Chris Harris from Driver's Republic, has been lucky enough to be one of the first people to get a taste of the new GT3. He struggles with the car, not in driving it, but in figuring out how Porsche will ever manage to make a better car.

Aston Martin has finally taken the wraps off its completed One-77 concept car, which was revealed at Italy's Concorso d'eleganza. The car now comes with a full interior and powertrain, the model seen in previous pictures and various car shows having none of the aforementioned.

Power is expected to come from a 7.3 V12 producing around 700 hp.  But what will definitely standout from this car is the price, an eye-watering 1.2 million pounds. We hope the world economy will be a lot stronger when it goes on sale next year.

Which is "14 seconds faster than a Nissan GTR"

So Porsche want to have the fastest production car able to lap the Nurburgring race track too.  They have managed to lap their latest motorsport derived GT3 model in 7 mins 40 sec, which is a properly fast lap time.  But according to Autocar.co.uk, Porsche claims that their new GT3 is 14 seconds faster than the Nissan GTR.  Porsche claim that they did not manage to lap a Nissan GTR - which they bought - any faster than 7mins 54 sec. They claim that Nissan simply isn't telling the truth about the state of tune of the car they used to get the 7 min 29.03 sec lap time.  So it might be of no surprise if people's blood at Porsche began to boil when Nissan recently announced they have posted yet another lap time of 7 min 27.56 sec.

When Morgan introduced its Aero 8 back in 2001, it really was a breath fresh air considering how long they've been producing the Morgan Plus models.  The Aero 8 received a few updates in the years it's been in production, among them being a mild facelift and a new engine.

Morgan are back with a new variant of the Aero 8 roadster, the Aero SuperSports.  Morgan claim that this model comes as a result of high demand of the AeroMax coupe, of which only 100 models were built.  The car comes with a detachable "targa" style roof panels, which can be stored in its boot.

The new car carries over the wonderful 4.8l V8 engine from the Aero 8 roadster, propelling the lightweight vehicle of only 1100kg from 0-60 mph in 4.5 seconds and on to a maximum speed of 170 mph.

Morgan plans to sell the SuperSports at £127,000, with production expected to begin early in 2010.

The people at Autocar.co.uk have been keeping a close eye on the good old Land Rover Defender, and it seems like 2013 will be the last year we see one of these tough vehicles roll out of the Land Rover factory.  Legislation is mostly to thank for the near demise of the Defender.  This year marked 61 years in production for the Defender, one the longest in Automotive production.

Along with a teaser pic (left) of its all new XJ saloon, Jaguar have also given us a few details for its upcoming new saloon.


The car will be the first in Jaguar's Line-up to benefit from Jaguar's next generation aerospace inspired aluminium body architecture.  It also benefits from the all new engines that can be found in current Jaguar models, including the all new V6 diesel engine and 5.0l supercharged petrol engine producing 510 bhp.  The new XJ will be available in short and long wheelbase versions.

The XJ is expected to go on sale late in 2009, while the official unveiling is expected in July at the London auto show.

Porsche has officially launched the latest addition to its line-up of sports cars, the four door Panamera.  Unveiled at the Shanghai car show, the car is available with a naturally aspirated 4.8l V8 engine producing 400 hp, as well as a turbocharged version producing 500 hp.  The car in N/A version comes with a six speed manual transmission, but can be ordered with Porsche's latest 7 speed double clutch transmission, PDK, while the Turbo version comes standard with PDK. 

Rear wheel drive and All wheel drive can be found in the new hot saloon, while V6 and hybrid versions are still planned to be put on sale later on.

In terms of layout and power, it looks like the Panamera is ready to take the fight to the likes of Maserati with their Quattroporte, Mercedes' new E63 AMG, BMW's M5, the Jaguar XF-R, even the Cadillac CTS-V.  We hope that its performance will be exceptional, because in terms of looks,we doubt many people will see this as the Halle Berry of cars.

Lewis Hamilton may sometimes seem to have the abilities of God when it comes to going around a race track in an F1 car, but unfortunately his latest incident involving traffic in Geneva-Switzerland, proves that he is a mere mortal.

According to Swiss newspaper, Tribune de Geneve, Hamilton crashed his black Mercedes Benz into a Peugeot 206 after running a stop sign.  Luckily no one was hurt in the incident, and witnesses stated that Hamilton dealt with the situation in a respectable and friendly manner. 

After a long and impressive career of nearly 30 years, Ron Dennis has finally left all his CEO responsibilities at McLaren Racing to Martin Whitmarsh.  Dennis' departure comes at a difficult time for McLaren Racing, as they are still surrounded by the contrversial results of the Australian Grand Prix, as well as the departure of sporting director Dave Ryan.

According to formula1.com, Ron Dennis made the decision about leaving on his own, and admits to feeling a little strange about not having a hands-on approach to the McLaren race team after being with them for so long.

However, Ron Dennis will take up the role of Executive Chairman at McLaren Automotive.  Among the tasks he will be facing, is  launching a new range of sports cars planned to hit the streets sometime in 2011.

Nissan always manages to set pulses racing whenever they announce a new lap time of the Nurburgring racing circuit for its GTR supercar.  Despite being a lot heavier and less powerful than its main rivals, it still manages to be a lot faster than them.  Many people attribute this to the fact that it was built from the start to be the fastest car around the Nurburgring in its sector.  They also say that its speed is thanks to a very well sorted all wheel drive system, superfast gearchanges, well judged gear ratios, sticky tyres, and overall stability.

So what's the new lap time? 7 min 27.56 sec, making it more than a second quicker than its last lap time of 7 min 29.03 sec.  The car that ran the new lap time was equipped with High performance Dunlop tyres, along with Rays forged alloy wheels, V-Spec equipment. I can already hear the arguments, praises and frustrations.