Cars

The all-new Porsche 911 Carrera (code named 991) has been on the roads for about a year now and the German sports car maker finally unveiled the racing version of the car, the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, yesterday.

The new 911 GT3 Cup race car is based on the 7^th generation 911 and like previous Porsche cup cars, the new one looks very similar to the road going version with a few changes, of course.  The interior, on the other hand, is barebones (as one would expect in a race car) with none of the luxuries found on the road going car.  The interior features a carbon fiber bucket seat, a full roll cage, a bunch of switches and buttons, and a digital gauge.

Italian supercar maker, Lamborghini, had announced they’ll be bringing a very special car to the Geneva Motor Show this week, the show hasn’t quite started yet, but we got our hands on some leaked pictures of the car before its official debut.  The car is called the Lamborghini Veneno, and is an extremely limited production model; only three cars will be produced for some very lucky and rich customers.

Aston Martin unleashes an even more powerful version of the V12 Vantage; the car adds an “S” to its name.  The Aston Martin V12 Vantage S is powered by the AM28, a naturally aspirated 6.0 liter V12 engine, producing 565 horsepower at 6,750 rpm and 457 pound-feet of torque at 5,750 rpm.

This new engine in this car produces 55 more horses and 37 more pound-feet of torque than the standard V12 Vantage.  The V12 Vantage S is equipped with a Sportsift 7-speed automated manual transmission, with an expected 0 to 60 mph time of less than 4 seconds and a top speed of 205 mph.