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Supersport 400, eh? Is the name honest? Yes, this is indeed a supersporty car, and yes it has 400bhp. Or 402 if we’re being pedantic. Now, it’s true you can find that sort of power in hordes of electric mid-size electric crossovers these days. But they don’t weigh a feathery 1,170kg. And they don’t look…

RUF Automobile has built an engine with eight cylinders and many horsepowers. It is called the ‘Boxer-Eight’ – or B8 for short – and it has been slotted into a modified RUF prototype ahead of a demonstration run at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Fitting, because this B8 churns out more than 1,000bhp and 738lb…

We’ve known for a while now that BYD’s fancy subbrand Denza would launch its supercar at the 2026 Goodwood Festival of Speed. And yet, we weren’t expecting this. Because you see, when Denza pulled the wraps off the production spec Z in the Duke of Richmond’s front garden, it also confirmed the tri-motor, all-electric Porsche…

It’s finished! It’s completely insane! It’s… not strictly road legal! Yes friends, Apollo is back. And the ‘Evo’ hypercar it first revealed as a fully functional, razor-sharp prototype back in 2021 is ready for full-scale series production. Except they’re only building ten. This one is the first to emerge from the German factory, and it’s…

The new Mercedes-AMG GT 63 4-Door Coupe makes fake V8 noises, so it should come as no surprise to see that the really-very-new Mercedes-AMG CLA 45 also brings the combustion sounds of its predecessor into the all-electric age. No fake V8s here though, because for the CLA 45 the folk at Affalterbach recorded the bonkers…

Is MG Chinese or English? It’s a classic British name, owned by SAIC (from Shanghai), which has taken the UK market by storm in recent years with EVs full of Chinese technology. Well, now it seems the plan is to appeal to even more European buyers with cars that look like some of Europe’s best…

It’s not got any less dramatic to look at, has it? It’s a brutal piece of design, the TWR Supercat. But as we’ll find out, that theme runs through the whole car. Maybe not that surprising when the centrepiece is a supercharged V12 and the gears are manual, but let’s park that for now and start…

It’s been one week since Sony announced that they’d be ceasing physical disc production of new games releasing for its PlayStation consoles from January 2028. And it wouldn’t be the least bit hyperbolic to say that the news has gone down as well as if the company announced that its bosses would be sneaking into your…

Today, McLaren has a brand new model: the new 788HS. Yes, really! The last time McLaren revealed a new car, it was the W1 (which we’ve just driven and scored a perfect 10). The W1 was first shown all the way back in October 2024. So why has Britain’s answer to Ferrari and Lamborghini been…

Most of us don’t realise or admit it, but part of identifying with one sports car manufacturer or another is wrapped up in its history. Ferrari is the ultimate example: Enzo, the fearsome racer-turned-constructor with an unquenchable thirst for victory, a fascination only with the most talented drivers and a disdain for aerodynamics and the…