We’ve been keeping close tabs on Bertone’s  ZR-1-based Mantide supercar, and our vigilance has finally paid off. After enduring teaser video after endless teaser video, Bertone has at last revealed all in this, the last video in the “Project M” series.

To say the Mantide possesses a busy shape would be an understatement. There’s a heck [...]

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Supercar designer Ugur Sahin has partnered with Corvette tuner Mallet Cars to produce an even shapelier beast, in the form of the exclusive Mallet Z03.

The Mallet Z03 (based on the Corvette C6) is available with a standard 522kW (700HP), although it can be upgraded to a whopping 745 killer wasps (999hp).

You have to ask the [...]

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We know it’s based on a Corvette ZR-1, we know it’s got more sharp edges than a combine harvester and now we know its name.

Bertone’s latest project, previously called “Project M”, will wear the Mantide badge on its rump when it debuts at next week’s Shanghai auto show, and from what little we’ve seen of [...]

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Ever have one of those “I told you so” moments? We just did.

At the start of the month we brought you the first four episodes of Bertone’s documentary/teaser film for their upcoming Project M showstopper. Based on the limited clues given in those short vids we theorised that the guts of a Corvette ZR-1 lay [...]

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The bodywork wizards at Bertone have been busying themselves with the preparation of a bespoke supercar, which is due to be unveiled at the Shanghai auto show later this month.

Little is currently known about the car (provisionally titled ‘Project M’), but we do know that car designer extraordinaire Jason Castriota (responsible for the Rolls Royce [...]

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n2a Motors is at it again turning regular old Chevrolet Corvettes into something a bit more special. n2a you may remember was behind the Atheros Coupe and Roadster which were also Corvette-based.

This time around, n2a is working on a retro-styled Stinger Corvette which makes use of design elements from the 1963, ‘65, and ‘67 Corvettes.

The [...]

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World Car Of The Year, the title awarded by a panel of 48 international automotive journos from 22 countries, is underway yet again.  It’s only been running since 2005, but already it has become one of the most prized awards in the global industry.

The criteria for the eligibility is long and varied, but of them [...]

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Eager to prove yourself as an environmentally-conscious consumer, but not ready to hand in your revhead membership? You need the all-electric 2009 Corvette ZR1 Hybrid Synergy Greenline BlueMotion. Ecoline… Thing.

With a 0-400m time of just under three minutes and a blow-your-hat-off 0-100km/h stroll of 1m20s, the Corvette ZR1 Hybrid Synergy Greenline Bluemotion Ecoline Thing is [...]

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If you started salivating at the thought of shoehorning GM’s earth-shattering LS9 crate motor into your own weekend project car, you’d better start saving up those pennies. The General has released pricing for the boxed-up V8 donk, and it ain’t cheap.

$21,000 US dollars is the price, which equates to roughly $33,000 Aussie simoleons. A hefty [...]

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After being spied numerous time on set, Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen star ‘Sideswipe’ makes his official debut at the Chigago Auto Show as the Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Concept.

The Corvette Stingray Concept is heavily influenced by the original Corvette Stingray race car of 1959 as well as borrowing inspiration from other Corvette models over [...]

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n2a Motors has recently released pricing and details on its Atheros Coupe and Roadster. The California-based coachbuilder revealed the Atheros range at the 2008 Los Angeles Motor Show and garnered enough interest to make the exercise worthwhile.

n2a will take a 2009 Chevy Corvette and work its magic to transform it into the well-styled steeds you [...]

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Callaway Cars has just released details of its 2009 Callaway Corvette, essentially a substantial upgrade package for the Corvette C6. For a USD$18,900 premium over the standard C6, the supercharged Callaway version puts 580hp and 691Nms under the toe and a top speed of over 320km/h.

According to Reeves Callaway, founder of Callaway Cars, the end result slots in right between [...]

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The world’s most famous motoring journalist thinks that all Americans are fat, they build big shoddy gas guzzling cars and generally use them for cruising between hamburger joints.

Or does he?

Clarkson shuns the Europeans and embraces big fat American cubic inches

Jeremy Clarkson used his Sunday Times column to reflect on the year that almost is, and [...]

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Reports are trickling in that Chevrolet’s latest and greatest performance flagship, the Corvette ZR-1, has reset its own lap record on that most legendary of automotive yardsticks, the Nurburgring Nordschliefe.

Way back in June, the ZR-1 under the pilotage of GM engineer Jim Mero managed to blitz the full 21 kilometre northern loop in a stunningly-quick [...]

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Further to our article on the ZR-1’s Nurburgring lap, the guys from Garage419 have produced a video of the ‘record-beating’ lap times, that combines them into a single presentation.

They’ve synchronised the starting point so that you can compare the two cars side by side, and see how each car performs across the same sections of [...]

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While the very notion of a Corvette with fewer than eight cylinders may send chills up the spines of many a red-blooded Chevrolet fan, the folks over at Popular Mechanics seem to think that changing market conditions (read: higher fuel prices) and increasingly stringent emissions regulations may force GM to look at alternative powerplants [...]

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You’ve seen the video, now scope these high-resolution pics of Chevrolet’s latest performance flagship, the Corvette ZR1, rocketing its way around Germany’s Nurburgring Nordschliefe .

Chevrolet is understandably chuffed about the ZR1’s recent 7:26 Nordschliefe lap record and while everybody from Nissan to Lexus to Audi are now racing (har har) to eclipse the Corvette ZR1’s [...]

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We’ve seen the JDM style of car customization grow from unknown to played out to solidly ingrained in automotive culture. We’ve also seen bizarre reversals of the trend in which Japanese owners buy a Japanese car only to trick it out USDM style (more on this in a later post). Now, to really twist your [...]

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It’s the age-old East v West battle for supremacy. In the red corner is Nissan’s heavyweight, the R35 GT-R. Don’t let its weight fool you though: this sumo can whistle its way through a lap of the mighty Nurburgring in 7 minutes and 29 seconds thanks to its complex AWD system and sophisticated suspension design, [...]

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If there is a current international triumvirate of daily drivable performance car kings, undoubtedly you would have to name the Porsche 911 from Europe, the Nissan GT-R from Asia, and finally the Chevrolet Corvette from America.

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