Super Turbo anybody?

The Lancia Delta S4, a group B Rally car which was in action between 1985 and 1986 was banned due to the cars in the event becoming too dangerous. These Rally cars were deadly quick, with even the most talented drivers having issue controlling them at high speed.

 This particular model not only had a Turbo, but also a Supercharger. Producing some 550 BHP (officially), with a Mid mounted engine and 4 wheel drive. This made a devastating machine capable of 0-62 Mph in some 2.6 seconds. The advantages to this system meant instant throttle response with the supercharger, then as the turbo spooled up to speed it took over the boost running off the exhaust gases. 

Good Things come in small packages.

1964 the BMC Austin-Morris Mini Cooper showed how a smaller capacity engine car could compete with the likes of larger and more powerful machines like Jaguar. With it's transverse mounted 997 cc engine (first application of it's time) four cylinder BMC A Series, four speed and 55 bhp, made for a great handling package.

This car could be said to have helped shape the way manufacturer's have continued to develop the front wheel drive with more compact designed drivechain layouts, in a aid to increase passenger cabin space. 

Credit Crunch Busters of Old! 

While a lot of car tuning is geared towards better handling or more bhp, economical might become a trend of the future especially with increases in fossil fuels.

The Greatest distance ever travelled by a vehicle on the standard contents of a 17.5 Gallon fuel tank is 1,338 miles. 

The frugal Audi 100 TDi car's engine was driven between John O'Groats to Lands End, in Great Britain. This amazing trek was completed there and back again, between 26th-28th of July 1992.

It highlights the advantages of Diesel fuel, which actually boost some 15% more energy potential for the same volume compared to regular petrol. This is partly due to the denser molecular structure of the fuel, this combined with Diesel's more energy efficient fuel to power conversion, makes for one frugal system.  

Two's company, Three's a rather excited crowd!

One of the all time greatest machines to come out of the 1990's and a design masterpiece. The goal was clear with thin Gordon Murray's designed Ultracar. Even the engine uses Gold plated elements in the structure to get the best heat transfer properties.

McLaren is based in Woking, Surrey. With a strong background in F1 Motor racing also the home of the McLaren SLR and new MP4-12.

The Ultimate Car modification?

Look at the legendary Suzuki Escudo Pikes Peak Version below. based loosely on the Suzuki Vitara to the left, this monster of a car was designed to be be driven up Mountains and boasted some 987 BHP in it's engine to help overcome the high altitudes. 

With huge wings and aerodynamics aids to help generate positive downforce to keep this beast on the trial and not take of like on the Playstation games. This is Race engineering to the extreme.

It certainly is a formidable looking machine and is a testament to function over form. By using a light weight spaceframe and 4 wheel drive drivechain system, weight was kept to a minium and traction to the maximum. Making this one of the maddest machines around.

Win the lottery and you could afford to run one of these.

This dragster has a engine called the 500-inch Hemi, making more horsepower in it's engine than the first 8 rows of the Daytona starting grid.

Under full throttle, this monster dragster's engine consumes 1 1/2 gallons of nitro per second. 

This car's engine is the same rate of fuel consumption as a fully loaded 747 Plane, but with 4 times the energy volume. Even the supercharger takes more power to drive then a stock Hemi engine makes in normal running conditions.machines around.