McLaren has revealed further details of its bespoke ‘Hyper-GT’ car that will be the most aerodynamic road-going McLaren ever. Development of BP23 is currently underway at McLaren Special Operations (MSO), the bespoke division of McLaren responsible for designing and crafting the luxurious new addition to the McLaren Ultimate Series product family. The BP23 codename is…
A TASTE OF LUXURY – BMW M240i CONVERTIBLE REVIEW
BMW… a brand that to me, has always been luxurious and a car that meant you had been successful or had come into some money if you owned one. As for the M series, well that was simple, they just had the paint colours and look in any Motorsport they competed in when I was…
McLAREN SUPER SERIES TO RAISE THE LIMITS OF PERFORMANCE
The second-generation McLaren Super Series, which will make its public debut on March 7 at the 87th Geneva International Motor Show, is poised to raise previously accepted limits of supercar performance. Drivers will be able to enjoy acceleration from standstill to 200km/h (124mph) in just 7.8 seconds, accompanied by a soulful, clean and crisp exhaust…
TICKFORD LAUNCHES MUSTANG WHEEL & TYRE PACKAGE
Tickford continues to build on its personalisation options for both Mustang GT and EcoBoost with the release of its wheel and tyre package for the sports coupe. The package features Tickford 20-inch alloy wheels, Dunlop SP Sport Maxx GT tyres, tyre pressure sensors, locking wheel nuts and is priced at $4490 including fitting and balancing.…
MINI JCW CONVERTIBLE REVIEW – THE POCKET ROCKET!
When I was growing up in the North of England in the 90’s lots of people bought Minis for a couple of hundred quid, spent time tinkering with them in the garage, got them road worthy, then passed their driving test first time and took their girlfriend out on a date in said Mini and…
MCLAREN ACTIVE CHASSIS CONTROL SETS NEW STANDARDS
The second-generation McLaren Super Series, which will make its public debut at the 87th Geneva International Motor Show on March 7, will have the widest breadth of dynamic ability of any McLaren and set new standards for Super Series’ cornering performance, driver enjoyment and ride comfort. An advanced new generation of McLaren’s multi-mode, Proactive Chassis…
AWESOME RALLY SPEC HOLDEN BARINA
Greg Murphy and Holden New Zealand have started the new year with a special reveal of the motorsport legend’s latest adventure in the world of motorsport – a brand new Holden Barina developed specially for the New Zealand Rally Championship. The reveal took place at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park in front of assembled media and…
FORD FOCUS RS REVIEW – IS IT A FAMILY CAR?
The Ford Focus RS caused a stir when it was launched last year, thanks mainly to its controversial ‘Drift Mode’ which helped the driver perform a drift. This of course lead to it being labelled a hoons car, irresponsible and a function that should be banned. You may have read my article defending Ford and…
TICKFORD UNLEASHES MUSTANG POWER PACKS
Tickford has released the first of its personalisation packages for Mustang with powertrain offerings for both GT and EcoBoost variants providing the hero cars with significant boosts in power and torque. Tickford has produced the 360 Power Pack for the GT which delivers 360kW of power and 585Nm of torque to the V8-powered version. The…
INFINITI Q30 REVIEW – THE CROSSOVER CAR
The Infiniti Q30 is a funny looking car, not strange, just funny. I wasn’t sure what to make of it initially but after a little while studying it’s rear end (feel free to add amusing comments at the ‘bottom’ of the article) I decided it looked like a sporty squashed SUV. I know that’s not…