The Most exciting sports cars coming in 2025 and beyond
October 22, 2024 by Jamie Edkins
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Looking to have some fun out on the road? Here are the 10 most exciting new sports cars coming next year.
There are a lot of sensible SUVs and electric cars in the new car pipeline at the moment, but what if you’re looking for something a bit more exciting? Let’s take a look at the best sports cars coming in 2025 and beyond.
There’s an eclectic mix of cars here, from the new electric Alpine A110 to a new Porsche 911 with a clever engine which could save internal combustion. The long-awaited Tesla Roadster could also be nearing production.
The most exciting sports cars coming soon are:
- Porsche Boxster EV
- Tesla Roadster
- McLaren W1
- Ferrari F80
- Porsche Mission X
- Nissan R36 GT-R
- Alpine A110 EV
- Toyota FT-Se
- Mazda RX-8 replacement
- New Porsche 911
New Porsche Boxster EV
The current petrol-powered Porsche Boxster is living on borrowed time, because it’s due to be replaced by a fully-electric model in 2025. It’ll still be a small two-seat convertible though, and it could use parts from Porsche’s racing concept – the Mission R.
Don’t get too excited thinking this will be a 1,088hp drop-top, it’s likely to use just the front motor from the Mission R which produces 435hp. That’s still a healthy increase in power over the current Boxster, and a clever battery arrangement could also make it just as fun to drive as today’s car.
New Tesla Roadster
The Tesla Roadster is a car which has been dangled in front of Tesla fans, and investors, for years now, but it looks like this bonkers electric sports car is getting closer to reality. Elon Musk promised a late 2024 reveal earlier in the spring, however as the year quickly draws to a close this is looking less and less realistic.
It’s far more likely that the Roadster will finally be unveiled in 2025, however it’s not clear if Tesla will be able to deliver on every promise made for this car – such as the Rocket Pack which is essentially a SpaceX thruster strapped to the back. This is unlikely to appease any safety regulators.
New McLaren W1
The holy trinity is returning in 2025. If you don’t know what that is, it’s the flagship hypercars from McLaren, Ferrari and Porsche. The last holy trinity comprised the McLaren P1, Ferrari LeFerrari and the Porsche 918 Spyder, and more than 10 years later McLaren has launched the new W1 to kick things off again.
At a glance, it doesn’t look like it moves the game on too much from the P1. The styling looks like a slightly modernised version of that car’s. It’s packing a lot more power though courtesy of a new 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 engine mated to a hybrid system, and combined it sends 1,275hp to the rear wheels only.
New Ferrari F80
Next up is the new Ferrari F80, the long-awaited replacement for the LaFerrari. It’s down on power compared to the McLaren, with 1,200hp on tap, but it’s quicker from 0-60mph thanks to the fact it’s got four-wheel drive.
It’s also the first flagship Ferrari model built to celebrate an anniversary to not feature a V12 engine. The new F80 actually has a race-derived twin-turbocharged V6 which makes 900hp on its own, then three electric motors are added to further boost power.
Porsche Mission X
Porsche is the last brand to unveil its holy trinity car – it hasn’t actually revealed a production version yet. The Mission X concept is your best look so far at the new hypercar, and unlike McLaren and Ferrari’s offerings this will be all-electric.
There are few details out there in terms of specific stats for this car, however some early speculation suggests that it could have around 1,500hp. Porsche has also confirmed that it’s going after the Mercedes-AMG One’s Nurburgring record for road-legal cars.
Nissan R36 GT-R
It’s been over 16 years since the current Nissan GT-R first graced our roads, and many years and multiple facelifts later it’s now gone off sale in Europe. A new GT-R has been hinted at a few times, and the Hyper Force concept gives us an idea of what it could look like.
There’s no 3.5-litre V6 engine under the bonnet, because like a lot of new cars these days the GT-R is going electric-only. Nissan has promised 1,340hp from this electric supercar, an 800hp increase over the outgoing car.
Alpine A110 EV
Nissan isn’t the only brand electrifying its iconic models, because Alpine has confirmed that the next A110 will be powered by electricity. Very little is known about this car yet, but Alpine has already built an electric version of the current A110 called the E-ternité.
It calls this a ‘rolling laboratory’ for testing new EV tech, and it’s powered by a 240hp electric motor driving the rear wheels. The electric A110 will make its debut in 2026, followed in 2027 by a convertible version.
Toyota FT-Se
This is the Toyota FT-Se concept – and it could be a first look at a potential replacement for the MR2 sports car. Not much is known about what’s powering it, other than the fact it’s electric and all-wheel drive – with a bias towards the rear wheels for added agility.
It’ll also make use of a new, thinner battery pack to help keep the centre of gravity nice and low, and it could also get some new technology from Lexus which can replicate a manual gearbox in an EV for some added driver involvement.
Mazda RX-8 replacement
Mazda teased us last year with this – the new Iconic SP concept which hints at a long-awaited replacement for the RX-8. It may have a rotary engine under the bonnet, but it doesn’t work in quite the way you imagine.
Rather than powering the wheels directly, it’s actually a generator feeding a battery – a bit like the Mazda MX-30 REV. This is just a concept car for now, however a production version of the Iconic SP could make a debut in 2025.
New Porsche 911
The Porsche 911 has recently been facelifted, however an all-new one could be coming before the end of the decade with a revolutionary new six-stroke engine which could save internal combustion.
You can find out more about how this works in our full article, but essentially some new patents from Porsche show a new type of engine which can make more power more efficiently, and it pollutes less than a traditional lump. Combine this with Porsche’s heavy investment in greener e-fuels and the internal combustion engine could be sticking around for a while longer.
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