No one’s ever complained about the look of the Maserati’s GranTurismo, just that it doesn’t cut it in the supercar league, when it comes to outright performance credentials.

That’s all changed with the all-new GranTurismo MC Stradale, which will debut at this month’s Paris Motor Show.

The two-place GranTurismo MC Stradale is "inspired by" the Trofeo GranTurismo MC and the GT4 and is Read the rest of this entry »

The 2011 Dodge Charger was released in October 2010; Chrysler claims that the Charger “is spiritually inspired by the iconic second-generation Charger from the late 1960s, featuring a design that is sure to strike an emotional chord with Dodge performance enthusiasts of all generations.”

The Charger R/T with all-wheel drive has an active transfer case that Read the rest of this entry »

The Esprit was finally revealed at the Paris Motorshow on 30th Septmeber 2010. The car features a mid-mounted 611bhp 5.0-litre V8. The top speed will be 330 km/h and acceleration will be 0-100 km/h 3.4 seconds, The Esprit is due in the spring of 2013.

The new Esprit weighs 3,200 Lbs and is powered by the same forced-induction 5.0-liter V8 that's in the Lotus Eterne super sedan. That means an 8,500rpm redline, 612 HP and 530 Lb-Ft of Torque. Ditching Toyota power is clearly one of the upsides of the new, more complicated Lotus.

The Esprit will be rear-wheel drive only and is only Read the rest of this entry »

A Lotus sedan? Yes, indeed. For 2015, Lotus' Eterne will rival the Aston Martin Rapide, housing a 550-horsepower engine shared with the Esprit up front. The structure, panels, and suspension are all aluminum and with a length of 196 inches, the Eterne is said to be almost as spacious as a Porsche Panamera.

The Eterne is a true four door, four seater sports GT. It’s the ultimate expression of refined style, sophistication and grace. But wait. An elegant, graceful Read the rest of this entry »

The Lotus Elise is a two seat, rear-wheel drive, mid-engined roadster conceived in early 1994 and released in September 1996 by the English manufacturer Lotus Cars. The car has a hand-finished fibreglass body shell atop its bonded extruded aluminium chassis that provides a rigid platform for the suspension, while keeping weight and production costs to a minimum. The roadster is capable of speeds up to 240 km/h (150 mph). The Elise was named after Elisa, the granddaughter of Romano Artioli who was chairman of Lotus at the time of the car's launch.

The 2010 Lotus Elise is everything you’d want in a performance-tuned track racer, but Read the rest of this entry »

Next year it will be 10 years since the Lotus Elan first came on the scene as something of a revolution in small sports cars. Never before was so much performance allied to such superb handling in such a compact and manoeuvrable package. Along the way it has been improved and developed, appearing as the Elan Coupe S/E in 1967, the Elan S4 two years later and now the Elan Sprint.

The test car was one of the first three fitted with the box. Therefore Lotus must have made the car by mid September at the latest, to allow for the road test. The gearbox must have had to be made up in August/September. The decision to Read the rest of this entry »