Connaught has announced that its new Type-D GT Syracuse coupe won't be launched as the hybrid the company first presented as a concept at the 2004 Goodwood Revival. Instead it will debut as a 300bhp supercharged V10 four-seater 'supercar'. Development work continues with the hybrid, but that isn't expected until either late this year or early next.
400bhp-plus, naturally aspirated V8s in humble saloons and estate cars were once almost common. Twenty years on is Audi's RS4, BMW's M3, Mercedes-AMG'…