Ron Dennis has revealed in an interview that the new McLaren – codename P11 – will be known as the McLaren MP4-12C. Update 9/9/09: McLaren has now released full details and pictures of the McLaren MP4-12C Update 10/0/09: Ron Dennis talks about the MP4-12c and McLaren Automotive’s future plans. We reported recently that McLaren plans […]
Electric Audi R8 – Electricity Untamed +Video
The rumour of an electric Audi R8 has been floating around the rumour-mill for months. We first reported the possibility back in May, and the rumour surfaced again in July, this time with the Audi R8 ePerfomance moniker attached to it. Wishful thinking? Well, we thought there was certainly an element of that. But now […]
Porsche 911 Sport Classic – the Video
This morning we reported on the new Porsche 911 Sport Classic, a limited edition 911 with only 250 being built. But fortunately for UK Porsche lovers there are going to be RHD versions. The 911 Sport Classic features an upgraded 3.8 litre lump delivering 420bhp thanks to some clever tweaking of the ECU, manifolds and […]
Ferrari 458 Italia – Schumacher speaks +video
There was a real flurry of news a few weeks ago when Ferrari released details on the 458 Italia. But we figured that until the Italia was ready to be seen in the flesh at Frankfurt there was not much else to add. Even though we had a Ferrari video sent to us, it was […]
Porsche 911 Sport Classic introduced
As if you didn’t already have a bewildering array of Porsche 911s to choose from, Porsche has announced a Limited Edition to tickle buyers’ fancy – The Porsche 911 Sport Classic. Porsche has plundered its history to build in to the 911 Sport Classic styling cues from the past. The Sport Classic gets a ‘Duck-Tail’ […]
Ferrari 458 Italia – more details and new photos
Not surprisingly a new Ferrari elicits a lot of interest. And the new Ferrari 458 Italia has been no different. The 458 video is our most viewed at the moment and the 458 wallpaper downloads are huge. So Ferrari nuts around the world will be chuffed that Ferrari has released some new pictures and more […]
Maserati GranCabrio at Frankfurt
Maserati will be launching their new four-seat convertible – The Maaserati GranCabrio – at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Update September ’09: Maserati has now launched the GranCabrio. We’ve added the Maserati GranCabrio Frankfurt Press Release and included launch pictures the GranCabrio in our round-up of Italian Supercar launches from Frankfurt. It’s taken Maserati a year […]
McLaren P11 at Nurburgring – launch imminent
As we’ve reported before, Ron Dennis has given up his F1 commitments to concentrate on McLaren Automotive. And the first real evidence of the work McLaren Automotive are doing will come with the launch of the McLaren P11, which our McLaren source says will be on 9th September. So, only a few weeks away. Ahead […]
Noble M600 new photos
When we brought you news on Monday of the new Noble M600 the only photos we had to hand were a set of fairly low-resolution ones we had from Noble, but Noble has now got some decent resolution images over to us, which you can see in the Noble M600 Gallery at the bottom. We […]
Gumpert Apollo S sets Nurburgring record +video
Every car maker on the planet seems to obsessed with breaking a Nurburgring record. And who can blame them. Every time a new claim comes in people like us write about it, and that gives them publicity that would cost a fortune to buy. Probably the biggest spat this year has been over the Nissan […]