Sports Cars

Toyota to shift some GR Corolla production to UK, eyes faster US deliveries

By shifting some production from Japan, Toyota aims to use excess capacity in Britain to help it cut delivery wait times for the car

Updated On: 27 May 2025 | 9:58 AM IST

India's Kush Maini joins pool of reserve drivers at Alpine F1 team

Maini competes in the Formula 2, a feeder series to Formula 1. The 24-year-old from Bengaluru joined Alpine's junior driver program in October 2023

Updated On: 11 Mar 2025 | 8:30 PM IST

Ferrari unveils $423,000 sports car with 1960s bloodline at Miami F1 GP

Ferrari's F1 team, which will welcome star driver Lewis Hamilton in the 2025 racing season, and its reputation for quality have helped make it the strongest luxury automotive brand

Updated On: 03 May 2024 | 9:06 AM IST

Super sports car segment in India to grow by 30% in '24: McLaren Automotive

British luxury carmaker McLaren Automotive on Friday said it is expecting the super sports car segment in India to register 30 per cent growth this year. McLaren is also looking to deliver about 20-odd cars to customers in India after witnessing a blip last year owing to supply chain issues. Earlier the company, which entered the Indian market in November 2022, unveiled its super sports car the 750S, priced at Rs 5.91 crore. Built at the McLaren Composites Technology Centre (MCTC) in Yorkshire, UK and imported as a completely built unit, 750S is the lightest and most powerful series-production from the company, achieving 0-200kms/hour in 7.2 seconds (Spider 7.3 seconds), as per the company. "This segment (the cars, which are priced upwards of Rs 4-5 crore) has also seen a healthy growth last year. I think post-Covid, 2021 was kind of a startup year (from the volume's perspective) and then 2022 was a good year. "While the year 2023 was better and we're thinking 2024 will be still .

Updated On: 12 Jan 2024 | 7:31 PM IST

BMW launches all-new sports car M2 in India at Rs 98 lakh: Details here

BMW's M2 variant is equipped with an automatic transmission and comes with a 3.0-liter inline 6-cylinder petrol engine

Updated On: 08 Jun 2023 | 7:07 PM IST

Electric sports bike firm Ultraviolette get funding from Qualcomm, Lingotto

Bengaluru-based start-up will launch motorcycle on November 24, aims to be in international markets

Updated On: 22 Nov 2022 | 5:19 PM IST

Volkswagen AG seeks to defy market gloom going ahead with Porsche IPO

Volkswagen AG is planning the initial public offering at the end of September or beginning of October, subject to further developments in capital markets

Updated On: 06 Sep 2022 | 6:58 AM IST

Hyundai to Mercedes, here are top 5 cars to be launched in August

Hyundai, Maruti, Mahindra, and Toyota to launch new cars in different segments. Know everything about the latest cars to watch out for in August.

Updated On: 02 Aug 2022 | 9:23 PM IST

Citroën C5 Aircross is a comfy but pricey launch by the French car-maker

The C5 Aircross is a comfy but pricey launch by the French car-maker

Updated On: 12 Aug 2021 | 8:36 PM IST

Unveiling its last petrol car, Lotus sets off in pursuit of Porsche

Lotus unveiled its last ever petrol car on Tuesday, a milestone in the British sportscar brand's journey towards becoming an all-electric and far bigger automaker by the end of the decade

Updated On: 07 Jul 2021 | 8:12 AM IST

Aston Martin surges as demand for $223,000 SUV brightens outlook

The company plans to produce 6,000 vehicles this year, up from just 3,394 in 2020, with the £158,000 ($223,000) DBX model accounting for much of that output

Updated On: 26 Feb 2021 | 12:24 AM IST

Lamborghini India to bring in raft of new models from Q2 of Calendar 2021

The Italian super carmaker riding on hopes of a recovery

Updated On: 19 Dec 2020 | 1:07 AM IST

Compensation for giving wrong year of manufacture

The company argued that since Forstees was selling pre-owned cars, it was not covered by the Consumer Act

Updated On: 02 Jul 2020 | 1:04 AM IST

Ferrari to Porsche, sports car manufacturers target small-town millionaires

When car prices start at a quarter of a million dollars, the buyers are all millionaires and membership comes with benefits

Updated On: 15 Apr 2019 | 10:09 PM IST

Sports cars to live on in electric Robotaxi era: Porsche CEO Oliver Blume

Porsche's global deliveries reached a fresh annual record in 2017, with demand rising almost 4 percent to 246,000 cars

Updated On: 27 Jan 2018 | 12:11 AM IST