While neither project has been green lit and while no names have been confirmed, Tatsuya Tada, the chief engineer for the GT86/FR-S recently told Aussie site Car Advice that “Akio Toyoda always says to me, Toyota sports car [family] should be three sports car brothers. 86 is in the middle.” The smaller car (possibly named MR2) […] More »
You might remember a few years ago when British sports car manufacturer TVR went under. Personally, I was distraught. Even though there was little to no chance that I would ever have one, the fact that such pure (read: batshit insane) sports cars existed at all was enough to make me happy. They were gorgeous […] More »
Now that the 911 GT3 is out of the bag, Porsche is free to put their finishing touches on the next 911 in line: The Turbo. Where the GT3 is Porsche’s offering when it comes to a track car, the Turbo is where it’s at if you have a need for speed. Now, these are […] More »
McLaren’s upcoming P1 is, like most things they make, well beyond the reach of mere mortals. That doesn’t mean we can’t lust over it, especially considering this new bit of information: the car will make 903 horsepower. That’s more than Porsche’s 918 and it’ll probably be about as much power as Ferrari’s future top offering. The […] More »
As an auto journalist, there are times when you’re trusted with extremely rare and incredibly expensive pieces of machinery. The last thing you want to do is break it. Unfortunately for Mike Hales, he’s living our worst nightmare. Hales blew up the engine of ex-formula one driver David Piper’s Porsche 917. Apparently he was […] More »
Say it ain’t so! Jaguar has pulled the plug on their C-X75 super car, citing “current global economic conditions” and “higher priorities for the Jaguar brand.” I’m not sure what would’ve been a higher priority than making this: … a reality. More cars should look like this. Though, admittedly, I can understand their hesitance: the […] More »