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The Powertrain of the SF90 Stradale Is Ferrari’s Most Advanced Ever

It’s More Than Your Typical Hybrid System

Yesterday we reported on the new Ferrari SF90 Stradale. It is a breathtaking machine to look at, and the power numbers are absolutely fantastic. With that said, there was so much to dig into with the new Ferrari, that we didn’t get to give you every detail about the company’s fancy new powertrain, and oh, is it special.

As we said yesterday, the new SF90 Stradale offers a 3.9-liter turbocharged V8 engine for motivation. That engine is connected to three electric motors and has a combined power output of 989 hp. But that’s just glossing over what is truly an innovative powertrain.

The internal combustion engine alone produces 769 hp. The engine is new, though it’s roughly the same size and configuration as the mill found in the 488 GTB. Ferrari chose to increase the displacement from 3,902 cc to 3,990. That’s a small bump, but worth noting. The engine also gets a new fuel delivery system and some other new components to make it the most powerful and most advanced engine Ferrari has ever produced.

Let There Be Electric Power

Now on to the electrics. This is a plug-in hybrid car. That means there are electric motors and a battery. The motors are uniquely positioned. Two at the front and one between the engine and gearbox. The two at the front allow for some advanced torque vectoring—similar, in a sense, to what Acura did with the NSX—and provide an additional 84 hp. The biggest of the three motors is the one in the middle of the car, and it puts out an additional 148 hp.

As far as battery goes, Ferrari fitted a 7.9 kWh battery pack to the car. This gives the motors the juice they need to do their thing and it also allows for up to 15 miles of electric-only range—not exactly Tesla numbers, but then this car is no Tesla.

8 Speeds and All Four Wheels

Prepare yourself for the first all-wheel-drive Ferrari. The SF90 Stradale is the first Prancing Horse to filter power to all four wheels. Power is managed by a new 8-speed dual-clutch transmission. It shifts 30 percent faster and is smaller in overall physical size, reducing weight.

The all-wheel-drive system can be set up to work in numerous ways. How the V8 engine and electric motors interact all depends on which of the four drive modes you select. eDrive is the electric-only mode, Hybrid mode is what the car starts in and is a little bit of everything (think normal drive mode in regular cars), Performance keeps the power high and the batteries topped up for spirited driving, and Qualify mode is full power and all-out crazy performance.

Speaking of performance, the SF90 Stradale is a true beast of a machine. Zero to 60 mph comes in 2.5 seconds, and the car can rage to 124 mph in 6.7 seconds on its way to a top speed of more than 211 mph. This Prancing Horse can really run.

May 30, 2019 / Comments Off

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Ferrari Teases Its New Hybrid Supercar One Last Time Ahead of Its Official Reveal

Dare To Imagine

The upcoming reveal for Ferrari’s new hybrid supercar is right around the corner. In fewer than 24 hours, the car will make its debut. Until then, Ferrari has some time to set up some good PR work and to a teaser or two. This one should honestly be the last teaser until the car’s debut, but it’s a good one.

You get to see an outline of the front end of the car as well as a look at the headlight. While there’s little clarity about the new Ferrari hybrid supercar at this point, we won’t have to wait long to have all to glorious details. According to Carscoops, the car is codenamed F173, but it will without a doubt have a more elegant real name.

The vehicle will get rectangular taillights and a dual exhaust that sits up high on the rear of the car. The headlights appear to be genuinely different from any others that appear on Ferrari’s vehicles and the nose of the car looks low and wide. You can watch the whole teaser below for yourself, and prepare for the impending reveal.

May 29, 2019 / Comments Off

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Bugatti’s La Voiture Noire Snatches Up Design Award at Concorso d’Eleganza

A Warranted Accolade

Ducati’s iconic and wildly expensive La Voiture Noire appeared on exhibit at the Concorso d’Eleganza in Italy. While there, the car was awarded the Design Award. The car was designed to honor the company’s long history in making some of the finest cars out there. It was also a way to pay homage to the Bugatti Type 57 SC Atlantic, which is one of the company’s most iconic models.

Based on the same chassis the underpins the Chiron, the La Voiture Noire is a one-off car unlike any other. The exterior feature full carbon-fiber bodywork. Every piece of bodywork is custom to set the La Voiture Noire apart from any other car on earth. The powertrain is Bugatti’s venerable quad-turbo 8.0-liter W16 powertrain. That engine is used in other Bugatti models as well and its power output is unchanged at 1,479 hp and 1,180 lb-ft of torque.

The car on display is actually a prototype. Bugatti will build the final version of it yet. According to Carscoops, the vehicle will take two years to completely finish. Then it will deliver the car to the buyer, who is unknown. Whoever purchased this car must have deep pockets, though. It’s said to cost $18.9 million with taxes included. That’s a large sum of money for a single car, even a special one-off.

May 29, 2019 / Comments Off

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Watch the McLaren Senna Do a Blisteringly Fast Top Speed Speed Run

This Car is a Real Rocket

If you’ve been paying attention to the new McLaren Senna, then you probably know that it has a claimed top speed of 208 mph. You want to see the car reach that speed don’t you? Well, in the video below, you’ll see the Senna do a top speed run, but it doesn’t quite reach 208 mph. The car only manages to pull 204 mph.

There could be many reasons the car didn’t quite get to the top speed that McLaren claims for the Senna. The weather could be a factor, this particular car could have an issue, or McLaren could have fibbed a little on the numbers. No matter what the cause, one thing is for sure, the Senna is wicked quick. Watch it sprint to 180 mph at an alarming rate and you don’t really care much about the fact it came up a few mph short.

To be fair, this car isn’t much of a straight line speed demon. It was designed to go around a racetrack quickly, and having it out on a long runway like this is taking the car out of its element. The bodywork and wing on the car create so much downforce at speed that near the top end of its speed capabilities it’s hard to increase further. While there are cars out there that could beat it in a straight line, few can rival it around a racing circuit.

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May 28, 2019 / Comments Off

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Novitec N-Largo Ferrari 812 Superfast Takes Things up a Notch

For When the 812 Superfast Isn’t Enough

Novitec has now released all of the Ferrari 812 Superfast upgrades with the Novitec Ferrari 812 N-Largo. The upgrades change the way the car looks and help improve performance as if the 812 Superfast was lacking in that department.

While we’d be hesitant to fuss with the 812 Superfast, we can say that the modified Prancing Horse looks pretty impressive with the Novitec body kit and forged wheels on it. The changes take the car from looking like a beautiful Ferrari GT car to looking like a serious racing car that just happens to be street legal.

Designer Vittorio Strosek helped Novitec create the gorgeous widebody kit for the car. It offers F1-like aerodynamic features and changes the look of the car considerably. The kit is made of full carbon fiber, and it also adds a fixed rear wing to the car. The wheels you see on the car were developed specifically for Novitec and for this car in particular. They’re made through a partnership with wheel manufacturer Vossen.

The wheels offer a staggered setup. The front wheels measure 21 inches and the rear come in at 22 inches. The concave design, and with five double spokes give the car a beautiful look. Novitec wraps those wheels with Pirelli P-Zero high-performance tires. The suspension also gets updates, including changes to the springs, ride height, and the addition of a front lift system that raises the front of the car at the touch of a button.

Performance modifications for the engine include a new ECU mapping that boosts power to 829 hp. The 0-60 mph time should drop to 2.8 seconds. Novitec also recommends a special high-performance quad exhaust system.

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May 28, 2019 / Comments Off

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Brabham Will Add a Road-Going Supercar to Its Lineup

Increasing Volume and Expanding Its Lineup

The Brabham BT62 hypercar is a wild machine capable of some insane track times. The company realizes its track monster isn’t for everyone, so it wants to introduce a more affordable supercar alternative. Dan Marks, Brabham’s commercial director had a little sit-down chat with Motoring Research and told the publication that the company will add a road-going model to its lineup and increase its volume of sales.

According to the publication Marks wouldn’t give away much information about the car. However, he did say it would be “a road car that’s well-suited to the track.” That’s exciting. When it comes to the sales volume of this car, he said Brabham was looking to sell somewhere between 100 to 200 cars each year. “We’re not going down the McLaren route and building 6,000 cars each year – we don’t want to lose our focus.”

When will the car come? Likely in 2022. So, that means you have a few years to save up your pennies for what is bound to be an expensive automobile. Currently, the company’s focus is still on the BT62 hypercar and seeing it compete well in the World Endurance Championship races.

If we had to guess, we’d say the upcoming Brabham supercar would compete with the likes of the McLaren 720S and Ferrari F8 Tributo. It will be interesting to see where this car lands in terms of performance and price.

May 24, 2019 / Comments Off

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Feast Your Eyes on This London Dealership’s Amazing Supercar Inventory

Perhaps the Best Collection of Supercars In London

As you might imagine, there’s a lot of money in London, and that translates to quite a few people owning amazing supercars. There are some dealers out there that buy and sell these cars, and Joe Macari is one of them. The dealer offers some of the best supercars available. In a recent YouTube video, the channel F1 YMS got to take some time and walk the dealership floors.

There are some truly beautiful cars in the video below. A few of them that catch our eyes are the green Ferrari LaFerrari, the two Ferrari Enzos—one of which features a bare carbon fiber body—two Ferrari F50s, two Ferrari 599 GTOs, a 599 SA Aperta, and a Ferrari 250 SWB. Don’t think it’s all Ferrari’s, though. Joe Macari has multiple McLarens and Lamborghinis, too.

According to Carscoops, most of the cars shown in the video are for sale. You can browse the dealer’s website if you’d like to see prices or are interesting is spending a little (okay, a lot) of money. Many of these cars will run well into seven figures. If you don’t have that kind of money to spend, then just view the video below and enjoy all of the beauty at the dealership.

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May 22, 2019 / Comments Off

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Jenson Button Rekindles Honda Heritage at Bathurst

Honda Civic Type-R Sets Another FWD Lap Record with Jenson Button at the Wheel

For those who may not know, Jenson Button is a legendary former Honda F1 driver who is synonymous with Honda’s golden years in the Formula 1 scene. This era, many would argue, also coincides with the most prolific years for the Honda brand commercially. Naturally, this made Button the face and poster boy for Honda’s success in the early 2000s.

His relationship with the Japanese motor company remains amicable as ever in Button’s post-retirement, while his driving skills have remained well intact. As the Honda Civic Type-R continues to tour the world, setting (front-wheel drive) lap records at the most famous race tracks, Jenson Button was called up for the latest job – Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, Australia.

Aside from obviously possessing the raw talent required to pilot the car as quickly as possible around the daunting 3.9 mile circuit, the Briton also has the credentials when it comes to this track specifically. While promoting the Australian GP in 2011, he set the all-time lap record of 1:48.8 at Mount Panorama Circuit while driving an F1 car.

This time around in the Honda Civic Type-R, Button was able to clock a 2:35.2, which was plenty good to be the new front-wheel drive production car lap record. This trip down-under follows a 2018 tour of Europe with the Civic Type-R, where five different drivers set front-wheel drive lap records at five circuits around the continent; with Button being involved with the achievement at Hungaroring.

The Civic Type-R also continues to hold the front-wheel drive production car lap record at the Nürburgring, with a remarkable lap time of 7:43.8 set in April 2017.

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May 21, 2019 / Comments Off

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Watch a Porsche 911 GT3 RS And Mercedes-AMG GT R Attack the Nurburgring

Two High-Powered Cars Doing What They Do Best

The Porsche 911 GT3 RS and the Mercedes-AMG GT-R are two amazing performance machines, and there’s no better place for the drivers of these two cars to have some fun than the Nurburgring. The cars are very evenly matched. When Mercedes set its official time in the GT-R it was the fastest rear-wheel-drive sports car with a time of 7:10.9 in 2016. Porsche has managed to best that time since 2016, but it’s safe to say both cars are performance beasts.

In the video below, you can see just how evenly matched the two cars are. The Porsche 911 GT3 RS starts off behind the Mercedes-AMG GT-R and follows pretty closely to its tail. About halfway through the video, the cars change positions and the Porsche GT3 RS takes the lead with the Mercedes following closely behind it.

Both drivers push the cars pretty well in the video and you can tell that these two would make for a hell of an official race. It would be awesome to do a lap of the Nurburgring without all of the other cars out there. These two have to slow down fairly often to make it around other track day goers. However, we’d hate to suggest kicking anyone off the track. It looks like a beautiful day to take on the Green Hell.

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May 21, 2019 / Comments Off

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Porsche Will Offer the Cayman and Boxster With a Flat-Six Engine

Porsche Fans, Rejoice!

Porsche appears to have made a decision that will thrill sports car enthusiasts and Porsche enthusiasts everywhere. The company will bring it’s silky smooth flat-six to the Boxster and the 718 Cayman. The flat-six mill will be in a car that sits below the model line toppers for both cars.

According to Automobile, a source within Porsche let this information come out. The expectation is that the six-cylinder version of the car will slot in between the GTS and the GT4. This would make sense. There is a gap to fill there. The GT4 is just too much of a hardcore racer for some people. The six-cylinder variant could offer more luxurious accouterments on the interior of the car with near GT4 levels of performance.

Automobile points out that it would also make sense for Porsche to ditch the turbocharged four-cylinder in the 718 Cayman and Boxster S models. If the S models had a six-cylinder instead of the turbo four, it would be a real reason for people to upgrade to the S. The base 718 Cayman and Boxster cars could still use the turbo four-cylinder. That sounds like sound reasoning to us.

The specifications of the six-cylinder engine are not yet known. Automobile suggests the 3.8 flat six that was used from 2012 to 2015. However, there are rumors of Porsche using the bigger 4.0-liter from the 991.2 911 GT3. That is unlikely, but it would be exciting if the company chose to do so. We’ll keep you posted with any updates.

May 20, 2019 / Comments Off

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Top Gear Puts the Honda NSX Up Against the Litchfield GT-R in a Dragrace

Standard Honda vs. Modified Nissan

At a certain point, we guess we could see getting a little bored with the regular Nissan GT-R. That’s when you’d go wild and do all sorts of modifications and create something like the Litchfield GT-R. The car offers 631 hp and 600 lb-ft of torque. It can do a 0-60 mph sprint in just 2.9 seconds. That means it’s a very fast machine, indeed.

What’s also fast? The Acura NSX. It comes with 573 hp and 476 lb-ft of torque and can make the 0-60 mph run in just 3.3 seconds it also weighs just a little less than the GT-R. It’s fast, but is it fast enough?

Top Gear decided to put the Acura NSX up against the Litchfield GT-R to see how the two would compare on a quarter-mile dragstrip. On paper, the Litchfield GT-R seems to have the advantage, but Honda’s NSX always seems to be able to surprise us. To be honest, upon first watch of this video we were rooting for it to win.

Rory Reid asks the all-important question. Is it better to buy a supercar and leave it alone, or buy a high-end sports car and make some modifications? It seems, based on the results at the dragstrip the latter might be the way to go. However, if you take these cars off the drag strip and put them on a true racing circuit, we’d be willing to wager there’s a different outcome. However, that’s a test for another day. Check out the drag race in the video below.

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May 20, 2019 / Comments Off

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Evolution E-Types and Electrifi Will Build An Electric E-Type

The Car Will Cost Over $1 Million

Jaguar Classic will debut an electric E-Type prototype this summer that will cost $1 million. The car will be based on the legendary sports car from the 1960s. While the Jaguar Classic E-Type Zero will be an amazing machine, it won’t be the only electric E-Type out there. Evolution E-Types and Electrifi will have their own version of an electric E-Type, according to Carscoops, and it will be fast and special.

The companies will base the car on the original E-Type but strengthen the chassis to cope with the torque and power of the new electric motor. The car will first be offered as a roadster and then later as a coupe. Obviously, this car won’t be built from scratch, and if you want one, you’ll need an E-Type to start the conversion with. The company states the conversion is fully reversible, though, so if you ever wanted to switch back to an internal combustion engine, you could.

There aren’t many details out there about the powertrain. However, the companies did say the car will have around 450 hp and be able to do a 0-60 mph sprint in under four seconds. Its top speed will be about 165 mph. Despite adding in the electric powertrain and all of the components that come with it, the car is supossed to weigh about the same as the original.

The company plans to set the price at $1,081,934. That’s a lot of money for an electric car, but with the E-Type’s good looks and the strong reported performance numbers, it could be worth it.

May 20, 2019 / Comments Off

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These Modern Porsche 935 Retro Livery Images Are What You Need to Start Your Weekend

Feast Your Eyes on These Beauties

The modern 935 Clubsport from Porsche is a car that’s simply to die for. It’s drop-dead gorgeous and features a 700 hp and a body reminiscent of the legendary Porsche 935/78. Now the modern car will really look the part thanks to some new images of the vehicle in retro-inspired liveries.

Porsche recently released images of the new 935 in seven different liveries. Each and every single one of them is absolutely breathtaking and makes the most of the car’s sleek exterior. However, the mint green one shown above is our favorite. It makes the most of the car’s body.

There are several others. There’s the Gulf livery, which is blue and orange. There’s a Sachs theme, featuring a white and blue livery. The John Player Special is a black and gold livery. Interscope a black and orange theme. The Momo Racing livery uses a red and yellow racing theme. The final one is the Salzburg theme, which is red and white.

As we said above each one does a wonderful job of showing off the car’s sleek curves. The mint green is the one that stands out the most, though. It’s just not a color you see very often.

The Porsche 935 Clubsport is based on the 911 GT2 RS. The company unveiled it to rabid fanfare at the Rennsport Reunion last year. Porsche will build only 77 of the cars. Customer deliveries are expected next month.

May 17, 2019 / Comments Off

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The Lotus Type 130 Hypercar Will be Mind Blowing According to CEO

We Hope Lotus Is Right

Lotus has an upcoming all-electric hypercar called the Type 130. It’s a car that could transform the brand and make Lotus into the car company it wants to and deserves to become. It will debut in the middle of the year. Car Magazine recently reported that the boss of Lotus, Phil Popham, told reporters the car would be fantastic. His exact words were, “a mind-blowing hypercar, designed, engineered and built in the UK.”

That’s some seriously high praise, and we hope for the sake of Popham’s reputation that he’s right. Plus, a mind-blowing car from Lotus just sounds cool. Popham went on and said he wants to re-establish Lotus with this vehicle. He then said:

We’re very much focused on rebuilding the sports car business. When we’ve done that this brand has the strength to go beyond that. It could be GTs, crossovers, sporting sedans… the premium segment is large beyond sports cars. We have to produce cars that are loyal to our DNA.

This is all very good news. Lotus has made some of history’s best sports cars ever, and to see the company working to expand as it currently wants to gives us hope for the future. Popham said the company will focus not just on the product but on the experience of electric cars.

He hinted at future cars being autonomous and sounded like he wanted to position Lotus as a car company that sells cars for people who really want to drive. This is an interesting distinction. Popham seems to think there will be two areas of the market, one where the machines drive themselves and one for enthusiasts and people who love to drive. We can’t say we disagree with him. Lotus could have a bright future ahead of it.

May 16, 2019 / Comments Off

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Watch a LaFerrari Get Wild in the Rain

Would You Take a LaFerrari Rallying?

In what appears to be a pretty unorganized event where supercars take on various wet roads, grass, and giant puddles, a YouTuber followed a LaFerrari as it took on roads and weather conditions that would surely keep most Ferrari owners indoors. According to Carscoops, the YouTuber was TheTFJJ, but the video included in the article was from a channel called ItsFrankMemes. No matter what channel is ultimately responsible, we’re glad this footage exists.

The LaFerrari wears a license plate that’s very fitting. It says simply WTF1. We assume the standard WTF was taken when he went to the BMV. While that’s a shame, what isn’t a shame is the footage of this very expensive car sliding around on wet pavement, powering through muddy puddles like a low-to-the-ground 4X4, and slipping around on some wet and muddy grass.

It’s a hilarious and maddening sight to see, especially, when the LaFerrari does donuts in a grassy field as sheep look on. While we’re not sure we’d ever do this with a LaFerrari or any car nearing its price and performance, we have to give a nod of appreciation to the owner. The grassy scenes are a bit hard to watch, but we love that he took the LaFerrari out in the wet for some fun.

The car owner’s identity was not disclosed, but we know he’s either totally crazy or very cool. Likely both. You can check out the full video below.

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May 16, 2019 / Comments Off

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De Tomaso Will Come Back From the Dead

A New Logo and a New Car

The good Lord of cars saw fit to let one of the supercar icons return to this lovely earth. De Tomaso is coming back from the dead. Apollo Automobili is the company that revived the brand and will bring a new car and a new logo to the 2019 Goodwood Festival of Speed on July 4.

Currently, the new De Tomaso car is code-named Project P. According to CarBuzz, the De Tomaso return has been several years in the making. The start of its rise from the ashes came in 2014 when Ideal Team Ventures, which owns Apollo Automobili, acquired the rights to De Tomaso.

Over the next five years, Ideal Team Ventures had to get De Tomaso in order. Now Project P is close to being a reality. The details on Project P are still scarce at the moment. However, there are two images of the car floating around. We have included them in this post.

The car looks like it could be a spiritual successor to the old Pantera from De Tomaso. That car came out in the 1970s. We’re all for that. This is a smart move by the company. The Pantera was the brand’s best-known model, and using the nostalgia people have for it could help the company get the buyers it’ll need to be a success.

May 15, 2019 / Comments Off

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The McLaren GT Is a Beautifully Elegant Supercar With 612 HP

Is This the Ultimate Grand Touring Machine?

It’s time for you to feast your eyes on the new McLaren supercar, the GT. The car has a mid-engine 4.0-liter twin turbo V8 that makes 612 hp and 465 lb-ft of torque. The model is a bit longer and more elegant than the other models from the brand.

The car is a bit more usable as an everyday vehicle, too. It sits up a little higher than the other supercars in McLaren’s lineup and offers segment-leading cabin refinement, according to the company. It also comes with a reasonably generous 14.8 cubic feet of cargo space. Add in the additional storage areas in the car and you have a combined total of over 20 cubic feet of cargo space.

The car isn’t some plush boat, though. It’s made for speed and impressive performance. The car features a MonoCell II-T monocoque. The rear upper portion of the structure is made of carbon fiber. It can do 124 mph in nine seconds flat and has a top speed of 203 mph.

The McLaren GT is the fourth model to come out of the company’s Track25 business plan. The company is taking orders for the car immediately. It costs $210,000. Judging by the performance of the car and the new infotainment system for the car and its high-quality interior materials, including Nappa leather and Alcantara, the price tag is more than warranted.

May 15, 2019 / Comments Off

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Hyundai and Kia Announce a Partnership with Rimac

A Smart Strategic Move

Hyundai and Kia, both members of the same automotive group, have both invested significant amounts of money in Rimac and entered into a strategic partnership. According to Carscoops, the companies will work together on future projects. One of these projects will be the Hyundai N midship sports car. Hyundai and Kia want to make a big splash in the electric car space, and that would be one way of doing it.

Hyundai first had the idea for the mid-engine car with the Veloster RM Concept. That car was a gasoline-powered model, but it got a lot of people talking. After that, the company showed off the RM15, which was a more refined version of the concept. The rumors were that it would make it to production, but that never happened. Now it seems the car will go electric.

That’s where Rimac comes in. The electric car manufacturer has made some of the most impressive automobiles ever. The company has since connected up with Porsche, Aston Martin, Pininfarina, and other companies to help those companies make the most of electric car technology. Hyundai and Kia want in on the action now. Hyundai Motor Group’s Executive Vice Chairman, Euisun Chung seemed very excited about working with Rimac. He said this of the company:

Rimac is an innovative company with outstanding capabilities in high-performance electric vehicles. Its startup roots and abundant experience collaborating with automakers with technological prowess makes Rimac the ideal partner for us. We look forward to collaborating with Rimac on our road to Clean Mobility.

As you can tell, the Hyundai mid-engine car isn’t the only thing on the minds of Hyundai and Kia. The companies will be working on other cars, too. While a sports car may be the big news, the other vehicles might have a broader impact on the market as a whole.

May 14, 2019 / Comments Off

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The Upcoming Ferrari Will Have 986 HP and Come in May

Get Ready for the “Super Ferrari”

Recently an invitation to the debut of the new Ferrari supercar went out. That invitation was then posted to Ferrari chat and showed some interesting info about the upcoming car. First, it showed that the car will come on May 31 in Maranello. The second thing it showed was that the car will come with 986 hp, which is the power stated once converted from the French power metric represented by CV.

According to Motor Authority, the car will have a regular production cycle, meaning it won’t be a limited edition model like has been the case for other flagship supercar models from the company. The publication also speculates on the type of powertrain the car will get.

The rumor is that it will be a hybrid powerplant. Ferrari could use a V6 or V8 engine in the hybrid powertrain. Both engines have been rumored to be under development. If the model is to be a true range-topping model, then it will likely use a V8.

The hybrid model will most likely be able to drive on electric power alone for a notable distance. According to Motor Authority, recent spy footage showed a car traveling silently down the road so you can expect some kind of battery-only range.

The invitation gives some other details like the itinerary and some other language. You can view the full image of the invitation below.

May 14, 2019 / Comments Off

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What The First Drive Reviews Say of the 2020 Toyota Supra

It’s Mostly Good News

When Toyota first let it be known that the new 2020 Supra would be developed in partnership with BMW, many hardcore Supra fans were not happy. It makes sense. The Toyota Supra is such an iconic car. It’s one that has a legendary following. To let the Germans design the engine, transmission, steering rack, and dampers is a sacrilege.

However, the more people see of the car, the more it becomes clear that the Supra does have some major differences than the BMW Z4 with which it shares so much. Toyota, of course, wants to point out as many differences as possible. The Supra should still feel like a Supra and not like a BMW. From what we’re hearing in the press, it does, to a certain extent.

The interior seems to be some people’s biggest issue with the car. It looks like a BMW, but that’s not the end of the world, necessarily. BMW makes high-quality interiors. Still, if you’re a Toyota purist, that’s unacceptable. One good thing is that it looks a lot different than the BMW Z4, which is nice.

What the Reviews Say

There’s a lot of views and opinions of the 2020 Supra. Toyota recently had several journalists out to drive the new car. Here’s a look at what was said.

“While fans might roll their eyes at the partnership with BMW, it helped to spawn a stylish sports car with an upscale interior, plenty of power and great handling characteristics,” wrote Michael Gauthier of Carscoops.

“That the Supra lacks the genetic purity its disciples might prefer is clear, but genealogy is far less important than creating a driving tool capable of fully immersing its pilot in the experience. And that’s what Toyota has done with the Supra,” wrote Josh Jacquot of Car and Driver.

“And yes, this car can feel a little too soft and maybe even too refined at times, but Supra historically has been a road-focused sports car and this new one fits quite nicely in that mold, offering far more power, poise, and polish than previous generations,” wrote Tim Stevens of Roadshow by CNET.

“This is a genuinely transcendent product, pushing the limits of what’s possible in a competitive class, albeit with a platform, engine, and interior borrowed from BMW ... But get behind the wheel and the end result is a product that far exceeds any preconceived notions. Haters be damned,” wrote Jeff Perez of Motor1.

“Although the Supra’s BMW roots and joint efforts pay off in spades from behind the wheel, I was hoping for a Toyota thoroughbred,” wrote Chris Chin of The Drive.

It’s clear then that if you can get past the fact that the new Supra is indeed a BMW car with some serious Toyota flavored spice thrown in, then you’ll thoroughly enjoy this car. We think we can get excited about a car like this, but understand why some people never will.

May 13, 2019 / Comments Off

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