Automotive News

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.

Although usually associated with good guy spy James Bond, British brand Aston Martin looks to be stepping up its campaign to be the lifestyle supplier to his supervillain enemies.

McLaren has concluded tests on its Speedtail prototypes with a spectacular display of the car’s performance.

Ferrari has revealed some further information on its new Roma “2+” coupe, due to hit the roads in late 2020. Originally unveiled at a private event last month, details on the car were pretty scarce at the time. Now Maranello is been a little more forthcoming.

The phrase “it’s like a race car for the road” is a little overused these days, but in the case of McLaren’s new 620R it’s about as close to the truth as you can get.

We’d never really considered the Bugatti Chiron to be anything other than a pretty special car. However, it turns out that it’s not quite special enough for Molsheim, which has announced another special edition of the world’s fastest production car (with qualifiers).

The GT Sport FIA Online Championship World Final event in Monaco will play host to the revealing of another Vision Gran Turismo car.

Ford has revealed its new, all-electric SUV in an event in Los Angeles. It bears the name Mustang Mach-E, in a rather opinion-splitting decision from the Blue Oval.

Peugeot has confirmed plans to return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2022 with a new hypercar programme. Parent company Groupe PSA revealed the good news on Wednesday morning. The brief statement confirms its intentions to not only compete in Le Mans, but to contest in the 2022 World Endurance Championship (WEC) as a whole.

Ferrari has revealed its fifth new car of 2019 at a special private event for its clients.

McLaren Automotive has revealed what might be the most extreme car it has ever made. Resurrecting a famous name from its past, the McLaren Elva is an 800hp roadster that’s quicker than the McLaren Senna, but it has no windows, windshield or roof.

Revived performance car brand De Tomaso has revealed the last piece of the puzzle in its throwback P72 supercar: the engine. When the brand revealed the car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this summer, it told us everything but what actually powered it up the hill there.

Jaguar has revealed its car for the Vision Gran Turismo project in a live event at the GT Sport World Tour in Tokyo.

If the cat wasn’t already out of the bag, it was certainly sticking its head out yesterday. However today, Jaguar has taken to social media to confirm that it is indeed the brand behind the Vision Gran Turismo car that will enjoy a grand unveiling at the Tokyo World Tour event on Friday.

After being rescued from the financial doldrums, the project to get a car to drive to 1000mph is reaching its final stages.

Hyundai has unveiled the latest vehicle in its “N” brand of performance cars, and it’s fair to say it’s not exactly what we were expecting.

Please put your flags at half mast, for the reported demise of a fallen engine. According to British publication Autocar, Mercedes-AMG is dropping the characteristic V8 engine from its range, starting with the next version of the mid-size C63 in 2022.

Toyota’s race and tuning division, Gazoo Racing, has been turning its attention to everything Toyota in the last couple of years. Aside from the hypercar class GR Super Sport and, of course, the GR Supra, there’s all sorts of cars in the Toyota brand available with Gazoo Racing’s fettling. There’s even a Gazoo-tuned Toyota Century sedan, just for Toyota’s President Akio Toyoda.

While much of the buzz in the alternative fuel world is about battery-powered electric vehicles, some brands are continuing to develop other… alternative alternatives.