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When you are as big and as respected as McLaren Automotive is right now, you can make up with color that isn’t special at all, put a fancy name on it, and charge people a lot of money for the privilege of having it. That is pretty much the deal with the latest McLaren MSO color,Muriwai White. Conceived by Bruce McLaren’s daughter Amanda,Muriwai White has no doubt a cool backstory.Muriwai is the New Zealand coastal community where Bruce McLaren won his first motor race at the age of 15 and the name chosen for his family house in England that was painted in a blueish white colour. That’s all great, but to look at it you wouldn’t call this shade anything but plain old white. But hey, y...

The art of 3D printing is enabling more and more individuals who have a vision for the perfect supercar to actually make it happen, provided their bank account is stout enough to support this hobby. This is the latest of this bunch, the Aria FXE, built by an American startup using borrowed engines, ready-made carbon parts, and of course, 3D printed bits. Unlike most other cars of this kind which tend to be ultra-futuristic in looks and technology, the 2019 Aria FXE has something of the old-school about it. The design brings to mind 90’s supercar what with its large intakes, pronounced aero parts, roof scoop and big rear wing. It’s a fine look, but not something that would immediate...

It has been only a few days since BMW revealed the new 2018 BMW M5 super sedan but already there is talk of tuning it. The first proposition comes from Manhart Racing who wants to give the car an extra 200 horsepower and 200 percent more attitude. We like! What they have in mind for Manhart BMW M5 MH5 800 is, as the name suggests, an 800 horsepower output to begin with. Of course, as we know B...

Next week Porsche will unveil a new version of its Cayee SUV. Traditionally, this is not something we would get excited about. After all, the new model will at best be just a little bit less ugly than its predecessor. But we have to say this sketch of2018 Porsche Cayee they have just released looks pretty intriguing. The sketch shows us the silhouette of2018 Porsche Cayee. It reveals a ...

Because of their deep involvement with the world of fashion, Mercedes-Ben often hooks up with high-profile celebrities who, in exchange for a big pile of cash, attend their events and promote their stuff. The latest catch is iconic actressSusan Sarandon who has done a photoshoot with Mercedes C...

This is just petrolhead heaven, isn’t it? What we have here is a Porsche 911 R and an equally hard-core but much better looking Aston Martin in form of the V12 Vantage S, and a guy like Chris Harris to toss them around the circuit, mostly sideways. If you like driving and all its little technical details, this video will be like Godfather II to you. Chris begins his comparison review of Porsche 911 R vs Aston V12 Vantage S by warming up his left leg at the gym because both these cars have a manual gearbox which is a rare thing these days. But driving stick is like riding a bicycle. You’ll never forget it. [embedded content] So what would be your choice if you were in the market for a hi...

It is known that despite his strong love of sophisticated European sports cars, Chris Harris also has a fondness for American muscle cars mainly because they are such horsepower bargains. Mustangs and Camaros and Corvettes, Harris has driven them all liked them, but what does he think of the wildest Yankee-mobile of them all, Dodge Viper ACR? You may remember this blue Dodge Viper ACR from the first episode of the new and failed Top Gear. Well, only now we get to see Chris’s take on it, and it’s a very short take sadly. But hey, you don’t need more than four minutes to decide if you like the ACR or not. [embedded content] Viper ACR Highlights: 8.4-liter V-10 overhead-valve engine Rated ...

It took a while, but Chris Harris’ review of the new, face-lifted Porsche 991 Turbo S is finally released. Chris filmed this a while back at Kaylami race track in South Africa, and it has now found an outlet on Top Gear, a venue which Chris seems to be taking over completely. At any rate, here’s the latest Turbo 911 and the verdict of one of the best car reviewers on the planet. Chris and Porsche 991 Turbo S are both great, but how awesome is Kayami? Even if you don’t find the car interesting and consider it old news, you should still watch the video if only just for the track. [embedded content] Porsche 991 Turbo S Specs: Engine layout Rear engine Number of cylinders 6 Displacement 3.8...

The latest Bespoke model Rolls-Royce wants to show off, although at this point all of their products are bespoke in at least one way, is this rather special Wraith. The eye-catching Golden Yellow Rolls-Royce Wraith features a very un-Roller kind of color, but we have to say it works. So what we have here with this Golden Yellow Rolls-Royce Wraith is a paint scheme that would normally be found on a Nissan 370Z or a Honda Civic Type R prepared for a local tuning show. The base color is a shiny shade of yellow with golden hues, and it’s complemented with a sort of gunmetal grey roof and pillars and the whole thing is then paired with two-tone brushed and black RR wheels. It’s a combination...

After getting traded from place to place like a baseball card, Chris Harris has finally settled at Top Gear website where he can continue do what does best, which is make boring car reviews fun and interesting. In one of this first reviews for the new employer Chris gets to grips with the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio. And yes, he does throw it around a bit. The boy has lost none of his skills becoming a corporate beyotch! Well, looks like it is now Chris’s tu to get pounded with all those dislikes on YouTube. Of course, this being Chris, people are holding back to some extent. Still, some of the hate directed toward Top Gear is going to inevitably ricochet off and hit him. [embedded c...

It’s been a while since we last saw one of these awesome real world reviews from Harry’s Garage. Now though the petrolhead king is back sporting a beard and reviewing another classic SL-Class Mercedes-Benz. Harry loves these cars, and after the R129 he showed us a while back he now has a more popular R107 1971 Mercedes 350 SL and wants to tell us about it. This generation of the SL has one of the most iconic body shapes ever and one that seems to be aging really, really well. The lines and contours of this macho car have a nice whiff of vintage about it, but the whole thing still looks refreshingly mode. So let’s join Harry and see what owning a 1971 Mercedes 350 SL is like: [embedded c...

It was back in April when we first got wind of the feud between the two lead presenters of the New Top Gear, started by Chris Evans criticizing Matt LeBlanc’s conduct in a film he made in London with stunt driver Ken Block. Tus out Evans is being a jerk to everyone on the production team, and LeBlanc now wants him gone. According to the latest reports by British tabloids — I know, not the best of sources — LeBlanc has threatened to leave Top Gear unless Chris Evans gets fired. We suppose what the American means is that he won’t renew his contract for a second season, because all the filming has been done for the first season and all he has to do to get the rest of his salary is to toler...

No seriously, we’re expecting Mercedes-Benz to confirm the roadster version of the AMG GT before the new year. Prototypes of this car have already been sighted in Germany. What we want is for those prototypes to be the test mules of the Mercedes AMG GT R Roadster. But of course, the chances of that happening are close to nought. It takes Mercedes a long while to make up their mind about the roadster version of the regular GT — and even that has not yet been confirmed — so the idea of a Mercedes AMG GT R Roadster is just too outlandish to be anywhere on the horizon, at least for now. It doesn’t make much sense, either. The GT R is a hard-core, track-focused version of the AMG GT and havi...

MercedesAMG Petronas Formula One driverLewis Hamilton, who also has a hand in music, was quoted recently as saying that he is eventually going to Hollywood as he fancies himself a bit of an actor. We reckon those delusions were brought on by Hamilton’s starring role in the teaser campaign for the new MercedesAMG GT R. As we mentioned in our previous coverage of that campaign, to promote the upcomingAMG GT R Mercedes has gone for a primal, survival of the fittest sort of theme called Beast of the Green Hell, which is a reference both to the beastly nature of the car as an uncompromising track machine and also the fact that it was developed at the green hell that the Nurburgring. In the l...

Our favorite web-based car reviewer — now that Chris Harris has sold his soul to the BBC — Steve Sutcliffe has been driving around lately in the new Aston Martin Vantage GT8, trying to figure out why would anyone want to pay extra to get this hard-core version over the lovely V8S. His findings could help you make an informed decision if you are entertaining ideas about buying one of these. And if you don’t have £165,000 lying around, you can just enjoy the spanking of Aston Martin Vantage GT8 in the hands of old boy Steve: [embedded content] Basically a Vantage GTE race car for the streets, Aston Martin Vantage GT8 boasts a revised V8 engine with around 450 horsepower, mated to either a...

Granted, there is no way the new Top Gear is going to be better, fuier or more entertaining than the old one, and yes, it is going to be crushed by the Grand Tour. But if you just watch these shows for the sake of the cars, the new TGis going to set your pants on fire. The new TG team has put together some properly hot cars for the debut season driven in some exotic places from Morocco, to Abu Dhabi, to West Coast America. You’ll get reviews of the latest Ferraris, a test of Aston Martin Vulcan, the new Mustang GT is there as is the Hoonico Mustang, ArielNomad, Rolls-Royce Wraith, Audi R8, and… [embedded content] The show will also include the same sort of cheap car challenges and races...