Sentences with phrase «of hypercars»

Whether it's running your classic Group C at period - specific Hockenheim, or one of the over-a-dozen modern GT3s at the Circuit de la Sarthe, gunning your IMSA GTO around the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca or taking your IndyCar through Turn 1 at the Indianapolis Speedway, sliding your Honda Civic Coupé GRC rallycross through the mud at Lydden Hill or simply taking one of the world's Holy Trinity of hypercars to the scanned Nordschleife for a dawn run through the mist, Project CARS 2 has your passion covered.

Given the sheer number of hypercars that we've seen in the past five years, it's not entirely out of the question that Audi is considering building its own.

It's important because it's the Italian auto industry's last, best shot at relevance beyond the niche of hypercars from Ferrari, Lambo and sundry Paganis, Covinis or Fornasaris (a sexy, potentially profitable niche, but a niche nonetheless).

So there you have it: Toyota plans to shake the establishment and force an entry into the 1,000 hp + club of hypercars.

To keep the list sane, we haven't added any of the hypercars that use hybrid technology mainly to improve their performance on a track (and let's face it, they are unobtainable for most of us anyway).

Flashing a lot of power and appeal at the 2016 Auto Expo were a couple of hypercars known to produce extraordinary levels of power.

Even in the realm of hypercars, the Chiron is quite fast, as its predecessor, the Veyron, was, when that was introduced in 2005 and became the world's fastest production car.

The Pagani Huayra is already a spectacular supercar, although it's overshadowed by the current triumvirate of hypercars — the Ferrari LaFerrari, Porsche 918 and McLaren P1 — and can't perform like -LSB-...]

First, Mr. Koenigsegg, do you see series hybrid technology as a necessity for the future of hypercars, and if so, on what kind of timescale?

The performance is what you'll notice first, the twin turbo V8 firing you down straights with the sort of violence that was previously the preserve of a select band of hypercars.

Headline figures of 604bhp and 435 lb ft of torque might sound a little conservative when compared to the latest crop of hypercars but when the Porsche Carrera GT was launched back in 2004 they were right up there with the best the world could offer.

And if you can afford one of the hypercars you can probably afford all, in which case no comparison serves any purpose.

In short, the Evolution is a proper racer for the road and packs enough grunt to shame even the fastest of hypercars.

(I wonder about the reliability though) And it will be an interesting addition to the current group of hypercars anyway.

It's almost impossible to talk about the Porsche 918 Spyder without comparing and contrasting it with the McLaren P1 and LaFerrari, the trio making up the so - called holy trinity of hypercars.

It's this outside - the - box thinking that has made Koenigsegg, and specifically the man behind the tech Christian von Koenigsegg, such an intriguing story to follow regarding the development of the hypercar of the future.

> Ride and handling - The 918 is the heaviest of the hypercar trio, but ample traction and the chassis» inherent balance do a good job to hide it.

Porsche's hypercar is the only member of the hypercar «holy trinity» to brave its home nation circuit.

Such is the fleeting nature of the hypercar game that the holy trinity's days at the top are numbered.

They may share a badge, but the SLR and F1 are very different interpretations of the hypercar.

A lot of the discourse about the relevance of the hypercar could be viewed as one about the relevance and application of technology in aggregate.

«The idea of this hypercar is to give a totally different understanding of performance from anything else on the market.

There will also be a lot of the hypercar buyers.

Lots of wiring is visible in the rear, pointing to electrification of the hypercar.

The exterior has the look of a hypercar, with gigantic vents along the front fascia and even more venting along the hood.

Whether you like the wild aero addenda of yet another special edition Zonda, the techno - wizardry of a hypercar - baiting Nissan or the subtle elegance of Porsche's most acceptable 911 Targa in years, there's something for you here.

The Koenigsegg One: 1 has more power than any of its hypercar rivals and a whole heap of impressive technology

The Trident Iceni is a V8 sports car that runs on biodiesel and promises a combination of hypercar performance and hybrid economy

If you accept that first and foremost a hypercar has to have epic performance then it should be no surprise that the Chiron is sitting at the top of our hypercar tree.

In a straight - line, the P1 is the fastest of that hypercar trio.

We had our illustrator tackle the task, and he created a rather handsome rendering of the hypercar king.

The absurd ease with which it ran to its Stage 1 limiter (236mph) graphically illustrated the staggering performance possessed by this new generation of hypercar.

The concept of a hypercar is one only coined in recent history, yet Ferrari was making them from its inception, not as an exercise of pride, but to fund Enzo Ferrari's passion for racing.

The Danish toymaker has gone to great lengths to preserve many of the hypercar's distinctive traits, including the horseshoe grille, the signature curved line on the side, ten - spoke wheels with low - profile tyres (achieved using overlapping wheels), disc brakes, the single beam tail light and an active rear wing.

We have complied a list of hypercar concepts to electric concepts that took centre - stage at the 88th Geneva International Motor Show and have created a buzz for the future.

The birth of the hypercar may have already changed how we, as enthusiasts, look at sports cars (including the high - end supercars), but for now, we take a look at how the newest breed of supercars — those that have debuted over the last year — stack up against the Ford GT and Acura NSX.

Yes, the near - production version of the hypercar is here, and we're just about to fall in love with.

Autocar editor Mark Tisshaw said: «McLaren has always been relentless in the pursuit of performance — but with Aston Martin's upcoming Valkyrie and the Mercedes - AMG Project One set to redefine the rules of the hypercar market, it has to keep ahead of the game.

Clients who attended the event have received an alleged teaser of the hypercar, which reveals the characteristic «horse shoe» design line that forms the basis for its exterior design.

The Mercedes - AMG Project ONE is a near - series study of a hypercar.

The fertility of the hypercar market is something that Audi Sport wants to sow its seeds on, but not at the cost of ignoring its other performance models.

Only after it's done that will Audi Sport really take the thought of a hypercar seriously.

The landscape of the hypercar segment today is as fertile as it's ever been, and it's fixing to grow even more now that Audi Sport GmbH has given indication that it might want to join in on the fun at some point in the future.

(Some argue that, in many ways, we already do) Amory Lovins, inventor of the hypercar concept, and many others, have argued and demonstrated that extremely light cars can be extremely safe; making other cars on the road lighter not only increases efficiency, but increases safety.

Not exact matches

Ferrari builds three types of cars: sports cars, Grand Touring or «GT» cars, and of course rare and exotic hypercars, such as the current LaFerrari, which sells for more than a million bucks.

The collaboration has seen the production of the extreme Aston Martin Valkyrie, an Adrian Newey - designed hypercar which could well be as fast as an F1 car when the first prototypes are built at the end of the year.

Road cars, supercars, hypercars, classic and modern racing beasts — the Goodwood Festival of Speed really is the best and biggest celebration of all things motoring and motorsport.

We've done a lot of work with Aston for many years, we're working very closely with Red Bull and the team for the Valkyrie [hypercar], so there's a certain logic to it.

Negawatts, hypercars and soft paths are the inventions of a controversial academic turned campaigner.

Beginning with perhaps the most beautiful car ever to have raced, the Ferrari 330 P4 of 1967 (a photo of which was proudly displayed in Enzo Ferrari's office from the day it claimed total victory at Daytona), through to Ferrari's modern - day GT warrior, the 488 GT3 and via such iconic Ferraris such as the Ferrari 288 GTO of 1984 (the first supercar to hit the 300km / h barrier), the F40LM of 1989 (the GT version of the first supercar to reach 370km / h) and all the way through to Maranello's current hypercar — LaFerrari, Project CARS 2 drivers will soon revel in the cars and history that have made Ferrari the world's most aspirational car brand.