McMurtry’s “extreme, no rules” hypercar sucks its way to market

Designed more to ignore the entire concept of rules than to merely break them, the McMurtry Spéirling is nearing production, a year on since it raised the bar at the Goodwood Hillclimb and a half-year since it absolutely torched world acceleration reco… Continue reading McMurtry’s “extreme, no rules” hypercar sucks its way to market

Porsche distills its best road & Le Mans DNA into Mission X hypercar

The 959. The Carrera GT. The 918 Spyder. All Porsches bring a level of prestige, but some nameplates mean more than others. Previewing the next up in that particular lineage, Porsche has presented the Mission X, an automotive marvel crafted with the hi… Continue reading Porsche distills its best road & Le Mans DNA into Mission X hypercar

Evil 1,001-hp Lamborghini Revuelto hybrid has that carbon resin drip

Lamborghini has been playing around with electrification for nearly a decade now, ever since the slick 2014 Asterion concept. More recently, it went light hybrid with the limited-series supercapacitor-boosted Sián FKP 37 and Roadster. Now it’s added a … Continue reading Evil 1,001-hp Lamborghini Revuelto hybrid has that carbon resin drip

Bertone resurfaces with 1,100-hp hypercar fueled by plastic waste

One of the great Italian design houses that found itself on hard times this past decade, Bertone is now set to make a comeback as a modern coach builder. It’s given a first look at what the future holds with the GB110, a 1,100-hp hypercar that opens an… Continue reading Bertone resurfaces with 1,100-hp hypercar fueled by plastic waste

McMurtry Spéirling smashes Rimac Nevera’s acceleration records

With a 0-60 time of 1.4 seconds, and a quarter-mile under eight seconds in the book, the McMurtry Spéirling makes all

British electric hypercar company McMurtry has a somewhat unfair advantage over the rest of the car world, and it’s used it to achieve a pair of astonishing acceleration records: 0-60 mph in 1.4 seconds, and a 7.97-second quarter mile.

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Pininfarina Battista scoops up four production car acceleration records

Running a 1,900-horsepower Rimac powertrain, the Pininfarina Battista has just scooped up a swag of production car acceleration records

It seems Rimac has been beaten by its own mighty powertrain. The Rimac-powered Pininfarina Battista electric hypercar has just snatched the production car acceleration records from 0-60-120 mph (and 0-100-200 km/h), and it’s set a braking record too.

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Drako launches the fastest, most ludicrously overpowered SUV in history

Priced at just US$290,000, Drako’s new Dragon hyper-SUV looks like the most comfy and practical way by far to get from 0-60 mph (0-96 km/h) in 1.9 seconds. This Model X-killer combines outrageous power with huge-screen luxury and doors that go up.Conti… Continue reading Drako launches the fastest, most ludicrously overpowered SUV in history

Mercedes-AMG One hyper-hybrid deletes 8 seconds off Nürburgring record

The Mercedes-AMG One accelerates its way into the record books

Two years ago, Mercedes-AMG knocked Lamborghini off the top of the Nürburgring Nordschleife production car chart with a 6:48.047 time in a GT Black Series. It was very good news for the folks at AMG, especially since they were deep in the works on the even fiercer 1,000-hp One street-legal race car. Mercedes lost the title in 2021, when the Porsche 911 GT2 RS came roaring back to the front of the pack with a 6:43.300. But it’s 2022 now and high time for the Mercedes-AMG One F1-to-freeway hypercar to roll out of the garage and show what it’s made of. And did it ever, knocking several seconds off Porsche’s time to reorder the record sheet.

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1,180-hp Ariel Hipercar emerges as evil turbine-boosted e-Batmobile

More than just another electric hypercar, the “Hipercar” from Ariel breaks from the pack with a little performance-rounding innovation. The car is still a prototype with a ways left before production, but Ariel popped up recently to deliver a rather in… Continue reading 1,180-hp Ariel Hipercar emerges as evil turbine-boosted e-Batmobile

Dongfeng kicks off “Warrior” brand with two 1,000-hp 4WD concepts

China’s third-largest automaker Dongfeng has fired up a luxury off-road brand called Mengshi (Warrior), and launched it with a pair of tricked-out, military-inspired, thousand-horsepower 4WD concepts that look, well … about as Chinese as apple pie.Co… Continue reading Dongfeng kicks off “Warrior” brand with two 1,000-hp 4WD concepts