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A new British sports car is being developed by a former McLaren engineer, Jim Dowle, who expects to launch a prototype within the next 18 months. The future sports car will aim at taking on the established Lotus Exige model. It will be powered by a mid-mounted powertrain whose power output will be around 200bhp. [...]

A new world record has been broken as someone paid the highest amount ever for the number plate “1” in the Middle East. An Emirati businessman placed a bid of 52.2 million dirhams, about £7.4 million, for plate number ‘1’ at an auction in Abu Dhabi. The owner was ready to bid up 100 million [...]

The Yes! roadster will be sold in the U.S. this year as company plans to display its model at the next Chicago Motor Show. Despite its characteristics, the Yes! roadster is not British but German. Do not expect a power feast as engineers have focused on weight reduction. The Yes! only weighs 1,960lbs on the [...]

If you are a Top Gear aficionado, you have probably watched all the seasons. Well, if you a son, it’s time to educate him to the best things in life thanks to Top Gear which sells various toys which will likely remind you the best episodes. Let’s start with the great Aygo football match that [...]

Generally, supercar features carbon fiber material in order to save weight but it’s very expensive. So a group of students from North Carolina State University have had the idea to build a wooden supercar. Purpose is to explore the use of new materials in the automotive industry and you won’t remain stony-faced. Dubbed Splinter, the [...]

Nobody has forgotten the diving Lotus Esprit driven by James Bond in the movie The Spy Who Loved Me but truth is that only gadgets inventor Q was crazy enough to invent such a car until Rinspeed has announced the sQuba model, the submersible car, due to be unveiled at the next Geneva Motor Show. [...]

According to the Italian importer, the Noble M15 will feature a Volvo V8 instead of the current Ford V6. The launch date remains unknown. Available on the Volvo S80 and XC90, the 4.4 litres V8 will gain a couple of turbochargers. The power will jump from 313 bhp to 650 bhp. The current V6, which [...]

Car configurators are never very much fun. They are dedicated either to mainstream cars with dull packages or supercars with few options. At least, that was the case before the configurator for the new Gran Turismo went online. With the Maserati configurator you do not waste your time on the optional packages but on the [...]

On July 17 the German tuner MTM tried to achieve a new speed record with its famous Audi TT Bimoto. The target was to crack the Bugatti Veyron’s record but, despite all efforts, the Audi TT failed by a few miles. It reached 244.2mph/393km/h on the Papenburg test track in Germany. As the name suggests, [...]

Here is a masterpiece that only the internet allows us to find. A thirty minute video of the legendary Indy 500 made in 1941 and filmed in colour! Pure bliss. [...]