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All 789bhp of the McLaren Senna prototype is unleashed at Silverstone, Bentley's new Continental GT wafts onto the streets, and BMW's silent i8 Roadster is driven for the first time. Mercedes-Benz's huge G63 AMG also rocks up. Finally, Brabham finally unveils the £1.2m BT62. Mira Orange Senna flies around Silverstone. Image credit: Autocar McLaren Senna prototype Anyone remember the P1? Of course you do. 903bhp pedalled 1375kg of hybrid V8 madness around, and 640kg of air was happy to help out with sticking the whole thing to the track. Well this time, you've got no batteries, no electric motors, and no 'form over function' thinking here. McLaren accepts that this isn't the nicest thing to look at, but anyway, the 720S is one of the best looking cars of the decade, and that's £550k less, and not sold out. Anyway, here you have 789bhp, 590lb-ft of torque and 800kg of downforce. Dry weight? A bag-of-crisps-like 1198kg. That's courtesy of a f...

All the best from the New York Auto Show 2018. The NY show this year was, despite the Koenigsegg Regera poster car, not festooned with hypercars and track specials. The focus was more on practicality, with two pairs of classic rivals fighting it out for the sales advantage, if we're being brutally honest. Jaguar and Maserati both unveiled performance versions of their first SUVs, while Mercedes-AMG and Audi went into classic super-saloon warfare. The RS5 has been timed at 3.2s to 62, proper supercar pace. The Audi RS5 Sportback is a 4-door version of the dull Coupé version, and so is just as powerful, nearly as quick and slightly heavier, at 1840kg. That means 444bhp, 443lb ft of torque, 0-62mph in 4.1s claimed. You can read the whole story on it by clicking  on these words. These two are classic saloon rivals, representing sensible vs stupid. The Mercedes C63 has been given a mid-life facelift, and by clicking on the link, you can learn the 503bhp monster's whole s...