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McLaren releases some silly numbers and a bunch of pics

McLaren has released some truly silly numbers relating to the forthcoming P1 hyper-car. Truly silly numbers like 0 to 100km/h in less than 3 seconds, 0 to 300km/h in less than 17 seconds, a pricetag of £866,000 (NZ$1.6 million) and, of course, that truly silly 903bhp (673kW). Here is the official press release, packed with […]

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Social Media – we’re all over that!

Today OVERSTEER is proud (and a little bit hungover, but that’s another story) to launch our NEW short road tests feature! Really short, that is. In fact, 140 characters or less short. That’s right, we are now doing road tests via Twitter. Possibly the first (we haven’t really bothered checking) and only website to attempt […]

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Rolls-Royce reveals new Wraith pic. And a hint of humour.

Rolls-Royce today revealed a new picture of its forthcoming two-door coupe version of the Ghost – the Wraith. Rumoured to be the most powerful production Rolls ever built, the Wraith’s V12 is said to be good for around 450kW, leading RR to display this gem of wit in the press release that accompanied the lone […]

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WCOTY finalists announced

The 2013 World Car of the Year, World Performance Car, World Green Car and World Car Design of the Year will all be announced at the New York Auto Show in late March, but in the meantime the finalists in each award have been announced. The 2013 World Car of the Year will be selected […]

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McLaren 50 – Courage

The first of three specially commissioned short films goes live today, depicting the McLaren brand in a way never seen before as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations. Instead of focusing on the high-tech, high-octane world of the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 team, or even the Group’s new Automotive division and its groundbreaking 12C […]

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McLaren P1 gate-crashes F1 car launch

McLaren’s new hypercar, the P1, has made its first public appearance, driven by none other than 2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button. Button drove the new, still disguised P1 during a drive-through of several cars from McLaren’s history at the launch of the company’s MP4-28 F1 car. Although a very low-speed run, it was […]

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Jaguar F-Type NZ pricing and spec announced

New Zealand Jaguar distributor, Motorcorp, has revealed local pricing and spec for the forthcoming small Jaguar sports car – the F-Type. The long-awaited convertible will be available in three models, with two different engines. The 3.0-litre 250kW/450Nm supercharged V6 kicks off the range at $140,000, while the more powerful 3.0-litre 280kW/460Nm supercharged V6 drops in […]

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