Goodwood debut for the new Radical Rapture – an open-top racecar for the road

Cambridgeshire’s Radical Sportscars knows a thing or two about making full-on race cars for the road, and the company has come to Goodwood with a new, 350-horsepower, Ford EcoBoost-powered lightweight weapon to show off. Meet the fully street… Continue reading Goodwood debut for the new Radical Rapture – an open-top racecar for the road

De Tomaso stuns Goodwood, revealing its retro-sensual new P72 supercar

When was the last time you saw curves like this on a car? Possibly back in the 1960s with designs like the early Corvette Stingray, which was one of the places De Tomaso drew inspiration for its big return to the stage with this curvaceous, h… Continue reading De Tomaso stuns Goodwood, revealing its retro-sensual new P72 supercar

Lister lets demoniacal 666-hp Jaguar F-Type convertible out of its cage

Lister has been around for a moderately evil 66 years, best known for making the dastardly Knobbly race cars that owned the British racing scene in the 50s. More recently, these guys have been doing diabolical things to Jaguars, and to celebr… Continue reading Lister lets demoniacal 666-hp Jaguar F-Type convertible out of its cage

Hyundai announces "world's first" Continuously Variable Valve Duration engines

Hyundai/Kia have announced what they term the "world's first continuously variable valve duration" system

Set to debut in a new 1.6-liter 4-cylinder Smartstream turbo engine, Hyundai’s new valve tech is able to continuously change the duration of valve openings to suit driving conditions, which Hyundai says results in a 4 percent performance boost, 5 percent better fuel economy and 12 percent lower emissions.

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BMW promises its 530-horsepower X6 is not an SUV, it's just practical like one

The new BMW X6 is outwardly young and funky, inwardly highly practical and family-friendly

BMW feels like it’s really onto something with its half-coupe, half-SUV “Sports Activity Coupe” X6, which gives you family-grade practicality while still attempting to look a bit cool. The new model gets giant, light-up kidney grilles and up to a supercar-adjacent 530 horsepower.

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The fastest production car ever up Pikes Peak is … the Bentley Continental GT?

Buried a little in yesterday’s timesheets from Pikes Peak was an eyebrow-raising record set for the fastest ever production car time up the mountain, which was set by Kiwi Rhys Millen driving Bentley’s luxury Continental GT…
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Airspeeder series to debut 120-mph, head-to-head, manned multicopter racing in 2020

A grid full of 10 giant coaxial octocopters, each with a pilot on board, racing each other head-to-head through the air at speeds up to 200 km/h (120 mph)? That’s exactly what the Airspeeder racing series is set to introduce in 2020 with the … Continue reading Airspeeder series to debut 120-mph, head-to-head, manned multicopter racing in 2020

Group of friends working out of a home garage wins the 97th Pikes Peak International

This year’s overall Pikes Peak win was taken by a group of friends who found themselves short of a team when Faraday Future pulled out of competition last year. With no factory backing, they bought themselves a car, tuned it up and took an 11… Continue reading Group of friends working out of a home garage wins the 97th Pikes Peak International