We take a prototype of McLaren’s new Ultimate Series Senna to Silverstone, and it takes our breath away. – Silverstone, UK When you read “McLaren Senna Validation Prototype 736,” that middle bit doesn’t sound particularly sexy or exotic. “McLaren” conjures up decades of Formula 1 teams and mind-bending road cars; “Senna” calls up images of…
IMAGE IS EVERYTHING Authenticity, Korean-style Rumor has it that the traditional four-door sedan is in the throes of a prolonged death spiral. Squeezed into irrelevance by crossovers on one end and EVs on the other. But apparently Genesis hasn’t gotten the memo. Although its own SUVs are right around the corner. The 2019 G70 comes ready to…
Brabus takes the previous-gen G-Class and gives it a hardcore upgrade for even better off roading. The new Mercedes-Benz G-Class is here and has even better on-road manners than the old one. But if you’re looking for a hardcore off-roader in a proven package, then Brabus has the Adventure 4×4² that uses the previous-gen G550 4×4² as a starting point. The G550…
With an engine over three times the size of the original, this is the BRZ many people want. Subaru refreshed the BRZ for the 2017 model year, including boosting the output of the 2.0-liter boxer four-cylinder by 5 horsepower (4 kW) to 205 hp (153 kW) . While the extra ponies are a welcome improvement, some folks want…
The conversion will cost $525,000, with a range of bespoke options available. Back in August, Gunther Werks wowed us with their handsome Porsche 993 400R conversion at The Quail in Monterey. Now, after nearly 10 months of testing and tuning, the company is ready to put their powerful Porsche project into a limited production run. Gunther Werks announced today…
It has almost 100 more horsepower than the newly launched M5 Competition. If for whatever reason you’re finding the BMW M5 Competition a bit on the soft side, this brutal MH5 700 is anything but that. Brought to you by the same tuners that built a crazy 888-hp X6 M not too long ago, the amped-up M5…
Take a classic Mercedes sedan; add the chassis from a Russian military truck; do hours of fabrication, and this is the wild result Vehicles like the Mercedes-Benz G-Class and Unimog models show that the German brand knows how to create a very capable off-roader, but a very talented fabricator in Russia is going one better by combining a 1990s W140 S500 luxury sedan and…
Another year with our SUV of the Year winner Being crowned Motor Trend’s 2018 SUV of the Year means that the fifth-generation Honda CR-V will be spending a year in our fleet. And we don’t mean the 2017 CR-V Touring AWD that visual assets manager Brian Vance has been chaperoning for the past 11 months. “My” CR-V is different….
Driving Ferrari’s incredibly quick 12-cylinder 812 Superfast Even Colin Chapman, famous for, among other things, his take on the old maxim, “less is more,” put turbos on the Lotus Esprit. Because sometimes more is more. No one who drove a Ferrari F12 Berlinetta would argue it needed more power, yet its successor, the Ferrari 812 Superfast, has just that….
Looks old but drives new. The casting of the Mercedes-Benz Geländewagen in 2015’s Jurassic World was appropriate for more reasons than just the vehicle’s ruggedness and suitability for shuttling Hollywood stars through mud. Introduced in 1979—and largely unchanged since—the G-wagen is a dinosaur. Fittingly, it appeared in the most fantastic installment yet of the sci-fi series, in which…
