Aside from that stroppy F1 driver, the Spanish aren’t particularly well known for their need for speed. This, however, could change next summer, when the IFR Aspid finally gets a release.
Its design may be a little “retro”, but it can do 0-62 in just 2.8 seconds, and can reach 100 mph in only 5.9seconds. That’s nearly Bugatti Veyron territory, folks.
The Aspid, whose Honda S2000 2 litre supercharged engine will rev up to 9,00RPM, was debuted at last year’s British Motor Show, and back then it was all set to cost €135,000 (£90,000). The price hasn’t changed, but thanks to our pitifully weak currency, it will cost £132,000 at today’s rate.
Engineer and creator Ignacio Fernandez showed his severe lack of business nous by declaring “If I sell just one car this year, it will be a sucess,” but if the vital stats of the Aspid are anything to go by, it will fly out of the showroom.
This, dear readers, is the 9ff Porsche GT9-R, an even more monstrous beast than the plain old GT9. The R kicks out an astonishing 1120 horsepower - that’s 200hp more than the GT9. Scary.
Given that the GT9 can do 254mph, we imagine the GT9-R could top 260mph without a problem. That would make it the fastest production car in the world, even faster than the outlandish Bugatti Veyron and - of course - the GT9.
If rumours are to be believed, the eagerly anticipated Corvette ZR1 - the supercar which ripped the Nurburgring a new one earlier this year - may never hit showrooms. DigitalCorvettes.com claims that production has been suspended on the ZR1.
The reason? The ZR1 is nowhere near as profitable as the cheaper Corvette Z06 coupe, and so cash-strapped General Motors has decided to shelve the former and turn out more of the latter in a bid to cut costs. Seems like the ZR1 was the right car for GM, but at the wrong time.
Home grown street racer is half the price of a Koenigsegg
British/Iranian entrepreneur and car manufacturer Arash Farboud - the man who famously bought a Bugatti Veyron over the phone while going through a McDonalds drive-thru - revealed his latest supercar, the AF-10 as a concept car at the 2007 British Motor Show. From mid-2009, punters with a spare £172,000 knocking about will be able to claim one as it goes into production. That’s about a third of the price of the Enzo Ferrari, the car from which it borrows much of its aesthetic design.
The AF-10, hand-made in Cambridge, will house a thirsty seven litre V8 (taken from a Corvette Z06) which will give 530bhp, a top speed
 Audi’s supercar available to GT3 teams from next year
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Audi has announced that a customer-orientated version of its hugely successful R8 racer will be available from next autumn. The 500bhp machine is seen as a competitor to Porsche and Ferrari in the GT3 racing class. The new Audi R8 will meet all of the FIA’s production-based GT3 motorsport regulations that allow the car to be entered in numerous national and international race series, which will mean a conversion to rear-wheel drive as four-wheel drive are banned.
“The R8 is the first production Audi to bear the name and genes of a successful racing sportscar and is therefore an excellent base from which to build our first big customer sport program,” said Head of Audi Motorsport Dr Wolfgang Ullrich. “Ever since the R8 was unveiled we’ve been inundated with inquiries about a racing version. We will offer customers a racing sportscar equipped with the best technology and the typical Audi qualities, but it will be easy to handle.”Â
Say hi to the rather sexy One-77, Aston Martin’s new V12 coupe - the first new AM since the company was sold to Ford. Aston will make only 77 models (hence the name, which is provisional), and each customer will be able to customise the supercar to their personal tastes.
The tale of the tape? The One-77 will be powered by a hand-built 7-litre V12 engine, front-mounted and contained within a sleek aluminum and carbon-fibre chassis. It’ll propel you from 0-60 in 3.5-seconds, and has a top speed of more than 200mph (some reports have claimed 220mph).
The eye-catching Morgan LIFECar (annoying zeitgeisty name alert) was first unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March, and now British fans of the marque can see it up close and personal, at the British Motor Show in London.
The LIFECar’s USP is its claim to be an “environmentally responsible sports car”. An oxymoron, you might think, but it manages to run via a zero emission, hydrogen power source, and yet also look like a 21st-century supercar. So Morgan may be on to something. Problem is, it’ll only do 90mph, which is hardly going to please speed freaks wanting to reduce their carbon footprint. It does reach 60mph in less than seven seconds, so it’s not all bad news for adrenaline junkies.
