Supercars

Supercars. Think about them. Travelling at 200mph. Sprinting to 60mph in three seconds. Returning 4mpg on the combined cycle. Bursting into flames on the side of a road. It's startling how often supercars seem to burst into flames with little in the way of encouragement. But they keep bursting into flames nonetheless. Whether it's technical issues, a shunt or, well, whatever it is that keeps happening to supercars that sees them reduced to piles of ashes by the side of a road, rarely a week goes by without another £100K beauty going to meet its maker. And the new Lamborghini Aventador...

Stand on the brake. Stand on the gas. Let go of the brake. Keep standing on the gas. Hang onto the steering wheel. Sounds simple enough, eh? Accelerating to 60mph in three seconds requires something of a leap of faith. The sheer physical effect that going from stationary to very fast in a very small amount of time immediately delivers a burst of adrenaline that can feel crippling. It's a fight or flight reflex that sometimes invites a complete brain freeze, but instinct usually kicks in. ESP is off, all the settings are firmed up - apart from the suspension. It's softened...

A lucky performance and luxury dealer has been charged with the task of clearing some space in the sultan of Brunei’s incredible supercar storage garage.The Sultan’s luxury car collection is the stuff of legend with rumours abounding about a Bentley-cum-Range Rover SUV for example, and now you can buy some of his iconic assortment of supercars.That’s of course if you have $2million dollars to spare on a 2004 Ferrari Enzo – the most expensive in the lot. There’s also one of just three examples of the BMW Nazca V12 concept in existence, which, unsurprisingly, has no list price and a...

Rowan Atkinson wrapped his £650,000 McLaren F1 around a tree in Cambridgeshire last night before it burst into flames.The former Blackadder and Mr Bean star walked away uninjured from the wreckage, which is more than can be said for the McLaren after it was declared a write-off, according to reports.Atkinson is probably as famous for his love of cars as his comedy nowadays and recently appeared on Top Gear where he registered the quickest lap time in the regular star in a reasonably priced car slot.That doesn’t mean he’s particularly good at it though as he has not only crashed...

As Bugatti unveils the Veyron 16.4 Super Sport - the final run of the iconic hypercar – we take a look back at the five years leading up to its release and reveal why we believe it could be the fastest production car we’re ever likely to see.When it came onto the scene in 2005, the Bugatti Veyron – all 987bhp of it – was met by mixed reactions. While Volkswagen stated it was purely a testbed for new technologies, many questioned the point of its existence; did the world really need another ‘fastest production car on the planet’ contender?But...

Like all the best things in life, MT's Top Ten Supercars of Last Decade must draw to a close. But like the great motoring information performer that we are, it's going out in style. No fizzle and whimper here - no siree - but the usual riot of colour and fervour, explosion of the all-important facts and figures, and the good turn of the vernacular you've grown accustomed to in such a short (longer than we'd agreed- Ed) space of time. So who exactly can carry out such a demanding requirement, when you note what's gone before? Who - or rather what-...

Ever thought just why you want a supercar? Whether it forms part of MT's Top Ten Supercars of Last Decade or not? What's the point given the expense and hassle? Well, it makes you look good. This rule applies whether you're model caliber or as is more likely the case, not. If fits around your body in a manner a proper car should. It makes you feel desired, sexy and special. Obviously no one is looking at you the driver, they see past your cheesy grin and regulation haircut and to the cut of the metal, in the cockpit of which...

Supercar manufacturers' do a lot to gain peoples' attention. Perhaps not quite as much as a postman from Scotland who told all and sundry that he was a human pelican, validation of which included him involuntarily storing previously consumed liquids and food stuffs in his ample gullet. Something he said he couldn't control. Apparently an extremely rare medical complaint called Laryngocele which rears its ugly head without prior consent by returning the contents of peoples stomachs back up into their throats, settling somewhere in the region of the neck sac. Something which establishes those plagued by it as walking time bombs...

Certain MT employees it's fair to say are sort of semi-retired boy racers - reformed and what not - who are now found at weekends floundering with adult responsibilities, such as plasma TV-purchasing, elderly relative visiting hours accommodating and shuffling aimlessly around local retail parks in a shabby parka, peering through the windows of the various outlets that make up their number. As opposed to exercising their hand-brake turn and doughnut demons outside of the self same establishments when lit more dimly, with other examples of juvenile mobile delinquency. But if this MT employee could revisit their old stomping ground, chances are...

Having performed the ultimate car-dinal sin and claimed ownership of a Subura Impreza at an age when MT should have known better, we appreciated that we collected more glances of utter disbelief and vexation whilst driving around our 'manor' than undiluted envy. Perhaps because the 'Scoob had such a ferocious hue of red paintwork that it out-schemed the 5" exhaust that played havoc with our neighbours at silly o'clock in the morning, that had conspired against our social acceptance. Or maybe it was just because there was a draughts board marked out on the roof that such resistance was invited. The...