Cars in the Fast Lane

Expect the car to come out at the Geneva Auto Show in March of ‘08.

It’ll have 420bhp supercharged 4.2 liter V8 engine and six-speed Jaguar Sequential Shift Transmission with paddleshift gear change for driver-focused dynamic performance. Read the rest of this entry »

The director of Motorcity Europe Dave Hilton fully designed in under 90 days, his company’s latest scheme is to produce a concept of their 600 horsepower MC1 supercar. Read the rest of this entry »

The Ivicta S1 is a British-made car that recently added rear seats.

You can choose from a few Ford-sourced V8s, with the most powerful producing 600 horsepower and capable of delivering a 0-60 time in less than 4 seconds.

Invicta has moved the engine to the rear in order to improve the S1’s balance. The car’s body is made of carbon-fiber, bonded to a tubular steel spaceframe chassis that optimizes rigidity and crashworthiness while keeping the car’s weight down to 1,380kg (2760 lbs).

How exclusive is it, you ask? Well, The company makes only one product, and only builds one per month.

The Bugatti Veyron is a supercar designed by Volkswagen, it is fastest accelerating and most expensive car in the world.

It is powered by a W16 (that’s two V8s) engine that produces 1001 horsepower and has 4 turbochargers.

It accelerates from 0-60 in 2.46 seconds and 0-100 in 5.5 seconds and has a top speed of 253 mph.

It’s 1/4 mile time is 10.2 seconds at 143 mph.

Not only was the Ferrari F430 one of the most powerful supercars on the market, the Ferrari F430 GT2 has just been released.

The changes are very few; mainly because the previous year’s model was an a spectacular success. Hey, don’t fix what doesn’t need to be changed. It won the GT2 titles in both the FIA GT series and the American Le Mans Series, all while the F2007 took the Formula One title.

[Source: Autoblog]