Got a lazy half a mil lying about? Better start checking down the side of the couch then, because Mercedes-Benz has just announced the price of the Black Series version of the SLS AMG Coupe. NZ$528,150 will get your necessarily narrow buttocks wedged into the SLS Black Series’ racing seat and it will no doubt […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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