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Carmaker Plans Future Jaguar F-Type with Mid-Engine, Would Challenge McLaren 650S and Others

In order to keep up with the heavy competition from Ferrari or McLaren, the British carmaker Jaguar is planning to introduce some significant changes to its upcoming F-Type, and that would be the fitting of a mid-engine, which would be visibly upgraded and improved in terms of performance. Once arriving on the market with a mid-engine, the new-gen Jaguar F-Type...

Joss Supercar
JossMercedes

Joss supercar rumored to get Mercedes engine

It would seem that startup supercar makers are pretty much letting go of the tradition to fit Big Blocks from Detroit in their mid-engined rockets and turning to the Germans instead. The Pagani Zonda led the way with power coming from Mercedes, then the floodgates opened up and German engines found homes in stuff such as the Wiesmann GT, the...

Porsche 918
Porsche

Porsche 918 is getting closer to production

Porsche have just announced that they are getting close to reaching their target of 1000 potential customers for the 918 Spyder Concept. According to Porsche’s development chief, Wolfgang Duerheimer, at the moment they have 900 potential customers and if they manage the magic 1000 number Porsche will probably decide to put it into production. The statement from Wolfgang Duerheimer came...