleggera moniker instead of Super Veloce as we previously reported. As we’ve reported umpteen times, Lamborghini are committed to bringing a new car to each major Motor Show. And it’s clear that the next new car will be the Lamborghini LP570-4. We first reported back in September on a […]