Motor Mania

At the Goodwood Festival of Speed  Aston Martin presented the new Vulcan AMR Pro. This is not a new model but it's an upgrade kit for the 24 lucky people who own one (the production was limited). The engine is the same, as in the standard model launched back in 2015 at Geneva Motor Show, a 7 liter V12 with 804 hp but with shorter gears. The main...

We all know about the European trend of downsizing, for a car enthusiast it is a sad thing but it doesn't always mean cars are getting worse, at least not from the performance side. The new Audi RS5 Coupe it's an example, it's old 4.2 liter V8 was substituted with a new 2.9 liter bi-turbo V6 with 450 hp and 600 Nm (442.5 lb-ft) of torque. The car...

A new exclusive version of Jaguar XE it is the SV Project 8 following the F-Type Project 7. The car is assembled by hand, there will be only 300 exemplars available It has a supercharged 5.0 liter V8 with 592 hp making it the most powerful production Jaguar. The car can reach a top speed of 200 mph (321 km/h) and can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph (0...

The new Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Widebody is a "less hardcore" version of the SRT Demon revealed earlier this year. As you probably guessed it is wider than a regular Hellcat with fender flares extending 3.5 inches, this makes it look very aggressive and muscular. The car rides on big 20 inch "Devil's" rims, has a front splitter coming from...

Aston Martin wanted to celebrate its partnership with Royal Henley Regatta the organizers of an annual rowing race/event which takes place on the river Thames in England. For the occasion their Q division refined the look of this one-off DB11. It has a very elegant Diavolo red finish, a satin Scintilla silver paint on the roof, a lot of...

Some times even F1 drivers loose their mind, that was the case with Sebastian Vettel. During Azerbaijan Gran Prix, at the exit of a corner, the four time world champion hit Hamilton from the back and then out of rage surpassed him and bumped into his side. Maybe Hamilton was trying to compact the group behind Vettel or he was just waiting for the safety...

October 2016 The Neo EP9 sets a lap time at Nürburgring of 7 minutes 05.12 seconds becoming the world's fastest electric vehicle. May 2017 same track this time completed in 6 minutes 45.9 seconds a record that will not be easy to beat. All this achieved thanks to the joined efforts of Neo and it's Formula-E team. The car has a motor and a transmission for...

If we think about brands like Kia or Hyundai what immediately comes to our mind is cheap Korean cars, that's not the case any more and this car is a clear message. The looks of the Kia Stinger GT kind of remind me of an Audi in particular the back. The front on the other hand with the characteristic "tiger nose" grill is unmistakably Kia. It has big...

The new 1LE is a race track focused version of the Camaro ZL1, what a better place to test the improvements than the Nürburgring?  The car completed a lap in in the famous track in just 7 minutes 16.04 second. That is super fast! It's 5 seconds faster than a Ferrari 488 GTB for comparison. The success of the car is not due much to  the...

Roborace will be a championship, actually is still under development, where we will see driverless autonomous cars racing one another on Fia Formula-E racetracks. Roborace has a YouTube channel where it is documenting the development of their prototype the DevBot. Lately for the first time they released the footage of a lap inside the cabin of the...

Have you ever wondered what are the most ridiculous prices at which some cars are sold? Here are five of them. And just for fun i'm going to use as unit the price of a Toyota Prius which is 25,570$. Sometimes i do jokes about this car not because i hate it but because i think it's fun to compare it with cars that have a completely different philosophy. 5-...

The new 695 Rivale is born from the joined work of Abath and Riva a Italian boat and yacht manufacturer which celebrates this year his 175th anniversary. The two tone body paint is made with Riva Blu Sera on top and Riva Shark Grey the same colors used for the yachts at Riva boatyard. Also the interior is inspired to a yacht with a very elegant mahogany...

The new Polo GTI it's bigger in every way it's 8 cm (3.14 inch) longer and 7 cm (2.75 inch) wider. The body is more muscular with sharper lines and wider wheel arches containing big 18 inch wheels. The headlights look slightly thinner and are contoured with a chromed line and with the characteristic GTI red highlight passing trough the grill. Also...

This ETS Nissan GT-R by English racing is officially the fastest GT-R in the world. The car has 3000 hp and is able to reach this power thanks to a massive twin turbo system and lots of tuning. The run took place at Pikes Peak Airstrip Attack where, despite a slight disadvantage due to altitude, the car reached 255.53 mph equivalent to 411.24 km/h...

If you thought painters only used canvas for their art well you are probably going to be surprised. The American artist Stephen Elliott Webb during the event "One Artist - One Car - One Night" decided to turn a 280 hp Alfa Romeo Giulia in a painting on 4 wheels. The car he used was equipped with an 8 speed automatic gearbox, heated leather seats...

This year at the 2017 Geneva motor show Lamborghini launched the Huracàn Performante. This version is lighter and more powerful, every part has been enhanced engine, suspension and aerodynamics in fact Lamborghini say's the vehicle has been re-engineered in its entirety. The engine is the same 5.2 liters V10 with a 90° V but now it has 640 hp and...

This accident nearly killed him but it did not hurt his sense of humor. The former presenter of the famous TV show TOP GEAR was recently involved in a car accident. The crash took place in Switzerland during the filming for Grand Tour a Amazon show which is somewhat the reincarnation of the old Top Gear presented by the same famous trio Hammond, Jeremy...

700 cars, 30 tracks in over 200 configurations and real-time-changing weather all in 4k resolution at 60 fps. These are the numbers of the new Forza Motorsport 7. The release was announced with a trailer on 11 June 2017 at E3 but it will not be available until October 3, 2017 for Xbox one/Windows 10 and on November 7 for...

The Honda Civic was first produced in 1997 and after 20 years it broke a world record. At the Nürburgring the Honda Civic Type-r set a time of 7 minutes and 43.8 seconds becoming the fastest front-wheel-drive production car ever. For comparison the Nissan GTR which costs 111,685$ set a lap time of 7 minutes 43.65 seconds. That means that for 34,775$...