New Car 2011 Jaguar XJ Supersport

 

After spending a number of hours flogging the new Jaguar XJ Supersport down some of the best back roads the Monterey Bay area has to offer, we’re convinced there’s some kind of trickery going on. It’s simply unnatural that a car this large can feel so small when it’s hustling down twisty two-lanes.

Don’t believe us? Secure the keys to an XJ Supersport, blindfold your passenger and seat him shotgun, then drive him (with a bit of urgency, mind you) down the nearest stretch of serpentine road.

Let him listen to the V-8 growl from the quad exhaust pipes; let him feel the lateral g-loading the XJ is capable of while remaining surprisingly flat. Pin him against the seatbelts as the XJ’s massive stoppers haul the car down from triple-digit speeds again and again without fail. Then ask him what car he’s in. We guarantee you, he won’t respond with “Jaguar XJ.” He probably won’t even respond with a sedan.

We could barely believe it ourselves. Even with the steering wheel directly in front of us and the XJ’s gargantuan rear seat directly behind, it was difficult to conclude we were piloting a vehicle 206 inches long with a curb weight of 4223 pounds (201.7 inches and 4172 pounds in short-wheelbase form – the XJ Supersport is available in both lengths).

In our defense, the XJ Supersport’s supercharged 5.0-liter V-8 does churn out 510 horsepower and 461 pound-feet of torque, providing enough urge to propel the XJ from 0 to 60 mph in a claimed 4.7 seconds. That’s also just enough torque to cause the Grey Poupon bottle on the rear-seat tea tray to fly backwards into your rear passenger’s forehead.

2010 Lamborghini Rev-Air Roadster

You have to check out Bullz-Eye.com’s photo gallery of the 2010 Lamborghini Murciélago Roadster with model Brittany Myers! The car is freaking badass and Brittany is smokin’ hot! Here’s a small taste of the write up by Paul Miller and for more photos, see our gallery below.

We love sports cars here at Bullz-Eye.com, and this will be the first installment in an ongoing series of profiles of some of the world’s top exotic cars along with some classic muscle cars. The 2010 Lamborghini Murciélago Reventon Roadster is a special conversion option offered by Rev-Air of West Palm Beach, Florida. By utilizing the modern day 2010 Lamborghini Murciélago Roadster, and by supplying it with exact replicas of the limited production Reventon options from Lamborghini, Rev-Air has created a rare masterpiece – a custom Reventon roadster. 

The Murciélago Roadster was introduced in 2004 as a 2005 model. Lambo designers cited the B-2 stealth 2010 Lamborghini Rbomber as their inspiration for the roadster’s revised rear pillars and engine cover, and that inspiration comes across in the photos of this supercar. The hard top coupe version on the limited production Reventon model has never been seen as a roadster, until now.

Read the full article here. 

2011 McLaren MP4-12C XP Beta test cars

Features XP8 and XP10, two XP Beta-phase prototypes, wrapped almost entirely in matt black vinyl.

The XP Beta test cars feature significant technological advancements taking the 12C nearer to production. A revised version of the M838T twin-turbo engine, transmission featuring new gear ratios, a more efficient cooling package, new suspension geometry and upgraded electrical architecture are the headline features of current prototypes.

McLaren Automotive program director, Mark Vinnels, is leading the engineering team and said indicative performance figures generated by the XP Beta cars are expected to be announced in March.

“There is an extensive list of subjective and objective targets set for our prototype vehicles. These XP Beta cars are already achieving outstanding results in many of the subjective areas, which includes ride quality, handling and many other aspects of dynamic performance.

“Between now and production the vehicles and the team are working flat out.  All this is geared towards not just achieving our unprecedented levels of performance but also guaranteeing the levels of quality, reliability and durability with which we expect to delight future McLaren customers.”