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Archive for September, 2009

The German supercar company, Gumpert, last moth claimed to have smashed the Nürburgring lap record for a production car with a lap time of just 7 minutes and 11 seconds in its Audi-powered Gumpert Apollo Sport supercar! That’s 11 seconds faster than the the Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR and the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, and 15 [...]


Sep
21
2009

Ferrari 458 Italia debut at Frankfurt

 • 6:44 pm

The successor to the Ferrari F430, the all-new Ferrari 458 Italia made its official unveiling at the Frankfurt Motor Show last week. The 458 Italia is Ferrari’s latest two-seater, mid-rear engined berlinetta, which the company says is a massive leap forward from their previous mid-rear engined sports cars. Once again Ferrari relied on the input [...]


Hailed as ‘America’s next great supercar,’ by its upstart creators, Devon Motorworks, the Devon GTX has finally broken cover after much speculation, spy shots and renderings at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in last month. Intended initially to be part of the Dodge Viper brand, the Devon GTX had to go it alone after Chrysler [...]


As we reported last month, Mazda is to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Mazda MX-5/Miata roadster with the Mazda MX-5 Superlight concept car, which will make its debut at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show later this month, and the release of a special-edition Mazda Miata in the Japanese domestic market (JDM). Recently, details of the [...]


Sep
9
2009

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Gullwing

 • 9:58 pm

After seeing an endless string of spy shots over the past year, we’ve finally been treated to some non-camouflaged pictures and details of the successor to 1956 Mercedes-Benz 300SL “Gullwing”, namely the 2010 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, which is to be officially unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show later this month. Reports have it that the [...]


Sep
8
2009

2011 McLaren MP4-12C

 • 9:33 pm

McLaren Automotive, formerly McLaren Cars, have finally released the long-anticipated successor to the McLaren F1, the all-new McLaren MP4-12C! The MP4-12C supercar is a high performance two-seat mid-engine super car that has been completely developed in-house, including its 3.8-Liter V8 twin-turbo engine, and makes extensive use of race car technology, including the use of a [...]