Posts Tagged: ‘supercars’
As supercars go, the Tramontana R has it all – exotic looks, incredible specs, amazing performance. This video describes it as a combination of a Formula One car and a fighter jet: See also this ad: And this montage : Motor Trend reviewed the car and listed its amazing specifications: The Ultimate Toy? Meet the [...]
McLaren unveils ‘affordable’ MP4-12C The British Formula 1 competitor will take on rival European manufacturers such as Ferrari and Porsche with the “affordable” two-seater, anticipated to sell for around £150,000 ($250,000). McLaren Automotive says using a lightweight one-piece carbon-fibre chassis allowed it to put the MP4-12C on sale for around half the price tag that [...]
The Porsche 918 concept car is on display at the Geneva auto show, and it is truly extraordinary: It consumes 3 liters of gas per 100 km, which works out to 78 miles per gallon. But it can also do zero to 62 mph in 3.2 seconds. How is this possible? The car appears to [...]
A surprising look at the future of hybrid supercars at BMW: The amazing thing is that the concept car is headed for production: Report: BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Headed for Production in 2013 A senior BMW official has confirmed that the wild Vision EfficientDynamics turbo-diesel plug-in hybrid is headed for production. BMW showed the concept at [...]
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