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  • Aston Martin DB9 Coupe and Volante by Mansory

    Still finding it hard getting over the fact you’ve missed out on your chance to own the stunning DBS coupe? One of our favourite tuners, Mansory, may have the next best thing. The German outfit’s latest package for the DB9 coupe and droptop Volante looks every bit as gorgeous as the DBS but it won’t burn as big a hole in your pocket as the aforementioned super-coupe, plus it’s available today. That is, for anyone who already owns the keys to a DB9. Designers at Mansory were faced with an almost impossible challenge in improving the look of the already near-perfect DB9...

  • New images: Lamborghini’s Ad Personam cars
    New Images: Lamborghini’s Ad Personam Cars

    If you can’t find a stock Lamborghini that fits you and you’d rather not put one under the tuner’s knife, what are you to do? Lamborghini has just what you’re looking for: their Ad Personam personalization program. Now those with the means can have their own tailor-made...

  • Lamborghini posts record sales in 2007
    Lamborghini posts record sales in 2007

    It’s a good time to be in the business of selling exotic cars. It seems every brand with a six-figure lineup is posting record sales, including Lamborghini, which today announced it had sold 2,406 cars over the past 12 months – an increase of 15% over its 2006 result. North America once...

  • Invicta unveils 2+2 S1600 GT in Brussels
    Invicta unveils 2+2 S1600 GT in Brussels

    The Invicta S1 is a high-performance and luxurious grand tourer built in the UK since the early 2000s. It’s powered by a range of Ford V8 engines displacing either 4.6 or 5.0L and in its most powerful form develops over 600hp. The latest version of the car turned up recently at a motor show...

  • Edo Competition Audi R8
    Edo Competition Audi R8

    We already saw one of the hottest R8s yet just the other day, thanks to Audi itself, in the form of the R8 V12 TDI. Today Edo Competition brings us a different kind of modified Audi R8 - one that shares a little more in common with the original. In fact, the subtle tuning and tasteful effects added...

  • Lamborghini setting up U.S. sales branch
    Lamborghini setting up U.S. sales branch

    The U.S. is the single biggest market for Lamborghini so it comes as little surprise that the Italian supercar brand will be setting up a separate sales company exclusively for the States – the first of its kind outside Italy. Lamborghini currently makes about 40% of its sales in the U.S...

  • Nelson Racing’s 1,800HP Mosler MT900S

    Two of America’s most famous motorsports companies, Nelson Supercars and Mosler, have developed a new tuning package for the Mosler T900S. The Amercian supercar was already producing up to 600hp in some guises but thanks to the latest upgrade power levels now be adjusted all the way to 1,800hp using a button in the cockpit. The mid-engined MT900S runs a Corvette Z06-derived LS6 V8 and weighs just 2,500lbs. To put this in perspective, the Nelson Racing Mosler MT900S produces 800hp more than the Bugatti Veyron and weighs 1,630lbs less. To achieve its power, the car uses dual fuel and...

  • Brooke ‘Double R’ - supercharged and superlight
    Brooke ‘Double R’ - supercharged and superlight

    Brooke Cars will be launching a new flagship model dubbed the ‘Double R’ in Birmingham in the next couple of days. Don’t feel bad if you haven’t heard of Brooke before, as they’re a small-scale manufacturer specializing in superlight cars in a similar vein to Caterhams...

  • Lamborghini Reventon now available on lease
    Lamborghini Reventon now available on lease

    If you’re one of the legion of car fans out there who idolize Lamborghini’s Reventon but actually have the money to buy one and missed out on getting your name down for one of the twenty cars in production, you may be in luck because a car leasing company actually has one of the ultra...

  • Bugatti building a car faster than the Veyron?
    Bugatti building a car faster than the Veyron?

    It seems every month there’s a new story about Bugatti adding a second model to its lineup but until now these supposed new models have never surpassed the current Veyron supercar in terms of performance or price. The latest rumored Bugatti is tipped to overshadow not only the Veyron’s...

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    Video: Audi R8 V12 TDI Concept

    Audi’s diesel powered V12 R8 concept car has been leaked ahead of its Detroit Auto Show debut next week, revealing an aggressively styled set of new bumpers, exhaust tips and LED accentuated headlights.

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    Nissan GT-R automatically unlocks speed limiter when you get to a circuit

    The new Nissan GT-R will be limited to 180km/h in the land of the rising sun. The rather low-speed limit has been the source of some derision of the GT-R, although it is expected that in North-America and Europe the limit will be set at a more respectable 250km/h. It’s not all bad news for...

  • Nissan files legal action against UK GT-R resellers

    The Dodge Challenger dealer mark-up fiasco is still fresh in everyone’s mind, and our story on Nissan’s dealer certification procedure to prevent similar price gouging on the GT-R is only a few hours old, but the hits just keep on coming. Nissan announced this morning that its legal department is notifying businesses seeking to import GT-Rs from Japan to Europe that they will be in violation of trademark law and will face court action if they do not stop. Likewise, customers purchasing these black-market GT-Rs will not receive the full benefits of legitimate owners. The most...

  • Mercedes SLR McLaren 722 GT coming to America
    Mercedes SLR McLaren 722 GT coming to America

    The U.S. is the luckiest nation on earth when it comes to cars. Aside from a few models here and there (the Euro-spec Focus RS being a real sticking point) Americans can buy pretty much every car worth having within their borders. Today America gets a whole lot luckier - Mercedes’ SLR McLaren...

  • Video: Constructing the Bugatti Veyron’s W16.4
    Video: Constructing the Bugatti Veyron’s W16.4

    The Bugatti Veyron’s monstrous W16 engine is one of the most sophisticated powerplants currently in production, integrating two narrow-angle V8 engines on a single crankshaft and feeding this with no less than four turbochargers. This latest video gives us an inside look at the processes that...

  • Nissan GT-R dyno: 475hp at the hubs
    Nissan GT-R dyno: 475hp at the hubs

    A few days ago we were talking about Nissan wanting to get the GT-R to an SAE-certified 480hp so it would match the Porsche 911 Turbo, one of its chief rivals. It looks like that should be an easy feat if the dyno numbers coming out of Japan today are solid - and it looks like they are. According...

  • More details on Caparo’s F1 car for the road
    More Details On Caparo’s F1 Car For The Road

    Safety systems and materials developed for Formula One make the Caparo T1 one of the world’s safest vehicles on the road. Already dubbed the world’s fastest ever track-biased production car, the T1 features a carbon composite tub and an energy-absorbing carbon nosecone for improved...

  • ‘Used’ Nissan GT-R sells for $20K over MSRP
    ‘Used’ Nissan GT-R sells for $20K over MSRP

    Stretching the meaning of the word ‘used’ to its most technical limits, Japanese car auction firm Aucnet has sold a barely-driven GT-R at auction. The pearl-white GT-R sold for 10.4 million Japanese yen, which works out to roughly US$94,000 or €63,945 - about US$25,000 over the...

  • Factory Five Racing GTM supercar

    America’s Factory Five Racing has created a do-it-yourself kit car, which owners can build with the powerplant of their choice. The GTM is a ready-to-drive, V-8 powered, mid-engined supercar with a composite body shell and an aluminum and steel tube frame chassis. The car’s final curb weight is just 2,250 pounds. The car uses GM Performance engine and suspension parts with four-corner coil-over shocks, huge brakes and a Porsche 911 transaxle. Its handling and braking system is derived from the C5 Chevrolet Corvette and includes 13-inch rotors up front and 12-inch rotors up back...

  • Edo Competition boosts the Porsche Carrera GT
    Edo Competition boosts the Porsche Carrera GT

    Porsche’s ultimate Carrera GT may no longer be in production but that hasn’t stopped one of Germany’s most reputable aftermarket tuners developing a range of performance upgrades for the uber Porsche. Edo Competition now offers three power stages for the Carrera GT, with 670, 715...

  • James Bond to drive an Aston Martin DBS again
    James Bond to drive an Aston Martin DBS again

    Aston Martin announced today that its new flagship model, the DBS, will once again be driven by James Bond in the next 007 film set for release in November next year. This is the same car used in the most recent Bond flick, Casino Royale, with actor Daniel Craig starring as the famous secret agent...

  • Genaddi Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster
    Genaddi Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster

    The Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster is one of the most sought after supercars on the planet but, as you’ll discover in this video review, installing or removing the manual fabric roof can be down right annoying, especially if you had to do it in a downpour. American coachbuilders at the...

  • Video: V8 sports car challenge
    Video: V8 sports car challenge

    The guys at Road & Track set out to find who makes the best V8 sports car by pitting four of the best from around the world in this video round up. The list includes all our favorites: the Chevrolet Corvette, Audi R8, Aston Martin Vantage and the Ferrari F430. Click ahead to find out which one...

  • Spy Shots: Nissan GT-R club racer or possible V-Spec
    Spy Shots: Nissan GT-R club racer or possible V-Spec

    Just when you think there’s nothing more to see or read about Nissan’s GT-R super-coupe, images of a mysterious prototype start to crop up on the internet. These latest shots depict car with several features you won’t find on the standard model, leading us to believe this is...

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