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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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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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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Crate motors. Is there anything more joyous than being able to flip through a catalogue, select a donk with the power output that best suits your tyre budget, wait a few weeks and then open your front door to see a brand-spanking-new, fully-assembled performance engine sitting on your patio? The guys and gals at GM [...]

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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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Japan vs North America in Germany. Those who remember the ‘late unpleasantness’ back in the 40’s probably shake their heads in wonder. Thankfully, for performance car fans, it’s all about the Nurburgring and a golden age for performance car bench-marking, around the most notorious race track in the world.

Japan took out round one early this [...]

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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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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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GM’s upcoming Corvette ZR-1 will be the most powerful production Vette that GM have ever built. Featuring the 6.2-litre supercharged LS9 small-block that we showed you last week this is the car that GM hopes will take the fight to the exotic supercar brigade, oh and of course Nissan’s new GT-R that will go on [...]

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Big statements and bold claims are often made in the car industry. Some are proven correct while the majority usually fall somewhat short of the mark. This time its HSV’s turn – our home grown performance car manufacturer has placed a rather ominous countdown timer on its website and claims to be counting down to [...]

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