Sports Cars

General Motors Company's [NYSE:GM] European division has just launched the hot two-seater Opel GT roadster, the latest achievement from its badge-engineering exercise between Saturn and Opel. The GT roadster follows the classic roadster definition perfectly with its powerful front-mounted engine...

Toyota will be unveiling its latest concept at the Detroit auto show - the FT-HS Hybrid Sports Concept. For everyone nodding off right about now, rest assured that this isn’t another one of Toyota’s incredibly bland mass-market offerings. The FT-HS is a 2-door sports coupe that will put...

Despite the funny name, Dutch company Donkervoort has been building some pretty serious sports cars, and their latest model is just about to be revealed. They’ve been working on a fixed-roof version of the D8 roadster by adding a carbon fiber roof and wing mirrors. The D8 also has a...

We’ve been following the story of KTM's new X-Bow track car for some time now, with initial reports that it would be built by Audi, and then revised reports that Audi would only be supplying the engine. Yesterday, KTM revealed the X-Bow to the press before its official debut at the 2007...

Bristol Cars is a manufacturer of hand-built luxury cars based in Filton, near Bristol in the U.K. Their annual output is less than 150 cars per year, but the company has made some fiery models in its past, which includes its Fighter supercar. First released back in 2004, the Fighter is powered by...

It’s rare to see a supercar that can compete in both the fuel economy stakes as well as race track performance. Featuring a modified General Motors diesel 6.6L twin-turbo diesel engine and a unique eight-speed automatic transmission with paddle shifters, the Iceni R can reach a top speed of...

It’s hard to believe, but the famous GTI hot hatch has made it into 30 years of production after the release of the original 1976 version. To mark the occasion, Volkswagen has released a production version of the GTI Edition 30 concept car that was unveiled several months ago. Sticking to the...

Toyota Australia has unveiled a new sports car at the Australian International Motor Show, based on its recently revealed Aurion sedan. Toyota officials are promoting the car as purely an exterior styling exercise, but were confident a production version will be released mid-way though next year...

Caterham, famous for its specialist lightweight sports cars, has released details for the updated Caterham Seven model. The roadster is now running Ford’s Sigma motor, and has increased torsional rigidity by 12 percent thanks to a new manufacturing process . The new range will start...

TVR recently announced that it will shut down its UK factory and outsource the production of its next-generation vehicles to another European company. We can now confirm that coachbuilder Bertone has been selected by TVR to produce the 2007 model-year Sagaris, Tuscan and Tuscan convertibles in...

After showcasing the Anteros XTR Convertible at last year’s SEMA show, the company plans to display a new Coupe and Targa version of the same car alongside the original roadster. All three cars are built off the Corvette C6 platform with bodywork that’s reminiscent of the European...

Spyker has delivered a one-off special police version of its C8 Spyder to the rural forces in the Netherlands. The C8 is a hand-built sports car developed by Spyker and it is powered by an Audi-sourced 4.2-liter V-8. There are several different flavors starting with a 400-horsepower version capable...

Morgan is working on a fuel cell car that’s based on the Aero Eight and will be completed within three years. The LIFECar project is in collaboration with the UK Department for Trade and Industry (DTI), fuel cell maker QinetiQ, BOC, OSCar, and a number of educational institutions. The fuel...

We’ve always known that Chevrolet’s Corvette Z06 was good, but we'd never have imagined that it could beat Porsche’s AWD 911 Turbo around a race track and with a lead of 2.6 seconds to boot. The test was carried out by Swedish magazine Auto Motor and Sport, who pitted the two cars...

The new S-class is by all accounts the best luxury sedan ever, and now that Mercedes has announced more details after the original press release we thought we’d take a closer look at it. Despite the technological tour de force that the S-class is, its hard to look past the AMG built engine...

Neimans Marcus has released a limited run of fifty customised BMW M6 convertibles, and provides a comprehensive package for buyers that includes trips to the German factory plus meetings with some of the designers. Delivery of the car is taken directly from its Bavarian factory where buyers will be...

We’ve always been a little bit jealous of Honda’s UK division, who gets interesting cars such as the Civic Type-R. Now the uniquely styled hatch has spurred on a spin-off version in the form of the four-door Civic sedan, and this time round it will be sold outside of Europe. A prototype...

There’s no end to the wacky cars that are sold over in Japan. Car maker Mitsuoka, which created the strange looking Orochi supercar, has another model that’s aimed at motorists in tight inner-city areas where parking can be a major hassle. The small Mitsuoka Micro will be sold in kit...

Mercedes Benz is launching several performance oriented models at this year’s Paris Motor Show. The latest car to join AMG’s performance ranks is the S63 sedan, which features the hand built naturally aspirated 6.3L V8. The new mill generates 525hp (386kW) and peak torque of 630Nm...

There’s no end to the strange customized cars that are coming out of the land of the rising sun. First shown at the 2001 Tokyo Motor Show, the Mitsuoka Orochi, which is named after a mythical Japanese monster, has been updated for the 2007 model year. Now that the Honda NSX is long dead, the...