The genre of sporty, executive sedans has been a mostly European exercise dominated by Mercedes-Benz and BMW. But that's not to say that other carmakers have not attempted their takes on this niche market catering to tyre-smoking executives. An American contender of the segment has now resurrected itself: Cadillac. Fans of the Matrix movies and … Continue reading Cadillac Has Unleashed Its Blackwing Super Saloons
The world's most popular American EV has been given a mid-life update with a new cabin and an even quicker powertrain option. Tesla has unveiled the 2021 Model S with minor cosmetic tweaks, all-new dashboard and the much-awaited Plaid variant which can accelerate from 0-96kph in 1.99 seconds. There is a caveat to that acceleration … Continue reading Tesla Model S Gets Even Quicker To 100kph In New 1000hp+ Plaid Variant
Most of BMW's recent press coverage has been around its various marketing goofs and ridiculing the awful-looking grilles of the new M3 and M4 models. But the carmaker's latest release is a return to something less divisive - a more powerful version of the M5 sedan and the most powerful M production car till date. … Continue reading New M5 CS Is The Most Powerful BMW Yet
It's been a freaky year with a lot of negatives, and for some of us, the nightmare continues. But as motorsport fans, especially of Formula 1, we got quite lucky. When the Australian GP was cancelled, at the last minute as the whole world seemed to go into a lockdown, it seemed uncertain if we'll … Continue reading F1 2020 Season Round-up: The Highs & The Lows
The final month of the year has been occupied by work, video games and sleep. As a result, we missed out some interesting business-ey news that we're going to catch up on in our latest news series: Porsche's working on a new LeMans winner Endurance racing has various categories of racecars, hence the difference between … Continue reading Stuff We Missed: Porsche’s LeMans Return, Ferrari CEO Resigns, Hyundai Buys Into Boston Dynamics
In the race to 300mph, we saw the usual brands throw their names into the contest. Names like Bugatti, Koenigsegg, SSC and of course, Hennessey Performance. The name Hennessey should be familiar to petrolheads as the brand that made a 275mph custom-built Lotus Exige called the Venom GT. The brand also makes other 1000hp+ versions … Continue reading The Hennessey Venom F5 Has Made Its 1817hp Production-Spec Debut
It seemed inevitable. Everything pointed towards this but we still had that hint of uncertainty given how late in the year it was. But it's finally here, the announcement we'd all been waiting for: Sergio Perez will drive for Red Bull Racing in 2021. Perez had finished his innings with Force India/Racing Point and was … Continue reading F1 News: Sergio Perez Joins Red Bull For 2021
The 2020 Formula 1 season ended just a few days ago with two Red Bull spots on the 2021 grid still unconfirmed. It was recently confirmed that Max Verstappen's future teammate will be announced by Christmas time and today AlphaTauri confirmed their second driver to be Yuki Tsunoda. The Japanese driver had entered F2 this … Continue reading F1 News: AlphaTauri Confirms Tsunoda For 2021
It's nearly mid-December and the 2020 Formula 1 season has just drawn to a close. In a year full of uncertainties and bigger challenges than ever before, the fact that we even had an F1 season is something to be thankful for as fans of the sport. In half the time, we got a 17-race … Continue reading Verstappen Dominates At Abu Dhabi To End The Season On A High: F1 2020
The pure-electric single-seater racing series of Formula E has been buzzing around since 2014. Since its inception, various carmakers have joined the competition with the most recent high-profile addition being Porsche. It's also undergone a generational update as a racing series in 2018 with cars that looked way cooler and had more nearly double the … Continue reading BMW & Audi Won’t Take Part In Third Generation Of Formula E
