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Four new electric speed records for the UK

Lord Paul Drayson has set a new World Electric Land Speed record for sub-999kg electric vehicles with an average speed of 205.139mph over the flying mile. This represents a modest 1mph increase over the previous record – which Drayson set last year in the same Drayson Racing Technologies all-electric prototype. But the ‘Lord of Speed’ (as we’ve just dubbed him) also broke four other records in the process.

New Ferrari California T gets new twin turbo V8 with 49% more torque (+video)

The new California T (pictured) revealed ahead of a Geneva debut It’s been a long time since Ferrari gave one of its cars a turbo charged engine, not since the late ’80s and the Ferrari F40, but that all changes – and no doubt points the way to the future – as the Ferrari California T gets revealed ahead of a debut next month at the Geneva Motor Show. Based on the V8 Ferrari build for the Maserati Ghibli, the California T’s new engine is a 3.8 litre twin turbo with 552bhp and a mountain of torque, 557lb/ft, a massive 49 per cent more than the current California produces. That improves performance marginally – 0-62mph in 3.6 seconds and a top speed of 196mph – but has a big impact on economy; the new California T improves on the current California by 15 per cent, recording official figures of 27mpg and 250g/km.

Mercedes S63 AMG and S65 AMG – the Video

  Mercedes S63 AMG and S65 AMG - the Video [ad#ad-1] We brought you news a few weeks ago from the Shanghai Motor Show, where Mercedes revealed their super-S Class models – the S63 Amg and S65 Amg. Well, not a company to do things by halves, especially when we’re talking about the top of the range S Class, Mercedes has released a promo film for the S Class AMG models – running to more than 20 minutes. As we told you last time, the S63 AMG and S65 AMG get the same facelift treatments as the rest of the range.