Ken Okuyama 7 going in to production

Filed under: Sports/GTs, Japan, Lotus

Click above for a high-res gallery of the K.07 Spyder
When the K.O7 Spyder broke cover in Geneva we were struck by its bold design (it was penned by the guy who gave us the Enzo and the Quattroporte), but seriously doubted that the track star/supercar would ever see production. Well, [...]

Takuma Sato gatecrashes Autocar’s party

Filed under: Motorsports, Videos, Supercars, UK

Steve Sutcliffe was wrapping up Autocar’s annual 0-100-0 test when a well spoken Japanese gentleman wandered over and started checking out the cars. Now what would you do if you had a car park full of supercars, a private track rented for the day and a Formula 1 driver hove [...]

Japan’s Subarus get Stereoscopic Vision

Filed under: Gadgets, Japan, Safety, Tech, Subaru

Both Honda and Toyota have been toying with laser-based Active Cruise Control systems for over a decade now, while the German luxury car makers have offered more expensive radar-based gizmos for almost as long. The premise of both is that an electronic copilot keeps an eye on the road [...]

Colin McRae tribute convoy reaches 30-miles long

Filed under: Motorsports, Etc., Subaru, Celebrities
Click above for high-res gallery of Colin McRae’s tribute
Oh, those Brits. When they’re not faking making corn circles they’re writing a rally legend’s names using 1,086 Subaru Imprezas as pixels. This, of course, was the finale to the weekend long celebration of Colin McRae’s life, which saw over 1,100 Scoobys [...]

Rumormill: Lexus LF-A… Stillborn?

Filed under: Sports/GTs, Lexus, Toyota, Rumormill
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Lexus LF-A concept.
The writing has been on the wall for some time. Although the Lexus flagship graduated from “concept” to “prototype” when it campaigned in the 24 Hours of Nurburgring, Toyota has refused to even hint at a production date for the [...]