Supercars

  • Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric Drive

    A Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric Drive has just been driven around the full course of the Nürburgring Nordschleife in a time of 7:56.234, setting a new record for a production electric car at the legendary German circuit. The overall electric car record still stands at 7:22.329, set by Toyota’s TMG EV P002 race car last year. The SLS AMG Electric Drive is notably quicker than the previous production EV record holder, however, Audi’s canceled R8 e-tron, which in production trim managed a time of 8:09.099. Unlike the Audi, you can actually buy an SLS AMG Electric Drive, though...

  • Explore McLaren’s 50-year history through its new web portal
    Explore McLaren Automotive Through Its New Web Portal: Video

    The newly established sports car manufacturing arm of McLaren, McLaren Automotive, has launched today a new web portal where fans of the brand, young and old, can get deeply familiar with the brand and its philosophies. The new site is aimed at offering unparalleled inside access to McLaren, with...

  • Ron Simons and Sabine Schmitz
    ‘Ring Queen Sabine Schmitz Takes On A Challenge From A Ferrari 458 Driver: Video

    One of the Nürburgring Nordschleife’s living legends, ‘Ring Queen Sabine Schmitz, is taking on the challenge of a race around the German track. Her choice of ride is a Type-997 Porsche 911 GT3, albeit one modified with KW suspension. Her opponent is a Nürburgring expert...

  • 2013 Bugatti Driving Experience at France’s Circuit Paul Ricard
    Photos From Bugatti Driving Experience At Circuit Paul Ricard

    Yes, even Bugatti has a Driving Experience program, though attending one is certainly no easy task. For starters, you most likely have to be a multimillionaire or at least know one. Then, you have to be formally invited by Bugatti, which means you have to be one of the marque’s dearest...

  • Pagani Zonda Revolucion
    800-horsepower Pagani Zonda Revolucion revealed

    It's the last in a wild line of amazing machines. I'm talking about the Pagani Zonda, which has just reached the end of its crazy life. The final machine has been officially revealed, and it arrives as the Pagani Zonda Revolucion track special. The Revolucion is a stunning collaboration of carbon...

  • 2012 Lexus LFA right-hand drive model
    Lexus Salutes Its LFA Supercar With New Video

    It may have its detractors but there’s no denying the Lexus LFA, especially in its Nürburgring Edition trim, is one of the best performing and most desired supercars ever produced. Only 500 examples were built, with the very last car rolling off the production line at Toyota’s...

  • 2014 Porsche 918 Spyder production-spec prototype

    Many of the world's top boutique or extreme supercars are pre-sold for their entire run--sometimes even before they're announced to the public. But unlike the dozens or few hundreds of these cars typically built, Porsche is planning to produce 918 examples of the 918 Spyder. At $845,000, the 918 Spyder is expensive, but it's a relative bargain beside the other hybrid hypercars of the world, the McLaren P1 ($1.15 million) and LaFerrari ($1.7 million). Despite the high price of the LaFerrari, Ferrari received over 1,000 purchase requests, even though it could only fill the 499 it will build...

  • 2013 McLaren MP4-12C Spider
    2013 McLaren MP4-12C Spider Hits 213 MPH: Video

    Making a convertible out of a perfectly good hardtop supercar might seem like an unnecessary complication to some, adding weight and reducing performance. But with the McLaren MP4-12C Spider, the difference appears to be negligible. Case in point: this speedometer video, via Sport Auto, of a run to...

  • 2015 Audi R8 GT Sport spy shots
    2015 Audi R8 GT Sport Spy Shots

    Could Audi be working on an even more extreme version of its R8 supercar, one beyond the already hardcore R8 GT? It certainly looks that way following the sighting of this latest R8 prototype at the Nürburgring race track in Germany. With the launch of the latest 2014 Audi R8 range, the most...

  • Paul Walker behind the wheel of a Lexus LFA
    Fast And Furious Star Paul Walker Drives The Lexus LFA: Video

    We bet many of you are still coming down from your Fast and Furious 6 highs of the past weekend, but just in case you still haven’t got your fix of vehicular action, here’s a new video featuring Paul Walker driving a Lexus LFA. Walker is no stranger to performance cars; the actor has...

  • McLaren P1 at Bahrain International Circuit
    McLaren, Forza 5 Competition Offers P1 Ride-Along

    McLaren is going all-out for the launch of Forza Motorsport 5, and while such competitions are usually more hassle than the prizes are worth, in this case, you might want to take a moment to consider. The winner will get a ride-along in a McLaren P1. Launched earlier this week, the new Forza...

  • 2015 Lamborghini Aventador SV spy shots
    2015 Lamborghini Aventador SV Spy Shots

    The Lamborghini Aventador is many things to many people: ultimate modern expression of the supercar; overstyled and underperforming; just too expensive. But it's most certainly special. It may soon become even more so, if the Aventador SV turns up the wick as high as it appears to. The spy photos...

  • McLaren P1 at Bahrain International Circuit

    UPDATE: McLaren appears to have refuted the ultra-quick P1 time around the 'Ring, instead saying that the sign photographed below is simply a goal for the P1 team, not an achieved lap time. Regardless, if the goal holds up--and clearly McLaren has plans to set a lap time--the P1 will have completely re-set the bar for performance at the Nordschleife. ------------- With more than 900 horsepower, a top speed of 217 mph, and active aerodynamics, the McLaren P1 was, quite literally, built for speed and lap times. It appears the designers' goals may have been met, with rumors of a new record lap...

  • 2013 Dodge SRT Viper
    SRT Viper Soon To Be Available In Europe

    The SRT brand is yet to announce sales of its Viper in Europe but fans of the iconic American supercar on the other side of the pond will soon be able to start ordering the cars. German tuner and importer of American muscle Geiger Cars has confirmed it will start selling the Viper as a gray import...

  • 2014 Aston Martin Vanquish Volante spy shots
    2014 Aston Martin Vanquish Volante Spy Shots

    The convertible version of the new 2014 Aston Martin Vanquish, a Volante in Aston Martin speak, has been spotted tested once again, this time wearing more revealing camouflage on the Nordschleife. The Vanquish Volante was previously spotted testing just outside the Nürburgring test track in...

  • 2013 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series
    2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series first drive review

    Have we driven the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG enough? You tell us. We've flogged it in its debut form as a gullwing, as a roadster, as the new SLS AMG GT, and as a GT Roadster in a weekend joy ride. We've even driven the Tomorrowland edition, also known as the SLS AMG Electric Drive. We've chunked the...

  • Ferrari LaFerrari, 2013 Geneva Motor Show
    No Trident-Wearing Version Of The LaFerrari Per Maserati

    Rumor had it that Maserati was planning a Trident-wearing version of the new LaFerrari for its own stable. After all, Maserati followed up the Ferrari Enzo with its own iteration called the MC-12. Now, however, it seems that there's only room on this planet for one truly outrageous Italian supercar...

  • 2010 Ferrari 458 Italia
    Ferrari 458 ‘Scuderia’ Set For Frankfurt Auto Show Debut: Report

    The hardcore version of Ferrari’s 458 Italia supercar, the spiritual successor to 2007’s 430 Scuderia, is reportedly set for debut at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show this September. The biannual event has been favored by Ferrari of late for debuts concerning its entry-level mid-engine...

  • Team Galag TG1 - Image: Camere Photography

    Just in case its street-legal Tumbler Batmobile wasn’t enough, Saudi Arabia’s Team Galag has brought along a custom supercar based on a Nissan GT-R platform for the Gumball 3000 rally taking place this week in Europe. The car is called the Team Galag TG1 and it made its debut on Saturday at the start of the Gumball 3000 rally in Copenhagen, Denmark. Helping build the car was America’s own Parker Brothers Concepts, which was also responsible for Team Galag’s Tumbler. The UK’s Litchfield Motors, meanwhile, worked on the GT-R powertrain, which in the TG1 has been...

  • Bugatti Veyron police car - Image: Dubai Police
    It’s Finally Happened: Bugatti Veyron Joins Dubai Police Fleet

    With the likes of a Lamborghini Aventador, Ferrari FF, and even an Aston Martin One-77 joining the ranks of the Dubai Police fleet, it was only a matter of time until the world’s fastest car, the Bugatti Veyron, donned the outfit’s green and white livery. This isn’t the...

  • Lexus LFAs at Chicago Auto Show
    Lexus LFA Owner Successfully Lobbies Town To Have Speed Hump Removed

    A Lexus LFA owner in Norway has managed to persuade his town to remove a speed hump located near his home because it was too high for him to drive his prized supercar over. Rune Berge Vik, a Lexus enthusiast and possibly the only owner of an LFA in the Nordic region, first realized he had a problem...

  • 2013 Lamborghini Gallardo
    ESP Is A Good Thing, Especially On A 2013 Lamborghini Gallardo

    You're a pretty good driver. Perhaps you've been to a few track days, taken a few lessons, and you're certainly no slouch on your local canyon roads. Not only that, but you explore your limits without any help from a traction control system because you're on your way to true tail-out driving glory...

  • 2014 Porsche 918 Spyder production-spec prototype
    Porsche Announces Revised Specs For 918 Spyder

    We learned yesterday that Porsche had revised the specs for its 918 Spyder, which brought the car’s performance into line with that of its rivals in the hybrid supercar market, the Ferrari LaFerrari and McLaren P1. The sports car manufacturer has now formally announced full details for the...

  • 2014 Porsche 918 Spyder testing in Leipzig
    Chris Harris Drives The Porsche 918 Spyder: Video

    Earlier today, we brought you details about an exclusive drive event organized by Porsche for its upcoming 918 Spyder. At the event, a few select media were given the chance to make a couple of hot laps in the plug-in hybrid supercar and one of the members present was Chris Harris of Drive. As a...

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