David Hilton is the man behind the designs for the Ford Mustang, Focus RS and S-Max. That's a nice resume.
He is now working on the MC1, a British supercar. Britain is not too bad at building supercars and concept cars - witness the latest batmobile. And the MC1 is very drool-worthy.
Humle F1
for some reason, this one makes me think of the Plymouth Prowler, and that cheapens the effect somewhat.
Locus Plethora (2007)
Dig that single wiper. And that crazy front, with the recessed grill, those deep grooves (ditches?) on the hood, and the weirdly arced head-lights.
McLaren F1
Gull-wing doors - a supercar isn't a supercar without them.
I would have bought the McLaren, but the bottom would scrape over the bumps in my driveway. Too bad
The Ascari A10
Top speed is supposed to be 220 mph. Oh, and just where do you go drive to check that out?
Sometimes, I get bored of listening to music while working. I've found a grand new distraction - turning on a 3 - 5 minute audio or video of a supercar being thrashed around a track. It forms the perfect background to anything.
Check out the video of the Ferrari FXX, the chameleon skunk-works Ferrari that is always at the forefront of Automobile technology (never mind the Transformers). Just listen to it. That engine sounds amazing!
Ok, so this one is (so far) a total myth. There has been a lot of talk about Mercedes coming out with a supercar to compete against the Audi R8. Auto Motor und Sport, a German auto mag, took a gander at creating this concept for Mercedes, thank you very much.
But I must say, I think it looks smashing! I would buy it!
Here's a spy shot of the Nissan GT R. The Top Gear guys loved the car, and covered it in their 2008 SuperCars magazine
I love spy shots, spy videos, spy anything for new upcoming cars. The Porsche Panamera has been a badly kept secret for a while; this uber German car, coming out in 2009, has been photographed and video taped quite a bit.
After the jump, we have 2-minute video footage of the Porsche Panamera, that shows off all the car's lines, as well as some really nice photos. I have to say, I'm still reserving my opinion on the car - I can't quite figure out what to make of its shape, and the fact that Porsche is now making.... gasp... sedans! But if I had the chance.. yes, I would indeed want to drive it on the autobahn.
Hope its worth it, to have Aston Martin and Porsche diving into the 4-door sedan market.
The 5th Gear guys put up a pretty interesting social experiment. They took three supercars and parked them on a busy street for 10 minutes, then counted how many people stopped and stared:
So who won? The counts were:
So I guess I'm buying the LP640; If I'm spending that much dough, I do want folks to envy me.
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