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We look at the new Lotus Europa coupe to see how the Elise-based GT will look in the showroom

With its eye on the trackday market and club motorsport, Lotus has introduced the Exige Cup, kitted out with uprated clutch, adjustable sports suspens…

This bizarre-looking beast is the Mitsuoka Nude-Top Roadster, first shown a couple of years ago as a coupe. Its underpinnings come from a Honda NSX, w…

Saleen is now offering buyers of its 750bhp S7 Twin Turbo supercar the option of a 'performance upgrade'

Could this be the future of Ferrari? These visions are the result of a design competition held by the Modenese marque. Young designers from four of th…

Proving that it's not just aftermarket tuners who take Minis to the extreme, here's the John Cooper S Works GP, lighter, faster and more powerful than…

Nissan's iconic GT-R has come to be defined by big numbers, but at the unveiling of the GT-R Proto, the company refused to be drawn on any figures

With all-new models still a way off, Lotus has introduced a limited edition Elise and created new trim and mechanical packs for the Elise and Exige. T…

As presents to yourself go, this one to celebrate Giorgetto Giugiaro's 50th year in the car design business is a belter. Called the Ferrari GG50 and b…

Despite soaring petrol costs, it seems we Brits can't get enough 8.3-litre V10-engined 150mph pick-ups that seldom break into double-figures fuel cons…

Nismo (Nissan Motorsports International Co Ltd) was founded in 1984 primarily to develop and maintain Nissan's racing cars in formulas as diverse as G…

This is every car you never knew you needed! Based on a Mercedes E500 estate with 4-Matic four-wheel drive, the Kleemann E50KCC has a 50mm taller ride…

Holden, Australian maker of the Monaro coupe, has been having fun with its heritage by producing this, the EFIJY concept car, created to draw the crow…

Could this be Toyota's riposte to the Nissan GT-R? The Tokyo show marked the third outing for the Lexus LF-A concept (Toyota is parent to Lexus), maki…

Subaru IS to launch a new Spec D variant of the Impreza STi. The D stands for 'discreet', so although it will have all the performance of the normal S…

Audi will up the pace of its new flagship S8 super-saloon when it goes on sale in the middle of next year by fitting it with a Lamborghini-derived 5.2…

Bugatti Veyron: the biggest power output, the highest top speed and the most enormous price tag of any road car yet seen. So what does the 1000bhp, tw…

Rather than fighting for the limelight during September's launch-heavy Frankfurt motor show, Audi chose Tokyo to unveil this thinly disguised replacem…

Biggest surprise at the Tokyo motor show came from VW in the shape of the rear-drive, mid-engined Eco Racer. With a carbonfibre body, racing springs a…

Previous hot Polos have failed to deliver on the promise of their specification, but now VW has rediscovered how to make exciting cars - Golfs GTI and…

Renowned German specialist Ruf has released its own version of the Porsche 997, and as you'd expect it's fairly mad. The Rt 12 has three possible stat…

Americans traditionally favour muscle-cars over supercars, but the new Aero SC/8T built by Washington-based SSC (for Shelby Super Car, although Carrol…

The GT-R may have stolen the limelight at Tokyo, but Nissan also showed this rather enticing front-engined, rear-drive 2+2 coupe called the Foria. Wit…

Ford has pulled off a pricing coup by announcing a list price of just £17,495 for the Focus ST, undercutting the Astra VXR by £1500 and the Golf GTI b…

The new Corvette Z06 has lapped the Nurburgring Nordschleife in just 7min 43sec, the same as a GT3 RS, according to reports.

Ferrari showed two new cars at Frankfurt: the F430 Challenge one-make racer and the 612 Scaglietti with the GTC Handling pack. The Challenge race-car …

Fisker Coachbuild is a new company formed by designers Henrik Fisker and Bernhard Koehler. Fisker, ex-BMW and Aston, is best known for the Z8 and V8 V…

New heroes v the icons, as the evo team pitch latest supercar offerings against respected performance cars of the past. Also this month, supersaloon g…

Lamborghini chose Frankfurt to debut the Gallardo Spyder. The launch of the drophead coincides with a 20bhp power upgrade for all Gallardos, raising t…