It may have taken McLaren around 20 years since the legendary F1 to create its second road car, the 12C, but it’s making up for lost time.  The new 650S splits the difference between the latter car – which came out only a few years ago – and the new, insanely powerful hybrid P1.  Other […] More »

I’m sure there are car nuts out there whose biggest problem with the new McLaren P1 is that it’s not the legendary F1 from the ’90s.  Jalopnik writer Raphael Orlove is not one of those people. He noticed the two British hypercars have the same greenhouse outline.  A carbon fiber “window” panel in the rear […] More »

McLaren has plans to make Ferrari’s 458 Speciale seem less specialé err… Special. They’lll be starting from a great place: the 12C.  Specifically, its twin-turbo V8 – tuned to around 650 horsepower – and carbon-fiber chassis.  Autocar also mentions the possibility of standard carbon-ceramic brake hardware. To improve its aerodynamics, the English firm will graft some features […] More »

Boy, for a guy who owns a Ferrari, Rob Ferretti can’t seem to catch a break.  In the first installment of the video series documenting his ownership of a 360 Modena, he had to take his new car to a body shop for a front respray after he discovered previous paintwork and accidentally removed some […] More »

The Ford Premier Automotive Group was once a form of corporate high school which step-brothers Jaguar and Aston Martin attended.  The latter firm was the big man on campus who got the cool 12-cylinder engines, dramatic styling and flagship position in the blue oval’s brand portfolio.  It was also its parents’ unofficial favorite child.  Jaguar […] More »

I would like to thank Ferrari for turbocharging the new Ferrari California T.  The last time Ferrari used forced induction on a production car—the F40—I was too young to appreciate automobiles.  Now, I’m old enough to soak up every angle, curve and statistic. Speaking of angles and curves, the prancing horse’s new hardtop convertible was […] More »

One of the problems with hit products is that they leave you wanting more.  Another is that they make you wait… and wait… and wait for it. For instance, when I was a teenager, I loved “Die Hard: With a Vengeance.”  I was pumped when I heard the studio was thinking of making another John […] More »