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Horacio Pagani grew up in Casilda Argentina, it was a rural agricultural community where Horacio first started to build go-karts and minibikes with his friends. As he got older, he started messing around with fiberglass and he made his own limitada santafestina race car which is a single seater rear engine car without any formal engineering training. He got money to fund his race car by selling fiberglass camper shells. Once he finished building his race car, he approached Renault and asked them for an engine, which Renault provided and they also ended up sponsoring the team for the entire season. Horacio used his connections that he made through racing to help get him a foot in the door at one of the big Italian car manufacturers. He got a verbal agreement that he could work for Lamborghini as a designer on their new project. He sold his business and got ready to move to Italy when he got a letter form Lamborghini saying that they have cancelled their project, which was th

The Volvo XC40 Recharge recently launched, this all electric variant of the XC40 comes with all wheel drive with the electric motor pushing out 408hp and 660nm of torque. The battery has a 76kwh capacity with 75 kwh of that capacity being usable, this is done to help protect the battery so it lasts longer. The XC40 Recharge will also come with a good range of 400km. The XC40 Recharge is the bands first mass available EV after Volvo played around with an electric C30 back in 2013. Back in 2013 Volvo was bragging about being able to achieve a full recharge in just 1.5 hours, with that charge giving you a range of up to 150km. The new Volvo blows those stats out of the water as in just 40 minutes it can charge up to 80% giving you 320km of range. The electric XC40 has a few styling tweaks from the combustion one. The grille is closed except for a small slit at the bottom, the lower fascia, mirror caps and roof are all black. The car is also available in a new colour called Sag

BMW has unveild its 2 Series Gran Coupe. It is a premium compact four door that fills the smallest of gaps between the 1 Series and the 3 Series, but it does so in style. The top of the range two series Gran Coupe will be the M235i xDrive. It will come equipped with a 2 liter four-cylinder mated with an 8-speed automatic gearbox producing 228hp and 350nm of torque, allowing it to reach 100kmh in under 5 seconds. The US versions will only be available in xDrive while Europe will eventually be able to get a front wheel drive version. This version of xDrive is not the ordinary xDrive system as it uses tech from the i3, most importantly the near-actuator wheel slip limitation system. If necessary it will lightly brake the inner wheels to help improve grip. The 2 series Gran Coupe is a four door coup with styling elements such as flared haunches, sloping roof line and an upscale interior. The 2 Series Gran Coupe is aimed at the Mercedes CLA and the A3 sedan.

The popular Ninja 650 packed decent performance at a reasonable price and the revision of this model aims to keep that going while adding some modernity into the mix. The bike is getting an 11 cm full-colour TFT dash, Bluetooth connectivity as well as a styling revamp. The bike has been given new LED lights at the front and back, sharper styling (as the fairing and side panels have been remodeled) as well as a redesigned pillion seat for increased comfort. Dunlop Sportmax Roadsport 2 tyres come as standard. The 650 Ninja features a parallel-twin engine that produces 67bhp and 66nm of torque. This is the same engine as the previous model, the tubular steel trellis chassis remains the same too. The Ninja will be offered in three new colour schemes; black, black and green and black and white. The 650 is expected to keep its competitive price even with the new upgrades.

Porsche has confirmed that they are bringing out an all electric Macan. Porsche's director of SUV's Julian Baumann has told said that the all-electric version of the Macan will be sold alongside the normal combustion versions to appeal to both kinds of buyers as not everyone is ready of EVs just yet. The electric Macan will be very different from its combustion version as it has to be built of an entirely different platform. The platform that it will be using is the Premium Platform Electric, which is the same one that the Taycan uses. This platform will however have to be adjusted for SUV use. Porsche claims that the all electric version will retain the same DNA of its predecessor and stay the sportiest model in its class. The most powerful version of the electric Macan will be pushing out 700hp (525kw) and 1017nm of torque. The power will be sent to all four wheels with two motors powering each axle.

The McLaren 620R is a road going GT4 racing car that will be based on the firms 600LT. This car has recently been spotted doing some testing and the aerodynamics have been updated for this spec. The aero is similar to last years exclusive 570s MSO X as it has gained a huge rear spoiler, a roof mounted air scoop and some bonnet intakes. The McLaren will feature the same 3.8 liter V8 as the 600LT, but with the car being called the 620 we can expect it to pack 620hp (this is more than the regulation-restricted racing models). It is expected that the 620R will come with a bespoke suspension tune, altough it is unknown if it will be with race-bred coilovers. The interior has not yet been seeing as it is a race spec model it will most likely get some race spec treatment such as six-point harnesses as well as removing of all the hardware and features that are non-essential. McLaren said that the car will be a limited production run that "will be offered to select customers

Lunaz is a new restomod start-up that painstakingly restores old British cars, even offering one-off paint schemes and interior packages that are designed by automotive styling specialists, then electrifies them. Lunaz is led by ex-Renault F1 technical director Jon Hilton who claims that the company will make "the most beautiful and celebrated cars in history ready for the future". The company is currently developing electric versions of the 1961 Rolls-Royce Phantom V, 1956 Rolls-Royce Cloud and the 1953 Jaguar XK120. The cars will come equipped with modern additions such as traction control and cruise control allowing the cars to be safer and more user friendly. The large Phantom V will be powered by a 120kWh battery pack while the Jaguar gets a 80kWh pack, both will come with fast-charging and regenerative braking. The Jag is powered by twin motors producing 375hp and 700nm of torque blowing the original 142kw and 285nm out of the water. Lunaz is not the first com

Lamborghini has chosen to add a fourth car to their line up and instead of going for another mid-engined supercar the brand has instead opted for a 2+2 grand tourer inspired by their 2008 Estoque concept. There have been debates over whether this car will be mid or front engined however according to Lamborghini R&D boss Maurizio Reggiani it could possibly be the brands first electric car. Reggiani said that Lamborghini could use an electric car platform from the Volkswagen Group which they are a part of. The most likely candidate for this would be the current PPE platform which is used by the Porsche Taycan and the upcoming Audi E-tron GT. This will help Lamborghini lower development costs of a pure electric model. When it comes to the performance of the GT Reggiani said that the performance is important but not as important as it for their super-sport cars. It is however quite likely that the 2025 GT will have a 0-100 kmh time of less than 3 seconds seeing as the Urus whic

With the roadster coming out next year I thought that a quick recap would be a good idea to help prepare the world for what could potentially be the fastest production car. The stats of this Tesla are insane. 10,000 nm of torque 1.9 second 0-60 mph 4.2 second 0-100mph 8.8 second 1/4 mile Top speed over 250 mph The 0-60 mph time is the fastest in the world for a production car and so is the 8.8 second 1/4 mile time. Tesla didn't come to mess around. The Roadster also comes with optional SpaceX thrusters, these are cold gas thrusters with very high pressure air that will take the place of the two rear seats. If you get this package you will get 10 small thrusters placed around the car that will help with acceleration, breaking, cornering and top speed.  The Tesla will come with three electric motors, one in the front and two in the back, allowing it to have all wheel drive to help handle all of its power. The Roadster will come with a 200-kilowatt-hour battery an

Alois Ruf, creater of Auto RUF first got into Porsches when he saw a Porsche 356 crash on the highway and he rushed to the divers aid, he ended up keeping the wrecked Porsche in his garage while the injured driver was in the hospital recovering. Ruf ended up buying the wrecked Porsche from the drivers insurance as the car was written off. He was fascinated by the Porsche and soon Auto RUF became the go-to Porsche repair shop in southern Germany. After Alois Snr's death his son Alois Jr took over the shop and kept the legacy of being the go-to place for Porsches, however he also started focusing on performance and Motorsport. Alouis Jr decided that he was going to build a 911 in a way that would give him better performance, it took him three years and in 1978 he unveiled the SCR. It was based on a 3 liter naturally aspirated Porsche 911 SC but achieved the same performance as the much faster Porsche 930. He achieved this by boring out the engine to 3.2 liters, updated the fuel

Aston Martin has just revealed their newest collaboration with the Italian Design company Zagato. The newest model is based off the Aston Martin DBS Superleggera which has been heavily reworked both aesthetically and mechanically. The Zagato uses the same 5.2 liter turbocharged V12 which has been reworked go deliver 45 more hp for a total out put of 760 hp. The car has received an exclusive Supernova Red paint job as well as carbon fiber accents and 3D machined wheels in black and gold. the interior of the DBS GT Zagato has metal and carbon that has been 3D printed, a world first for a car interior. The DBS GT Zagato will only be sold as a pair with the DB4 GT Zagato continuation. The DB4 will be offered as a track only car as it will be a match of the origional that was made 58 years ago, bar for the original straight 6 engine as this will be updated. The pair is called the BDZ Centenary collection and will be sold for £6 million (plus tax). Only 19 pairs will go up for s

Aston Martin first came out with the Vantage in 1977 with the production run going on until 1989. This highly sought after Aston was hailed as Britain's first super car as it could achieve a top speed of 270 kmh. The Vantage has a 5.3 liter V8 that put out 390 bhp and 550 nm of torque allowing it to hit 60 mph in 5.4 seconds.  The car underwent a few variations with the top of the range version being the X-Pack (as seen below) with up graded pistons by Cosworth and Nimrod racing type heads allowing the engine to produce 403 hp.  The Vantagehas starred in numerous films umoungst them was the James Bond film "The Living Daylights" ,with lead actor Timothy Dalton, and has been spotted on the set of the new James Bond film "No Time To Die" with Daniel Craig starring as James Bond. Another one of the Vantage's more famous films was the latest Rowan Atkinson film "Johnny English Strikes Again".

The next generation of the Volkswagen Golf is set to be unveiled later this month is said to come with a mild-hybrid engine. This will make it the first car in its segment to be a hybrid. This hybrid will allow the next-gen golf to lower the CO2 emissions as well as running costs as well as boosting the brands green image. The 1.0 liter and the 1.5 liter petrol engines will come with the hybrid system pair to VW's dual-clutch transmission making 129 bhp and 148 bhp respectively. The diesel engines will not come with the hybrid system as VW's technical chief Frank Welsch says that it is not necessary with as the diesel has a low emissions rate already. It is still to be confirmed if the future Golf GTI will come with the hybrid system too.