The good old boys from Hennessey reckon their cobbled together supercar, built on a Lotus Exige chassis, has the balls to mess with the rather more sophisticated garcons from Bugatti. The Hennessey Venom GT, powered by a 1244hp (927kW) 7.0 litre twin-turbo V8, has just achieved a a top speed of 265.7mph (427.6km/h) on a […]
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Esprit de corpse?
UK mag Autocar brings word the all-new Lotus Esprit is close to being finalised. The Esprit was first revealed as part of the Bahar bonanza at the 2012 Paris Motor Show and apparently only minor adjustments are required before it can be signed off, ready for production. We’re sure the motoring world would love nothing […]
The on-track partnership between the Caterham F1 Team and engine supplier Renault has provided the genesis for a new road car project that will revive the spirit of the Alpine brand. The two manufacturers have joined forces, with Caterham buying a 50% stake in Alpine, in a deal that will secure the long term future […]
Pirelli has kindly gathered a bunch of stats from the recent F1 testing in Jerez that offers a valuable insight into their role as tyre supplier. For the conservationists reading, you might want to look away now. Over the four days of testing 23 drivers completed almost 15,000 kilometres and used a total of 724 […]
After a couple of poor races by his standards Sebastian Vettel has placed his Red Bull Racing machine on pole position for tonight’s Hungarian Grand Prix. The 2010 world champion set a fastest time of 1:19.85 on his second timed run in Q3 and it was just enough to edge out Lewis Hamilton (McLaren, 1:19.978). […]
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“In 2011 the vision comes to life”
At the 2010 Paris Motor Show Lotus stole the limelight by releasing not one, but five new concept cars. For Geneva they’ve tweaked the range a little and produced this video to remind us they mean business.