Autoart creates a stellar 1:18 scale "practical" supercar ... Hard as it is to imagine, the 1500-horsepower Koenigsegg Regera is not meant for the racetrack. No, Swedish supercar maker Koenigsegg (bless you!) intends the Regera as a grand touring luxury sports car. PR from Christian von Koenigsegg, the car maker’s founder, says Regera is a... Continue Reading →
Diecast: Autoart’s McLaren Senna
Beautiful Senna model designed for speed, car lust ... If beauty be only skin deep, so be it, especially if that object of visual lust is a mid-engine McLaren Senna, be it a throbbing full-size version or a silent 1:18 diecast scale model snug in a showcase. Autoart has an encyclopedic knowledge of beauty and... Continue Reading →
2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Coupe
Chevy's mid-engine Vette thumbs its nose at the Supercars ... Chevy’s new Corvette is kryptonite to the ever-growing bevy of Supercars. For more than 65 years Chevrolet’s everyman’s dream car has put its throbbing V8 power in front of the driver, but with the eighth generation that all changes. Supercars beware! Now the Vette’s 6.2-liter... Continue Reading →
2020 BMW M8 Competition Convertible
M8 drop-top an elegant refined rocket, near supercar ... Two questions: How much did you pay for your house? How much would you pay for a supercar, or near supercar? The first may vary wildly depending on how long ago you bought your home, but if you’re thinking Ferrari, Lamborghini, Bugatti, or McLaren for the... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Autoart’s 2017 Dodge Viper GTS-R ACR
Striking Viper GTS-R ACR is a 'super' car, in scale ... I consider myself lucky that as part of my gig of driving and reviewing new cars for newspapers and websites I’ve crushed the gas pedal on several Dodge Vipers, but not the Viper GTS-R ACR. That’s the racy version that put the cap on... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Autoart’s Bugatti Chiron
Wow, even in 1/18 scale this Bugatti rocks … The Bugatti Chiron, where to begin? Starting price is $2.6 million in round numbers, and the first 200 made sold out immediately, even before the first car was delivered. It’s possible we need a new term that’s greater than Supercar. The History Not that Bugatti’s Veyron... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Autoart McLaren P1 GTR
McLaren's P1 GTR a sexy beast … Supercars are like cell phones, always one-upping each other to the point that they blend together. Which one is fastest today? They also all seem cut from the same well chiseled mold with swoopy looks and rounded edges that reflect the stylings of Le Mans-style racers, and at... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Autoart’s Lamborghini Huracan LP 610-4
Lamborghini Huracan a 1/18-scale hottie Ferraris are fine, but Lamborghinis have been pressing the styling envelope more during the past 20 years or so. The new Huracan, Spanish for hurricane, continues the Italian car maker’s design dominance. Long, low and sleek with little slits of headlights and taillights and an engine just behind the supercar’s... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Autoart Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary
Special Lamborghini Countach beautifully recreated Some consider Lamborghini’s Countach the first modern supercar, or at least the first via design to slap the auto world awake to say that styling AND performance dictate what’s a supercar and what’s not. Countach launched us into the wedge-shaped era for supercars with its trapezoidal panels and slick scissor... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Autoart Gumpert Apollo
Gumpert Apollo: Only the name is funny for this super car Let’s face it, with a name like Gumpert it’s hard to take a car too seriously. You sort of suspect it will come with a box of chocolates. But the Gumpert Apollo S deserves respect, it’s a rocket of a supercar and developed by... Continue Reading →