World's fastest open-top car makes its film debut.
It says a lot about the day and age we live in that Bugatti feels compelled to add bombastic music and theatrical lighting to their video dedicated to the Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse. It’s a 1,200 horsepower, 255 mph targa top. Any other time in human history, just having some guy read the specs aloud in a British accent would be thrilling. (more…)
April 12, 2012 at 05:50 PM
The gold wheels are a nice touch, though.
To celebrate the nearly exponential expansion of the Chinese supercar market twenty years of sales in China, Ferrari has whipped up a special edition of the 458 Italia outfitted in the sort of regalia Maranello thinks will delight China’s million millionaires. (more…)
April 12, 2012 at 04:44 PM
But it should go at least a little faster.
We kind of always figured that if Toyota was going to build a successor to the Lexus LFA, it’d be a step down in price from the current car—which, at $375,000, finds itself floating in the rarefied air where the Lamborghini Aventador and Ferrari 599 GTO/F12berlinetta fly. (more…)
April 12, 2012 at 02:20 PM
One with a peppy turbo motor, no less.
When a single vehicle successfully carves out a new niche in the automotive kingdom, it usually doesn’t take long for other car makers to start trying to find ways of getting in on the action while the action is hot. (more…)
April 11, 2012 at 06:56 PM
Which is much easier, now that the car has shed.
April 11, 2012 at 05:22 PM
They gotta do something with all that Cayenne paper.
So here’s a little story we didn’t expect to stumble upon today: apparently Porsche has bought Italy’s famed test track, Nardo. (more…)
April 11, 2012 at 04:26 PM
And then crashes.
As you know if you’ve seen any crime caper film in history, any group of criminals includes at least one really reckless member who usually winds up getting his crew in trouble through his hot-headedness. He also usually learns a lesson at some point near the end. (more…)
April 11, 2012 at 01:03 PM
Right in our own backyard, no less.
Lamborghini’s SUV concept will be revealed to the hoi polloi at the Beijing Auto Show on April 23rd or 24th, but the car maker’s good friends were invited to a top-secret preview of the car last week right here in New York City. (more…)
April 10, 2012 at 05:04 PM