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Koenigsegg's First V8 Client Gemera Breaks Cover at the Aurora Concours in Sweden

Three years after Koenigsegg confirmed a V8-powered version of its four-seat Gemera, the first customer example has finally been showcased in public. The hypercar maker unveiled the car this weekend at the Aurora Concours in Båstad, Sweden, finished in a vivid Johan Röd paint over Engel Svart leather and Alcantara with red stitching accents. This particular client, Gemera, is equipped with the full Crystal Clear sound system, bespoke red-tinted Ghosts on the Aircore seats, and rides on Trofast Aircore carbon wheels. The powertrain pairs a mid-mounted twin-turbocharged 5.0-liter hot V8 with Koenigsegg's Dark Matter electric motor via the brand's nine-speed Lightspeed Tourbillon Transmission (LSTT), a four-wheel torque-vectoring system that can send power independently to each wheel. Combined output is 2,300 horsepower, with a sub-2.0-second dash to 60 mph and a top speed in excess of 240 mph. The Gemera was the cover car in a feature we did last year on the most powerful production cars in the world. <- Gallery -> "Today is a big milestone for Koenigsegg, as we roll out the most technically advanced and most ambitious program in our history." - Christian von Koenigsegg, Founder, CEO, Koenigsegg The Gemera realizes a dream von Koenigsegg has held for decades, a proper four-seat, high-performance supercar capable of seating four two-meter adults in comfort with room for luggage. The idea traces back to his childhood, when he first saw his friend's father's Lotus Excel. According to von Koenigsegg, the Gemera itself began taking shape in the mid-2000s, long before its eventual reveal. It first broke cover in 2020 with three electric motors and a tiny twin-turbo three-cylinder engine, and we’ve followed the story from its evolving design phase to its first driveable prototype testing phase in 2022. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Christian von Koenigsegg (@heycvk) The production-spec hybrid version was revised in 2023 to employ Koenigsegg's single Dark Matter motor, lifting output to 1,400 horsepower, and news that the V8 variant was on the production line surfaced earlier this year in March. Production of the Gemera is capped at 300 units, a ceiling set at the car's original 2020 unveiling. Koenigsegg has confirmed all 300 build slots are already accounted for. Original pricing started from $1.7 million, though the industry estimates have placed fully specified V8 examples well above $2 million. For a company that has built its reputation on low-volume, two-seat hypercars, the four-seat Gemera represents a significant departure, one that doesn’t compromise on the brand’s core principles of high-performance speed and design details like the signature dihedral synchro-helix doors, now being offered in a more usable package as a Mega GT. View All Koenigseggs For Sale Images: @Koenigsegg

McLaren W1 First Drive: Ferocious Hypercar Transcends the Track

You know things are getting serious when McLaren rolls-out the ‘1’ suffix. The origin story is, of course, the very first road car McLaren ever built, the F1. Designed by visionary Formula 1 aerodynamicist and engineer Gordon Murray, it arrived in 1992 and rendered all other supercars obsolete. The tiny, lightweight F1 embraced carbon-fibre material technology, adopted a radical centre seat driving position with two passengers set back and either side and was powered by a 6.1-litre V12 engine from BMW that might as well have been passed down directly from the Gods. Game-changer? That doesn’t even come close to describing its impact, even if at the time sales didn’t come easy… The P1 was very different. Rather than a unique side project from the Formula 1 team, it was instead a statement piece for McLaren Automotive, a new road car division still in its infancy. It arrived in 2013 and was a wild-eyed showstopper. It traded the long-legged gait and supple suspension of the F1 for a weaponized hybrid system capable of delivering 903bhp and huge blue flames from its drainpipe exhaust. In Race mode, it lowered by 2-inches and its massive concave rear wing extended into the sky. The P1 was all about aerodynamic downforce, crazed acceleration and a snorting, angry soundtrack that mixed venomous twin-turbocharged V8 with the manic whirr of electric motors. Not so much a car as a force of nature. And now there’s this: The W1. It’s a true successor to the P1 with a similar brief and, on the face of it, it evolves rather than radically reinvents McLaren’s vision for the ultimate hypercar. This is not a criticism. How could it be when the result is this dramatic and has such staggering, other-worldly potential? The W1 has 1258bhp delivered to the rear wheels. It’s capable of 0-124 mph in 5.8-seconds, the quarter mile in 9.6-seconds at 167 mph and produces 2205lbs of downforce at 174 mph. The active aerodynamics – particularly a rear wing that extends way out beyond the rear of the car – are pure performance art and deliver massive aerodynamic efficiency. The result, aside from looking extremely cool, is that the W1 is McLaren’s fastest road car around a racetrack. Ever. Their benchmark circuit is the breath-taking Handling Track at the Nardo proving ground in southern Italy, where the W1 beats their previous benchmark, the flyweight McLaren Senna, by three seconds per lap. Or “a lifetime” as they call it in racing. Maybe two lifetimes! Core to the W1’s performance is the new ‘Aerocell’ carbon fibre tub. With integrated seats and a raised footwell to allow for inboard pushrod-operated front suspension – which in turn gives air a clean path to the huge underbody diffuser – it’s light, stiff, space efficient and has been instrumental in McLaren realising a full ground-effect concept. Just like last year’s F1 cars, which were the fastest ever made. There is also an active front wing and the aforementioned complex rear wing dubbed ‘Active Long Tail’. All of which is very admirable. But the ‘anhedral’ or gullwing doors and the fantastically shirnked-wrapped feel to the minimalist, highly-focussed interior are a pretty good side effect. The W1 feels special. Those fixed seats are perhaps a shade more upright than expected, and the driving position is less obviously racecar than, for example, the Aston Martin Valhalla or Ferrari F80. However, once you’ve adjusted the pedals (they move on a slider) and the delicate, slim-rimmed and alcantara-trimmed steering wheel, there’s an overwhelming sense of purpose. The cabin is so tightly tailored and imparts a sense of lightness and agility before you so much as start the all-new 4.0-litre twin-turbocharged V8 engine, which makes 916bhp all on its own and revs to 9200rpm. Reach up to a roof-mounted control panel to find the starter button. Maybe this fighter plane trope is a little corny, but somehow you feel thrilled rather than manipulated. The W1 has a sense of humour as well as all that motorsport-derived sophistication. There’s a short delay, but when the engine does fire it’s instant – as the high-powered hybrid system negates the need for an old-school starter motor. A sharp flare of revs tells you that this engine is hyper-responsive and angry. On some deep level your brain and body have been sent all the signals required to prepare for something new and intense. Ahead of us, an empty Mugello racetrack, so press and hold the blue button next to the red starter to select Race mode. The centre display graphic shows the W1’s transformation in real time as it lowers by 37mm at the front and 17mm at the rear whilst simultaneously undocking all that active aero goodness. Race mode is not road legal and is geo-locked. You can show your friends and neighbours the aero dance, but it won’t allow you to select a gear to actually drive unless you’re at a circuit. Incidentally, the rocker switches either side of the display binnacle allow further options now: Toggle up the Handling control on the left for Race+ (for F1-spec super smooth tracks) or stick to Race for gnarlier ones. On the right toggle select ‘GP’ for sustained performance over a stint or ‘Sprint’ to unleash all 1258bhp for a time attack. There’s also a DRS and Boost function on the steering wheel. But I guarantee you won’t have the mental capacity to use them… Exit the pitlane, pin the throttle and W1 takes maybe a millisecond or two to gather its might (the gearing stretches to around 60mph in first, nearly 100mph in second, primarily to aid traction), but then lunges at the first turn with incredible ferocity. It instantly feels light, almost like inertia is no longer a thing. McLaren really does prize lightweight engineering, and at 3084lbs (dry) the W1 has a 278lbs advantage over the Ferrari F80. Plus, Ferrari uses figures for cars fitted with every single carbon fibre option. In reality, the gap is probably wider still. The impression of agility and stunning control continues as the track is unravelled at startling pace. The electric motor mounted to the side of the new 8-speed dual-clutch transmission is good for 342bhp and 324lb ft and it boosts any low rev lethargy the new flat-plane crank V8 might have (spoiler alert: It doesn’t appear to have any), so the W1 just feels massively, almost impossibly powerful at any revs. Even so, there’s real reward for wringing it out to 9200rpm and the power curve feels superheated but organic, too. In Race mode the steering – still hydraulically powered – has less assistance and it is noticeably heavier than other McLarens. However, that resistance is welcome as it gives you something to push against and imparts so much information about the front grip level. New Pirelli Trofeo RS tyres with a bigger front footprint than P1 or Senna really help. The front-end feels incredibly secure and the rear-axle follows with perfectly-aligned precision. The whole car feels super-stiff, completely locked into the surface and inspires confidence, but there’s an inherent agility and adjustability that means you’re quickly confident to push at its limits and really impose yourself on the chassis. It’s such a complex car but the driving experience is intuitive, and the driver feels a key contributor rather than just amazed (or terrified) observer, holding on for dear life. Every dynamic ingredient really is shockingly effective and yet has a subtlety and lightness of touch. From that delicious steering to the incredible brakes, the W1 just feels so mission-focussed, so hooked-up. Only the new 8-speed gearbox is a slightly disappointment. It’s fast and punchy, but after the scintillating energy of the Ferrari F80 ’box it feels competent rather than inspired. Other quibbles – it’s okay to quibble when the starting price is $2.1-million before tax and destination charge. Well, that new twin-turbocharged V8 sounds tightly wound and aggressive but if you have a P1 tucked in the garage you’ll miss the snorting, Darth Vader-style soundscape and all the drama that goes with it. Ferrari does this better, too. The F80 sounds deathly dull from the outside but is a riot of turbochargers, electric motors and all sorts of mechanical fury within the cockpit. Even so, the W1 is wildly entertaining on track, and the rear-drive configuration makes it more of a challenge and more satisfying than the F80 when chasing lap times or just sliding around for fun. In the Ferrari, you must second-guess what the front e-axle might do, whereas in the W1 it’s all on you. There are plenty of tools to help, including the ingenious Variable Drift Control, but somehow the W1 is more heroic. Or at least fools you into feeling more heroic – which is surely the point! On the road? Nimble, loaded with feel and sublime response. The ride is noticeably tougher than, say, a 750S but the control is ramped-up too, and with a bit more speed the whole car finds a delicious rhythm. Sport mode for the drivetrain brings some nice turbo whooshes and chirps, but the noise remains high-quality rather than extreme excitement. It is perhaps the one area the W1 feels just a little too tame. Of course, there’s nothing tame about the raw performance… which is genuinely shocking and literally hurts your neck muscles after a few hours. How McLaren has given the W1 such immense traction through just two driven wheels is beyond me. So, is it worthy of that ‘1’? I think so. Perhaps we won’t be talking about $25-million auction results for the W1 in 30 years from now, as we are for the F1. Perhaps it doesn’t quite have the amazing presence and jaw-dropping star quality of the simply gorgeous P1. But it is such an intense experience and the way it marries stunning track performance with delicate poise and entertainment on normal roads is something akin to magic. Maybe not ‘the one’ but definitely a searing, outrageous addition to McLaren’s fiercest family line. Just 399 W1’s will be built and they’re all sold. I’m not surprised at all. View All McLarens For Sale Images: McLaren Automotive

What $55 Million Looks Like On Fort Lauderdale's Waterfront

There's something to be said about luxury living in South Florida, where year-round sunshine, waterfront views, and a lifestyle built around the outdoors have made it one of the world's most desirable places to call home. From massive estates along the Intracoastal to modern penthouses overlooking the beaches, it's a market where exceptional homes are part of everyday life. Recently completed, finding its space in Fort Lauderdale’s exclusive Sunrise Intercoastal gated community, 513 Middle River stands out as one of those incredible properties, listed by the team at Charles Rutenberg Realty FTL and now available on dR Realty for $55,000,000. GALLERY-EMBED Built by Prestige Homes on an oversized waterfront lot with 145 feet of frontage, the home immediately commands attention with clean, modern architectural lines, expansive glass, and uninterrupted views across the water. A newly constructed seawall and private dock make it just as appealing for boaters as it is for car collectors looking to enjoy the South Florida lifestyle. Privacy also plays a major role in the property's appeal. In addition to being located inside a gated community with dedicated police patrol, the residence sits behind its own private gates, creating a secluded, resort-style retreat with the convenience of nearby dining, shopping, and marinas. GALLERY-EMBED Inside, the focus shifts toward luxury, entertainment, and everyday comfort. The residence takes shape as a fully integrated smart home, giving owners the ability to manage lighting, climate, security, cameras, and entry systems through its own network. In addition to all the tech, the home's amenities mirror those of a private resort. A collector-focused eight-car garage flows directly into a stylish club room and lounge, while a custom 4K laser theater, professional-grade fitness center, spacious entertainment areas, sauna, and dedicated wellness spaces offer an environment for hosting guests or enjoying quiet weekends away. GALLERY-EMBED The outdoor spaces are where the home truly embraces the South Florida lifestyle. Centered around an 85-foot custom mosaic swimming pool with cascading waterfalls, the backyard is more like a five-star resort overlooking the water. Multiple lounge areas encourage indoor-outdoor living, while the rooftop entertaining space provides another vantage point to take in the views. It's a thoughtful touch that supports the property's focus on experience as much as its architecture. For buyers looking for a modern South Florida waterfront estate that offers privacy, smart tech, luxury amenities, and exceptional design, Prestige Homes’ 513 Middle River raises the bar for Fort Lauderdale’s waterfront living. Discover on dR Reality GALLERY-EMBED

Koenigsegg's First V8 Client Gemera Breaks Cover at the Aurora Concours in Sweden

McLaren W1 First Drive: Ferocious Hypercar Transcends the Track

What $55 Million Looks Like On Fort Lauderdale's Waterfront

Koenigsegg's First V8 Client Gemera Breaks Cover at the Aurora Concours in Sweden

McLaren W1 First Drive: Ferocious Hypercar Transcends the Track

What $55 Million Looks Like On Fort Lauderdale's Waterfront

Koenigsegg's First V8 Client Gemera Breaks Cover at the Aurora Concours in Sweden

McLaren W1 First Drive: Ferocious Hypercar Transcends the Track

What $55 Million Looks Like On Fort Lauderdale's Waterfront

By Khris Bharath – August 14, 2026

Moby Dick Returns: Porsche Reveals the One-Off Flachbau RS at The Quail

Monterey has increasingly become a showcase for Porsche’s most unusual factory projects. In 2024, the company brought Luca Trazzi’s Otto Yellow 993-generation 911 Speedster, a body style it had never series-produced for that generation, to The Quail, while a one-off Dani Blue 911 S/T appeared nearby at Porsche’s Monterey headquarters. Last year, Roger Penske’s street-legal 963 RSP made its first public appearance on American soil during Monterey Car Week. This year, it is the Porsche 911 Flachbau RS that continues that tradition. When Porsche filed to protect the Flachbau and Flachbau RS names in May 2025, it looked like groundwork for a production slantnose revival. The name has now surfaced on this road-legal factory one-off built from a like-new 2018 911 GT2 RS with Weissach Package. The original Flachbau ran from 1982 to 1989, with 948 examples sold. Grant Larson, who penned the modern 935 tribute that Porsche unveiled in 2018, led the design of the Flachbau RS. Porsche built all 77 of those 991-generation 935s as track-only cars. Lanzante later converted two for road use, but the Flachbau RS seen here is engineered by Porsche itself as a road-legal factory one-off. Sonderwunsch, Style Porsche, Weissach development engineers, Porsche Motorsport, and Manthey spent almost three years on the project. The 991-generation GT2 RS that this car is based on is a model that is fast becoming a serious modern collectible, as confirmed by duPont REGISTRY Live results. The owner of this particular example requested a Flachbau silhouette and a rear wing inspired by the 911 GT3 R Rennsport, with the stock twin-turbocharged powertrain staying untouched. “The new Flachbau RS is a modern, fitting reinterpretation of the iconic 935 Moby Dick design. In addition to the flatter front wings, a key feature is the staggered headlight arrangement with very narrow LED units.” - Grant Larson, designer It is that distinctive Flachbau or Flatnose (Slantnose) front-end that is the highlight here, and a new headlight setup had to be engineered to achieve the flatter nose. The standard round units have been replaced with three LED elements arranged in tiers. The low- and high-beam units each measure just under 1.6 inches tall, while the daytime running lights come in under an inch. The front wings sit lower and carry slatted louvers that vent pressure from the wheel arches, requiring Porsche to redesign the fuel-filler flap and its mechanism. The car is finished in Grand Prix White, a color introduced on the 911 in 1974 and recreated using a historic example from the Porsche AG collection as a reference. Black exposed carbon fiber forms the center stripe and U-shaped nose graphic, the latter a direct reference to the Martini-liveried 935/78. <- Gallery -> The rear wing sits roughly two inches higher than the GT3 R rennsport wing that inspired it and can be manually locked into three positions. At 211 mph in the High Downforce setting, it generates 1,221 pounds of downforce on the rear axle. Porsche says that the wing adjustment system and its position markings are protected by patent. Inside, the cabin has been stripped much like a racing car. Porsche removed the PCM system, the entire audio setup, most of the sound-deadening material, and even individual wires that were no longer needed. The newly laid wiring harness remains exposed beneath protective sheathing. Altogether, the changes save roughly 70 pounds from a car already engineered around weight reduction. Porsche built three test vehicles for lighting, wind-tunnel, and real-world validation. The program included repeated runs at Mendig airfield, 50 laps of the Nordschleife, and endurance testing at Weissach that simulated roughly 93,000 miles of customer use on the rear wing. The trademark filings suggested a new model. What Porsche delivered instead is rarer: one customer’s vision, three years of factory development, and a road-legal bridge between Moby Dick and the modern GT2 RS. The Flachbau RS may not be the production revival the trademark filings appeared to promise, but it is arguably just as interesting. With Porsche yet to reveal a 992-generation GT2 RS, this one-off gives the 991-generation flagship an unexpected and spectacular encore. View All Porsche 911 GT2s for Sale Images: Porsche, Charles Bradley

By Khris Bharath – August 06, 2026

Porsche’s Land Down Under 911 Turbo S Celebrates 75 Years in Australia

Porsche Cars Australia has revealed a one-off 911 Turbo S created through the Sonderwunsch program to mark 75 years of the marque in Australia, with its design drawing from the country’s landscapes, colors, and southern sky. Named the 911 Turbo S Land Down Under, the car was developed by Porsche Sonderwunsch, the Style Porsche design team, and Sydney-based contemporary artist Werner Bronkhorst. Its centerpiece is a hand-applied Chromaflair gradient inspired by an Australian outback sunset, transitioning from Terra Australis Red across the lower body to Southern Cross Blue above the shoulder line. “The goal with our Sonderwunsch programme is to translate highly personal dreams into automotive reality” - Alexander Fabig, Vice President Product and Individualisation Offering at Porsche AG. Porsche has a long history with this bespoke work, and you can see the same paint technology on the Chromaflair Turbo S it showed at Fuori Concorso back in 2024. For this latest commission, both colors were developed exclusively for the commission, making this the first Porsche in Australia to feature two newly created Chromaflair finishes. The pigments use ultra-thin flakes with reflective aluminum cores encased in transparent, glass-like layers, allowing the paint to shift between desert orange, blue, eucalyptus green, and gold depending on the light and viewing angle. Applied across seven layers, the finish required more than 300 hours of work by hand. A subtle ghosting technique reveals the number 75 within the roof paint using Bronkhorst’s own font, while the phrase “See ya later mate” is hidden beneath the rear spoiler. The message becomes visible only when Sport Plus mode is engaged, or the rear wing deploys automatically above 80 km/h (50mph). <- Gallery -> Inside, Dark Night Blue leather pairs with Coolibah Brown, a bespoke shade developed specifically for the project. Hand-finished Australian Silky Oak wood appears across the dashboard and rear-seat inlays, while topographical contour graphics of the Blue Mountains are printed across the upper dashboard and side trim. The roof lining carries an embroidered map of the Southern Hemisphere sky exactly as it appeared over Uluru in 1951, the year Porsche first arrived in Australia. Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, sits in the desolate outback of the Northern Territory. The 18-way Adaptive Sports Seats Plus feature 14,417 individually positioned perforations arranged to echo the texture of Bronkhorst’s brushstrokes, while the headrests are embossed with a 75 Years Porsche in Australia motif. Bronkhorst also created a series of miniature artworks depicting Australian fauna and human-inspired motifs, placing them in unexpected spots throughout the cabin, the bodywork and the Fuchs-style center-lock wheels. The approach turns the car into something that reveals more of its story the longer it is examined. Underneath the bespoke paint sits the 992.2-generation 911 Turbo S, identifiable by the vertical slats in its front bumper intakes and positioned at the top of the contemporary 911 range. Its twin-turbocharged flat-six combined with Porsche T-Hybrid tech sends 701 horsepower to all four wheels through an eight-speed PDK, allowing for a new Nürburgring time of 7:03.92, which is 14 seconds quicker than its predecessor. This one-off commission builds on what is the most powerful production 911 built to date. View All Porsche 911s for Sale Images: Porsche

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