The Beautiful Bolide is a track-only car, allowing Bugatti to avoid many restrictions on road-going vehicles. In so doing, they have produced a very high-performance motor car. The Bolide is a halo car permitting ardent fans to drool over and not a source of commercial profit for Bugatti. The Bolide — a name that comes […]
Maserati started naming its cars after famous winds; this began in 1963 with the Mistral, followed by Ghibli, Bora, Merak, Khamsin, Karif and Shamal, in 2016 Levante, and now the Grecale. The Maserati Mistral was a 2-seat Gran Turismo produced by Maserati between 1963 and 1970. The successor to the 3500 GT was styled by
The Hennessey Venom F5 is a sports car developed and manufactured by the American tuner come vehicle-manufacturing company Hennessey Special Vehicles of Texas, established in 2017. Hennessey has contracted with Delta Motorsport of Silverstone for the development of the vehicle. In 2017 the Hennessey Venom was unveiled in concept form. The hypercar made its debut
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A Hydrogen racing truck designed by Pininfarina is to take part in the 2022 Dakar Rally. Gaussin is developing hydrogen-based long-haul trucking. A French company is playing up hydrogen’s excellent range figures and quick refuelling times as a benefit over heavy, slow-charging batteries. It’s developing a flexible skateboard chassis you can build all sorts of
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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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