Wheelers Blog & News

It’s easy to forget that many countries don’t make cars. If you don’t make your own cars, chances are you don’t make your own supercars, right? Wrong, as boutique automakers and small companies in countries around the world have all jumped aboard the supercar train to fulfill the world’s need to go fast on four wheels. Below are five obscure supercars from around the world that will make gearheads want to grab their passport and empty their savings accounts. Do your kids really need to go...

Red Bull will begin to step on the throttle at the forthcoming Barcelona test. That is the news of the energy drink marque's Dr Helmut Marko, apparently responding to reports the 2014 runner-up failed to shine at the opening test at Jerez. Indeed, the camouflaged RB11 did not feature highly on the lists of laptimes or mileage, triggering rumours Red Bull might be in trouble a month before the 2015 season begins. "At the first test," Marko told German correspondent Ralf Bach's blog...

A "calmer" environment may have contributed to the return to form of former Ferrari driver Felipe Massa. In 2008, the Brazilian went wheel-to-wheel with Lewis Hamilton for the world championship, but a year later he was fighting for his life after the qualifying accident in Hungary. Massa admitted to Spain's El Confidencial that when he returned in 2010, he entered a period of form that was the "worst" in his entire racing career. "A lot of people thought 'well, ok Felipe, what a shame',"...

An Audi R8 was heavily damaged by a woman after she found out her husband was cheating. A woman unleashed her wrath on her husband's Audi R8 after she caught him cheating and as you can see she put a lot of effort into destroying the supercar. Aside from the usual keying, this R8 has also lost its headlights & taillights while the windows were shattered. Even the badges and license plates are gone while the rear spoiler has been ripped off. It's the same story on the inside where just...

Ferrari tester Marc Gene has acknowledged that Mercedes remains the favourite for the 2015 season. After Jerez, where the formerly struggling Maranello team surprised the F1 world with its headline test times, many predicted Ferrari might be in a position to challenge the ultra-dominant 2014 champions Mercedes this year. Also vastly improved at Jerez was the Ferrari customer Sauber, amid rumours designers at Maranello have found between 40 and 80 horse power over the winter...

2014 runner-up Red Bull has emerged as a big question-mark ahead of the new season. Last year, Daniel Ricciardo was the only driver other than the occupant of a Mercedes to see the view from the top of the podium. But after the first official test of the 2015 pre-season, the Australian's best aggregate time at Jerez was good for just twelfth overall. New teammate Daniil Kvyat fared even worse in the camouflaged RB11, outpaced only by the stuttering McLaren-Hondas. Reliability was also a...

Khalifa, you have returned to the Middle East Rally Championship, but this time it’s in an RRC car. This is the first time you drive an RRC car and you finished on the podium. How do you feel and what do you think of the rally after what is probably one of your best finishes?    Thank God we were able to finish in third place. I’ve finished in third and second places several times in the Middle East Rally Championship, but this is the first time I do it in an RRC car. Nasser helped me in...

Qatar claims it is about to join the F1 calendar. Earlier, F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone said that despite the oil-rich Arab state's interest, Qatar's grand prix aspirations were being blocked by Bahrain. "They (Bahrain) said to me would I give them a guarantee I wouldn't stage another race in the Gulf, and I said yes," Ecclestone revealed recently. "Now this other race (Qatar) has been proposed, I put the people together and said can you sort this out between you? They haven't managed to...

McLaren-Honda is confident it will see the chequered flag in Melbourne. Together again after more than two decades, the famous British team and the returning Japanese manufacturer notably struggled at the opening winter test at Jerez. "I thought they would be on the same level as Renault and Ferrari," said former McLaren driver David Coulthard. "They (Honda) had an extra year to develop the package for racing, having announced two years ago that they are returning to formula one. "I was...

Meet the World's Most Expensive Car According to Forbes: Lamborghini Veneno Roadster Country of Origin: Italy Engine: 750-hp, 6.5-liter, 12-cylinder 0-62 mph: 2.9 seconds Starting price: $4.5 million Lamborghini says it plans to build only nine copies of the Lamborghini Veneno Roadster in 2014. Among many other innovations its lightweight body design makes extensive use of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer. Top speed is 221 mph.