Archive for July 2008
By Des on Jul 1, 2008 in Car News, Ferrari, Supercars | 0 Comments
With the success of the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione and 8C Spider their strategy was proven right. Now Alfa Romeo is thinking ahead. Where the current 8C competizione is based on a platform from sister-company Maserati, sources within Alfa Romeo say that the next generation Alfa Romeo supercar should be based on the new Ferrari [...]
By Des on Jul 2, 2008 in Gumball 2009, Gumball 3000, Rally News | 9 Comments
The 2008 Gumball 3000 has not even kicked off yet or Gumball HQ released their plans for Gumball 2009. With no entrance fee mentioned it will be interesting to see how much they charge for the first Gumball 3000 since the 2005 rally that doesn’t involve some kind of air transport. What do you think? [...]
By Lawrence on Jul 2, 2008 in Car News | 0 Comments
Due to be introduced at the Salon Privé Luxury and Supercar Show on 2nd July at the Hurlingham Club in London, the Range Rover Supersport is Overfinches latest creation. Overfinch, a company who specilising in tuning Rang Rovers, offer the new product in three different engines, the V6 and V8 diesel and 4.2 V8 Supercharged [...]
By Lawrence on Jul 2, 2008 in Car News, McLaren, Mercedes, Supercars | 0 Comments
To mark the end of the relationship between McLaren and Mercedes, a special edititon of the McLaren-Mercedes SLR will be build. The final model will be a McLaren SLR Speedster. This lightweight version will lack a roof, windscreen and windows. Instead it just has a small deflector reminding us of the Smart Crossblade. Together with [...]
By Des on Jul 2, 2008 in Car News, Porsche, Spyshots, Supercars | 0 Comments
After the facelifted 2009 911 Carrera & Carrera 4 coupe and convertible models were revealed, the remaining Targa model has been spotted in Germany. The official release for the facelifted 997 Targa is planned for 28th of july. We can see this picture shows the Targa 4 model featuring the rear reflector like on the [...]
By Lawrence on Jul 3, 2008 in Car News, McLaren, Mercedes, Spyshots, Supercars | 9 Comments
As a follow up on yesterdays McLaren SLR Speedster article, we now have pictures and video to prove that Mercedes and McLaren are working on this stripped out, limited edition SLR Speedster. The pictures were taken somewhere in the middle of Germany and show a heavily disguised and heavily chopped version of the SLR Roadster. [...]
By Lawrence on Jul 4, 2008 in Car News, London Motor Show 2008 | 0 Comments
Pictures have surfaced of the latest Ford hot hatch, the Focus RS. Up until now any pictures that have been released have been branded a ‘concept’, these new photos however are of the production ready car that will be shown later this month at the London Motorshow. The car is then expected for release within [...]
By Lawrence on Jul 4, 2008 in BMW, Car News | 9 Comments
Yesterday BMW released new pictures of its 2009 7-Series. Visually, the new 7-Series looks more curved and less like the controvirsial angular looks of the previous generation, however the 7-Series still looks like a natural continuation to the previous generation. The instrument cluster echos a return to traditional styling with simple, four dial setup [...]
By Lawrence on Jul 4, 2008 in Car News | 0 Comments
One of the worlds most exclusive cars, the Maybach Exelero, is currently being offered up for sale by an Austrian dealer. The price? A substantial €5 Million ($7,848,492 or £3,958,262). The car was originally built as a one off test bed for Fulda Tyres and a marketing tool for both companies, back then it was [...]
By Lawrence on Jul 5, 2008 in Bentley, Tuning | 6 Comments
Project Khans latest effort refreshes a familiar car. The companies Bentley Continental additions have been highly popular around the young footballer types. Their latest efforts have refreshed both the interior and exterior of the £140,000 Bentley Continental GT Speed. It gets an eight piece body kit consisting of a 3-piece rear valance, two side skirts, [...]
By Lawrence on Jul 6, 2008 in Car News, Other events, Pictures, Supercars | 0 Comments
Being ultra exclusive, the 2008 Salon Privé attracted a large variety of expensive machinery. Set out on the greens of the Hurlingham Club in central London where 2 McLaren F1’s, 3 Veyrons, Enzo, 2 Zondas, a Koenigsegg, SLR 722 and Roadster, Porsche CGT, Alfa 8C, Lamborghini LP640 and the new Gallardo 560 plus the new [...]
By Des on Jul 7, 2008 in TV & DVD | 2 Comments
On tonights Top Gear episode: The three presenters receive a challenge to buy a used Alfa Romeo for 1000 pounds and see how they perform in a series of tests including a trackday. Two new stars set out for a lap in the reasonably priced car, Jeremy burns some rubber in the new Bentley Brooklands [...]
By Des on Jul 8, 2008 in Audi | 3 Comments
MTM revealed their first tuning package for the 2008 Audi RS6 last week. This package lifts the total output of the 5.0 liter biturbo V10 from 580 hp to 656 hp and max torque from 650 to 785Nm. After removing the limiter this MTM tuned RS6 avant will break the 300 km/h mark by a [...]
By Lawrence on Jul 8, 2008 in Carshows, Supercars | 1 Comment
Beginning on Friday, The Goodwood Festival of speed is one of the premier British motorshows. It’s spread over three days and pays homeage to many different style of automotive related speed, this years show focuses on the theme of ‘Hawthorn to Hamilton – Britain’s Love Affair with World Motor Sport’ with the former actually making [...]
By Lawrence on Jul 8, 2008 in Car News, Tuning | 6 Comments
Another car that will be putting in its first appearance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, starting this Friday, will be the Khan Cosworth Range Rover Sport. This marks the start of a relationship between the two companies that utilises Khan’s expertise in creating quality aftermarket cosmetic tweaks, and Cosworths heritage as a performance expert. [...]