The long awaited Audi R8 Spyder has now launched at Frankfurt. Full price and specifications details. It sports the 5.2 litre V10 found in the R8 V10 Coupe and, despite adding 476lbs in weight – the convertible R8 manages to despatch the 0-60 mph in a shade under 4 seconds. Gone are the sideblades from […]
Audi R8 Spyder – Frankfurt catchup +video
Audi unveiled the convertible R8 at Frankfurt – the Audi R8 Spyder 5.2 FSI quattro. We have pictures from the show and video. I think we were perhaps a bit dismissive about the Audi R8 Spyder when we reported on it on Tuesday. Or perhaps we were just starting to get snowed under with Frankfurt […]
Lamborghini Reventon Roadster – the Video
Lamborghini has produced a video of the new Reventon Roadster – but don’t expect too much. Having bleated on about Lamborghini making a Reventon Roadster since March, and finally seeing the elusive drop-top surface at this week’s Frankfurt Motor Show and vindicating our exclusive (cue self-blown trumpet), we feel compelled to bring you all the […]
Lamborghini LP560-4 Superleggera coming?
Lamborghini appear to be planning a Superleggera verion of the LP560-4 or LP550-2. When Lamborghini decided to build a car to compete with the Ferrari F430 Scuderia, the Gallardo was coming towards the end of its shelf life. The LP560-4 was already well on the way and it seemed like a good farewell model for […]
Ferrari 458 Italia Configurator +Video
Ferrari has launched an online configurator for the new 458 Italia, plus a new action video of 458s on the Mugello race track. With the official launch of the Ferrari 458 Italia at Frankfurt now come and gone, Ferrari has put up a configurator for the new mid-engined gorgeousness that is the 458. Nothing particularly […]
Mansory Cyrus – the Carbon Fibre DB9 at Frankfurt
Mansory has revealed the Aston Martin DB9 carbon fibre clad Mansory Cyrus at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Mansory, in case you didn’t know, is a builder of customised cars. Not exactly a MK II Escort with a big wing and wheel arch extensions territory, Mansory takes the stuff of dreams and makes it more so. […]
Lamborghini Reventon Roadster launches – 13 of 15 sold
Lamborghini has officially launched the Reventon Roadster at Frankfurt. Just 15 will be made and 13 are already sold. There have been times since we first broke the story of the Reventon Roadster that we’d doubted the strength of our our original exclusive back in March. But our source was impeccable, and we stood by […]
Ferrari 458 Italia Frankfurt Press Release
THE FERRARI 458 ITALIA UNVEILED AT THE FRANKFURT MOTOR SHOW Frankfurt, 15 September 2009 – The Ferrari 458 Italia, that debuts today at the IAA Frankfurt Motor Show, is an 8-cylinder two-seater berlinetta with a mid-rear mounted engine, and represents a genuine break with the past in terms of Maranello’s previous high-performance sports cars. Designed […]
Ferrari 458 Italia launches at Frankfurt
Ferrari has officially launched the new, mid-engined Ferrari 458 Italia at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Yes, we’ve seen the pictures. We’ve seen a teaser video. We’ve even had Michael Schumacher waxing lyrical about it. And we’ve had the private premiere. But now we have the launch of the Ferrari 458 Italia at the Frankfurt Motor […]
Aston Martin Rapide Press Release
Rapide: Pure Aston Martin: The World’s Most Elegant Four-Door Sports Car * The most elegant four-door sports car in the world * Accommodates four adults in luxury and comfort * Benchmark levels of driver engagement and refinement * Spacious and functional creating a truly versatile Aston Martin sports car Gaydon, Warwickshire 15 September 2009. Aston […]