Posts Tagged ‘sports cars’

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 ......

Geneva 2008: Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 live and drool-worthy

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4.After circumnavigating the whole of the Geneva expo center, a strange force drew us to a minimalistic booth on the west side of the complex. There, we were afforded our first live glimpse of Lamborghini's newest exotica, the Gall......

Toyota hints FT-HS concept could inspire next Supra

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Click above to view more high-res pics of the Toyota FT-HS ConceptUsually we would have no reason to report on a concept that we've already seen debut. Hence, the Australian debut of Toyota's hybrid FT-HS sports car concept at the Melbourne Auto Show isn't really news. It becomes news, however, when......

Geneva ‘08 Preview: Maserati confirms GranTurismo S

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Following yesterday's reports, Maserati has released official details and images of the new GranTurismo S ahead of its unveiling in Geneva next week.As reported, the S version benefits from the same 4.7-liter 440hp V8 engine which Maserati developed for the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione. The more powe......

VIDEO: Nissan GT-R vs BMW M3 vs Porsche 911 GT3

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Britain's Autocar hit the track with the BMW M3, Nissan GT-R, and Porsche 911 GT3 to see which of the musclebound sports cars could best its immediate competition, and they captured the three-way face-off on video. There's been plenty of GT-R vs. Porsche chatter since the Nissan's launch, but how wo......

Geneva ‘08 Preview: John Cooper Works MINI and Clubman

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Click image for more hi-res pics of the John Cooper Works MINIsHitting the bull's-eye for enthusiasts, BMW's MINI brand is launching two hot new models next month at the Geneva Auto Show. Loaded with performance upgrades and new interior appointments, each race-bred model serves as the basis for th......

Porsche vs London: Mayor lashes back, Stuttgart enlists help of web

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Ding, ding... Round Two!Ken Livingstone, the mayor of London, has made his populous British city a very unfriendly place for motorists, and his latest plant to increase the city's congestion charge to £25 ($48.72 USD) for all gas-guzzling, carbon-spewing vehicles within the city limits has drawn th......

Porsche steps up, will legally fight London’s gas guzzler tax

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
It's the mayor of London in one corner and Porsche, the maker of thoroughbred sports cars, in the other. In the green trunks, Mayor Ken Livingstone has decreed that a $50 daily tax shall be levied against all gas-guzzling, emission-spewing vehicles that drive through his city beginning in October. ......

eBay Find of the Day: Lamborghini Murcielago #3,000

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
Not too long ago, Lamborghini was a small-time manufacturer producing only a few hundred cars a year. Things changed with the introduction of a second model, the Gallardo, and production of the Murcielago has ramped up compared to previous years, as well. Consider the Diablo, of which only 2,903 we......

EPA seeks armistice in horsepower wars

Monday, November 19th, 2007
Margo Oge, EPA director-office of transportation and air quality, has made a plea to the auto industry to end the current horsepower wars that have produced such vehicles as the 620-hp Corvette ZR1. Instead, she hopes the industry, specifically domestic automakers, will start a new war, a green war,......