Popular Science awarded their 2003 “Best of What’s New” award to the Porsche Carrera GT, internally known as the 980 and placed on sale from 2004 to 2007. This legendary machine from Porsche also claimed first place on the Top Sports Cars of the 2000s list and eighth place on the Top Sports Cars of […]
Between 1996 and 2003 TVR channeled the guard dog Cerberus to the underworld, according to Greek legend, by offering the Cerbera for sale. It was the first 2+2 offered by TVR and also the first car to use TVR’s own engine range. Note that TVR actually refer to their 2+2 solution as a 3+1 solution […]
Manufactured from 1999 until 2006, the TVR Tuscan Speed 6 was powered by TVR’s straight six engine in a 3.6 litre capacity and a 4.0 litre capacity in quite a few different configurations. As with all TVR models, there are no driver aids such as traction control nor abs systems. They don’t offer airbags either […]
As a successor to the Ferrari 360, the type F131 was sold as the Ferrari F430 and launched at the Paris Motor Show. It was available from 2004 through to 2009. Design Again, design of Ferrari’s latest model went to Pininfarina. With the same Alcoa aluminium chassis as the 360 alongside the same doors and […]
In 2002 and running until 2006, TVR launched the T350 as a replacement to the Tamora. Utilising a 3.6 litre version of TVR’s Speed Six engine, the car was available in Coupe (T350C) and Targa (T350T). Not as many targas were sold as the roof panels proved troublesome. The car’s aerodynamic lines, apart from being […]
The BMW Z8 was officially launched to the public in 1999 with a design that was almost identical to the concept that had been previewed at the 1997 Tokyo Motor Show. With only 5,703 models sold from 2000 to 2003, the Henrik Fisker designed car never really sold in the quantities expected by BMW. Design […]
Engineering brothers Martin and Friedhelm Wiesmann founded the Wiesmann car company in 1988 to construct and sell hand built convertibles that could be customised to requirements. It was a grand idea that ultimately failed in 2014 but was bought out by a new team – hopefully the new range of cars are just as good […]
Announced in 1992 on the 40th anniversary of the Belgian concessionaire at a special reception in the Palais de Cinquantenaire in the heart of Brussels, the 456 replaced the 412 and marked a return to the V12 2+2 layout. The 456 was also the last Ferrari model to incorporate pop-up headlights in its design – […]
Colin Chapman, the Lotus boss, saw an opportunity in 1980 to move the Lotus road-car range upmarket with the introduction of the Esprit Turbo. This was a logical step after his initial moves in 1974 with the launch of the Eclat and the Esprit launch in 1975 (replacing the Elan and the Europa). History 1970 […]
We’re all familiar these days with AMG as a tuning arm of Mercedes – basically they are to Mercedes what Abarth are to FIAT. Headquartered in Affalterbach in Germany, AMG was originally an engineering firm in its own right that initially specialised in improving Mercs. They got so good at this that in 1999 Mercedes, […]