Archive for the ‘supercars’ Category

Avro releasing limited-edition 720 Mirage Ford GT

Friday, March 14th, 2008
The Brooklands-based tuning firm, Avro Motor Cars, has partnered up with Roush Technologies to offer up a run of ten limited-edition Ford GTs that not only get a fresh coat of orange metallic paint and a some matte-black details, but an extra helping of power. The 720 Mirage spells out its claim to ......

Aston Martin CEO confirms production for V12 Vantage RS and DBS Roadster

Friday, March 14th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Aston Martin V12 Vantage RS.Rumors began swirling late yesterday that Aston Martin CEO, Dr. Ulrich Bez, had confirmed that the V12 Vantage RS was headed to production. Unfortunately, the cited sources spanned from the totally obscure to the remarkably unlike......

Listen up, Nation: Colbert warns viewers of fake ferraris

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
We're convinced that some of the writers over at the Colbert Report are rampant pistonheads; maybe even daily Autoblog readers. Several of the stories we've covered have made it onto the pseudo-pundit's desk and last night was no exception. During the "Colbert Platinum" segment, which aims to inform......

VIDEO: Car-Parazzi kids go nuts at CHP Run

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Click above to view videoWe wrote about the Car-Parazzi kids a while back when they were discovered by Jay Leno and became web celebs overnight. This team of young teens is possessed with some insane energy and skill. Still young and unjaded, they have tons of opportunities to feed their passion in......

FCA Ortega Run ‘08: Sunday drive with a few (dozen) Ferraris

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
click image above for high-res gallery from this FCA driveLife in Southern California isn't always sunny and bright. Take last month for instance. When we woke up hoping to tag along on a Ferrari Club of America drive known as the Ortega Run, we were disheartened by the sight of pouring rain. We hav......

Geneva 2008: Ferrari One-to-One personalization program

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Click above to view in high resolutionShow-stopping new production cars and concepts were not lacking in Geneva this year. There were so many, in fact, that we struggled to take it all in. Yet while Ferrari didn't have any new models to show us, somehow we couldn't help but slow down in front of its......

Geneva 2008: 1967 Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Click to view the 1967 Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale in hi-resAs if Alfa Romeo didn't come to Geneva with enough eye candy, sitting at the back of its booth at the Palexpo, behind the new 8C Spider and updated Brera, Spider and 159, sat a rare classic supercar, bathed in more red lights and surrounded by m......

Bugatti Veyron sales reach 220

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Click image for a high-res gallery of the Bugatti Veyron Congratulations, and a toast with a pair of champagne glasses, to Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. for selling 220 of their ultra-exotic Veyron 16.4 models. With 132 examples sitting safely in customer garages worldwide (except for this one...doh!),......

Nissan updates official GT-R global website

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
The Nissan GT-R has been an Internet and magazine sensation from the day the GT-R prototype was unveiled. While team Ghosn no doubt loves the free press, only Nissan could present the complete GT-R story from its 1969 beginning to today. Nissan has developed a global portal for enthusiasts and prosp......

Novitec Rosso F430 RACE gets in your face

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Novitec Rosso F430 RACENovitec Rosso is good at making fast things even faster. Such has been the case with its twin-supercharged Ferrari F430s, which pretty much go like stink. Now, with the introduction of the Novitec Rosso F430 RACE, it would appear that ......