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 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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By Lawrence on Jun 27, 2009 in Rolls-Royce, Supercars, Videos | 0 Comments

A car this heavy and this large shouldn’t be able to spin the rear wheels, let alone drift round a parking lot. Which is why this short clip is so extraordinary. Enjoy this rare piece of automotive insanity…
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By Lawrence on Jun 27, 2009 in Lamborghini, Supercars | 0 Comments

Thanks to lautogt.com we can bring you our photo of the day, the new LP670-4 SV in a colour that we haven’t seen before! We’ve got mixed feelings about this one, the matte grey looks a bit like a primer layer. However it is an LP670 SV! Perhaps it was so fast that the paint just fell off…
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By Lawrence on Jun 27, 2009 in Car News, Lamborghini, Supercars | 5 Comments

We’re hearing rumours that Lamborghini are working on an LP560 special edition that does away with the 4WD system that fitted to all Lamborghini’s nowadays. The news comes from posters over at lambopower.com where they think that power could also be reduced to 550bhp in the special edition, making it an LP550-2.
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