Posts Tagged ‘maserati’

Dissolution of Mercedes-McLaren partnership confirmed

Saturday, July 5th, 2008
Click for hi-res gallery of the Mercedes SLR McLarenIt's hard not to follow a story like the veritable fleet of new supercars set to follow the controversial Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren. The supercar came out of the partnership between Benz and McLaren in Formula One, but while the racing cars have b......

New McLaren supercar expected for 2010

Friday, May 9th, 2008
With the mostly unloved Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren set to get the official axe in 2009, the path is clear for the next McLaren-branded supercar to be unveiled. Expected to be built at its facility in Woking, England, McLaren has plans for the as-yet-unnamed vehicle to compete with Ferrari's incredibl......

Carbonyte to stretch Lambo, Koenigsegg and Veyron into limos

Sunday, April 13th, 2008
There's something about McLaren supercar projects that ends with people running in every which direction. Following the benchmark McLaren F1 supercar, some stayed with the Formula One team; Gordon Murray went his own way; others went on to work on the Caparo T1; while another is developing his own s......

Video of the 2009 Nissan GT-R at Reno-Fernley Raceway

Friday, April 11th, 2008
Though the pre-sales started on February 4th, 2008 for the 2009 Nissan GT-R at 676 select “GT-R Certified” Nissan dealers worldwide, the GT-R won’t be on the road until July 2008. We, however, recently drove the all-new 2009 GT-R at the Reno-Fernley Raceway in Nevada and were quite impressed b......

Mercedes SLR McLaren production ends entirely next year

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the SLR Roadster It's been a long, drawn-out goodbye for the lackluster Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren. The last of the original coupes rolled smoothly off the production line at the end of last year, and the subsequent SLR Roadster is set to follow in 2009.The SLR dre......

S’Wonderful: Maserati releases video of new GranTurismo S

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Click above to view videoThere's really only one thing Maserati could have done to make us want its GranTurismo more than we already did. And from the looks of things, they hit the nail right on the head with the GranTurismo S, the more powerful, more hardcore version of the sport-luxury tourer that......

Don’t call it “Dino”: Ferrari bringing new model to Paris

Monday, March 17th, 2008
Ferrari officials have supposedly confirmed that their new mini-model is coming to the Paris Motor Show this fall and in keeping with the company line, it won't be sporting a "Dino" badge when it's unveiled.We've seen more camo-clad spy shots of the new model undergoing testing in recent months and ......

Geneva 2008: IED students design Maserati Chicane concept

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Click above to view high-res gallery of the IED Maserati Chicane concept Geneva has been good to Maserati. Last year the company unveiled the GranTurismo to thunderous applause, and followed up this year with the more powerful GranTurismo S. Meanwhile, the students of the Instituto Europeo di Design......

Paris ‘08 Preview: New small Ferrari F149 to debut?

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
As Ferraris have achieved progressively higher performance, the automotive world has been rife with speculation about a new, smaller model from Maranello. All the while, Ferrari has continuously thrown cold water on the idea, saying that such a new model would push production volumes beyond where th......

Faralli & Mazzanti Vulca V12 heading into production

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Faralli and Mantazzi aren't through reinterpreting classically handsome design cues and proportions. Their Antas GT will appear in the upcoming Speed Racer movie, and while that car is a mash-up of Morgan, Talbot-Lago, classic Alfas and even a touch of Bugatti, the firm's new ride, the Vulca, goes i......