Cars

If there’s a better way to get into the festive spirit than to attach a Christmas tree to a $140,000 sports car and take it drifting, we don’t know what it is. Fortunately Lotus agrees, and threw in a whistle-stop tour of its headquarters near Norwich too.

If you think you’re bored of F1, spare a thought for the chap in this video. He’s not only bored, he’s card-bored…

As you may have read previously on the site, back in May GTPlanet member Brad McClaren (McClarenDesign) made the trip from Oklahoma, USA to Auckland, NZ (a trip of over 7,500 miles) to race with Hooncorp in the New Zealand 24 Hours of Lemons. Driving the #137 Commodore, Brad managed to survive the dark, the rain, and the opposition, with the team finishing 22nd amongst a field of 53 starters. The second Hooncorp car on the track, the #37 Pulsar, came 15th.

Pull out the flat brim hat and crack open a Monster, it’s time for the latest edition of Ken Block’s Gymkhana videos.

It’s been looking bad for the Bloodhound team recently. A project to send a car to 1,000mph was never going to be easy, but with some big-name sponsors on board, all the pieces were nearly in place. After a decade of work, the track was ready, the car had performed well in its shakedown and Bloodhound had marked its calendar.

The Grand Tour’s third season is almost upon us but good news! Amazon has decided to renew the light entertainment motoring show for a fourth season.

In recent years, I’ve not been particularly kind to the Toyota Corolla. Three decades on from the sushi-delivering model revered by the PlayStation generation, the existing sedan had all the thrill of a marathon night of lingerie… laundry.

The wait is nearly over for the first Toyota Supra to hit the market. However, it won’t arrive at a dealership. Instead, it will cross the auction block at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Fans of 1990s coupes from Japan might be in heaven right now. Car manufacturers are bringing back old names on thoroughly up-to-date cars.

You might recall a little while back that we covered a survey on the greatest movie cars ever. The cars on the list were… unusual to say the least, and GTPlanet’s forum members were quick with alternative suggestions.

A hypercar needs a hyper engine. Thanks to Cosworth, the Aston Martin Valkyrie’s engine is as hyper as they come, and today Aston Martin has revealed it in full.

Thanks to one quick-witted snapper, we’ve got an early look at Toyota’s much-anticipated fifth generation Supra.

The first ever winner of GT Academy, Lucas Ordonez, has announced on social media that he is to leave the Nissan family.

Pininfarina has revealed the name of the production version of its PF0 concept car. Fittingly, for the brand’s first production car, it will wear the name of the company founder.

Porsche has recently revived its “Top 5” series of videos, looking at some of the extraordinary cars it has made over its 70-year history.

Every year the Michigan State Police (MSP) department invites manufacturers to put their pursuit vehicles head-to-head. This year’s report is finally out, and it holds a few surprises. It also shows the wide variety of police vehicles on the market too.

McLaren’s wrapped up 2018 with another new model. Joining the 600LT ant Speedtail, this is the 720S Spider, the al fresco version of the firm’s Super Series car.

When Italdesign and Nissan took the wraps off the GT-R50 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, it made quite the stir. So much of a stir that the unique looking GT-R is heading for a production run.

The dream of being the first vehicle to travel 1,000mph is over for the team behind the Bloodhound SSC.

In the middle of last year, Mercedes-Benz announced it was going to build a pickup truck.