“It’s thoroughly capable of giving you a bit of a scare, but in a modern way”
John Judd and Sir Jack Brabham join the team
An engine company created by John Judd and three-time Formula 1 champion Sir Jack Brabham will partner with JAS Motorsport to reengineer the V6 in the middle of its 'Tensei' supercar. The Tensei, remember, is JAS's take on the Mk1
by Vijay Pattni
Take in that glorious V8 noise
Remember that rather delightful, reimagined Ferrari F355 from 2024? It's now ready, with Brit company Evoluto confirming it has tested all the specifications it promised us a couple of years back.Chief among which is a re-engineered version of Ferrari'
by Vijay Pattni
It packs a naturally aspirated 4.0-liter flat-six pushing out 420 horses
Welcome to your summer desktop background. Or bedroom poster. Or the new image for your phone's home screen. It's the [deep breath] Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet Reimagined by Singer; a powerful, widebody tribute to an Eighties classic.What's a '
by Vijay Pattni
Puts out around 660 horses
The Mercedes-Benz SEC was-is?-one of the world's very finest luxury two-door coupes, from an era when Mercedes-Benz was knocking out hit after bulletproof, double-glazed, wood-trimmed hit.The Renntech Sledgehammer is-definitely is-a reimagining
by Vijay Pattni
Stiffness is key
Good morning class, and welcome to today's lesson: The torsional stiffness of Porsche's 964 chassis! Singer-expert reimaginer of Porsche's 964-has teamed up with Red Bull Advanced Technologies-the advanced technologies bit of Red Bull-to beef up
by Vijay Pattni
Welcome to the world of Art Racing
What if I told you there was a place in Japan where your wildest fantasies could be brought to life? Not that one. I'm talking about the one where the car in your garage looks as good as a 250 Testa
by TopGear.com
Updating the ’90s icon with 21st century performance
The Civic EG hatchback from the early- to mid-'90s has become a legend despite being Honda Cars Philippines' entry into the People's Car Program. The local version of the three-door variant only came with a 1.2-liter engine,
British sophistication meets American force
Regular readers will be familiar with the Ring brothers, the 'just the right amount of mad' Wisconsin-based tuners who started out as (and still run) an auto body shop...and then turned their attention to churning out the most unreal bespoke
by Jack Rix
It’s a damn good restomod, but is it worth all that dough?
Lotus is currently chasing financial stability in the guise of two-ton EVs, but along has come a 'remastered' Esprit supercar to remind us why we loved the British company and its lightweight cars in the first place.Built by a new
by TopGear.com
Updating the ’80s icon virtually
This time around, we'll be doing something different. Instead of doing a render of a future vehicle, we'll do a restomod. We chose an '80s icon that was very popular in our market: the legendary box-type Mitsubishi Lancer. Of
It looks absolutely gorgeous
Encor is a British start-up that has 'Singer-ed' the OG Esprit. But there's another idea at play here: 400hp is plenty in a car that weighs less than 1,200kg.Any suspicion that we've passed peak restomod is
by Jason Barlow
More ’90s restomods, please
Regular visitors to this site may remember the Velocity Restorations' 1967 Ford Mustang we reviewed-and rather liked-around a year ago. Now, the 'classic vehicle modernizer,' as it calls itself, has revealed its latest work at this year's SEMA show
The Jaguar E-Type lives on in this beautiful restomod
Jaguar only ever built a handful of lightweight E-Types back in the '60s-12, to be exact-designed to go racing. Unsurprisingly, each was a... lightweight version of the prettiest car ever made.Eagle, a long-time restorer and custodian of
by Vijay Pattni
It’s almost twice as powerful as the original straight-six engine
This is no ordinary Land Cruiser, even if Toyota went to great lengths to make it look very ordinary. Meet the Turbo Trail Cruiser: a very old FJ60 outfitted with a very new turbocharged engine and buckets of power.How many buckets?
by Vijay Pattni
It will use the bones of JAS Motorsport’s secret supercar
Good news for fans of old V6 Japanese supercars. JAS Motorsport and Pininfarina have revealed that their first project will be a "derivative of the 1990-generation Honda NSX." Woohoo!So, that secret supercar we first heard about earlier this year will
by Vijay Pattni
And we really, really want it
This is a small, humble car. It started its little life back in 1990, where it was christened a Rover Mini, bestowed with the Mayfair spec and sent off to wow the world with its tiny proportions and everlasting appeal.Some 13
by Vijay Pattni
Glorious. Just glorious
Call it what you like, this is quite simply a gorgeous car. It's the latest from California's finest rebigulater of Porsche 964s, and references a very unique spec of 911 Carrera available in the Eighties. Yes, this is what Singer
by Vijay Pattni
*Before taxes, that is
This is a new soft-top Defender brought to you from the good folk over at Land Rover Classic. Which means it's a new-old soft-top Defender, brimmed with a big, mighty V8 petrol engine and a big, mighty price.
by Vijay Pattni
Who doesn’t love these old pickups?
It's not very common to see an old pickup truck in neat and pristine condition. Back in the day, these were proper workhorses and treated as such. For the most part, the bodywork would be battered and bruised, but at least
And it doesn’t come cheap
Late last year, we brought you news of a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow that had been converted to run on electricity by Brit electric powertrain specialist Evice Technologies. It was rather exciting, with claims of a proper 800-volt architecture on board
by Greg Potts
