Of course it had to happen: bat-shit crazy Russian “car” maker Dartz Motorz decided that the thoroughly ridiculous Mercedes 6×6 G63 AMG wasn’t quite ridiculous enough, so at the “special request” of a “customer” (possibly, but not confirmed to be, a mental patient), made one of the 6-wheelers even more over-the-top. As only a Russian […]
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Just the thing for a lazy Easter weekend – watch Craig Baird set the lap record – 1 minute 41.9 seconds – at the opening of the awesome Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell. Baird is driving a McLaren MP4-12C purchased by Highlands’ owner, Tony Quinn, specially to set the first lap record. The whole thing […]
Subaru unveiled a stunning concept version of the new WRX at the New York motor show today, then went on to release a comedy press release that basically just describes the car. No word on production-readiness, power, engines or anything really. It just tells us that the production version won’t really look anything like this, […]
Ford of India has landed itself in some hot water following a series of leaked potential print ads touting the impressive cargo-carrying capacity of its Figo hatchback. The three print ads feature bound and gagged people stuffed into the boot of the Figo with a tag line that says “Leave your troubles behind”. The first […]
Following on from Elon Musk’s habit of suing anyone who criticises a Tesla, the ups and downs of building bespoke electric/hybrid cars in the US continue with the surprise resignation of Henrik Fisker from the company he founded; Fisker Automotive, makers of the luxury Fisker Karma. While Fisker has sold 1,800 examples of its luxurious […]
The stunning Pininfarina Sergio Concept that was revealed at the Geneva show as a tribute to legendary designer and former chairman of the Italian design company – Sergio Pininfarina, who passed away last year – may now actually be heading for production. Albeit in VERY limited numbers. The Sergio is based on a Ferrari 458 […]
To mark the start of deliveries of the 12C Spider in North America, McLaren Automotive has released a pointless, contrived, silly and utterly awesome new short film. Shot at the notoriously treacherous Loveland Pass in Colorado, the 12C Spider navigates the tricky, snow-covered route “racing” against professional snowboarder Chanelle Sladics. The quotation marks around “racing” […]
Bentley will mark the tenth anniversary of its historic Le Mans one-two victory at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed by unleash some of its fastest and most powerful cars. The flying Bentleys include the 460kW and 325 km/h Continental GT Speed Convertible and two of 2003 Le Mans-winning Speed 8 race cars. Instantly recognisable […]
The Renault Group and four-time Formula 1 world champion, Alain Prost, announced today that they will be continuing their relationship for the coming year. Alain Prost has been the Brand Ambassador for Renault since 2012 and will take on an “enlarged consultancy role” within Renault Sport F1 this year. In addition to his current […]
Fantastic news for New Zealand race fans today when Toyota NZ CEO, Alistair Davis, not only confirmed that the Toyota Racing Series would continue with a new engine and a new chassis, he also confirmed a fully-fledged support series that would be run with the acclaimed Toyota 86 sports car as a basis. Speaking at […]
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