It’s been a talking point for many years, it was Ayrton Senna’s supercar of choice, and it’s finally come among us once more. Welcome back, NSX. Unveiled as a concept – and under the US Acura brand – the new sportscar has finally shown us something at the Detroit motor show. And what we saw [...]
As this clip testifies, it isn’t terribly difficult to hear the 1200bhp twin-turbo V8 in a Hennessey Venom GT. Which is why it’s utterly ridiculous that the Texas-based hypercar builder has removed the roof on its 2013 Venom GT Spyder. So, how does one remove the roof on a 250mph+ sort-of-Exige-but-not-really-based mentalist? It’s a traditional [...]
In 1978, a ten minute short-film was produced that left petrolheads slack-jawed and liberally dribbling. It was called C’était un Rendezvous and saw a Ferrari 275 GTB thrash around the streets of Paris in the early hours of the morning. In reality it wasn’t a Ferrari 275 GTB, but a Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9 – still [...]
This is what the new Pininfarina sports saloon will look like. No, not the chocolatey space bubbles to the left, but the Star Trek-inspired thing on the right. Yes, that same legendary coachbuilder that gave us the original Alfa Romeo Spider, Ferrari Testarossa, Maserati Quattroporte and, erm, the Focus CC, is readying a “luxury, environment-friendly [...]
Before you sandblast our rusty little Internet with your incessant pedantry, yes, the pictured car is technically a Chevrolet Sonic. Only we in the UK get it as a Chevy Aveo. And, since we’re in the UK, we prefer the term barrel roll, rather than ‘kick-flip’, which the 14-year-old loitering outside the office reliably told [...]
UNDERFUNDED MINIATURE PETROSEXUALS – this is your next car. It’s called the Traxxas XO-1 and it’ll go from 0-62mph in 2.3 seconds (0.16 seconds faster than a Veyron), hit the ton in less than five, emit nothing but speed and only cost a pint over £700. Largely because it’s 27 inches long. And the fastest [...]
