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To help promote a German safety initiative called 'Tune It! Safe!', TechArt has produced a 370bhp tuned version of the 911 Carrera S in police trim. T…

Not since BMW's Procar champion-ship of the early '80s, and before that the superb IROC races of 1974, has such an ambitious single-model race series …

SEAT has revealed its 2006 WTCC Leon racer (image). A development version won the Valencia round of the 2005 WTCC, which bodes well for next season. S…

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…

Although there are no official plans for a VX220 replacement in the UK, Vauxhall is preparing itself for personal imports of the Saturn Sky roadster t…

Just in time for Christmas! Two petrolhead evo products from the team. evo ITALIAN SUPERCARS is a collection of features from the files of evo magazin…

Conveniently ignoring the fact that a road-legal Radical SR8 has lapped the N

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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

The 350Z gets a very mild facelift early next year. New front light clusters and LED rear lights sharpen up the still-fresh Z, while inside the qualit…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…