Automotive News

World famous luxury sports and GT car brand Aston Martin might have been having a difficult time of it lately, but that hasn’t stopped it from coming up with this rather spectacular limited run machine.

If you find the current Bentley Continental GT too common for your tastes, then Crewe’s exlcusive Mulliner division has got you covered. The new Bentley Mulliner Bacalar is the first ultra-exclusive model from the newly announced Mulliner Coachbuilt.

If you’re a Koenigsegg enthusiast and always wanted to share your passion with more than one friend, here’s your solution. The Swedish supercar manufacturer has revealed its new four-seater Gemera today, in a very odd presentation at the brand’s stand at the cancelled Geneva Motor Show.

McLaren has revealed the latest model in its “Long Tail” family, this time based on the car at the very top of its Super Series model line, the 720S. It calls it the 765LT, and the clue to its new characteristics is in the name.

Although this week’s Geneva International Motor Show has gone the way of the F1 Chinese Grand Prix, that hasn’t stopped car manufacturers from staging virtual reveals of their wares. Alfa Romeo is first up to the plate, with a new, even higher performance version of the Giulia.

Austrian motorbike and car manufacturer KTM has revealed the next evolution of its X-BOW track special. KTM calls the new car the X-BOW GTX, and it’s the most powerful model the brand has ever produced.

If you’re feeling glum about motorsport right now, we’ll forgive you. Every other headline these days seems to be a big brand pulling out of some race series or other. Even this week, Aston Martin pulled out of Le Mans Hypercars before anyone’s ever raced in the category.

New US brand Czinger Vehicles will officially reveal its first car at the Geneva Motor Show next month, and it’s quite the debut. Known as the 21C — shorthand for 21st Century — Czinger’s first vehicle has some startling performance figures.

Ford’s last batch of its GT supercars will gain a useful power hike, along with a rather tasty special edition.

British performance car manufacturer, and supplier to the world’s greatest spy, Aston Martin has become part of Lawrence Stroll’s increasing automotive empire. The Canadian businessman has, as part of a consortium, invested around $240m in the brand, picking up roughly 17% of the company in the process. Stroll will become Aston Martin Lagonda’s executive chairman as a result.

Japanese car brand Mazda celebrates its centenary this year, and today marks that exact anniversary.

The 2020 Nissan GT-R NISMO has set an all-time lap record at Tsukuba Circuit. Nissan’s new flagship version of the R35 set a blistering time of 59.3 seconds — not a bad way to celebrate its 13th birthday.

A pair of Mercedes-Benz Unimogs have set a new absolute world record for altitude for wheeled vehicle. The trucks, part of an expedition to install a radio system, climbed to almost 22,000 feet up the side of the world’s tallest active volcano.

While Bentley may be a name you associate with endurance racing, the brand has been turning its attentions to other forms of motorsport in recent years. It holds the production SUV record for the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, for example. Now it has set its sights on a very unusual motorsport discipline indeed: ice racing.

Nobody loves safety quite like Volvo does. It’s a brand that’s been defined by safety ever since it invented the three-point seat belt and then gave away the patent to everyone.

There’s nothing quite so luxurious as exclusivity. Owning something that is literally one of a kind is the ultimate expression of status and wealth. When it comes to cars, there’s rarely anything in the modern world that’s truly a one-off, and that’s why the Rolls-Royce Bespoke Collective exists.

If the modern trend for downsized engines with turbochargers leaves you cold, we’ve got some good news for you from Stuttgart today.

After 40 and 60 years respectively, British luxury car manufacturer Bentley is to end production of both the Mulsanne limousine and the brand’s legendary V8. The send off will be a limited run of 30 cars that unite the two for one last time.

Toyota is bringing the World Rally Championship back to the public roads later this year, with a new model of its Yaris hatchback. The GR Yaris, revealed today at Tokyo Auto Salon, is a 257hp, all-wheel drive homologation special that will form the basis of the brand’s WRC challenger for next season.

It might be very early days in the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show, but it looks like Sony has already stolen the event. Not with some fancy new camera, television, phone, or even PlayStation 5, rather a car.