Supercars

Take one genuine ex-F1 chassis, fit it with a 600-hp, 9,000-rpm engine designed for reliability and low maintenance, add one set of custom Pirelli tires, and you can own a 600-kg track weapon capable of generating up to 4 g of cornering force.

This nutty machine looks like some sort of beach buggy with a roof on, but under the hood it's an off-road supercar with a supercharged 6.2-liter, 720-horsepower LS3 motor and a weirdly semi-luxury interior. Yours from just US$465,000.

Regular Aston Martin supercars a little too practical for your tastes? Get right out in the open air with the 700-horsepower V12 Speedster, an open-top roadster that doesn't even appear to have a windshield.

Some folks want to buy a carbon-bodied, fire-breathing supercar. Others want to build one themselves, and the kit car wizards at Factory Five Racing are putting together a monster of a thing capable of taking engines as big as a 9.5-liter LS V12.

It takes a lot to stand out in today's crowded super/hyper/uber/mega car market, but famed F1 designer Gordon Murray has found several ways to make his upcoming T.50 supercar a true contender without bothering to chase speed or power records.

Back in 2016, McLaren took its awesome 570S sports series street car and turned it into a GT4 race car. Now, it's taken the GT4 race car and turned it into a faster, harsher and flashier street car with a laser focus on fast racetrack work: the 620R.

Most people don't need a 770-hp AWD supertruck with thin sports tires, an aerodynamic front splitter, race brakes and a 3.45-second 0-60 mph time. There are others, though, that would look at Shelby's new F-150 Super Snake Sport, and think "Hmm. Me want."

Once again, Karma leaps into an auto show with multiple debuts and announcements. Those start immediately with the impressive SC2, an all-electric 1,100-hp supercar concept, extending through an electrified pickup truck lurking in the shadowy future.

Ferrari has found yet another home for its four-time International Engine of the Year award winning twin-turbo V8, in the new front-engined Roma coupe. But it debuts some design concepts that feel more Aston Martin than prancing horse.

The Aspark Owl debuted on Tuesday in Dubai, and the insane US$3.2 million 1,985-hp electric hypercar is quicker than ever, touting an impressive 1.69-second 0-60 mph. If that sounds worth a few measly mil, get in line quickly —only 50 will be built.

One-fifth the weight of steel but five times the strength, plant-based cellulose nanofiber (CNF) offers carmakers the opportunity to build strong, lightweight cars while sustainably removing as much as 2,000 kg of carbon from the car's life cycle.

While some electric powertrains on show at IAA 2019 are found in simple everyday commuters, many of them are in full-blown performance machines.