JAGUAR XE SV PROJECT 8: SUPERCAR SEDAN!

Posted on July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 by MartynL

Jaguar XE SV PROJECT 8, the world’s fastest four-door sedan, beats its own Nürburgring Nordschleife record. JAGUAR XE SV PROJECT 8: SUPERCAR SEDAN! lowers the fastest Nürburgring time for a four-door production car to 7 minutes 18.361seconds on the 20.6 kilometer Nordschleife lap on July 24, 2019. Project 8 development driver Vincent Radermecker returns to the legendary German circuit and cuts 2.9 seconds off his previous fastest time, set in November 2017 Officially verified records were achie...

MOTION: MACO SHARK CORVETTE!

Posted on July 23, 2019July 23, 2019 by MartynL

Joel Rosen’s Motion Performance built a limited number of ‘customer’ Shark Corvettes, but sold hundreds of conversion body kits here and abroad. Rosen cloned the star-power of GM’s Mako Shark II in 1971, but it wasn't until 1972 that turnkey MOTION: MACO SHARK CORVETTE! Sharks were ready for marketing. A duplicate of Rosen’s prototype, ordered by Virginian, George Hoadley, was built for competition on the International Show Car Association (ISCA) circuit. When completed, Rosen personally took th...

ECURIE ECOSSE LM69: JAG XJ13 REDUX!

Posted on July 22, 2019 by MartynL

Handcrafted modern racing thoroughbred is also road legal, but only 25 will be built. What if…? It’s a question that has dominated the history of the XJ13, a prototype built by Jaguar in 1966 in a quest to continue the marque’s legendary run of success in the Le Mans 24 Hours. Powered by a new quad-cam, 5-litre V12, the XJ13 was Jaguar’s first mid-engined car – and without doubt one of the most beautiful automotive designs of all time. Sadly, it remained unraced. A combination of internal po...

’20 CORVETTE: C8 INTRO VIDEO!

Posted on July 22, 2019 by MartynL

‘20 Corvette Stingray – opening reveal video and on-stage introduction of the first production mid-engine Corvette ever. The opening ’20 CORVETTE: C8 INTRO VIDEO! of the live reveal brings together the new Corvette Stingray’s aeronautical roots and new levels of performance, technology and craftsmanship to introduce the first-ever production mid-engine Corvette. Check out ’20 CORVETTE: C8 INTRO VIDEO! @https://media.chevrolet.com/media/us/en/chevrolet/bcportal.html/currentVideoId/6...

CHASSIS HISTORY PART 1: 1953-1962 CORVETTE!

Posted on July 20, 2019July 20, 2019 by MartynL

Corvette historian and illustrator Scott Teeters starts off his Corvette history series with the chassis that Maurice Olley & Mauri Rose built. And, the start of Zora Arkus-Duntov’s involvement. The late legendary SCCA Corvette racing champion, Frank Dominanni, left, with Jan Hyde, with his original '60 Corvette Fuelie that he's owned since new. Hyde runs the Registry Of Corvette Race Cars. Corvettes are kind of like a beautiful woman. Sure, she’s a beauty, but is she smart and athletic? Fr...

’20 VETTE: MID-ENGINED DISRUPTER!

Posted on July 19, 2019July 19, 2019 by MartynL

It’s been a long time coming and well worth the wait. The ‘20 Corvette Stingray, top, delivers world-class performance and head-turning styling at a fraction of the cost of its imported competition. It represents the culmination of 60 years of mid-engine experimentation. While the eighth generation ’20 VETTE: MID-ENGINED DISRUPTER! Corvette marks a radical leap forward in terms of capability from the seventh generation, it also incorporates lessons learned from past engineering exercises such a...

BONNEVILLE: SAVE THE SALT!

Posted on July 18, 2019July 18, 2019 by MartynL

It’s not fun & games when Utah residents rip up Bonneville’s fragile salt crust, negatively impacting one of our national treasures. Thankfully, Save The Salt is on the case. Last week a photo surfaced of two Utah residents, Cameron Ramage and Skyler Pittman, who took credit for driving recklessly on the Bonneville Salt Flats in a highly modified Ford Crown Victoria. They had made multiple hard-circling maneuvers, breaking through the thin salt crust and plowing ruts into its surface. The ph...

ROUSH: NITEMARE F-150 FORD HYPER-TRUCK!

Posted on July 12, 2019 by MartynL

ROUSH Performance’s supercharged, 650 horsepower ’19 NITEMARE F-150 Regular Cab 4X4 accelerates from 0-60 mph in 3.9 seconds. Based on comparative 0-60 mph production vehicle test data published by leading U.S. automotive magazines as of June 2019, the ROUSH: NITEMARE F-150 FORD HYPER-TRUCK! 4x4 is the quickest production truck ever produced! A team of automotive industry experts, including Jack Roush Jr., ROUSH-sponsored professional drifter Justin Pawlak, automotive personality Aaron Kauf...

SHOWTIME: RODS AND ROSES 2019!

Posted on July 5, 2019 by MartynL

Thousands of people attended the 22nd annual hot rod, custom and specialty car show in Carpinteria, CA, including our intrepid photojournalist, Jim Palam, who managed to smell the roses while capturing the essence of the car culture. Summer is the time that car shows are in full-bloom all over America. Experienced Car Guys have an uncanny ability to sniff-out the best local shows by following the residual scent of high-octane fuel – left behind when pedals hit the metal. Ahh, but in seaside Car...

RAPTURE: ROAD & TRACK RADICAL!

Posted on July 4, 2019 by MartynL

If you think you’ve felt the pinnacle of race-bred performance on the road before, you’ve yet to experience Radical’s new Rapture. Radical Sportscars has blurred the lines between road and race performance with the introduction of its new flagship road-legal sports car, the Rapture. It was just unveiled at the world-famous Goodwood Festival of Speed. The Rapture: Road & Track Radical! is the latest road-legal model from one of the world’s most successful racing car manufacturers. It has bee...