The first photos, and a video, of the much-rumoured officially sanctioned, tuned version of the European-market Honda Civic Type-R hatchback have been released on the internet. Although the video and photos are the only official confirmation we’ve had that the car exists, it doesn’t tell us anything about the actual specifications. The latest rumours suggest...
Fabrizio Giovanardi drives the new Vauxhall Astra around Millbrook's mountain circuit in a make-believe race with its competitors from Ford and Volkswagen. I am sure Vauxhall didn't expect us to be fooled, but it's an interesting way to reveal their new family car.
The Formula One Teams Association, after months of wrangling with the FIA, has announced that it plans to form a breakaway series for the 2010 season. The decision by Brawn GP, Ferrari, McLaren, Renault, Toyota, BMW, Red Bull and Toro Rosso to leave the official Formula 1 World Championship follows the failure by the teams...
Japanese tuner, ASI, has unveiled a new bodykit for the Ferrari F430, the company’s first project outside Bentley’s Continental. The all-carbon kit, which consists of new front and rear bumpers ($5000 and $6000) and new side skirts ($4000) apes the styling of the F430 GT cars, but combined with the BBS alloys and lowered SACHS...
ALMS Round 1 2007: Risi Competizione's Jaime Melo in his Ferrari F430 and Flying Lizard Motorsport's Jorg Bergmeister in a 911 GT3 create fireworks. "A great Ferrari vs Porsche battle, like those of the old times" -s.portugal
Supercar tuner, Edo Competition has turned its attention to Ferrari’sCalifornia, sharpening the looks and upping its performance. Thanks to a re-programmed ECU, Ferrari’s first car with a front-engined V8 and folding hardtop can now develop 500bhp and 369lb ft, up from 454bhp and 358lb ft. Edo doesn’t claim any change to the California’s 0-62 time...
Porsche’s direct injection 3.8-litre flat six has taken ‘Best New Engine of the Year’ at the 2009 International Engine of the Year awards. The engine fitted to the Gen2 997 is the first all-new 911 flat-six since Porsche debuted water cooling with the ‘GT1’ block in 1998 and was commended by the judges for managing...
Richard Meaden recently took part in the maddest race in the world - the Nürburgring 24hr, in one of the most exciting new cars on sale in 2009. See how he gets on in our two part video.
Audi has announced the new A5 Sportback: a mid-sized hatchback/estate/saloon version of the A5 coupe, which itself is effectively the coupe version of Audi’s midsized estate/saloon car, the A4. The latest ‘niche’ car will be available with two petrol and three diesel engines from launch, all of which are direct injection. The 2-litre TFSI is...