We all know by now that the stunning Ariel Atom is a monster car in the performance stakes. Whether you’re driving the standard or the supercharged version, its mammoth performance and four-wheeled motor bike-like build, mean you end up looking like something from the Black Lagoon (remember the TG vid of Clarkson’s face – actually, […]
New Lotus Esprit to get Lexus V10?
Lotus is a big fan of the Toyota engine. The new Lotus Evora features a 3.5 litre V6 sourced from Toyota, and the Lotus Elise uses a 1.8 litre from the same stable. So it will be no surprise that Lotus is reported to be transplanting a range of Lexus engines in to the new […]
Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport – Production starts
We all know that the Bugatti Veyron has been a huge success. The fastest, the most expensive, the most desired and just about any other superlative you can throw at it fits. But it has been around a little while now and, although Bugatti celebrated the 200th Veyron built back in March, demand has, not […]
Ferrari 4×4 Hybrid system on the drawing board
Actually, the headline is quite literal. It would appear that Ferrari is working on four wheel drive hybrid propulsion systems after plans submitted to the European Patent Office were uncovered by Autocar. It’s been known for some time that Ferrari has been working on Hybrid and 4WD systems, but these drawings show that Ferrari is […]
New McLaren Car Plant confirmed
When McLaren revealed the formation of the McLaren Automotive Company last month, they said that they intended building 1,000 cars a year by 2011, rising to 4,000 a year by 2015. But where? McLaren said they needed to build a new facility – after all, the current Woking set-up certainly couldn’t handle that sort of […]
Porsche RS Spyder – Road going version planned?
Porsche’s last ‘Halo’ car was the Porsche Carrera GT, probably best considered a successor to the Porsche GT1. But it was a very different car. It was not a road-legal track car, rather a Supercar in the mould of the Ferrari Enzo. Featuring a V10, 5.7 litre engine, it was capable of 0-60mph in around […]
1957 Ferrari 250 TR (Testa Rossa) smashes world auction record
Credit Crunch. What Credit Crunch?! We brought you news back in February that high-end Car Auctioneers R.M. Auctions were offering for sale an extremely rare 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa at the Ferrari Leggenda e Passione sale in Maranello today. Well, the sale went as planned, because the Ferrari 250 TR sold for a world […]
Nissan GT-R – without the wait
We’re starting to get real-world feedback now the first customer Nissan GT-Rs are in the wild in the UK. And it all seems extremely positive. Just about every owner we have spoken to is astonished at the performance. Everyone bought on the basis of the press coverage on the GT-R and no one really had […]
Aston Martin One-77 UK Debut Salon Privé
Aston Martin brought us the first sight of the Aston Martin One-77 at Geneva in February, but that wasn’t the finished car and only lasted a day on the stand before it was replaced by the Lagonda Concept. Aston were eager to get the car back to the UK to finish preparing it fully for […]
Audi R8 V10 – the Commercial
Audi has something of a habit of coming up with some cracking commercials. It produced a brilliant advert for the World Superbowl last year featuring a pastiche of the Godfather film. And it’s been going head to head with BMW on billboards in California for weeks. But this advert for the Audi R8 V10 is […]