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Ferrari's 599 roadster (2010): first details

Rated 3 out of 53

Phil McNamara, 09 June 2010 09:00

Ferrari’s next new model will be a 599 roadster, Ferrari chairman Luca de Montezemolo told journalists in London last night.  ‘A lot of our clients are saying they want an open, 12-cylinder car with very sporty performance. At Pebble Beach, we will present this car,’ said de Montezemolo. Ferrari is working on a drop-top 599? Yes. Ferrari is currently presenting ...

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Ferrari's 599 roadster (2010): first details

Ferrari's 599 roadster (2010): first details

Rated 3 out of 53

Phil McNamara, 09 June 2010 09:00

Ferrari’s next new model will be a 599 roadster, Ferrari chairman Luca de Montezemolo told journalists in London last night.  ‘A lot of our clients are saying they want an open, 12-cylinder car with very sporty performance. At Pebble Beach, we will present this car,’ said de Montezemolo. Ferrari is working on a drop-top 599? Yes. Ferrari is currently presenting ...

Ferrari 458 Italias ‘selling for £200k in UK’

Ferrari 458 Italias ‘selling for £200k in UK’

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Tim Pollard, 10 February 2010 12:35

The first examples of the new Ferrari 458 Italia supercar are trading for close to £200,000, price guide Glass’s Guide reports today. It claims wealthy enthusiasts are paying a £25,000 premium to jump the queue and get into one of the first 458s in Britain. The Italia lists at £169,545 in the UK, with first deliveries due for summer 2010. ...

CAR interviews McLaren Automotive boss Ron Dennis (2009)

CAR interviews McLaren Automotive boss Ron Dennis (2009)

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Ben Whitworth, 18 May 2009 12:10

It’s been an interesting start to the year for Ron Dennis. In the past five months he’s pulled out of F1, his race team has been hauled up in front of the FIA like a naughty schoolboy for telling porkies, on-track performance from the 2009 McLaren car has been abysmal at best and now he’s about to launch a range ...

Corvette ZR1 price bombshell

Corvette ZR1 price bombshell

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Greg Fountain, 25 September 2008 14:37

General Motors has pitched the Corvette into the price stratosphere by announcing that the 206mph ZR1 will retail at an eye-watering £109,000 in the UK. It may be the fastest car ever built by GM, but the new 'Vette now enters big-time supercar territory, where it will need to have the quality to match its ballistic performance. The outrageous price ...

Lamborghini opens first fashion boutique

Lamborghini opens first fashion boutique

Rated 4 out of 54

Ben Pulman, 13 August 2008 15:45

At the launch of the revised Lamborghini Gallardo, the LP560-4, journalists were treated to a fashion show of scantily clad girls parading up and down on the dinner table. The reason why has now become clear. Lamborghini has just opened its newest showroom in Las Vegas, and its first ever fashion boutique. Lamborghini has launched a fashion line? Oh yes. ...

Video: Corvette ZR1's record Nurburgring lap

Video: Corvette ZR1's record Nurburgring lap

Rated 4 out of 54

Ben Pulman, 16 July 2008 09:00

With a supercharged 6.2-litre V8 pumping out 620bhp and 607lb ft and only needing to push 1519kg, the Corvette ZR1 was never being to be slow. But few people outside of General Motors could have expected the ZR1 to lap the Nurburgring faster than a Nissan GT-R. Well, the ZR1 has just blitzed the GT-R’s time by nearly four seconds, clocking a ...

Electric Lightning GT

Electric Lightning GT

Rated 4 out of 54

Dimitri Pesin, 10 June 2008 10:30

Specialist manufacturer Lightning Car Company is set to build a 700bhp electric sports car. The Lightning GT will be powered by batteries and capable of delivering a range of 250 miles on a single charge by distributing power through electric wheel motors. Is this a ‘battery-powered TVR’? All of the power will be available from zero rpm and a 0-60 time ...

Reventon v Tornado

Reventon v Tornado

Rated 2 out of 52

Ben Whitworth, 28 November 2007 17:08

Lamborghini’s mean-looking €1 million Reventón may look like a stealth fighter without the wings, but a couple of Raging Bull test drivers decided to take on the real thing over the weekend. They raced a Tornado fighter bomber, one of the world's most sophisticated and capable interdiction and attack aircraft. Lined up on the 1.8 mile-long runway at Ghedi military ...

Caparo T1 has 150mph accident

Caparo T1 has 150mph accident

Rated 3 out of 53

Tim Pollard, 10 October 2007 02:11

Fifth Gear presenter and Touring Car driver Jason Plato has been hospitalised after the Caparo he was testing burst into flames at 150mph. The T1 was being filmed for the TV show at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground in Leicestershire, UK, on Monday when it 'burst into flames at an estimated 150mph'. Plato received burns to his hands, face and neck, and ...

New hardcore Ferrari confirmed

New hardcore Ferrari confirmed

Rated 0 out of 50

Phil McNamara, 08 March 2007 09:01

A lighter, faster, more hardcore F430 is due this year, Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo hinted at the Geneva show. In 2005, Maranello unveiled the F430 Challenge, a racing version which competes in the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo series. Enthusiasts have been eagerly anticipating a roadgoing Challenge, and Di Montezemolo's off-the-cuff remarks at Ferrari's Geneva press conference suggests we won't be ...

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