4 things that make Ferrari’s F80 hypercar go from 0-60 in 2.15 seconds

Ferrari’s new F80 hypercar has tongues wagging about the new design language, and whether it’ll make for a suitable successor to the 2013 LaFerrari. What’s probably more important, though, is that the Maranello-based marque’s latest creation can get fr… Continue reading 4 things that make Ferrari’s F80 hypercar go from 0-60 in 2.15 seconds

4 things that make Ferrari’s F80 hypercar go from 0-60 in 2.15 seconds

Ferrari’s new F80 hypercar has tongues wagging about the new design language, and whether it’ll make for a suitable successor to the 2013 LaFerrari. What’s probably more important, though, is that the Maranello-based marque’s latest creation can get fr… Continue reading 4 things that make Ferrari’s F80 hypercar go from 0-60 in 2.15 seconds

Watch: YangWang hypercar jumps in the air and rotates on the spot

The YangWang U9 is remarkably affordable for a 1,287-horsepower electric hypercar at around US$236,000. It also rocks a ‘DiSus’ active suspension system powerful enough to launch the car off the ground, or let it rotate on the spot in a “tank turn.”Con… Continue reading Watch: YangWang hypercar jumps in the air and rotates on the spot

Lap record at first sight: Koenigsegg Jesko tears up Laguna Seca

Christian Von Koenigsegg, polymath of the automotive world, doesn’t strike me as a man to take chances. Yet on August 18 he turned up at the Laguna Seca race track with a car and driver, neither of which had ever seen the track in the flesh. The driver… Continue reading Lap record at first sight: Koenigsegg Jesko tears up Laguna Seca

Insane hypercar absolutely sucks its way into the record books

McMurtry made its US debut to the crowds at the famed Laguna Seca circuit in Monterey, CA this week, racing the third annual Reverse Corkscrew Hillclimb with Max Chilton back in the pilot seat. The car and driver duo easily set not one, but two records… Continue reading Insane hypercar absolutely sucks its way into the record books

Czinger 21C zings its wingers to the record books at Goodwood

With driver Chris Ward in the captain’s chair, the Czinger 21C clocked in a 48.83-second run with 3rd through 6th place all separated by less than 0.9 of a second. The overall winner was the Ford Supervan 4.2 (you should use the word “van” loosely) wit… Continue reading Czinger 21C zings its wingers to the record books at Goodwood

Red Bull releases an otherworldly, F1-inspired hypercar

At this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, Christian Horner – team principal for Red Bull’s multi-championship Oracle Red Bull Formula 1 team – gobsmacked all of us when he revealed Red Bull’s latest addition to extreme sport: The RB17. A hybrid mid-en… Continue reading Red Bull releases an otherworldly, F1-inspired hypercar

Koenigsegg Jesko grabs four world records, in preparation for the big one

What's next? The outright production car top speed record, of course!

Koenigegg has vowed never to make a faster car than the wild Jesko Absolut. This feisty 1,600-horsepower hypercar has now had its first day out on an empty airstrip – and it brought home the bacon, including the coveted 0-400-0 km/h world record.

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