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Aston Martin will race a detuned Valkyrie at Le Mans in the new Hypercar class

Loz Blain June 16, 2019

A "hypercar" class has been announced for the World Endurance Championship starting in 2020-21, designed to entice some of the world's most extreme streetcars to throw down and prove themselves. And one we'll definitely see on track is the awesome Aston Martin Valkyrie.

The Aston Martin Valkyrie will race in 2020-21

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The new Ultima RS hypercar: 1200 horsepower and 250 mph for drivers on a budget

Loz Blain June 10, 2019

The new top dog Ultima hypercar can compete with multi-million dollar dream machines on nearly every performance metric - despite the fact that it costs a fraction of what they do, and offers a totally "analog" manual-shift driving experience for absolute purists. We love it.

The Ultima RS is a 250 mph hypercar you can own for less than some sports ...

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Historical Austro-Daimler marque is honored with 1,200-horsepower plug-in hybrid

Loz Blain May 30, 2019

One of the hidden gems at the 2019 Concours d'Eleganza Villa d'Este was this crazy 1182-horsepower plug-in hybrid. Built to honor the great Austro-Daimler marque, the Bergmeister ADR 630 Shooting Grand is a tarmac-tearing beast with an enormous 155-mile all-electric range.

The Project Austro-Daimler Bergmeister ADR 630 Shooting Grand

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All-electric Type 130 hypercar will be Lotus' first all-new production car in over a decade

Aaron Turpen April 16, 2019

Lotus wants to make the first British all-electric hypercar in the form of its Type 130. Unveiled as just a silhouette in Shanghai, Lotus says it is hard at work on a prototype which it plans to unveil in London later this year. It will be the first all-new production Lotus in over a decade.

Information on the Lotus Type 130 is scant, but Lotus says that it’s in the advanced ...

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Hispano-Suiza is back, with a retro-tacular electric hypercar worthy of the badge

Loz Blain March 7, 2019

Hispano-Suiza was responsible for some of the most stunning automobiles of the early 1900s, and if you're somebody who laments the comparatively soulless design of modern cars, you might just love the art deco curves of this thousand-horsepower, retro-futuristic, electric luxury hypercar.

With a thousand horsepower on tap, this is the view most other cars will get of ...

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Koenigsegg Jesko pushes the combustion "megacar" towards its absolute limit, targeting 300 mph

Loz Blain March 5, 2019

Beating some 1,600 horsepower out of a 5-liter twin-turbo V8 is no small achievement. Creating a new multi-clutch transmission that can skip instantly from any gear to any other is amazing. But the new King Koenigsegg also has its sights set on becoming the world's first 300mph production car.

A massive reverse-boomerang rear wing and squashed motorcycle helmet cabin are the Jesko's design signatures

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Pininfarina Battista unveiled: 1,900-horsepower electric hypercar is an absolute stunner

Loz Blain March 4, 2019

No car design studio has a more compelling portfolio than Pininfarina, so expectations have been sky-high for the first car to have that famous logo on the back of the car as well as the sides. So sit back and enjoy our first look at an Italian electric hypercar masterpiece for the new age.

Pininfarina's Battista electric hypercar in Blu Iconica - the company's signature color

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Aston Martin reveals eye-watering performance figures for Valkyrie hypercar

Aaron Turpen March 2, 2019

After teasing us with its insane Valkyrie hypercar for almost three years, Aston Martin has now revealed full performance details of the car's hybrid powertrain. And, as you might expect, the numbers are mind-bendingly massive.

1,160 bhp and 900 Nm of torque: Aston Martin has released full performance figures for the ...

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Aston Martin teases 'Project 003' turbo/hybrid hypercar for 2021

Loz Blain February 20, 2019

Project 001 was the insane Valkyrie. Project 002 was the Valkyrie AMR Pro. And now Aston Martin has confirmed that it's got a Project 003 in the pipeline as well - a mid-engined hypercar using a turbo gasoline/electric hybrid powertrain that's said to "offer more practical concessions to road use."

Dubbed "Project 002" for the moment, the new Aston Martin hypercar will use a turbo gasoline/electric ...

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Now there's a McLaren P1 GTR named after Senna, too!

Loz Blain December 20, 2018

It's been 30 years now since Ayrton Senna won his first Formula One world championship, and that's all the excuse McLaren needs to foist another tarted-up P1 GTR onto its teetering pile of special editions.

With engine and aerodynamics upgrades, as well as a Marlboro-red paint job, this P1 GTR celebrates ...