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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...

Porsche's 911 GT3 RS is tested and Mercedes gets a new engine for the E-Class and a new rival for the S-Class: the Polestar 1. Porsche 911 GT3 RS review: can the perennial irritatingly good sports car hold its own on track? Annoyingly, it can. 513bhp and a screaming 4.0l naturally-aspirated flat-six tends to do that. The headline figures are the redline of the engine and the extraordinary power squeezed from a relatively small engine. That's 20bhp more than the standard car and the same 9,000rpm limiter, but a new, GT2 RS-derived aerodynamics package and a substantial £143,000 pricetag. So is it worth it? Lizard Green is a bold colour choice. Picture credits: Evo The 991.2 911 GT3 RS has lapped the Nürburgring already , in a scorching 6:56.4, thanks to all the new aero gubbins and the extra power. That is faster than the 875bhp 918 Spyder, and is also known as progress. "It climbs through the 7 gears with a lively fervour, the engine scaling the stairway t...

Brabham Automotive has risen from the deep, Porsche records a scorching laptime at the Nürburgring, and two new hatchbacks are driven: the Suzuki Swift Sport and the Mercedes-Benz A-Class. That rear wing contributes to a huge 1200kg of downforce Brabham BT62 Brabham is one of those names that make a Formula 1 fan spontaneously combust with excitement. Their mix of innovation, cheeky rule-bending and records to their name sets the knees of any petrolhead trembling. Founded by Sir Jack Brabham, he managed to make himself the first driver to win a championship in a car bearing his own name. Their most famous car was the BT04, using a fan to physically suck the car towards the track. They're back. They're back with this, the BT62, and the headline figures, much like the Dallara Stradale  are of high downforce and a tiny dry weight. 972kg is all that keeps the car on the ground at standstill, but at 155mph, an extra 1200kg is happy to help. 1200kg. That is the highest downf...