Creators of the awesome Hennessey Venom GT have announced its super-light 1200hp supercar will be on show at the McCall’s Motorworks Revival in California from today, as a lead up to the prestigious Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance event this weekend. This will be a debut Pebbles Beach for the Hennessy […]
Year: 2011
Skoda Octavia vRS Bonneville special breaks 200mph barrier at Speed Week
A specially prepared Skoda Octavia vRS Bonneville special has cracked the 200mph (322km/h) barrier at the current Bonneville Speed Week meet in Utah, USA. The stock 2.0-litre engine hardware was made more useful by the help of a huge Garrett turbocharger pumping around 28psi of boost into the engine. Since […]
Video: Ken Block Gymkhana FOUR – The Hollywood Megamercial
As promised, Ken Block’s Gymkhana FOUR; The Hollywood Megamercial video is out with more hoonage than ever. Ken Block is driving his several hundred horsepower Ford Fiesta HFHV (Hybrid Function Hoon Vehicle) rally car, and destroys a set of tyres in the only way he knows best. There’s elements of […]
Quimera AEGT – world’s most powerful electric production car?
You may not have heard of the Quimera AEGT supercar, and neither had we, but it is claiming to be the ‘most powerful electric car on Earth’ so we thought it deserved a bit of a look. The Quimera AEGT supercar is in prototype stages at the moment but the […]
AC Schnitzer BMW 1 Series M Coupe preview to Frankfurt show
Renowned BMW tuner AC Schnitzer has unveiled a preview to an upgrade package for the new BMW 1 Series M Coupe which it plans to unveil at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, next month. It’s about time the popular specialist brought out some kind of performance pack, with a number […]
Video: Electric Chevrolet Camaro does 10.08sec quarter-mile run
A completely electric 1981 Chevrolet Camaro has just ripped down a quarter mile in just 10.08 seconds at 127mph (204.5km/h). Team Haiyin EV Racing and the electric Camaro just missed out on the electric car drag world record which is currently held by a Volkswagen Beetle named Black Current. The […]
Video: Kanye West and Jay-Z cut up Maybach in Otis film for charity
What Kanye West and Jay-Z have done in their ‘Otis’ music video to a Maybach with a metal saw and a blow torch is crazier than a cut snake. Rappers love nothing more than showing off. And what better way to show off by cutting up a million dollar luxury […]
2012 Lexus IS F details revealed
While we wait for the new generation Lexus IS to be announced, the latest 2012 Lexus IS F revisions for the international market have been leaked. While power will be the same, the suspension has been improved thanks to larger stabiliser bars, revised suspension geometry, and new shock absorbers. The […]