McLaren Confirms P13 Is Called "Sports Series", Compares It to Black Swan
7 Nov 2014, 13:26 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Considering a hugely popular supercar company has bloomed from an engineering and racing firm, McLaren could have called their new model the Phoenix. But that would have reminded too many people of ...
Lotus Celebrates 1,000th Exige S Built, Japan is the Model’s Top Market
7 Nov 2014, 10:10 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / British sportscar maker Lotus may be a low-volume manufacturer due to its highly-specialized products, but that self limitation is also the reason why those in the market for a no-frills all-thrills...
NHTSA Temporarily Exempts Aston Martin From US Vehicle Safety Rules
1 Nov 2014, 13:21 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Due to their very old design, models such as the DB9 and Vantage aren't complying to the current regulations regarding side-impact safety. There was a lot of talking if Aston Martin would be ba...
Chevrolet Explains How the 2015 Corvette Stingray Helps... Bats
29 Oct 2014, 15:54 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / While Batman has been driving his bespoke automobiles ever since the superhero started fighting crime, more recently people have started imagining Bruce Wayne behind the wheel of a Lamborghini. Heck...
Detroit Electric SP:01 Teased Again, It's Looking Like a Mashup of Different Sports Cars
27 Oct 2014, 14:16 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It's been two years since the Tesla Roadster's demise, but fret not anymore because there's a new kid on the block ready to fill that empty niche. Dubbed the Detroit Electric SP:01, w...
European-Spec 2015 Mustang: How Ford Is Working to Offer Better Ride Comfort
27 Oct 2014, 09:39 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / While you’re waiting for your European-spec 2015 Mustang to be arrive (deliveries start in the first quarter of next year), Ford engineers are working overtime to complete the final tweaks. Am...
Huracan, Corvette, Miata and Others Rendered as Base Models with Steel Wheels: LOL
24 Oct 2014, 13:22 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / We’re not sure about others, but when we see a base trim car, whose bumpers aren’t even color-coded, we’re terribly frustrated. You end paying serious money on a new vehicle anyway...
2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata Shows Up at Cars and Coffee Irvine
20 Oct 2014, 18:03 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Mazda has a rather interesting approach when it comes to presenting the all-new MX-5 Miata to the world. For one thing, the carmaker only brought one example of the sportscar to the Paris Motor Show...
Jaguar F-Type AWD Production Models Spied ahead of LA Launch
17 Oct 2014, 14:46 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Anybody who’s driven the Jaguar F-Type and the Porsche 911 knows all too well that these two aren’t exactly competitors, as many like to call them. Still, the Jag can’t afford to n...
Ariel Atom 3S Is One Mad Machine for Track Junkies · Video
14 Oct 2014, 07:18 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The Ariel Motor Company isn't what you'd call a typical car brand. Although it takes its name from a Birmingham-based motorcycle maker that went bust in 1970, the current Ariel company is ...
Mercedes-AMG GT Plan Uncovered: Porsche 911-like Generations and Editions
8 Oct 2014, 12:38 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / AMG boss Tobias Moers has recently painted the full plan the company has for its new crown jewel, the GT. It looks like the sportscar will follow the Porsche 911’s model and this means two thi...
Listen to the Mercedes-AMG GT S Backfiring Like Hell: Exhaust Sound
8 Oct 2014, 11:28 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Sit inside the Mercedes-AMG GT and you’ll notice a departure form the GT style of its predecessor, the SLS AMG. The driving position sees you buried inside the car in pure motorsport style. Th...
Next Audi R8 Will Be Less Sportscar and More Halo Hybrid
7 Oct 2014, 18:24 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / On the sidelines of the Paris Motor Show 2014, Audi’s R&D chief Ulrich Hackenberg made a couple of shocking announcements that have rocked the automotive world today. Speaking about the...
Porsche Axes Entry-Level, Sub-Boxster Sports Car
7 Oct 2014, 14:27 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / After a long period of silence, we now have an answer to the “can I have an affordable Porsche?” question and we can tell you it’s not positive. Porsche North America CEO Detlev vo...
Mercedes-AMG GT Roars at Paris · Live Photos
3 Oct 2014, 16:13 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Gone is the SLS AMG and its naturally-aspirated 6.2-liter V8 powerhouse and in is the Mercedes-AMG GT. After it was presented in Affalterbach at the AMG plant on September 9th, the German two-door s...
How Australian Police Ended Up with a Porsche 911 Carrera
27 Sep 2014, 11:50 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / They might crack down on boy racers and DUI suspects for a living, but we'll let you in on a little secret about policemen: most of them love cars. You wouldn't believe how many times we g...
Mercedes-AMG GT Edition One Spotted Testing with Fixed Rear Wing · Updated
24 Sep 2014, 15:43 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Fret not Mercedes-AMG GT fans, the 2015 C 63 AMG hasn’t stolen the sportscar’s show yet. Sure, the sedan may have been launched even more recently, but we are here to bring the GT back i...
Owner Gets Back His Stolen Jaguar E-Type after 46 Years
19 Sep 2014, 13:14 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Ivan Schneider, a young lawyer in the Big Apple at the time, left his New York apartment in 1968 only to realize his beautiful Jaguar E-Type 1.5 Series got stollen. 46 years later, U.S. authorities ...
Viper-Engined Honda S2000 Trades VTEC for Displacement
18 Sep 2014, 15:48 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Here’s something you don’t see everyday - a Honda S2000 whose VTEC never kicks in. No, the two-liter naturally-aspirated engine of this S2000 isn’t broken. It’s absent, becau...
For Mercedes SL 63 AMG Money, You Can Buy an Alfa Romeo 8C
16 Sep 2014, 13:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Short of a Ferrari or Lamborghini, you can buy pretty much any awesome car of the moment with €200,000. Porsche will offer you the 570 hp Panamera Turbo S that reaches 100 in 3.8 seconds, while...