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Newswheel staff :: 29 April 2008 :: Filed under Mid / rear engine sportscar, BMW
Will anything come
out of the many rumours regarding a possible new supercar project
from BMW? Who knows. But if a production car does emerge, it
definitely won’t be a dead ringer for the M1 Hommage concept,
revealed at the weekend. Yes, it’s dramatic. Yes, it’s official BMW
produce. But BMW says the M1 Hommage is nothing more than a 30th
anniversary celebration of the classic M1 supercar…
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Newswheel staff :: 09 April 2008 :: Filed under Mid / rear engine sportscar, Porsche, Porsche 911
There’s always been a whiff of chest-wig chariot about turbo-charged Porsche 911s. After all, the venerable Porker is defined by its tactility and driving involvement and that doesn’t really jive with the binary power delivery of a blown flat six. But that’s been less true than ever in recent years as Porsche has dialled out the lag and made the turbo models more progressive than ever. So, can the latest 997-vintage GT2 compete with the magisterial 997 GT3 RS for pure driving thrills? Nope. Or at least not according to our chums on Evo magazine…
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Newswheel staff :: 14 August 2007 :: Filed under Coupe, Mid / rear engine sportscar, Porsche, Porsche 911
Impressive proof of the 911 GT2’s road-racing prowess? Or just Weissach waving its willy? Whatever, Porsche claims the new 997-vintage GT2 can bang in a lap of the Nurburgring in just 7 minutes and 32 seconds. That, allegedly, is over 20 seconds quicker than a Fezza F430…
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Newswheel staff :: 07 August 2007 :: Filed under Hatchback, Mid / rear engine sportscar, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Golf
What with the likes of the Lambo Murcielago LP640, the Bugatti Veyron and Bentley Conti GT, you might think the VW group has enough 600bhp+ monsters on offer already. Apparently not, according to a VW engineer who worked on the recent Golf GTI W12-650 concept. If the company receives enough positive feedback, it may yet build this insane 12-cylinder, 650-pony hatchback…
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19 July 2007 :: Filed under Mid / rear engine sportscar, Ferrari, Ferrari F430
First things first, folks. This is definitely not the F430 Challenge Stradale. A lightweight, battle-ready F430 with a dose of extra power might sound an awful lot like an F430 Challenge Stradale. But it ain’t. It’s the new F430 Scuderia, ummm-kay?
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Newswheel staff :: 17 July 2007 :: Filed under Mid / rear engine sportscar, Porsche, Porsche 911
In a rather inevitable move following the recent leak of tech specs and images from an official brochure, Porsche has done the sensible thing and released details and images of the upcoming GT2 flagship variant of the 911 range. In typical GT2 fashion, Porsche has turned up the wick on the boost and ditched drive to the front wheels…
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Newswheel staff :: 02 May 2007 :: Filed under Mid / rear engine sportscar, Lamborghini, Lamborghini Murcielago, Europe & UK
The Superleggera lightweight Gallardo experiment has been a winner for Lamborghini. The rave reviews and refreshed interest in what is a rather mature product range are exactly what the doctor ordered. With that in mind, it’s no surprise to find that Lambo is tooling up to give the big, bad Murcielago the Superleggera treatment…
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Newswheel staff :: 21 November 2006 :: Filed under Mid / rear engine sportscar, Porsche, Porsche Boxster, Europe & UK, US
Porsche, if you’ve somehow failed to notice, is in rude health. The latest symptom of the German sports car outfit’s magnificent malaise is the announcement that the 200,000th Boxster roadster has rolled off the production line. The company is currently knocking them out at a rate of around 27,000 a year, significantly up on the 15,000 unit volume Porsche had originally hoped for way back in 1996 when the Boxster was launched…
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Newswheel staff :: 21 November 2006 :: Filed under Mid / rear engine sportscar, Porsche, Porsche 911, Europe & UK
Amazing what you can get away with by virtue of being a Porsche. Arbitrary alphanumeric model designations, dayglow orange paint, cheesy stickers down the side and an enormous plank-like rear wing are just a few of the features of the 911 GT3 RS that would be considered borderline criminal on any other car. But on the RS, it’s all part of the mystique. Whatever, Porsche HQ has knocked up a new promotional video of its most focused model undergoing a carefully orchestrated ragging around the Spa circuit in Belgium. Enjoy…
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Newswheel staff :: 14 November 2006 :: Filed under Mid / rear engine sportscar, Audi, Europe & UK
Not exactly. For months, rumours have been circulating regarding a possible tag team twixt Audi and Austrian motorcycle manufacturer KTM. The general gist was a light weight sports car powered by the VW group’s blown four-pot and in many regards picking up where VW’s stillborn EcoRacer left off. More recently, KTM’s head honcho, Stefan Pierer, dished a few official details on the project and now further factoids are appearing on the web…
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Newswheel staff :: 11 October 2006 :: Filed under Four wheel drive, Front engine sportscar, Mid / rear engine sportscar, Ferrari, Europe & UK, US
Rumours of all-wheel drive Fezzas have been floated frequently since the early 90s. The latest riff on the 4WD Ferrari involves a new system capable of entirely disengaging drive to the front wheels when required, thereby sidestepping the torque-sapping downside of a conventional arrangement.
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Newswheel staff :: 05 October 2006 :: Filed under Mid / rear engine sportscar, Audi, Audi R8, Europe & UK, Trade shows, US
Just can’t get enough of Audi’s natty new R8 mid-engine sportster? Well, allow us to further fill your boots. Along with a pair of fully built R8s, Audi also had a cut-away car with the full beauty of the aluminium space frame construction on display. Meanwhile, a few more details of Audi’s new flagship ubercar are creeping in. For starters, UK pricing will hit the £76,000 mark, pegging the R8 at a few grand more than Porsche’s 911 Carrera 4 (yours for around £72k). What’s more, a V10 model using the Gallardo’s 500bhp lump is expected to appear in 2008…
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Newswheel staff :: 03 October 2006 :: Filed under Mid / rear engine sportscar, Caparo, Caparo T1, Europe & UK
“Fantastic achievement…proud moment…special team…strong message…”
No, not excerpts from the latest party political conference. But
bullish noises from supercar upstart Caparo following the first
shakedown test of a T1 prototype. Caparo recently completed the first
of two development prototypes of the ultra-lightweight carbon-fibre
sportscar. The second is due to be built by Christmas and the first customer car scheduled to roll off the production line in March
next year. Pretty ambitious, then…
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Newswheel staff :: 28 September 2006 :: Filed under Mid / rear engine sportscar, Audi, Audi R8, Europe & UK, Trade shows, US
It’s a dead ringer for the Le Mans concept. It’s closely related to the Lamborghini Gallardo. And it’s powered by a V8 lump pinched from the RS4 saloon. In short, there’s nothing remotely surprising about it. But it’s still the no-contest star of the Paris show. Audi unsheathed the new R8 mid-engined sportster today and suffice to say the car is pure class from bumper to bumper…
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Newswheel staff :: 25 September 2006 :: Filed under Mid / rear engine sportscar, Lotus, Europe & UK, US
Worrying command-economy connotations aside, just what to make of Lotus’s recently announced new five-year plan? Well, Lotus is certainly the sort of company where a major meltdown has always seemed a realistic possibility, even during the rudely healthy heyday of the Elise. Whatever, the company has announced a new mid-range model for 2008, along with a new Lotus/Proton high performance car and the delay of the Esprit until the fag end of 2009…
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Newswheel staff :: 20 September 2006 :: Filed under Mid / rear engine sportscar, Lamborghini, Lamborghini Gallardo, Europe & UK, US
Lamborghini will show a special edition black-on-black (matte paint is used on the roof and wing tops) Gallardo at the Paris show. The short story is that the Nera is a showcase for Lambo’s range of personalisation options…
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Neville Contractor :: 19 September 2006 :: Filed under Mid / rear engine sportscar, Javan Sports Cars, Javan Sports Cars R1, Europe & UK
If the sudden onslaught of French-stylee futuristic conceptualisation is making you a little homesick (you’d think there’s an impending motor show in Paris or something), check out this vision of the track-attack future from Javan Sports Cars, resurrected from the bygone Strathcarron project…
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Newswheel staff :: 19 September 2006 :: Filed under Mid / rear engine sportscar, Noble, Europe & UK
Worried about the ominous silence emanating from the Leicestershire HQ of small-time sports car outfit Noble? We have been, too. But fret no longer, all is (apparently) well. Although the details are currently borderline non-existent, Noble has revealed that a cash injection from an unnamed backer has secured the future of the company and also allowed for further development of the upcoming M15 supercar…
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Newswheel staff :: 15 September 2006 :: Filed under Mid / rear engine sportscar, Lotus, Lotus Europa S, Europe & UK
An Elise variant too far. That’s the overall impression from the first round of road tests of Lotus’s latest in UK print magazines. Indeed, it’s telling that weekly title Autocar doesn’t even give the Europa S pride of place on its cover. That’s got to be a first for a new Lotus model…
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Newswheel staff :: 09 September 2006 :: Filed under Mid / rear engine sportscar, Tesla, US
Americans seriously dig the save-the-enviro Toyota Prius, despite pretty pedestrian
performance and styling apparently executed by a shovel-wielding zombie. So,
it’s no surprise to learn that the first batch of 100 Tesla roadsters has sold
out Stateside. After all, if you fancy some serious grunt with your greens, the Elise-based, battery powered
Tesla looks like a winner…
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