2018 was a fantastic year for cars, we saw the incredible McLaren Senna, the brilliant Ford Fiesta ST and the futuristic Jaguar I-Pace. But 2019 is already setting up to be even better, there are so many incredible cars in development currently, from the bottom end cheap and cheerful city cars to the fastest cars on the planet. Here are just 5 cars you should keep an eye out for in 2019.
McLaren Speedtail
The Speedtail is a return for McLaren, a return to making some of the fastest cars in the world. Despite being 25 years old, McLaren’s previous top speed super car, the McLaren F1 is still up there with the fastest cars in the world with a top speed of 240mph. The Speedtail is McLaren’s long in development replacement with a top speed of 250mph. Designed to be as aerodynamic as possible, the Speedtail features a long sleek tail unlike any other current road car, this speed machine will be taking the world by storm in 2019 and currently has very little competition to go up against.
Toyota Supra
The concept for Toyota’s updated sports car has been floating around for a few years now but amazingly Toyota have yet to reveal the final production model. There are hundreds of images of a heavily camouflaged model and even a racing version available online but we have yet to see an official reveal from the Japanese giant. Expected to be powered by a 3.0 litre straight six engine the Supra should be revealed at the upcoming Detroit Motor Show.
Land Rover Defender
Ever since its death in 2016 car fans have been craving a new Defender. Its simplicity and ruggedness grabbed attention from enthusiasts around the world. The long rumoured replacement for the Defender is expected to be finally revealed in 2019. Whilst many are hoping for a return of the old rugged Defender it is far more likely we will get another luxury offering from the makers of the Range Rover. Since the new owners of Jaguar Land Rover took over gone are the simple tasteful off road cars, replaced by shiny, garish luxury cars. Land Rover no longer exists, there is only Range Rover.
Honda Urban EV
This cute and quirky electric concept from Honda led the way for the company’s electric revolution with a second Sport EV also in the pipeline. The Urban EV is a cute little electric city car, think of it as a futuristic Fiat 500. Its cutesy styling may not be to everybody’s tastes but I think it’s a fantastic combination of retro and future styling. The final production model has been in testing for a while and is expected to be revealed later this year. You should be seeing these in showrooms in late 2019 to early 2020.
Mercedes AMG One
When I talked about the McLaren Speedtail earlier I mentioned that it had very little competition to go up against, well the Mercedes AMG One is that competition. This incredible machine is powered by the same 1.6 litre V6 engine in Lewis Hamilton’s Formula One car, only this version produces over 1,000bhp. Whilst official stats are yet to be revealed it is expected the top speed will be in excess of 230mph. It will certainly be an exciting time when we finally see both the Mercedes One and McLaren Speedtail battle it out.
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