Inside Lane Magazine Issue 24 "Supercar Apocalypse"

Inside Lane “The Supercar Apocalypse is Upon Us”

Issue 24

Supercar Apocalypse

The end is nigh! Fire and brimstone rains down from the heavens bringing an oncoming storm to a once tranquil sky.

Dramatic enough for you? This issue is bubbling-over with impressive car launches from the Likes of Ferrari and Aston Martin, not to mention the legendary Pagani Zonda始s replacement.

There is also a smattering of other interesting motoring news over the page just waiting for your audience. So what are you still reading this for? Give in to your childish excitement and lets see what the next generation of performance machines are all about.

Welcome To The Dark Side...

Porsche have some very ambitious plans for this

cabriolet flavors. It is powered by a 3.6 litre flat-

year, one of which is to surpass their all-time

six with 345BHP and comes standard with 19”

sales record. A tuff job but as they produce the

rims. Various plaques make the car known to be

worlds most popular sports cars they feel its

no ordinary Porsche as well as the chrome

achievable. One way they are planning on

touches to the interior. The car will set you back

building the numbers is by launching yet more

£67,270 for the coupe and £74,958 for the

special edition cars to induce those with rare

cabriolet making it quite the premium to pay for a

tastes in to a purchase. Where better to start this

car that in truth is just a different colour to the

attack of the limited editions than on a car they

standard model.

have been developing for 48 years, the 911.

No doubt Porsche will sell every single one but you must ask yourself “if you are buying this car

Limited to just 1,911 examples this is the

for exclusivity, could you point it out in a car park

Porsche 911 Black edition. Based upon the 911

full of standard 911’s?”

Carrera it is available in both coupe and

British sports cars are a bit thin on the ground these days in comparison to their heyday.

Numbers aside the world unanimously agrees

The Legend Turns 50

that nobody builds the breed like us Brits mixing in character by the bucketload and revolutionary engineering. A sports car should be about pure driving pleasure, you enjoying yourself at the hands of a machine that wants to be driven.

Despite being 50 years old the Jaguar E-Type is still considered one of the best.

Wind the clock back to 1961 and the first E-Type with its sexy curves and lashings of pedigree was born. Enzo Ferrari appreciated this machine saying it was “the most beautiful car in the world.” But it didn’t just win beauty contests as the race bred D-Type that went before it had huge influences on this car. At its launch it would do over 150MPH making it the fastest car in the world and instantly one of the most desired. 50 years on and Jaguar is planning some celebrations for its golden egg such as appearances at the Festival of Speed, Pebble Beach and the Nürburgring.

Fuel Sipper The environmental viability of a car appears to be the new benchmark many manufacturers such as Nissan, Ford and more are aiming for. We don’t condemn that as everyday cars, so long as the compromises are small, can only benefit the user by reducing the fuel bill. VW have been at the forefront with their brilliant Bluemotion range offing typical German quality with fuel sipping benefits. Now they have gone all out on what is called the XL1.

The concept has been unveiled at the Qatar motor show and claims that it can do 313MPG in combined conditions. Now that is staggering! The car is a hybrid that is powered by an 800cc two cylinder TDI engine and an electric motor to produce a rather conservative 72BHP. However the cars lightness allows for a 0-62MPH of 11.9 seconds and achieve a top speed of 99MPH. The VW XL1 can seat two adults and despite the company showing this as a concept they say it is the future of their “super efficient vehicles.”

Bulls of Steel With more sneak

A few months ago we

previews than a child watching someone

saw the LP700-4’s beating heart in the form of

wrapping their Christmas gift, the Lamborghini

an all new Lamborghini V12, today the focus is

LP700-4 is now one of the most anticipated cars

on suspension. This car features a special form

of this year. It will finally be unveiled at the

of pushrod springs normally associated with top-

Geneva motor show in March but until then the

end racing cars. The new bull will be the first

Italian company will continue to torture us with

road car to ever use this devise that allows

little glimpses of its new flagship. This car can’t

perfect alinement of the tyre no matter the

come soon enough, WE CAN’T TAKE THIS

position of the suspension. Also note the

MUCH LONGER! The raging bull has now

addition of some very meaty shock absorbers!

shown a little of what is under the new cars skin.

We are just going to have to be patient for the rest of the car.

“Can I Take Your Order?”

“Yes, Prancing Horse For Four Please”

We have seen spy shots, we have seen

Named the FF as an acronym for “Ferrari

renderings but today in advance of its debut

Four” this devilishly handsome GT brings

at the Geneva motor show in March

forth a new incarnation of the popular formula.

speculation on Ferrari’s 612 successor comes

The real surprise is that this car is the first

to an end. The 612 though not being an

Ferrari to have a four-wheel-drive set-up that

extravert in Italian styling was a prancing

it uses to intelligently distribute torque

horse through and through providing supercar

throughout the car. With Ferrari V12 power

adrenalin rushes in four seater form. The car

from an all new 6.3 litre and a luxurious 458

provided occupants a very unique experience

inspired cabin we can already imagine

in that not two but four full grown adults could

ourselves building the miles. Total power

experience unrestrained Ferrari performance.

comes in the form of 651 perfectly formed

So here it is… The Ferrari FF.

horses than can accelerate the latest Italian stallion to 62MPH in 3.7 seconds. Top speed is 208MPH but with this cars epic torque

S is

for

Sex y

Aston Martin make some of the best sports cars the world has ever seen. In fact, solely in my personal opinion they are the best. They are are not about beating records or starting slanging matches with their nearest rivals‌ They are about charm, elegance, beauty and producing a machine that wills you on to drive it. Now there is another addition to the line-up and it has gotten up rather excited! The Aston Martin V8 Vantage S. The Aston Martin V8 Vantage is a masterpiece with THE BEST V8 I have ever heard that has a base tone so deep in the right conditions it can be heard from nearly two miles away.

Today the baby Aston just got a bit meatier with this S variant.

Power is up to 430BHP and torque levels are now an eye swiveling 490Nm. The transmission is an all new 7 speed affair giving this car the tools not only to conquer your heart but also to ravage your mind. The muscular bodywork reflects the beauty and the soul of this car giving onlookers no choice but to stand open mouthed.

“The King is Dead...

LONG LIVE THE KING!!!”

Your

Move

Ferrari

Pagani Huayra

The Pagani Zonda was a machine of biblical

car has 740lb-ft of torque, more than enough to

proportions. It propelled the small Italian

cause the ground beneath it to disintegrate.

company of Pagani to the top of the supercar

The top speed is a mind shattering 230MPH

game in its 10 year production run. Everyone

and lets not forget this car weighs less than

from oil barons to Kings and Queens wanted to

1,360KG so expect it to get there with

call one of these beasts their own for there was

acceleration rivaling that of a lightning bolt.

nothing else quite like it. However the days of

Inside the cockpit it is much more grown up

the Zonda are over and we have morned its

than the Zonda with brushed aluminum and

passing, but rising like a phoenix from the

sculpted seating.

ashes is its replacement and it is every bit as deserving of the badge as its predecessor.

The looks are something that I personally like but it is only your opinion that matters to you.

Named the Huayra, this one million euro beast

Ladies and gentlemen, the king is dead‌

makes the Zonda look like it is made of wood. It

LONG LIVE THE KING!

is propelled by a Mercedes-Benz AMG twin turbo V12 producing more than 700BHP! The