Supercars

You're a pretty good driver. Perhaps you've been to a few track days, taken a few lessons, and you're certainly no slouch on your local canyon roads. Not only that, but you explore your limits without any help from a traction control system because you're on your way to true tail-out driving glory...

We learned yesterday that Porsche had revised the specs for its 918 Spyder, which brought the car’s performance into line with that of its rivals in the hybrid supercar market, the Ferrari LaFerrari and McLaren P1. The sports car manufacturer has now formally announced full details for the...

Earlier today, we brought you details about an exclusive drive event organized by Porsche for its upcoming 918 Spyder. At the event, a few select media were given the chance to make a couple of hot laps in the plug-in hybrid supercar and one of the members present was Chris Harris of Drive. As a...

Not wanting to be outdone by rivals Ferrari and McLaren, Porsche recently allowed a few select media some time behind the wheel of a production-spec 918 Spyder and announced some revised specs for the upcoming supercar. The big news is that the car’s total output (from the engine and electric...

Following the reveal of the new 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo last week, we’re now down to just a few Type 991 Porsche 911 variants that are yet to surface. They include new generations of the 911 Targa, 911 GT3 RS and supercar-rivaling 911 GT2 and 911 GT2 RS. Today, we have the first details on the...

Having already worked its magic on the Ferrari 458 Italia, British tuning outfit A. Kahn Design has now got its hands on the even tastier 458 Spider. Featured here is A. Kahn Design’s initial work on the convertible supercar, a stunning example finished in Ferrari’s Grigio Alloy hue...

Building prototypes that are technically street legal isn't anything new. Just look to the Radical RXC, Caparo T1, or Ultima GTR. But it's still a good thing to do. Case in point: the Rebellion R2K. While specs on the car are essentially nil, the car's owner Jon Olsson indicates it's a highly...

Ferrari has denied claims it is already at work on a more extreme version of its LaFerrari supercar. The claims were made in an article from Autocar, which has since pulled the original post from its website. The British outlet had based its claims on an interview with the LaFerrari’s chief...

At a time when even supercar manufacturers are considering launching SUVs, it’s good to see that some things are still sacred. Ferrari, which experienced its best year on record in 2012, with sales totaling 7,318 cars, won’t aim to increase this figure going forward but instead will...

Just in case a Lamborghini Aventador and Ferrari FF weren’t enough, Dubai Police has gone out and recruited a handful of new supercars for its fleet including a rare Aston Martin One-77. Yes, one of the bespoke Aston Martin supercars, of which only 77 were ever built, will be used for police...

It was 50 years ago this week that Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. was incorporated and the inaugural foundation stone laid at its factory in Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy. In celebration of the company’s 50th anniversary, Lamborghini has planned an epic rally that will see a convoy of 350...

A fortnight ago, we brought you news that McLaren was about to launch an online interactive experience centering on its new P1 supercar. Featuring the heading Designed By Air, the interactive experience has just gone live and is ready to be pricked and prodded by P1 fans as well as those with a...

Nissan has put a price on the most-wanted GT-R of the season—that's the competition-focused 2014 Nissan GT-R Track Edition. On this very limited edition (only 150 cars for the U.S. market), it's $115,710, or $116,710 after the $1,000 destination fee. The Track Edition forgoes the back seats...

The road to production has been a long and arduous one for the McLaren P1. Since the very first prototypes appeared, the P1 has been put through some of the harshest conditions imaginable to ensure that not only its performance is world-beating but that its durability and refinement meets the high...

Not much has been seen or heard lately of SSC’s upcoming Veyron-rival, the Tuatara, which has led to speculation that the project may have hit a roadblock. According to the latest from SSC, however, development is progressing as scheduled and a major milestone recently reached. That milestone...

An Indian man is facing charges for allowing his nine-year-old son to drive his Ferrari F430 on public roads. News of the stunt first broke a few weeks ago when video, filmed by the father, Mohammed Nisham, went viral on YouTube. The video showed the boy driving the mid-engine supercar on a...

Bugatti now has two world records under its belt: the production car land speed record and the production car land speed record for an open-top car. While the first record, which stands at 267.8 mph, was set almost three years ago by the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, the second was set only this...

Swiss firm Hublot, maker of the world’s most expensive watch, the Bing Bang 5 Million, so named because of its $5 million pricetag, has announced a new watch celebrating Ferrari’s latest flagship supercar, the LaFerrari. The new watch, called the MP-05 “LaFerrari,”...

Which supercar is best? That's a common but complicated question. Is it the fastest? The quickest? The best-handling? The most well-rounded? The prettiest? The most visceral? There's at least one answer to the question, however, and it's settled at the drag strip. Which supercar is best in the...

A 2013 SRT Viper recently covered the quarter mile in 11.1 seconds at 127.4 mph.