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  • Scan of alleged brochure for new Toyota Supra - Image via Auto.Blog.rs

    Update: The alleged brochure for the new Toyota Supra has turned out to be a fake. After some further digging, 'Motor.es' discovered that the scan was compiled using the original brochure from the MkIV Supra as well as some enthusiast magazines from Japan. Our original post is below. An image alleged to be the scan of a brochure for the upcoming Toyota sports car thought to be reviving the Supra name has surfaced on the website Auto.Blog.rs. The text is in Japanese but Motor1 reports that the information provided mentions three powertrains, though none with rumored hybrid technology. The...

  • Screenshot of Instagram post from Porsche Centre Brisbane - Image via CarAdvice
    Porsche dealer hints at Cayman GT4 RS with 4.0-liter flat-6

    There have been rumors for years of an extra spicy “RS” version of the Porsche Cayman GT4, and now one of the automaker’s dealerships may have just confirmed it. Porsche Centre Brisbane recently posted a photo of a Cayman GT4 on its Instagram page along with the message that a...

  • Jannarelly Design-1 HT
    Jannarelly reveals flip-up roof option for Design-1 sports car

    Sports car startup Jannarelly is bowing to popular demand for an enclosed version of its first model, the deliciously retro Design-1. The company, which is based in Dubai, has revealed the design of a hard-top roof option (HT) in a series of computer-generated images. Jannarelly has also revealed a...

  • Porsche Camp4 Canada 2017
    Fast camp: Take me to Porsches on ice

    Drivers dread the moment they effectively "run out of talent." That sinking feeling in the bottom of your stomach when a turn goes pear-shaped and the car goes sideways isn't exactly thrilling. For some, talent runs out on the day's last lap, when tires are hot and tensions are hotter. For others...

  • 2017 Lotus Evora 400, 2015 Geneva Motor Show
    Lotus: What’s new for 2017

    Lotus fans in the United States have had little to choose from ever since 2011 when the automaker’s Elise and Exige were pulled from sale due to being on the wrong side of airbag regulations. It meant that the Evora was left as the sole street-legal car in Lotus showrooms. To keep things...

  • Callaway C21 AeroWagon based on the C7 Chevrolet Corvette - Image via Pete Callaway
    Callaway ‘AeroWagon’ Corvette shooting brake first look

    It was in 2013 that Chevrolet tuner extraordinaire Callaway first previewed the design of a shooting brake based on the C7 Corvette. Since then, the company has been gauging market interest and further developing the design. On Friday, Callaway finally unveiled its Corvette shooting brake and...

  • Tata logo

    Tata, the maker of the world’s cheapest car and owner of the Jaguar and Land Rover brands, on Thursday said it plans to introduce a new sub-brand for its namesake Tata brand. The new sub-brand will be called Tamo, and unlike traditional car brands Tamo will focus on both standalone vehicles as well as new technologies and services. It will be an incubator for nurturing potential new areas of business for Tata, such as mobility services. Tata will use the 2017 Geneva auto show to present the first Tamo model, a sports car designed in Italy and expected to feature a turbocharged 1.2-liter...

  • 2017 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS
    2017 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS first drive review: the bargain 911

    Cape Town, South Africa - I'm at the wheel of the 2017 Porsche 911 GTS at Killarney Raceway behind 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Marc Lieb and I'm frustrated. Lieb, in the even more powerful 911 Turbo S, is setting a leisurely pace and I want to pass him. It's not because I'm some world-class...

  • 2009 Honda S2000
    Is Honda bringing back the S2000 with a boosted engine?

    Honda fans have been hankering for the return of the S2000 for years. The drop-top sports car disappeared from the market in 2009, and lovers of rev-happy hoonage have been crying out for something to replace it ever since. Yes, the Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ are here and the Mazda Miata hasn't gone...

  • 2020 Toyota Supra rendering - Image via SupraMkV
    2019 Toyota Supra rendered

    Toyota’s new sports car based on a platform developed with BMW is nearing completion. The car, which many predict will revive the Supra name, will reportedly be previewed in concept form during October’s 2017 Tokyo auto show and is likely follow in production trim shortly after. We...

  • Eagle Spyder GT
    Eagle adds Spyder GT to its list of beautiful bespoke machines

    Eagle is a company that should be on your radar. The reason? Eagle is responsible for turning out truly lovely machines, and it's all based around the forever iconic Jaguar E-Type. The British firm takes existing E-Types and either refurbishes them or upgrades them into even more intriguing...

  • Ed Pink Racing builds the engines for Singer
    Peek inside Ed Pink Racing to see where Singer gets its engines

    Starting back in the mid 1940s, a man named Ed Pink started building engines—masterfully built engines designed for vehicles to go racing. The Ed Pink Racing Engines enterprise has had a home in Van Nuys, California since 1965 and drag racers all over the world have turned to EPRE for...

  • 2017 Hyundai Veloster Turbo

    Anyone in the market for Hyundai’s Veloster can look forward to a new value-packed option aptly named the Veloster Value Edition. Hyundai has included many of the most popular options for the Veloster as standard on the Value Edition. With a starting price of $21,350, you’re looking at $950 in savings compared to adding all the extras individually. (The starting price for the 2017 Veloster is $18,100.) CHECK OUT: Has Michelin designed a better tire than its Pilot Super Sport? Among the extras fitted to the car are a 6-speed dual-clutch transmission, 18-inch alloy wheels, a...

  • 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z51
    Holden's new V-8 sports car to be a Corvette?

    Following General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] announcement in 2013 that it would be ending production at its Holden plant in Australia, Stefan Jacoby, who heads GM’s International Operations, revealed that there would be a new V-8 sports car to satisfy those customers used to buying...

  • 2020 Toyota Supra spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    Toyota Supra to be part of Gazoo performance brand?

    Toyota is thought to be planning a new performance division for road cars using the name of its official motorsport division Gazoo Racing, and one of the first offerings from the performance division could be the new Supra sports car. The information was reported on Wednesday by Autocar citing...

  • 2017 McLaren 570GT
    McLaren: What’s new for 2017

    McLaren has been around for more than half a century but when it comes to volume car production we only need look back to 2010, when the British firm's road car business was rebooted under the McLaren Automotive name. In that short time the firm has launched a handful of products and grown to...

  • 2016 Lotus Elise Race 250
    Lotus to renew sports car lineup before adding SUV

    Lotus is committed to adding an SUV to its lineup but the vehicle will probably not arrive for another four or five years, at the earliest. Speaking with Autocar, Lotus CEO Jean-Marc Gales said the automaker will renew its sports car lineup before adding the SUV. The first to arrive will be a...

  • 2017 Subaru BRZ
    Subaru won't offer a turbocharged, STI, or convertible version of this generation BRZ

    We knew it. Deep down inside, you knew it, too. And now it's confirmed. Two Subaru officials have told us there will be no turbocharged, STI, or convertible version of the current BRZ. While that news might crush you, know this: that's for the current BRZ, which has now been on sale for five years...

  • 2017 Subaru BRZ

    If you're still complaining about the Subaru BRZ's lack of turbo, you probably don't quite understand how Subaru--with help from Toyota--developed this sports car. From the beginning, the point was to save as much weight as possible, and that doesn't change with a 2017 update. Subaru has given the 2017 BRZ its most substantial update since it was introduced five years ago, amping up what's best about the car while turning down the nannies. It's also introduced a Performance Package that upgrades what the brand views as important. Hint: that isn't power. This is because, in its current form...

  • 2017 Renault Alpine A120 spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2017 Renault Alpine A120 spy shots

    The long road to the market return of the Alpine sports car brand is almost over. It was in late 2012 that French automaker Renault announced plans to partner with British track car specialist Caterham to develop a new platform to underpin a future sports car for Alpine and a similar model for...

  • 2017 Porsche 911 GT3 facelift spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    Report: Porsche 911 GT3 to receive 4.0-liter engine, 6-speed manual

    The GT3 is the last member of the 911 family yet to receive its mid-cycle update. We’ve seen a number of prototypes testing over the past year and at the 2017 Geneva auto show in March the covers will finally come off. Managers have been tight with details but in typical Porsche tradition we...

  • 2016 Zenos E10 R
    Zenos sports car startup goes bust

    Zenos burst onto the scene in 2013 as a more modern rival to track car specialist Caterham. However, the company on Wednesday confirmed it has entered administration, a process similar to bankruptcy protection, due to a number of canceled orders for its sole product, the E10 track car. “It is...

  • 2017 Porsche 911 Carrera 4 GTS
    2017 Porsche 911 GTS laps 'Ring in 7:26

    The forthcoming 2017 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS has lapped the 12.9-mile, 73-turn Nürburgring-Nordschliefe in 7 minutes 26 seconds. That's 12 seconds faster than the last 911 Carrera GTS and four seconds faster than the latest 911 Carrera S. The so-called 991.2 generation of the Carrera GTS...

  • Porsche Pirelli P-Zero Corsa N0 tire
    Porsche to offer track-focused 20-inch tire for 911

    With the release of the 911 Carrera GTS this April, Porsche will also offer a factory approved aftermarket tire for customers who want more grip at the racetrack. The tire, a Pirelli P-Zero Corsa N0, will be offered through TireRack.com or through dealers, and fit all current 911 Carrera, GTS...

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