Tarzan Yamada and the Cyber Mitsubishi Lancer EVO were crowned the winner of the 2011 Superlap World Time Attack Challenge at Eastern Creek Raceway yesterday. Tarzan managed a best time of 1:28.851 in the Pro class during the two-day event, which ran from Friday until Saturday afternoon. This is the […]
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Heffner Performance Audi R8 Spyder V10 Twin Turbo
It looks pretty nasty, because it is pretty nasty. It’s a Heffner Performance Audi R8 V10 Spyder Twin Turbo. We’ll just cut to the chase. Overall power is 725hp at all four wheels (541kW). The tuning kit gives the standard Lamborghini-derived 5.2-litre V10 a pair GT35R turbochargers and plenty of […]
RevoZport BMW 1 Series M Coupe Raze P450
The BMW 1 Series M Coupe has certainly received its fair share of publicity and media attention lately. The latest comes in the form of this RevoZport BMW 1 M Coupe Raze P450. The BMW 1 M Copupe has receive a lot of hype even though it has only been […]
2012 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car announced
Porsche has taken the wraps off the new 2012 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car which will be raced in various Carrera Cup-style competitions around the world. The new GT3 Cup race car gets a larger, safer fuel tank and minor trimming and detail changes over the existing version. The 2012 […]
Video: BMW 1 M Coupe vs E46 BMW M3 CSL on the Nurburgring
An exciting video has just been uploaded onto YouTube showing a new BMW 1 Series M Coupe chasing around an E46 BMW M3 CSL on a lap of the Nurburgring. According to the video uploader, the 1 M Coupe is completely standard while the CSL is a track car with […]
Video: AMS Alpha 12 Nissan GT-R R35 runs 8 seconds
AMS Performance has broken some new records with its latest AMS Alpha 12 Nissan GT-R. It has just run a world record time (claimed) of 8.975 seconds on the quarter mile for a street-legal R35 GT-R. There’s a video to prove it too, which shows just what happens when you […]
Volkswagen thinking of entering F1 in 2018
In a recent interview with Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport magazine, Volkswagen Motorsport boss Wolfgang Duerheimer has hinted VW Group could be thinking of entering into Formula One by 2018. Recent international reports have blown this out to be a bit bigger than what it is, but nonetheless, Duerheimer did […]
Video: Aston Martin Zagato race car review
Autocar has just posted up an Aston Martin Zagato race car review onto its YouTube channel. This is the first time we’ve been given a decent interpretation of the super-exotic racer. As the video describes, the Aston Martin Zagato gives off a glorious V12 soundtrack, and not just from the […]