The video has to be one of the most irritating released in a long time but it does mean that we are going to see more of these “teasers”  over the next few weeks.

 

Lamborghini have released this teaser for the Lamborghini Cabrera. Dubbed “The Plan,” the clip follows three very annoying friends who embark on a “secret mission” to break into Lamborghini’s factory and see the highly-anticipated Cabrera before anyone else.

 

Unfortunately, the video doesn’t show anything but our spy photos (poor quality sadly) have shown the model will have an aggressive exterior that borrows cues from the Aventador.

 

Nothing is official, but the car is expected to use a naturally-aspirated 5.2-liter V10 engine that produces approximately 600 bhp (447 kW). It will likely be connected to a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission which could enable the car to accelerate from 0-100 km/h in roughly 3.2 seconds.

The Cabrera is expected to be introduced before Christmas, so expect to learn more in the coming weeks.

 

The two rendered pictures provide a potential look for the upcoming Lamborghini Gallardo successor due most likely in 2015.

Set to receive the Cabrera moniker, the baby Lamborghini will probably blend in some of the design ideas seen on the Sesto Elemento and Aventador but without losing several familiar Gallardo cues. Judging by the attached spy photos, the most significant changes are expected at the back, while the front should incorporate more angular headlights.

Source: Lamborghini and www.worldcarfans.com

Some photo´s taken by amateur camera, quality is compromised.

Just over one year ago, Porsche announced to the world that the 918 could lap the Nurburgring in 7 minutes, 14 seconds thanks to its 795-horsepower V8 hybrid powertrain. Then just a few weeks ago, Porsche subsequently announced that the car actually develops 887 hp and can lap the Nurburgring in a mere 6 minutes, 57 seconds, which is faster than any other production road car in history.

Make of that what you will, but what matters now is that the 2015 Porsche 918 Spyder is here in its final specification, costing $845,000 to start or $929,000 in its 90-pound-lighter Weissach Pack form.For the time being it is the fastest road car on the planet.

Porsche’s official performance claims for the Weissach Pack 918 are nothing short of breathtaking. How about zero to 60 mph in 2.5 seconds, zero to 124 mph in 7.2 seconds, zero to 186 mph in 19.9 seconds and a top speed of 215 mph?

According to Porsche’s legendary test driver Walter Rohrl, the 918 is “quite a lot quicker than the [Bugatti] Veyron up to 180 mph,” beyond which it’s debatable whether anything else matters.

Driving the 918 is a slightly strange experience to begin with, even though one of Porsche’s main targets when fine-tuning the car was to make it as natural and intuitive as possible. In E-drive mode, for instance, it’s powered purely by the two electric motors: one for the front axle, the other for the rear. Together they generate enough power to launch the 918 from zero to 60 mph in 6.2 seconds.

The spooky thing in E-drive is that there’s no perceptible noise from the two electric motors. Instead you just turn the key, select Drive, press the throttle and glide away. With the lithium-ion battery pack fully charged, there’s about 20 miles of range in E-drive.

Press harder on the accelerator and — boom! — the V8 is awakened and you find yourself being propelled by a combination of gasoline and electric power. At that point the monster from within reveals its true colors and you realize that the 918 is, in fact, still just a good old-fashioned V8 supercar at its core.

The transition is surprisingly smooth so long as you’re not clumsy with the pedal, and if you then back away from the throttle for a few seconds, the V8 will switch off and you’re back into electric mode again, listening to the air rushing by the massive 21-inch diameter, 325/30 Michelin Pilot Cup 2 tires rumbling away beneath.

Select Hybrid mode and you get an instant combination of the gas and electric motors, but still with relaxed responses from the throttle and the seven-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox. Select Sport and the responses from everything (engine, gearbox, V8 and both the electric motors) become sharper and keener, and then you can go up again to Race mode. Even more aggressive still is the “Hot Laps” program, in which the ESP allows a bit of slip from the rear and dishes out even more torque to the front axle under wide throttle openings to dial out mid-to-late-apex understeer.

But it’s the initial hit of torque from the electric motors that provides it with such shattering response. In 7th gear at 50 mph it picks up with the same kind of thump that a GT3 delivers in 3rd gear at 70 mph, no exaggeration. And that’s in cuddly old Hybrid mode, remember.

Twist the dial on the steering wheel round to Race and then hit the throttle and the response goes from “good” to “good grief.” And in “Hot Laps” mode it goes up a big notch again to the point of feeling uncomfortably explosive in the way it leaps forward at the mere whiff of a decent throttle opening.

Don’t even try to think about what it feels — or sounds — like at 8,000 rpm in a low gear because things happen so fast in the first three ratios that you won’t actually be able to recall the details. Only by selecting a high gear at low revs is it possible to drink in what occurs in this car in its most potent setting, and even then the din from the V8 is so loud, and the speed with which you are thrust toward the horizon so completely overwhelming, that you may not be able to remember much about that either.

The way it changes direction is astonishing for something so big. Understeer is pretty much nonexistent at sane speeds, and the flatness with which it corners — and the composure it displays as a result — boggles the mind. The steering is also quite brilliant in both its accuracy and precision, even though it may lack the last millimeter of feel beside the very best analog systems. The rest of the driving experience is so intense that there isn’t room for a hit of old-school-style driver appeal. Better still, Porsche would appear to have all but eradicated the artificial feel to the brake pedal that early prototypes apparently suffered from.

This Is the Sports Car of the Future.

In isolation the 2015 Porsche 918 Spyder is a really quite fantastic amalgam of ultra-high-tech and conventional engineering and, as a result, provides a hitherto undreamt about combination of massive performance, reasonable refinement, surprising drivability and quite incredible real-world economy for a car of this kind.

But the best bit about it is how natural and pure it feels to drive. At its core, and despite its dizzying technology, the 918 is just a cracking good thing to climb aboard and go for a blast in. And it’s cataclysmically fast, too, without ever feeling scary or edgy or overwhelming.

Most drivers could, after a while, get quite close to what this car can do near its limit. It really is that friendly to drive. And some people will get closer to the edge in it than ever before. There are other similar supercars on the horizon like the McLaren P1 and LaFerrari, but they will need to be very special to deliver a wider range of abilities than the 918.

sourced from www.edmunds.com

Even Santa can’t help now—LaFerrari is sold out . CNBC’s Robert Frank reports only 499 models of LaFerrari were made and all models have been sold. Marco Mattiacci, Ferrari North American president and CEO, provides insight on the success of this car already.It’s the fastest production car Ferrari ever built. And the most powerful. And, priced at $1.4 million, it’s the most expensive.

But even if you have the money, you probably can’t get the LaFerrari. It’s sold out. Heminway is currently negotiating for this car and hope to be able to offer it to clients from mid 2014.

“This car is going to be the benchmark of the auto industry,” said Marco Mattiacci, the president and CEO of Ferrari North America. “The combination of incredible design, Italian heritage, make this car the hottest car in the world right now.”

Unveiling the car for the first time on U.S. national television, Mattiacci said, the plan was to build just 499 LaFerraris of which 120 will go to the U.S., but all are already sold.

LaFerrari is Ferrari’s first supercar in more than a decade, after the Enzo launched in 2002. LaFerrari is a technological wonder, with a semihybrid engine that combines a 12-cylinder, 6-liter combustion engine with an electric engine that creates a combined 960-plus horsepower.   Source: Ferrari   LaFerrariThe car can do zero to 60 mph in less than 3 seconds and has a top speed of 220 mph. It set a record for the fastest time ever for a production Ferrari at the company’s Fiorano test track.

LaFerrari is also part of a new strategy for Ferrari to make its brand and its cars more exclusive. While Ferraris have always been one of the signature toys of the very rich, the rise of even pricier, more limited-edition supercars—like Bugatti and Pagani—have driven Ferrari to limit production to give its brand even more cache.

The company announced this year that it will build only 7,000 cars—down from just over 7,300 last year. In the nine months ended in November, Ferrari’s revenue is up more than 6 percent to $2.3 billion and profit is up 20 percent to $350 million.

Mattiacci said wealthy consumers right now are increasingly seeing Ferraris as investments—especially as prices for vintage collectible Ferraris soar. A 1967 Ferrari N.A.R.T. Spider sold this summer for $27.5 million, making it the most expensive Ferrari ever sold at auction.

Ten years ago, the Enzo had a sticker price of $650,000, and Enzos are now selling for about $2 million, said Mattiacci. LaFerrari, he said, will likely follow the same value curve.

“The trajectory of [the LaFerrari] car is going to follow exactly the vintage Ferrari cars. This is a unique piece, the first hybrid Ferrari,” he said.

sourced from CNBC’s Robert Frank.