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This year’s festival is particularly special as it marks NISMO’s 40th anniversary. Expect to see a parade of legendary machines like the NISMO 270R, the NISMO 400R, and the R34 GT-R Z-tune.

These icons will be joined by the latest in the NISMO road car lineup, ranging from the March NISMO to the high-performance Nissan GT-R NISMO.

Motorsport legends that have solidified NISMO’s reputation will grace the track for demonstration laps. Examples include the Nissan Formula E race car and the CNF-powered Super GT Nissan Z NISMO GT500 showcasing the future of racing technology.

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NISMO Festival 2024 Set To Return To Fuji Speedway

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Nissan has announced that the 2024 NISMO Festival, slated for December 1st, will happen at the Fuji International Speedway in Shizuoka, Japan.

Red Bull, in collaboration with the Dutch Drone Gods, has embarked on an ambitious project, spending over a year to develop the remarkable Red Bull Drone 1.

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World's Fastest Camera Drone Takes On Max Verstappen

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The drone can accelerate twice as fast as a Formula 1 car and has a top speed of over 350km/h.

For Aston Martin has just pulled the silk sheets off three stunners that are injecting some much-needed racing DNA back into their blood.

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Aston Martin unveils three new Jewels in the Crown of High Performance

IN Aston Martin, Three, Jewels, High Performance, Formula 1, GT3, Vantage

Roll up, roll up, gearheads and speed freaks alike.

Mazda enthusiasts, it's time to sit up. The long-dormant spirit of Mazdaspeed, which left us yearning for more after its last hurrah in 2013 with the Mazda 3 MPS, is stirring once again.

Just when we thought the shift to electric might have dimmed the prospects of a revival, Mazda has given us a delightful surprise: the birth of Mazda Spirit Racing.

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Mazda Spirit Racing Launched - A Comeback To Their Racing Roots

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The new in-house racing brand is the spiritual successor to Mazdaspeed, poised to develop more track-focused cars.

The third edition of the HyperDrive Cities Championships (HDC) is revving up its digital engines for an electrifying race. And this year, they're hitting the virtual tarmac of Kuala Lumpur's very own City Street Circuit.

Picture this: Sim racers from all corners of the region gearing up to compete in a high-stakes showdown. The prize pool? A cool SGD$10,000 for the top 10 finishers. That's not just virtual glory; that's some real-world moolah right there.

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Third Edition of HyperDrive Cities Championships 2023 Kicks Off

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HyperDrive Cities Championships 2023: Where Sim Racing Meets KL's Digital Speedway.

This is the one everyone says is the ‘best real-world 911’, right?

But hey, let's not get too hung up on titles because when it comes to 911s, the gaps between them are tiny. They are narrow, but they do matter.

So, what's the deal with the 911 GTS? It's like that friend who shows up at the party with just the right amount of pizzazz. Back in the day, it emerged to fill the void between the Carrera S and the Turbo.

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Road Tripping: B-Road Fun In The Porsche 911 GTS

IN Road Tripping, B-Road, Porsche 911, Porsche, 911, GTS, Burnpavement

What happens when you have a lean, green, speedy machine on some picturesque UK backroads? You have fun of course.

Porsche is celebrating their 75th Anniversary in 2023, and throughout the year thus far they have launched a myriad of events worldwide for fans around the world to revel in. Of course, with an anniversary as grand as this, the German marque would definitely make a splash at the legendary Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Porsche didn’t just provide any celebration; it was a full-throttle symphony of power, passion, and a whole lot of roaring metal.

A Parade of Legends and Legacy

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Celebrating 30 Years of Speed With Porsche 75th Anniversary at Goodwood

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Goodwood’s 30th anniversary of the Festival of Speed aptly coincides with Porsche celebrating their 75th anniversary of its very first sports car – the 356.

Since I was a wee kid, I’ve always dreamt of visiting the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The live stream broadcasts kept me up for hours at a time, and I wanted to feel those cars rocketing up the hill in real life.

And this year, my dream came true.

A Symphony of Speed and Style

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On The Ground: Goodwood Festival Of Speed 2023

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The Goodwood Festival of Speed is a conglomerate of fast cars, smoky tyres, and the burning passions of motorsport fans worldwide.

If you aren’t living under a rock, the Goodwood Festival Of Speed is a place where anything goes. You could rock up in literally anything that moves, and it can turn into a spectacle for the crowds to enjoy.

This hallowed ground is also where past and present of Formula 1 legends collide in a symphony of roaring engines. This year’s event was no exception, and we were treated to a wonderful sight.

So, grab a cup of your preferred horsepower-infused beverage, settle in, and let's relive the magic.

Sebastian Vettel: A Champion Among Us

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On The Ground: Formula 1 Stars At Goodwood Festival Of Speed 2023

IN On The Ground, Formula 1, Formula One, Goodwood Festival Of Speed, 2023

Vettel, Schumacher, Hakkinen and many others delivered a spectacular F1 show on the famous Goodwood hill.

The SC63, which will begin testing shortly, is set to compete in the Hypercar class of the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and in the GTP class of the IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship Endurance Cup, comprising classic races such as the 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring.

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First Look: Lamborghini SC63

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Lamborghini Squadra Corse showcases its first hybrid endurance racing prototype, the Lamborghini SC63, at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

The Lotus Emira has quickly established itself as the most accomplished Lotus sports car ever created, and now the range is expanding with the addition of a four-cylinder powertrain.

Incorporating cutting-edge technologies to offer outstanding performance and impressive efficiency, this turbocharged 2.0-litre unit is based on the current world's most powerful four-cylinder engine in production.

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Lotus Emira 4-Cylinder Makes Its Debut At Goodwood Festival Of Speed

IN Lotus, Emira, 4-Cylinder, Debut, Goodwood Festival Of Speed, Burnpavement

If you haven’t been living under a rock, you would have already known by now that Fernando Alonso has signed with Aston Martin’s Formula 1 Team for the 2023 season, following the departure and retirement of Sebastian Vettel.

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Aston Martin DBX707 Meets Fernando Alonso

IN Aston, Martin, DBX707, Meets, Fernando, Alonso, Aston Martin

What better way to welcome a two time world champion, than to have him wring a fast car round a track at breakneck speeds?

Where the Ur E9-generation BMW 3.0 CSL was actually built in 1972 as a homologation special, to enter the European Touring Car Championship of the time, the new car celebrates five decades of racing expertise from BMW M GmbH concentrated in a highly emotional package.

The ‘C’ and ’S’ in CSL stand for ‘Coupé’ and ‘Sport’ respectively, while ‘L’ stands for Leichtbau or lightweight. To make the original 3.0 CSL lightweight, the monocoque was made of thinner steel, trim and soundproofing were removed, the doors, bonnet and boot were made of aluminium alloy and the side windows were made of Perspex. Altogether, these features helped the 1972 original weigh in at just 1,270kg.

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The Batmobile Is Back - BMW 3.0 CSL

IN BMW, 3.0 CSL, Batmobile, 2023 BMW 3.0 CSL

Rear-wheel drive via a 6-speed manual makes us go: "na na na na na na na na".....

We start with a name and a style that’s all too common in the modified car scene these days: Pandem/Rocket Bunny. They’re a line of wide body kits by a company called TRA Kyoto, brainchild of a certain Kei Miura. He designs, builds and sells kits for a huge variety of cars, from classics like the Nissan Fairlady Z and BMW E30, to JDM favourites like the Nissan Silvia and Toyota 86/Subaru BRZ, to modern stuff like the Toyota GR Supra and Yaris, and even the C8 Corvette!

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Retro Havoc 2022 Highlights Part 1: Hunting for Speed

Retro Havoc: Encore Edition was our first car show in over 3 years, and boy was it great to be at one again. In this 3-part series, we bring you our highlights from the show, starting with the cars th

With a dearth of knowledge in Singapore on EV systems in general, the students faced a bigger challenge building the R22e than usual. While the teams in charge of the chassis, aerodynamics, and suspension tuning had the benefit of their predecessor’s experience and data to guide them, those in charge of the electric powertrain found themselves thrown in the deep end. From programming the motor controller to even proper safe handling procedures for high-voltage electrical components, there were a lot of lessons learnt in the R22e’s journey, which has implications not just for NUS’s FSAE team, but eventually for the automotive sector in Singapore, particularly once the students enter the workforce.

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Say hello to Singapore's first home-grown electric race car

IN NUS, FSAE, Motorsport, EV

The NUS FSAE team’s R22e is more than just a speed machine, it’s a stepping stone to building EV know-how in Singapore’s auto sector.

We mused a couple weeks ago about exactly which variants of the Supra would get the stick, and now we have our answer. Unfortunately despite the 2.0L Supra’s B48 four-cylinder engine being sold with a manual in some of BMW’s 30i models, that won’t be repurposed for the Toyota Supra. Instead, the new manual will only be available on the 3.0L version.

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Toyota GR Supra 6MT: Full specs and details revealed

IN Toyota, Supra, Gazoo Racing, Sports cars, Coupes, #savethemanuals

The long-rumoured manual transmission Toyota Supra finally breaks cover. Question is, will it come to Singapore?

But alas that’s not to be. As we covered recently, the Subaru WRX STI is gone. Dead. Finito. Thankfully however, Toyota has taken that same rally-inspired recipe and - as celebrity chefs like to say - gone and given it its own little twist, and it is as glorious as the STI’s demise is sad. Say hello to the Toyota GR Corolla.

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The Toyota GR Corolla is the WRX STI that Subaru won’t build

IN Toyota, GR Corolla, Gazoo Racing, Corolla, Hot hatch, Manual

The latest addition to the Gazoo Racing family is the rally-inspired manual hot hatch of our dreams. But will it come to Singapore?

Say hello to the Polestar O2. It's a 2+2 seater EV roadster concept that Polestar's CEO Thomas Ingenlath calls

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Live out your racing video game fantasies with the Polestar O2

IN Polestar, O2, Electric vehicle, EV, Roadster, Sports car

The Polestar O2 is an all-electric roadster concept with its own self-tracking drone

For me though, the Golf GTI has always been a bit of a letdown. Granted, most of my experience has only been with the Mk7 and Mk7.5, but for all the myth and legend surrounding those three letters, and the accolades heaped upon it by automotive media everywhere, most of my encounters with a GTI has left me feeling distinctly unenthused.

As an unabashed lover of fast driving, hot hatches are definitely right up my alley, but the Mk7.5 just didn't serve up enough thrills. It didn't help that it debuted in something of a renaissance period for hot hatches, with the FK8 Honda Civic Type R, Hyundai i30N, Mk4 Renault Megane RS, and even its corporate cousin the Skoda Octavia RS245, all muscling in on the GTI’s turf.

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1 Step Forward, 2 Steps Back: Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk8

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Amongst hot hatches, it’s always been the VW Golf GTI that’s left BP’s resident racer, Jon, the coldest. Can the feistier new Mk8 change his mind?

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BRZ to arrive in Singapore soon

The second-generation BRZ is due here soon. The 2.4-litre boxer engine in the new BRZ will push out 232 bhp and 250Nm of torque.