If you only follow the Auto Loons and don’t know there was something called the AM-RB 003, it’s because we totally didn’t write anything about the 2019 Geneva Motor Show. That’s where Aston Martin revealed their third mid-engined hypercar in partnership with Red Bull Advanced Technologies. The first being the Valkyrie and the second was […]
More than 3 years since the 718 Cayman first debuted with its 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder, Porsche has now unveiled the new 718 Cayman GT4 and it’s exactly what we wished it would be. It has a 4.0-litre, NATURALLY ASPIRATED, flat-six engine mated to a 6-speed MANUAL transmission. I said it out loud as I typed […]
The hypercar space has become increasingly crowded over the past decade, occupied by both mainstream and specialist brands. Among them, there is a particular Swedish company run by a brilliant man called Christian von Koenigsegg. Like other legends, he used his family name for his automotive brand started in 1994. In 2019, Koenigsegg unveiled its […]
After another 24 gruelling hours of racing and 385 laps around Circuit de la Sarthe, the 87th edition of the 24Hours of Le Mans and the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship came to an end. The overall WEC championship has been dominated by Toyota Gazoo Racing with a 1-2, for the #8 and #7 drivers […]
It’s finally here. After all the teasers and hints and GTE racecar iterations, the BMW M8 has made its global debut. In the range-topping Competition spec for both coupe and convertible forms, the new M8 will also be the most expensive M car yet at a starting price of over £123,000. First off, I have […]
Just over a year ago, Volkswagen unveiled the I.D. R Pikes Peak. An all-electric racecar built specifically to set a new record at the Pikes Peak hill climb. 250 days since the project began, Volkswagen bagged the all-time record at Pikes Peak with the first ever sub-8 minute time with Romain Dumas at the wheel. […]
Oh yes, folks! It’s another new Ferrari! We’re not even in June and the Maranello prancing horse has introduced two all-new cars in 2019. Meet the SF90 Stradale, Ferrari’s first ever plug-in hybrid production model with nearly a thousand horsepower. Using a combination of a twin-turbo V8 and tripartite electric motors, the SF90 Stradale has […]
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