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McLaren Automotive has revealed what might be the most extreme car it has ever made. Resurrecting a famous name from its past, the McLaren Elva is an 800hp roadster that’s quicker than the McLaren Senna, but it has no windows, windshield or roof.

Early November is always a special time of year for automotive enthusiasts. It’s when car manufacturers and aftermarket equipment suppliers descend on Las Vegas to show off their wares.

When the Bloodhound project hit the skids in 2018, we were a bit disheartened to say the least. Alongside using the latest technologies, and actually inventing more, to create a car to drive to Mach 1.35, it stood to be the most public feat of extreme engineering the world has ever seen.

Revived performance car brand De Tomaso has revealed the last piece of the puzzle in its throwback P72 supercar: the engine. When the brand revealed the car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this summer, it told us everything but what actually powered it up the hill there.

Jaguar has revealed its car for the Vision Gran Turismo project in a live event at the GT Sport World Tour in Tokyo.

If the cat wasn’t already out of the bag, it was certainly sticking its head out yesterday. However today, Jaguar has taken to social media to confirm that it is indeed the brand behind the Vision Gran Turismo car that will enjoy a grand unveiling at the Tokyo World Tour event on Friday.

After being rescued from the financial doldrums, the project to get a car to drive to 1000mph is reaching its final stages.

Defending GT Sport World Champion Igor Fraga put in an impressive showing in Italy over the weekend to round out his Formula Regional Championship season in style.

Hyundai has unveiled the latest vehicle in its “N” brand of performance cars, and it’s fair to say it’s not exactly what we were expecting.

Please put your flags at half mast, for the reported demise of a fallen engine. According to British publication Autocar, Mercedes-AMG is dropping the characteristic V8 engine from its range, starting with the next version of the mid-size C63 in 2022.

Toyota’s race and tuning division, Gazoo Racing, has been turning its attention to everything Toyota in the last couple of years. Aside from the hypercar class GR Super Sport and, of course, the GR Supra, there’s all sorts of cars in the Toyota brand available with Gazoo Racing’s fettling. There’s even a Gazoo-tuned Toyota Century sedan, just for Toyota’s President Akio Toyoda.

It only takes a few miles for the doubt to kick in.

A lot of ink, both traditional and digital, has been spilled on the Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio. This will not be one of those reviews.

While much of the buzz in the alternative fuel world is about battery-powered electric vehicles, some brands are continuing to develop other… alternative alternatives.

Fair warning to our international readers here: things are about to get locally Canadian for a minute.

When the official first trailer (and name) for Need for Speed Heat dropped in August, it was very difficult to miss the car taking center stage. Leading much of the chase action, and highlighting the game’s customization options, was a heavily modified Polestar 1.

It’s the sort of story we’ve heard before, yet we’ll never get tired of. An established sim racer will be moving up in the world of real motorsport this weekend. In this case, its Toro Rosso Esports F1 driver Cem Bolukbasi.

It seems like only yesterday that Chevrolet revealed its new, mid-engined Corvette. The “C8” generation (that’s shorthand for Corvette, eighth-generation) of Corvette became the first in the brand’s history to have the engine not only fully behind the front axle, but behind the driver too.

Mazda has revealed an expansion to its global motorsport plans, with a touring car based on the new Mazda 3.

Aston Martin is in the headlines a lot right now. It’s working on creating one of the highest performance road cars ever made, capturing mid-engine performance car sales from Ferrari, and winning Le Mans outright.