Tag: Turbocharged

evo’s track battle between the Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG and the Jaguar XKR-S convertible seems to be one from which neither car emerges truly victorious.  Not even contributing editor Jethro Bovingdon seems to win.  He’s not satisfied with the track performance of either vehicle. The big SL might not exhibit any body roll, but it also […] More »

For all of the young-at-heart out there, I recommend paying a visit to a LEGO store.  Not only does they have tons of killer sets (my favorites are from the City line), but it also has thousands of individual bricks available.  You get to see completed and disintegrated parts of the LEGO universe. Consider the […] More »

Audi’s next R8, set to come out in 2015, will have a lot in common with the new, V10-powered Lamborghini Huracan.  Both cars will put 5.2-liters of 10-cylinder power to the road through 7-speed dual-clutch gearboxes and all-wheel-drive.  That should come as no surprise.  After all, the current 4-ringer shares a lot of its DNA […] More »

The only thing more super than a supercar is its next generation.  When Ferrari went from the 612 Scaglietti grand tourer to its successor, the FF, output jumped from a very healthy 533 horsepower to a bonkers 651.  If the speculation about the 2016 Nissan GT-R is to believed, the next iteration of the Japanese […] More »

Ferrari is known for building staggeringly fast, red cars that only the wealthy few can afford.  Their vehicles’ interiors are lined in creamy, painstakingly crafted leather. The Italian speed machines are also dense with sophisticated technology, such as magnetorheological suspensions, side slip angle control, electronic differentials and dual-clutch transmissions.  It makes perfect sense to take […] More »

Infiniti has come up with a way to share Godzilla with small children that won’t leave them screaming and crying out of fear: the Q50 Eau Rouge concept. In the past couple of months, the luxury division of Nissan has revealed a several important details about their concept for a high-performance sedan.  Its front splitter, […] More »

Ferrari says the blown 3.9-liter V8 in the California T is the “first turbocharged engine with zero turbo lag.”  You would think that a company that makes championship-caliber Formula 1 racers, famously red sports cars that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars would be soft-spoken and modest.  Go figure. Automakers and tuners have been turbocharging […] More »