Next Dodge Viper will shed some rough edges

Little by little we're getting a clearer picture of the next-generation Dodge Viper SRT10. During a conversation with Dodge boss Reid Bigland at the Los Angeles auto show, Bigland told me the redesigned Viper "will appeal to a broader segment of the market." The car is expected to debut in 2012 but is not likely to appear at the Detroit auto show, he says. Today's Viper is essentially a street-legal race car.

Enzo Ferrari Wallpapers

Free Ferrari Enzo Wallpapers Just 400 examples of the Ferrari Enzo have been built. Launched at the Paris Motor Show in 2002, the Enzo had a list price of $643,330 but, due to the exclusivity of the car, you would now have to pay at least 50% more to buy one. The mid-engined V12, linked to an F1 ‘box, delivers 651bhp, with a 0-60 time of 3.1 seconds and a 0-100 time of 6.6 seconds, with a top speed of over 225mph.

Porsche 959 prototype to cross the block at Barrett-Jackson

When Professor Helmuth Bott arrived at the fledgling Porsche sports-car company in 1952, he was in his late 20s. The young engineer's first assignment was setting up a gearbox test stand for the company's new all-syncromesh Type 519 transaxle. Thirty-one years later, he gave the go-ahead for the development of a car that was to be the ultimate bleeding edge of what Porsche knew about building a rear-engined sports car.