Since we’ve last reported about the Lightning GT EV in june 2007, a lot has changed for the UK-based manufacturer. The car has been completely redesigned and will be presented at the London Motor Show on the 23rd of July. The Lightning GT EV will be the first big competitor of the Tesla Roadster in [...]

We’re proud to show you our new website! The previous GTspirit website has been visited over 7 million times and the was time right for a new look. Apart from a fresh new design we further improved the comment function and made it easier to navigate throughout the frontpage and the forums. With the new [...]

The Veritas RS III is a pure racing car based on the German Veritas racer from the 1940’s. Like it’s early predecessor it will be powered by a BMW engine. Customers can chose between BMW’s 5 liter V10 known from the M5 or the slightly less-powerful 5 liter V8 from the M3. The Veritas RS [...]

Japanese tuner Wald International, famous in Japan for their Lexus, Toyota & Mercedes tuning, put their hands on another European luxury car and turned it into the Wald Bentley Continental GT Black Bison Edition.
The Wald Black Bison Edition bodykit includes a competely new front bumper, sideskirts, extractor vents behind the front-wheels and a custom [...]

In an interview with German newspaper Welt am Sonntag Ferrari Chairman Luca di Montezemolo confirmed that Ferrari is working on a Ferrari that runs on alternative energy sources. But stressed that this Hybrid Ferrari would still be very much a Ferrari as we’ve seen them rolling out of the factory over the past decades.
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More ‘green’ news today: Lotus will present a new environmental friendly concept based on it’s Elise at the London Motor Show later this month. Lotus took the environmental friendly further than taking down the fuel consumption and carbon emissions alone. The green technologies used in the Eco Lotus Elise include the use of sustainable [...]

Maserati is working on a small Maserati Coupé to boost annual sales even further after the success of the Maserati Gran Turismo. According to sources within the company the new sports coupé is likely to be based on a modified GT platform and like a previous Maserati Coupé prototype from 2005 it will be a [...]

20 special Fiat 500 Abarth Opening Edition’s are waiting for their debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend. The 500 Abarth Opening Edition is a special edition to celebrate the new Fiat 500 Abarth. You can distinquish this limited edition from the normal 500 Abarth by the red brake calipers, red leather bucket [...]

Porsche celebrates 60 years at the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend with a high speed demonstration of the latest generation 911. The facelifted 997 Carrera and 911 GT2 will be participating in the ‘Sunday Times’ Supercar Run up the hillclimb course.
Various other Porsche’s representing all decades of Porsche history will make their [...]

Bugatti plans to show its Veyron Targa to the public and press in August at the 2008 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Starting production in 2009 only 80 Bugatti Veyron Targa’s will be build. Prices are expected to be around € 1.140.000. Our sources further tell us there are currently three Veyron Targa mules nearing completion.
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German tuner Hamann offers two new aerodynamics packages for the facelifted BMW 6-Series. The package includes a new frontbumper, sideskirts, roofspoiler, rearspoiler and new rear bumper with diffuser and room for the optional Hamann sports exhaust.
Hamann further offers a range of new 19, 20 and 21″ wheels, altered sports suspension and a set of high [...]

This morning TVR showed their TVR Sagaris 2 prototype and announced plans to start production of the second generation Sagaris later this year. To many this comes as a suprise after production at the UK TVR factory was stopped in october 2006. First sales of the TVR Sagaris 2 are expected as early as 2009.
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Two weeks after the Corvette ZR1 with GM development engineer Jim Mero behind the wheel lapped the Nurburgring Nordschleife in 7:26,4, General Motors released the video of the record-lap. A lot of people doubted the real laptime of the Corvette ZR1 and although a video is still manipulative evidence, we think the Corvette ZR1’s laptime [...]

Mercedes revealed all the details of the upcoming Mercedes SL65 AMG Black Series today. The SL65 AMG Black Series will be 250 kg lighter than the standard SL65 AMG. With the same 6.0 liter V12 biturbo engine, it delivers a maximum output of 670 hp and an electronically limited 1000 Nm of torque. This takes [...]

This Lamborghini LP560-4 pushes his car to the limits at the 2008 Goodwood Hillclimb at the first day of the Festival of Speed. The Lamborghini LP560 participated in the Goodwood Supercar class among other (rare) supercars like the Jaguar XF-R, Farbio GTS, Bugatti Veyron, Caparo T1, Aston Martin DBS and many others.