If you’ve ever longed to take something fast, sexy and European out onto a racetrack but lacked the wherewithal to buy a supercar of your own, fret not, for salvation is at hand.

Octane Supercar Events - a division of The Supercar Club - has recently launched its own track day operation, fittingly called Octane Track [...]

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I get asked questions daily about cars and their components, and one question that seems to follow me around is the question of brakes: “What do I do to improve braking performance?” The only way to deal with it is by putting pen to paper, so here goes.

An acquaintance of mine loves cars, much like [...]

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In a blow to performance drivers with modern cars, Shell has announced that they will be ceasing sale of their V-Power Racing fuel, the only 100RON fuel available on the market.

While not entirely popular due to its ethanol content’s ability to destroy engine parts, owners of modern cars aiming for maximum power have always appreciated [...]

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Despite the best efforts of various governments, minority groups and as Jeremy Clarkson would say, “bearded folk”, our love affair with the car continues to gain momentum. Track days throughout Europe are a burgeoning business as keen drivers head to the relative safety of the track to satisfy their need for speed.

Of course, there is [...]

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Not to be outdone by Ferrari who have just unveiled their new F2008 car, McLaren have taken the wraps of their new for 2008 MP4-23. According to the press release the new McLaren F1 racer was only just finished on the 6th of Jan, in time for its 7th of Jan unveiling alongside Lewis Hamilton [...]

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Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV) have announced the release of their new limited-edition F6 R-Spec Typhoon. The F6 R-Spec is one of two expected limited-edition releases in the lead-up to the new ‘Orion’ Falcon in early 2008, the other being the rumoured ‘Cobra’.

The F6 R-Spec features FPV’s R-Spec suspension package as first introduced on the GT [...]

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Since the production of only 50 original Maserati MC12’s in the world, the requests have been flooding through to Maserati to produce an MC12 racing car, that can be driven by private owners on track days. As a result, the MC12 ‘Corsa’ was born.

Production of the MC12 was extended to include 12 (only) race [...]

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Holden Special Vehicles – Range in summary

HSV released their E-Series range of Holden Commodore based performance cars in 2006. They have met with wide acclaim from a design, ability and value point of view and record sales have been the result. It also appears that HSV are preparing to broach new export markets for their [...]

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