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The folks at Shelby don’t seem to be content with last year’s 800 horsepower Ford Shelby GT500 Super Snake, they have just unveiled the ‘ultimate’ Mustang – the Shelby 1000! Unveiled at this year’s New York Auto Show, the 1000 comes in two iterations: a 950 horsepower street version and …

It’s here! The much anticipated 2013 SRT Viper. Chrysler Group’s ultimate sports car was launched recently in New York, ahead of the New York Auto Show which starts today. It couldn’t come soon enough after production of the last Viper stopped in 2010. Rumours were also rived that it was …

First displayed at the 2012 Tokyo Auto Salon in January, Toyota Racing Development (TRD) is inching closer to bringing the pumped up version of Toyota’s latest sports car to showrooms. The Toyota GT86 “TRD Performance” was a headline act at the Tokyo Auto Salon. No surprise as the TRD GT86 …

The next BMW M3, due in 2014, will be a huge departure for both the model itself and for BMW as a company. According to InsideLine, the Munich based company is developing a brand new V6 engine to power the new M3. If this is true, it will be the …

Subaru is said to be developing a STI version of its BRZ sports coupé. According to Auto Express, Subaru’s Global Marketing Manager, Atoshi Atake said in a recent interview: “We have already had many requests from interested customers regarding a faster version. Let me say this – we will certainly …

Japan’s greatest supercar, the Nissan GT-R, seems to be the default sports car where others are judged upon. It has seen many of its nemesis off the ring and still reigns supreme. However, the rivalry between the Nissan GT-R and the Porsche 911 is arguably the most intense. With both …

The 2013 Chevrolet Camaro SS can now be optioned with the 1LE package. The goodies in the package include aggressive styling enhancements and various components suitable for track work. The Camaro 1LE will certainly not be mistaken for a ‘base’ model Camaro SS courtesy of the power hump in the …

For those of you who remember the Datsun brand, it will be resurrected by parent company Nissan. The brand was put into hibernation in the early 80s when the Japanese company changed its name to Nissan. It will however drop its rising sun logo in favour of a more comteparary …

For those of you who are still unaware, Honda have decided to continue the development of the next generation Honda NSX since the project was canned in 2009 when the company was in a midst of financial struggle. Since the project was revived, there have been numerous concepts and sketches …

One of the most exciting cars to hit the 2012 Geneva Motor Show is the Lamborghini Aventador J Concept. It is basically an Aventador with the top off and it looks like something out of this planet! Check out the full press release and photos below. Lamborghini Aventador J Concept …

This is definitely one of the masterpieces at the Geneva Motor Show – the Pagani Huayra Carbon Edition. When other automakers build a ‘carbon’ edition, they usually take a standard car and adorn it with lashings of carbon here and there. Not the Italian company. Every panel on the Huayra …

Its tuners galore at the Geneva Motor Show with supercars getting made over left right and centre by various tuners. This dashing FAB Design McLaren MP4-12C Terso is the latest. It could almost pass as an Apple product with its gleaming white paint and black contrast. Most of the makeover …

 Little know Spanish car maker, GTA has showed case a tantalisingly attractive supercar called the Spano. It boasts an array of exotic material in its construction, including a unibody shell made of titanium, Kevlar and carbon fibre. All these contribute to a car weighing no more than a VW …

 This striking Lamborghini Aventador is the work of German tuner, Mansory. The Lamborghini’s V12 engine has been massaged to produce a claimed 754 horses (562kW) and 553 lbf.ft (723Nm) of torque – enough to propel the car from standstill to 100km/h (62mph) in 2.8 seconds. It gets new bodywork …