Screen Cars: Pontiac Trans Am(May 20, 2013)Exactly. I also have a friend who attended a party hosted by 'The Hoff' many years ago and he was handing out signed photos of himself - and I don't think he was doing it ironically....
Screen Cars: Pontiac Trans Am(May 19, 2013)A Journalist once told David Hasselhoff that the car was more important to the show than he was so he said 'go and interview the f*!*ing car then!'...
Lamborghini Egoista is Pure Insanity(May 13, 2013)Next Lamborghini will have 3000hp, missile launchers and be fully submergeable. You have to love their ambition..
Dubai Cops Add Aston One-77 to Fleet(May 10, 2013)Just like the Recent Grand Prix, it's a publicity stunt to legitimise their hideous government.. Maybe they could use the cars to round up all of the 'illegal protestors'...
Tesla Offers Performance Plus Pack(May 07, 2013)True, but logic (and physics) suggest that a Car that is mid-engined with an extremely low centre of gravity will out-handle another that's front engined and has a comparatively high centre of gravity.
SSC Tuatara Coming This Winter(May 06, 2013)It's great for news headlines but what does the difference between, for instance, 267 and 275mph actually mean in the real world? Surely handling, acceleration, comfort etc are also important considerations? What's the point in holding the record if your car has to have a team of mechanics prepare it each time you use it or can only be driven on a track..?
Tesla Offers Performance Plus Pack(May 06, 2013)The Tesla is a great car but out-handle a McLaren? I seriously doubt it. Putting bigger wheels on a car does not always guarantee increased grip (anyone who's ever driven a Lotus on relatively skinny tyres would agree) and the McLaren is a mid engined, track machine.
Revolution STI Breaks Ring Record(May 06, 2013)We used to have these as track day cars for corporate customers alongside the Lotus Exiges and AC Cobra. The problem with 4 wheel drive cars is that they don't handle like a traditional rear wheel driven car and are just not as much fun. When you lose grip they are completely unforgiving..
Seat Reveals Leon Cup Racer(May 06, 2013)330hp through the front tyres - better hope that diff is really trick...
Veyron SS Stripped of its 'Fastest' Title(Apr 08, 2013)Regardless of the Argument over whether or not the Hennessey is a production car or 'merely' a tuned special, I'm sure they would not want to be awarded the record over a technicality, especially a spurious one like this....
Venom GT Hits 265.7 MPH(Apr 04, 2013)@david parenti - I stand corrected! The US speed limits seem to be faster than the UK's in a fair few states! Just seems that every time I travel to the US everyone drives slower than me.. Must just be my crazy speeding. I hear that your speeding fines can be pretty harsh to.... ;)
Venom GT Hits 265.7 MPH(Apr 03, 2013)As deeply impressive as it is, there is still a big question over whether or not this is a production car...
Also, does anyone else think it's ironic that the fastest car in the world is from a country that has some of the slowest legal speed limits...? :)
Ronaldo's Wrecked Ferrari For Sale(Mar 29, 2013)That's what happens when a tiny-brained footballer is allowed to own something this powerful. He should be forced to spend 5 years driving a people carrier as punishment...
First Corvette Stingray Crashes in Arizona(Feb 14, 2013)I agree with Jack. Supercars are bought with passion in mind, not BHP per $. Vipers and Vettes might be cheaper than any supercar Europe can build but there are good reasons for this....
Most Beautiful Supercar Award Goes To...(Feb 12, 2013)Better looking than a Ferrari 458? Really? It's also a lot of money for something with that level of performance, ie average in supercar terms.
Arab Supercar Attracts 100 Orders(Feb 12, 2013)Looks good, reads well, but can it really achieve 245? Many have claimed outrageous top speeds but until it is officially tested.....
Super EV Showdown: Bike vs. Car(Feb 02, 2013)I can see a future for electric/hybrid cars but trying to squeeze decent power to weight ratios out of this technology for bikes - I don't think so. They are where hybrid cars were 10 years ago and having ridden many super bikes - it's all about the noise and mind bending acceleration.
Classic Supercar Matchup: Countach vs. Ferrari 512 BB(Jan 27, 2013)The Countach was my childhood dream car but that Ferrari 512 is looking really good - a lot better than it's replacement, the Testerossa. Looking at the driver struggling those old supercars around that track makes you think they weren't really built for circuit work. Could you imagine the fear of reaching 190mph is that Lamborghini..?
Classic Supercar Matchup: Countach vs. Ferrari 512 BB(Jan 27, 2013)@will will - the Lamborghini certainly did not have great reliability and an engine rebuild is around $12000. They also didn't rev it hard off the line as a clutch is around $5000 and they went through these every 5000 miles or so. For my money, the Ferrari sounded much happier on that run and was clearly faster.
New Details on McLaren P1 Hypercar(Jan 20, 2013)This has to be the most anticipated Hypercar of 2013 (apart from the Enzo replacement maybe...). As to the type of engine, who cares? Mclaren know a thing or two about making things go around twisty tracks in record time....
Unique of the Week: MGB GT V8(Jan 20, 2013)My Dad had one of the original MGB GT's and he always said it was one of the least safe cars he'd ever owned as there was far more power than grip. Sounds perfect to me....
Unearthed: 1985 Merkur XR4Ti(Jan 20, 2013)...and then have one of the tuning companies extract 500+ hp from it :)
Unearthed: 1985 Merkur XR4Ti(Jan 19, 2013)This was sold as a Ford Sierra XR4i in the UK and was pretty successful, leading to the Sierra Cosworth. Now THAT was a monster in it's day...
918 Spyder Spied in the Cold(Jan 19, 2013)The environmental 'shit' is what we'll all be using when we run out of fossil fuels (or when the price of petrol hits unaffordable levels...). Besides, this car rocks with or without electric power.
Cars that Defied the Norm: Bugatti Veyron(Jan 18, 2013)The point with the Veyron is that Bugatti built it because they COULD. it was designed to be the fastest, most powerful, technologically advanced production car ever built and they achieved all of this despite it probably not even making a profit for Bugatti. It is an amazing statement of intent that goes against the current trend of efficient hybrid supercars.
Pagani Huayra vs Ferrari F12 on the Track(Jan 13, 2013)Also, in Evo's cars of the year 2012, the 12c lapped Blyton Park (UK track) only 0.2 seconds slower than the Pagani. Not bad for a £170,000 car....
Pagani Huayra vs Ferrari F12 on the Track(Jan 13, 2013)They are both absurdly beautiful, incredible performance cars but it seems hard to justify the massive cost of the Pagani over the Ferrari. If you watch the video, the Pagani seems to catch the Ferrari on every straight but struggles to keep traction out of the corners, probably due to the extra torque. For my money, I'd take the screaming V12 Ferrari and buy an Aventador, 458 and spend the rest on a massively tuned Godzilla GTR :)
Viper GTS Hits the Dyno(Jan 03, 2013)@ those dissing Euro exotica - how many US muscle cars are exported? Why is the US car market in such a terrible state (Fiat saved Chrysler from bankruptcy)? Your cars are only relevant for the US and have little appeal elsewhere. it is the cheapest way of buying something new with 600+ hp however....
MT's Quickest Cars of 2012(Dec 30, 2012)How can anyone consider a Viper to look as good as the Aventador, Mclaren or the greatest sub £150,000 car available today - the Ferrari 458? It looks like it was designed in the 80s.
Hot Hatches: Citroen DS3 Racing(Dec 17, 2012)Looks great but the Renault Megane RS Trophy is 265hp for the same price and is the current Nurburgring champion for front wheel drive cars. I know what I would choose....
DRT: Super Drag Race in Poland(Oct 30, 2012)Put them on a short, twisty track and the Lotus would eat them all alive.....
Hennessey Tests the Limits of Texas Toll Road(Oct 30, 2012)Least exciting acceleration video ever... Where was the noise? Different angled shots? Tyre smoke? Anything! Good ad for a toll road I suppose...
TC Concepts Boosts SL65 AMG to 670 hp(Oct 05, 2012)Twin turbo as standard! You know that someone will squeeze a LOT more than 670bhp out of that motor.
4 Paris 2012 Supercars(Oct 05, 2012)Looks great but we all know they won't build it like this...