Yamaha started life as a piano and reed organ manufacturer in 1887, then expanded to building motorcycles in 1954. Later the firm collaborated with Toyota to help design the celebrated Toyota 2000 GT, launched at the 1965 Tokyo Motor Show. Once ready for production, they built the car between 1967 and 1970. In 1989, Yamaha […]
William Towns designed the Aston Martin Bulldog in the late ‘70s to become the world’s fastest production car. To that end, in 1981, the Bulldog did hit a record-breaking 192 mph, which made it the quickest car of the day, but it did not achieve the elusive 200 mph mark. The original plan was to
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A Frenchman dreamed up the idea of the modern internal-combustion engine, and a German gave it life. It was Italian Enzo Ferrari who made it sing. The latest Ferrari 812 iteration, the Ferrari 812 Competizione, is a naturally aspirated, front-engined, rear-wheel drive, 6.5 litres, V12, producing 819hp, the top speed of 340 kph and 0-100
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The previous business behind Project Bloodhound went into administration in late 2018, citing a £25 million funding shortfall, Entrepreneur Ian Warhurst bought the car to keep the project alive. Warhurst has now left the project, and Stuart Edmondson is the new CEO. THE BLOODHOUND land speed record attempt is ‘very much still a live project,’
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The youngster takes the place of Ferrari-backed Italian driver Antonio Giovinazzi, while Finnish veteran Kimi Raikkonen is retiring. FIA F2 frontrunner Zhou has been favourite to land the job for some months, helped by the rumoured $30 million sponsorship support he brings. Formula 1 chief executive Stefano Domenicali said the signing was “fantastic for the
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The Aventador arrived at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show. Ten years on, it has come to the end of its commercial life and recognised as being the most successful V12 supercar from Santa’Agata Bolognese; the Aventador Ultimae is the last iteration. Deliveries will continue through 2022, but the order book is firmly closed. The Aventador
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In the late 1960s, a car was built for a film and named after it. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the film, developed from a book written by Ian Fleming, author of James Bond, 007. Fleming wrote the series of books, ‘The Magical Car’ for his son, Caspar, whom he referred to as 003-and-a-half. Motor enthusiast
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More than eight years since Mazzanti Automobili first introduced the Evantra at the 2013 Top Marques Monaco. Since then, the Italian automaker continued to improve upon the model. In 2016 it launched the Evantra Millecavalli version using a 7.2-litre engine producing 10000 (thus the name Millecavalli, a thousand horses) and later upgraded to a GM
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Renee Brinkerhoff is the Founder and Driver of Valkyrie Racing (named after the women in Norse mythology who would bring fallen warriors to Valhalla). She currently races a 1956 Porsche 356 A coupe in road and rally racing events. In 2013, at the age of 57, in her first car race of any kind, Renee
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The all-electric, 1099bhp carbon-fibre grand tourer with styling reminiscent of the Art Deco period is to be built in minimal numbers, 19, to be precise. I understand the Hispano-Suiza H6B Dubonnet Xenia influenced its design, a one-off luxury car made for French pilot and racing car driver André Dubonnet in 1938. The Carmen was initially
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