Australians love performance cars. Fortunately, there are a whole heap to choose from at the moment, both on the new car market and secondhand. There have been quite few over the years that we missed out on though. Here are the top 10 awesome performance cars that were never officially […]
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Ronaldo & Jenson Button take the McLaren P1 for a spin
As part of a TAG Heuer promo called ‘Don’t Crack Under Pressure’, Real Madrid soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo takes the McLaren P1 hybrid hypercar for a drive with F1 champ Jenson Button. The McLaren P1 is one of the most serious cars on the market, producing 674kW of power from […]
McLaren P1 GTR unveiled at Pebble Beach
McLaren has revealed the track-focused McLaren P1 GTR design concept at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, showcasing a 1000PS engine. It’s designed to be the “best driver’s car in the world”. Built and maintained by McLaren’s Special Operations division, the P1 GTR is the most powerful and most focused vehicle […]
McLaren 650S Sprint to debut at Pebble Beach
McLaren has revealed plans to debut a new 650S Sprint special edition at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance event later this month, showcasing a stripped out, track-only specification. Based on the 650S, the Sprint features a number of racy highlights. It’s all inspired by the 650S GT3 race car and […]
Bespoke McLaren 650S & P1 by MSO to debut at Pebble Beach
Two special McLaren models will debut at the prestigious Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance event later this month, built by McLaren Special Operations division (MSO). The vehicles are based on the 650S Spider and the new P1 hypercar. The bespoke 650S Spider MSO was a project partnership between McLaren Newport Beach […]
McLaren P1 GTR design concept to debut at Pebble Beach
McLaren is set to debut a design concept version of its highly-anticipated P1 GTR at the upcoming 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. McLaren says the idea for the P1 GTR came to life through customers of the road-legal P1 wanting a more track-focused version. The GTR is set to begin […]
McLaren 650S GT3; improved handling, more adjustable
As suspected, McLaren was planning to unveil the new 650S GT3 race car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The new model replaces the MP4-12C GT3 racer. McLaren says a number of changes have been made to the new model to help optimise handling and boost overall safety. It also […]
2014 International Engine of the Year Awards, Ford 1.0 wins again
Ford has done it again, picking up the overall International Engine of the Year Award for the third year running. Ferrari’s epic 458 V8 came in as runner up, followed by the Volkswagen 1.4 TSI Twincharger. Another year has passed and more engines are dissected, analysed and rated by a […]