By MR on Jul 2, 2009 in TV & DVD | 0 Comments

The new series of Top Gear has started and the first two episodes were great to watch. Sunday the third episode of season 13 is heading our way and we got some preliminary information. The guys will buy a small car that won’t make you miserable, James May will visit and drive along with Ken Block the master of drifting and the comedian Michael McIntyre will drive the reasonably priced car.
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By Lawrence on Jul 2, 2009 in Car Crashes, Supercars | 0 Comments

We’ve just received these pictures of a KTM X-Bow that crashed somewhere in the Netherlands. It’s the second KTM that we’ve seen crash. This one appears to have left the road on a test drive where its presumed that the driver lost control at a high rate of speed.
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By Lawrence on Jul 2, 2009 in Lamborghini, Supercars | 1 Comment

Our friends over at GermanExotics.com captured these stunning pictures this weekend at the Norisring, Germany. They highlight many of the odd angles of Lamborghini’s flagship hypercar. Enjoy this gallery…
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By Lawrence on Jul 1, 2009 in Car News, Supercars, Tuning | 0 Comments

Abflug have released images of an aero kit that thhe Japanese firm hopes to offer to customers of Nissan’s highly regarded GT-R. The kit focuses on providing purely cosmetic extrerior upgrades, the engine remains untouched as does the interior (we pressume).
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By Lawrence on Jul 1, 2009 in Car News, Carshows, Jaguar, Supercars | 1 Comment

Most years Jaguar has something special to show at the Goodwood Festival Of Speed. Last year we managed to catch the Jaguar XFR Test Mule doing a few runs up the infamous hill climb course. This year, Jaguar have opted to present a special edition of the XKR. This car will feature several distinguishing features.
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By Lawrence on Jun 30, 2009 in Car News, Lamborghini, Supercars | 1 Comment

It seems all our speculations of the past few days have been more or less spot-on! Lamborghini released the first official information about the LP550-2 Valentino Balboni Edition today. It seems the images we saw yesterday were the same ones that Lamborghini were to use as the official pictures leading us to believe that the pictures were leaked.
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By Lawrence on Jun 30, 2009 in Car News, Lamborghini, Spyshots, Supercars | 1 Comment

To follow up the story we posted a couple of days ago. Several websites claim to have spotted a test mule of the LP550-2 undergoing a spot of testing at the Nurburgring in Germany. The speculation centers around several interesting body parts spotted on the car.
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By Lawrence on Jun 30, 2009 in Car News, Ferrari, Supercars, Tuning | 0 Comments

When the 430 Scuderia Spider 16M came out, most of us were wondering why Ferrari had even bothered to release such a compromised car. The same horsepower as a hardtop 430 Scuderia with less rigidity, more was lost than gained. However, since it’s come out the 16M has slotted into the market for those who want the look but don’t care much for driving the car fast. That’s where Novitec Rosso step in with a series of upgrades to try and place the car where it should rightfully be.
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By Lawrence on Jun 29, 2009 in Supercars, Videos | 4 Comments

More glorious sounds from the ‘ring for you today. Marc Basseng pilots the Italian built supercar round Germany’s biggest racing circuit driving the car as it should be driven. In the end the car registers a 7 minutes 24.44 second lap, making it the second fastest lap for a production car in the history of the circuit.
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By Lawrence on Jun 29, 2009 in Rally News, Videos | 1 Comment

There’s a wealth of rallies that happen every year in secrecy. You just don’t know that they’re happening until someone leaks a few videos of the starting line up or some pictures happen to get posted in public. Dodgeball Rally seems to be one of those types of events.
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By Lawrence on Jun 29, 2009 in TV & DVD | 3 Comments

This might seem like a strange one considering most of our previous Photo’s Of The Day have had a car in them in some form. However, this was too funny to keep off the frontpage. Last night’s episode of Top Gear featured a challenge to find the best learner car, during which the guys were phoning up insurance companies from their office. In the background the eagle eyed viewer could make out that the Stig was photocopying his head!
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By Lawrence on Jun 29, 2009 in Audi, Carshows, Supercars | 0 Comments

Audi, being the chief marque at this years Goodwood Festival of Speed, have been busy putting together the centerpiece for the event. The centerpiece usually consists of a huge architectural structure placed in front of the house. This year Audi have been nice enough to tease us with a cryptic clue as to how it will look.
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