BAC Mono: Fancy a Drive?

RS Academy grabs the first two BAC Monos Last month we reported on a new single-seat road car that offers more thrills than a garage full of hypercars for less than the cost of an M5 – the BAC Mono. The brothers Briggs - Briggs Automotive Company – have created the beautifully built, finished and specified Mono as the world’s only single-seat production car (well, the only one that’s actually made it in to production, anyway). Weighing no more than Kylie after a heavy diet, the Mono can scoot to 60mph in just 2.8 seconds before running out of steam somewhere around 170mph.

Nissan DeltaWing launch – heading for Le Mans

Nissan DeltaWing The Nissan DeltaWing experimental race car is powered by Nissan’s 1.6 litre DIG-T engine and heading to Le Mans. We know Nissan likes a bit of ‘eco’, as evidenced by its commitment to the LEAF. We also know they like a bit of power and something a bit bonkers, as evidenced by the Nissan Juke-R.

GM improves, Toyota slips as industry sales decline eases

Ford, Honda and General Motors posted their smallest sales declines of the year in April, while Nissan and Toyota had their largest, as the industry improved from depressed levels of February and March. Drops of 33 percent at Ford Motor Co. and GM were in line with analysts' forecasts, as was American Honda's 25.3 percent slide.