The Aston Martin DBS 770 Ultimate is teased as a final iteration of the V12 ICE Aston Martin DBS. Just 499 are being built. It’s more than four years since the Aston Martin DBS Superleggera arrived as a DB11-based GT with lower weight (although hardly qualifying for the Superleggera moniker), wider rear track, additional downforce […]
Drift King Ken Block dies in Snowmobile accident
Legendary Drift King Ken Block has been killed in a snowmobile accident at his ranch in Utah. He was just 55 years old. Anyone with an ounce of petrol in their veins is aware of the immense driving skills rally supremo Ken Block possessed, so the news that he died in a snowmobile accident at […]
Thinking of buying a Hyundai? Then you need to learn Hyundai’s ‘New’ name
As Hyundai continues its seemingly unstoppable progress, it’s decided it’s time we Brits learnt how to pronounce its name ‘properly’. VW has done a sterling job changing the perception of Skoda from a skip on wheels to an appealing quality brand delivering a Czech take on VW’s German values in the three decades it’s owned […]
Electric Pininfarina Battista BLASTS to 62mph in 1.86 seconds
The Electric Pininfarina Battista set new performance records, hitting 62mph in just 1.86 seconds, and braking as impressively. It’s getting on for four years since the electric Pininfarina Battista opened reservations as a new electric hypercar, with bonkers specs and serious performance potential. But with underpinnings borrowed from the Rimac Nevera, delivering up to 1900bhp […]
Watch the Rimac Nevera hit 258mph and become the world’s FASTEST production EV
Watch the Rimac Nevera hit 258mph on the Automotive Testing Papenburg track in Germany
Watch the Mercedes-AMG ONE take the Nurburgring lap RECORD from the Porsche 911 GT2 RS
The Mercedes-AMG One – Mercedes’ road-going F1-inspired Hypercar – takes the Nurburgring record for a production car. It’s easy to forget that Mercedes revealed an F1-inspired hypercar plan almost six years ago, the Mercedes-AMG Project One, as it took until this summer for it to actually arrive. But when you look at the complexity of […]
Can a Porsche 911 get to the top of the world’s HIGHEST Volcano?
Porsche has modified a 911 Carrera 4S to tackle a climb up the world’s highest volcano – Ojos del Salado in Chile. For at least the last decade, there have been rumours that Porsche plans to build an off-road 911 – however incongruous that may seem – dubbed the 911 Safari. Those rumours have intensified […]
Watch Lewis Hamilton give the Ineos Grenadier a bit of a THRASHING
The ‘Real New Land Rover Defender’ Ineos Grenadier is given a workout by Lewis Hamilton, with Ineos boss Jim Ratcliffe riding shotgun. Sir Jim Radcliffe, boss of chemical giant Ineos, had a back of a fag packet moment back in 2016 and decided he wanted to build a 4X4 true to the ethos of the […]
Volvo EX90 – Volvo’s new ELECTRIC XC90 – exterior teased
The new Volvo EX90 – the electric XC90 – arrives on 9 November, ahead of which Volvo is teasing the EX90’s exterior. The new electric Volvo XC90 has been ‘on the way’ for a long time, delayed by Covid and Chips but now due to be revealed on 9 November. Ahead of that reveal – […]
Rolls-Royce Spectre OFFICIALLY revealed as Rolls-Royce joins the EV revolution
The electric Rolls-Royce Spectre is officially revealed ahead of going on sale late in 2023, with a 577bhp electric powertrain and prices likely to start around £300k. More than a decade ago, the electric Rolls-Royce 102EX, effectively a then-current Phantom with an electric powertrain was revealed, with a 380bhp electric powertrain powered by a, then […]