Julia Piquet presents 5 reasons why the 599 GTO is an underrated supercar. 1. It was the fastest Ferrari ever when it debuted. Despite various mid-engine supercars entering the market and setting records, the 599 GTO remains loyal to a proven drivetrain. Up front this exclusive prancing horse packs a legendary Ferrari V12 that send…
Racing debut scheduled for next year’s 24 Hours of Daytona. After giving the road-going Huracan the Performante treatment in both Coupe and Spyder flavors, Lamborghini is now introducing an update for the GT3-spec race car. Unveiled on the occasion of the Nürburgring round of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe, the new Evo serves as an evolution of…
You’d think a large and heavy SUV wouldn’t stand a chance in a drag race with a fully-fledged supercar… Weighing in at a whopping 5,363 pounds (2,432 kilograms), some might say the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk is not exactly drag race material. But this is not an ordinary SUV – if you’ll allow us to say 707…
The two couldn’t be more different. The Nissan GT-R and Dodge Challenger SRT Demon are bred from different philosophies. But the two are similar underneath the metallic veneer and high-octane horsepower. Both ride on ancient platforms – by automotive standards – released before the Great Recession. The GT-R debuted in 2007 while the Challenger debuted in early 2008 — months before…
The Bugatti Chiron Sport. Image: Bugatti In doing the unthinkable, Bugatti CEO Stephan Winkelmann told Australian website CarAdvice there won’t be another 16-cylinder Bugatti engine after this one. Preposterous! Who could imagine a future where people could, potentially, get close to counting the cylinders in their Bugatti on their… fingers? Well, a lot of people can. Whether it’s more due to tightening…
It’s almost fast enough to outrun the shriek from its supercharger. Friends, we should all rejoice. It’s 2018, and we live in a world where an 840-horsepower (626-kilowatt) Dodge Challenger Demon just isn’t fast enough for driving on the street. Enter Hennessey Performance, which has a new upgrade package for Demon owners that raises output to a full…
Aliens didn’t design it. Ultra rare, bespoke hypercars are not new. There’s always a handful of manufacturers toiling away on five or 10 examples of some super exotic that sell for millions of dollars. However, while some hope to achieve hypercar greatness, few make it past development and a handful of prototypes. It’s the nature of…
New video gives us the rare opportunity to check out the cabin. Upcoming hypercars such as the Aston Martin Valkyrie and the McLaren Speedtail have been getting a lot of media attention lately, but we can’t say the same thing about the Mercedes-AMG Project One. Oddly enough, the F1-engined machine is not making the headlines as often…
A more up-close view of the star-studded Raptor. Remember the Ford Raptor S that could pass as the most luxurious truck ever built? Here’s a closer look at it by Youtube’s SeenThruGlass. Now, if you’ve loved it in the previous story, you’ll love it even more when driven on the road. By combining plush and monstrosity in…
You won’t be able to buy one with over 2,000 hp – but it can do it. Hennessey made a splash at Pebble Beach with its twin-turbocharged, monster of a 7.6-liter engine. Destined for duty in the Venom F5, the motor – which has been in manufacturing limbo for nearly five years – finally fulfilled Hennessey’s promise…
