An interesting new track car has been released by Thailand’s 999 Motorsports, called the 999 Motorsports Supersport. The Supersport features a lightweight body and a 224kW engine. The 999 Motorsport Supersport looks a bit strange upon first impressions, with plenty of chunky body panels drawing most of the design’s attention. […]
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Toyota EV sportscar to attempt Nurburgring EV lap record
Toyota Motorsport GmbH will be attempting to break the Nurburgring electric vehicle (EV) world record on August 29, using a specially made two-seat lightweight sportscar. The current EV Nurburgring lap record belongs to a Peugeot EX1 Concept EV that has recorded a time of 9:1.338. Toyota will attempt the record […]
Video: Chris Harris laps the Nurburgring in a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
Renowned motoring journalist and race car driver Chris Harris has recently posted up a video of himself doing a flying lap of the Nurburgring in a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG ‘Gullwing’ supercar. For those who are unaware, the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Gullwing was made to pay homage to the original Mercedes-Benz […]
Video: ‘Monster’ Tajima’s 2011 Pikes Peak Hill Climb run – awesome HD edit
GoPro camera company has released a final edit HD video of Nobuhiro ‘Monster’ Tajima’s 2011 Pikes Peak Hill Climb world record run. Images were taken from up to 10 different GoPro cameras mounted on and in Monster’s Suzuki Sport Pikes Peak race car. Earlier in the year, we showed you […]
Audi RS3 B&B tuning package offering over 500hp
The 2012 Audi RS3 was only released onto the international market earlier this year, but German tuner B&B has already managed to extract 510PS (503hp/373kW) out of the standard 2.5-litre turbocharged five-cylinder engine. The Audi RS3 is considered to be the quickest hot hatch on the market, one can only […]
2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302 HPE650 by Hennessey (including dyno run)
Hennessey Performance has released details of the 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302 HPE650 tuning pack. And you’d be right in thinking that ‘650’ element of the title has something to do with the amount of horsepower on offer. The Boss HPE650m Mustang also comes with a sprinkling of interior and […]
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 […]