As an engineer, you are taught to maximize efficiency, provide function over form, and do it with the most cost effective and elegantly simple solution possible. That may have been the target with the Weber Sportscar Faster One, but no amount 900 HP, twin turbo supercharged V8, 250 MPH top speed whatnot actually makes…

We'll have some Engine Porn for y'all later on, courtesy of the historic racers at Laguna Seca this weekend, but first we though you might enjoy looking at some highly pleasing Weber carburetor installations from back in The Day. We got us a pair-o-Ferraris, a Lotus 11, and a Corvette, each huffing Weber-style.

The Bugatti Veyron made us question just how far we could go in the pursuit of pure speed, just how much we'd sacrifice in terms of looks, style, and low speed fun for a car that would outrun a cruise missile. As it turned out, the bar went pretty high. But Weber Engineering might have pushed things beyond the…

There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who think Chris Bangle should be lined up and shot, and those who think the BMW 7-Series is a bold design coup that advances the art of the automobile by at least a decade. I happen to fall into the latter camp, yet even I am having a bit of a struggle not wincing at…

While all of us plebes are getting ready for the Geneva show, some Swiss types are focused on the Top Marques show in Monaco. Weber Sportscars, for example, is working up a one-off supercar it says will be unveiled in Monte Carlo. The company best known for motors and other such materiel says it's concocted a…