Supercar Saturday!!

Disclaimer: These images were taken from Jalopnik and I do not claim ownership of themThis second edition of Supercar Saturday is very special. Why? Because these leaked images show the all-new Lamborghini V12.Details are scarce, but what is known is that it is called the Aventador LP700-4. I don't know what "Aventador" means - it sounds like something Toyota would call an Avensis coupé - but the 'LP' means it had a longitudinally mounted...

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This Is Quite Possibly The Coolest Car In The World.

These days the car world is full of "retro throwbacks". Volkswagen came up with the (rubbish) New Beetle, BMW had a stab at making a Mini, Fiat recently reinvented the Cinquecento (500), and the Big 3 over in Detroit have all brought back cars from their glory days (GT40, '60s Mustang, Challenger, '60s Camaro, etc.). But none of them hold a candle to the latest retro product, this time from ancient British sports car company Morgan.Way back when,...

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MINI Rocketman Concept Finally Gets It Right

This new concept finally points BMW's mis-led sub-brand in the light direction.I must admit, I have a huge rant about BMW MINI saved on my computer, going on about how they've completely missed the point of the original Mini and focussed on making an overpriced retro fashion item that isn't light or space-efficient enough to be a proper Mini, and how the Countryman and terribly-named upcoming 3-Door "Paceman" SUV are an absolute insult to the original...

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Modified Supercars Are A Travesty

Ferrari 458 by Novitec RossoWhen Nissan released the GT-R (R35) in late 2007, they marketed it as a bona fide supercar, separating it from the street-racer Skylines of old and making it more upmarket. They also tried to make it "untuneable", because that's not what Nissan wanted people to do with it now it's a supercar. Trouble is, Nissan, that people tune those nowadays as well...As I've said in a previous article, there will always be a market...

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Small Block Tuesday!!

My first ever second edition, as it were, this Tuesday it's another lump of Detroit iron, only this time from Ford, in the shape of the Ford GT's 'Modular' engine.An all-aluminium, highly specialised version of the 5.4L Modular engine, the GT's Modular unit has a dry-sump with a Lysholm screw-type supercharger, as well as numerous technological features (such as dual fuel injectors per cylinder and oil squirters for...

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"Growler E 2011" by Vizualtech Celebrates 50 Years of the Ultimate Pussy... Cat.

The Jaguar E-Type (or XK-E if you're American) first debuted in 1961, which was 50 years ago. Its descendant, the XK, is all very lovely - especially with a new 5.0-litre V8 in either NA (XK8) or supercharged (XKR) form - but the E-Type still remains the daddy, regarded by some as the sexiest and most beautiful car of all time. First available with a 3.8 (later a 4.2) litre straight-6 before sprouting a V12 in 1971, it lasted 14 years and is still...

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Supercar Saturday!!

Welcome to Supercar Saturday, a new feature that exists purely due to alliteration (and because smallblocks are for Tuesdays). This Saturday it's the most recently released supercar, the McLaren MP4-12C. The mouthy name is supposed to be the code that McLaren uses for all its roadcars henceforth. According to McLaren's lengthy Press Release, It breaks down like so:'MP4' has been the chassis designation for all McLaren Formula 1 cars...

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Was Jeremy Clarkson Right About Supercars?

I was watching Dave the other day and saw the final episode to Series 13 of TopGear (not one of their best series, to be honest), in which The Tall One drives the Aston Martin V12 Vantage - essentially the AMV8 with a DBS engine shoehorned in, uprated brakes/suspension and sticky tyres - and declares that "What I'm driving here... is an ending". But is it, though? Really?Well, let's take a look. His full point was that "Thanks to all kinds of things...

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Small Block Tuesday!!

It's Tuesday and I just realised I haven't posted anything about the engine that gave this blog its name: the Small Block V8. So it's now a feature! Welcome to Small Block Tuesdays.This week it's a biggie: the GM LS9.Displacement: 6162cc / 376 cubic inches.Aspiration: 1 Roots-Type Supercharger (Eaton four-lobe)Power: 638bhp (476kW) @ 6500rpmTorque: 604lb/ft (747NM) @ 3800rpmCars Of Note: Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (C6) [2009-prese...

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Lotus Is Going Down The Crapper

Mansory Evora...At the Paris Motor Show last year, Lotus unveiled that it was to have a new beginning. A fresh start. A makeover... one where they aren't Lotus at all.As any car fan will tell you, Lotus founder and utter genius Colin Chapman (R.I.P) had a philosophy, and said philosophy is "Simplify and add lightness". The cars he made reflected this, from the no-frills-at-all Lotus Seven of the 1950s/60s/70s/80s/90s/00s/10s (built by Caterham since...

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Pagani Huayra - Supercar 2.0

Front view. Note the gullwing doors, a first for PaganiI think it only right to christen my new blog with this car, as it is also a new beginning. In fact, this is quite possibly the most exciting supercar - and therefore the most exciting car - of 2011.A quick back story: the Pagani Zonda has been around since all the way back in 1999. Horacio Pagani planned to replace it in 2003, because he thought it would be outdated by the new generation of...

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FIRST!!!!1

Yes, that's right, I get the first post. Throughout the entire history of this blog, it will always be true that I got here before you did. Even if you're Jesus, or you drive a modified DeLorean and tried posting seconds before I did. But what's the obsession with getting the first post? Why do some people act so pleased that they just so happened to click Comment before someone else? Perhaps these are the people that used to shout "Race you to the swings!!" and then go charging off without even looking to see if you're chasing them? The sort of...

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