La Dolce Veloce

As expected, BMW unveiled a coupe version of its Z4 at Frankfurt. This sporty hatchback will be powered by the 3.0 liter inline six; no official launch date was announced but seeing as the concept appears production-ready, expect an announcement on that soon (next spring?).
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How can Mitsubishi produce such fantastic concept cars such as this, and still have such a lame product lineup (with the sole exception being the Evo, truly standing out from the rest)?

Someone caught this photo of the Mitsubishi Sports Concept being prepped at, I believe, the Frankfurt auto show. This car is rumored to be a thinly disguised representation of the all new Evo X, marking this as a very significant unveiling for auto enthusiasts everywhere! Click ‘more’ to see the rest of this post and the picture.
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In spite of its automatic transmission, the Isdera C112 is one impressive car, with classic twentieth century styling and a V12 Mercedes powerplant producing around 450hp. It was never produced, but the sole prototype recently appeared on Ebay (click here for the ad) with a ‘buy it now’ price of $4.8 million (gulp).

Autoblog.it has a story about the new TVR Tuscan S Mk2. The first new car to be introduced since the company was purchased by a Russian a while ago, its six cylinder motor is good for 3.6 second 0-60 times, with excellent brakes to go with that. While the side profile is a fairly traditional coupe design, the front and rear are what really make this car stand out. Its bulbous, flowing lines will not be mistaken for anything other than a TVR (more pictures in the rest of this post). You can expect to see these cars make their way to the US in the next few years.
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Word has it that the Bugatti Veyron is FINALLY entering production, after what seems like many years of waiting. The final specs: 987 hp, 922 lb-ft of torque, 253mph top speed, 0-62mph in an amazing 2.5 seconds, and weighing in at a whopping 4162 lbs. Price tag? About a million Euros…

Ask an auto enthusiast what two words best describe the Smart Car, and my guess is they’ll more often than not be, “funky” and “slow”. Well, its funky styling is indisputable, and the changeable body panels only reinforce that belief, but as for being slow, well…British company Z Cars has done something about that. They specialize in dropping motorcycle engines into small cars. Still sounds slow, you say? Well, they took the one liter motor from a Suzuki GSXR1000, tweaked it to produce 180hp, and dropped it into a Smart. That’s a 200% increase in power for that car (60hp stock). The result will out accelerate most sports cars, getting to 60mph in about 4.2 seconds! I question whether its handling will be on par with cars in the same acceleration class, but regardless, it’s gotta be a hoot to beat a Ferrari off the line. Read more about it here.