You know those laurels trimming AMG’s logo? No one at the company is resting on them. There’s a flurry of activity underway in Affalterbach, with efforts focused on bringing range-topping and all-new vehicles to the road. That’s what we learned in our interview with Michael Knöller, AMG’s head of product management and sales, at this […]
The retail versions of the Aston Martin Valkyrie and Valhalla remain a ways off, but carmaker CEO Andy Palmer but has given us something to look forward to beyond the flagship hypercar and its baby brother. Palmer told Australian outlet Car Sales that the Vanquish would be offered with a manual transmission. The pledge fulfills […]
The addition of Evo to the Huracan name reflects the ongoing debate within the auto industry over real words versus alphanumeric vehicle naming conventions. For years, Lamborghini has used the LPXXX-X convention as shorthand for describing its models. For instance, the vehicle the Evo replaces was called the Huracan LP610-4. L and P stand for […]
McLaren has revealed the 600LT Spider, the fifth car to carry the Longtail name. Prices for this 592-hp beauty start at $256,500. Just like the coupe, the Spider features a 3.8-liter twin-turbocharged V-8 engine pumping out 457 lb-ft of torque. McLaren estimates the convertible will do 0-60 mph in 2.8 seconds, an identical time to the […]
Prepare yourself before sliding into the bucket seat of a Polaris Slingshot. There will be reactions. Big ones, small ones. Kids shrieking with joy. Grownups shooting glances as sour as month-old milk. A leathery-tan grandma with cigs in her waistband may ask for a ride. If you’ve already got a passenger, she’ll offer to sit […]
Following industrialist Sir James Dyson’s controversial announcement that his new electric car will be built in Singapore rather than the UK, in contrast the new British electric hypercar maker Dendrobium Automotive Limited said last week that it is looking to manufacture its all-electric D-1 hypercar in Great Britain. Ironically the Dendrobium D-1 was initially conceived […]
The McLaren Speedtail hypercar is finally here, and it’s a streamlined stunner. The whole car is slicker than a bar of soap, and everything about it is there to make it the fastest McLaren road car in history — a combination of sophisticated design and astonishing speed. Grilles and air intakes are kept small and […]
Remember McLaren’s Ultimate Vision Gran Turismo concept? It was a video-game supercar with an incredibly strange prone seating position created as part of a partnership with Gran Turismo. Well, McLaren just confirmed to PistonHeads that it’s building a new hypercar, codename BC-03, and it could be inspired by the Vision Gran Turismo. McLaren didn’t go […]
You knew this was coming. Introducing the McLaren 600LT, the long-tail, more-horsepower top-dog cousin of the McLaren 570S. And while McLaren will continue to keep certain details away from us until the 600LT’s dynamic debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed next month, here’s everything we can tell you now about Woking’s latest Long Tail. […]
Brabham’s new track-only monster, the BT62 came out of nowhere, but it’s here to stay, with a 700 horsepower naturally-aspirated V8, as well as a wing that gives it 2645 lbs. of downforce to help Michelin’s slicks stay on course. And since a total of 70 BT62s will be build in Australia, Brabham took the […]
