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Nissan announced today a price increase for the 2009 GT-R, raising the MSRP nearly $7,000 from $69,850 to $76,840. The price for the Premium model has been increased even more, going from $71,900 to $79,090 in one fell swoop. Fortunately, the adjusted prices d......
Takuma Sato gatecrashes Autocar’s party
Friday, September 5th, 2008
Steve Sutcliffe was wrapping up Autocar's annual 0-100-0 test when a well spoken Japanese gentleman wandered over and started checking out the cars. Now what would you do if you had a car park full of supercars, a private track rented for the day and a Formula 1 driver hove in to view?Give him the k......
GM: Production Chevy Volt will be unveiled this month
Thursday, September 4th, 2008
Click above to view gallery of the production Chevy VoltExcitement around the production version of the Chevy Volt is reaching a fever pitch. Last week we brought you spy video and images of what appeared to be a production Volt on the set of Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, and while General ......
Spy Shots: Ferrari Enzo successor “FX70″ spotted
Thursday, September 4th, 2008
We've been patiently waiting for a successor to the Ferrari Enzo for some time now, and here's evidence that development of the next supercar from Maranello is underway. Codenamed FX70, the mule is housed in the shell of an F430 Scuderia, though there are a number of clues that what you're looking a......
Deviants: Roadster, racing versions of McLaren P11 to follow
Monday, September 1st, 2008
Although McLaren's next supercar is expected to be very different from the SLR, the company made in conjunction with Mercedes-Benz, one element will carry over: derivatives. It's one thing that the SLR cannot seem to let go of, breeding six different versions so far, and the upcoming P11 supercar is......
Splinter wooden supercar in the fles… wood
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the Splinter Wooden SupercarYou may remember our post on the Splinter wooden supercar late last year. At the time, the grad students behind the project being led by Joe Harmon only had renderings of what the Gaia-approved exotic would look like. They deserve extra......
McLaren P11 supercar goes back to the drawing board… in two months
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
The McLaren P11 will still be powered by a 6.2-liter Mercedes AMG unit, but nobody knows yet what the car that goes around the engine is going to look like. Frank Stephenson, recently of Fiat fame, has been given instructions to completely redesign the car when he starts at McLaren. However, he can'......
No Audi R8 competitor coming from BMW
Monday, August 25th, 2008
Click for a hi-res gallery of the BMW M1 HommageIt's a sign of the times. After having rolled out the delectable M1 Hommage concept (pictured above), one BMW board member says that the Bavarian automaker has no intention of producing a supercar to compete with the likes of the Audi R8. Instead, BMW......
Super Veyron and eventual replacement coming around 2012
Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport.The big question for Bugatti is: What comes after the Veyron? Seriously, there isn't much that could top the 1,000-or-so horsepower, quad-turbo, 16-cylinder engine that's carried around in the back of the most gorgeous body ever wi......
Cobb Tuning gives the GT-R a serious bump in power
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Cobb Tuning has re-engineered its AccessPort control unit for the new R35 Nissan GT-R. For those of you lucky enough to own a GT-R and not content with its performance out of the box, the $995 AccessPort will reflash the ECU to any one of six different tuning levels.There are three levels each for S......