Earlier today, Audi Sport took the 'official' wraps off of their new R15 TDI LMP1 racecar. Regular Speedhunters will have seen the testing image , which Audi was forced to release after a number of spy images appeared during February. The new R15 TDi's first event will be the Sebring 12 Hours in less than two weeks time. Two chassis will
The Fiat 500 is a popular car with the Speedhunter’s Editorial team so it is about time we featured it and its predecessor in more detail. Unfortunately for me, the car is not available in North America, although rumours continue to stir that Fiat may re-enter the US (and hopefully Canada) in the near future. As many of you will be aware, the
A few weeks ago, Antonio mentioned the Toyota Corolla AE86's birthday was in August. I didn't realise cars had birthdays, but there you go ;) So, after adding the AE86 to my birthday card list, I started to wonder how many people knew the AE86 was a two-time British Touring Car Championship Champion? As you now know from Antonio's post last
This little rocket is the Honda Civic Type R – R3 Rally car. Based upon the European Civic hatchback, this rally version has been developed by Honda Europe’s Customer racing partner, JAS Motorsport. The project showcases JAS’ talents outside of the WTCC and Endurance Racing. The car is built to new 'R3' class regs, which allows
The Mazda Furai (pronounced 'foo-rye') concept has already graced the pages of Speedhunters a couple of times, but I thought this stunning concept deserved its own feature. The Furai is a concept car, designed by Mazda's Californian Design studio and Swift Engineering. It is built on an old Courage C65 LMP2 race-car chassis. The concept
In the third of our BMW M1 posts, we are going to cover the BMW M1 Hommage, a concept car designed to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the original M1 designed by Giorgio Giugiaro. The ‘Hommage’ was designed internally by BMW Group Design and mixes design elements from the original the M1, the concept that preceded that, the BMW Turbo and
I've seen this car a few times on the net as its owned by one of the modsof the Pro-Touring forum, Steve Rupp. I saw it on a forum again today, which reminded me I should share it with you guys. 'Bad Penny' is a 1968 Chevrolet Camaro with an LS2 engine, six speed box with 580bhp. Nice and clean! However, the build wasn't plain sailing