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A groundbreaking design icon created to combat the spiralling size, weight and excess of modern cars – and remember, this was in the 80s. One wonders what old Clive would’ve made of the BMW XM. As common a sight on the walls of American teen bedrooms as Carrie Fisher’s navel, the Fiero’s blend of baby…

Amy, Benjamin, Claudia, Bram, Goretti and Chandra. Not the line-up for a doomed dinner party, but the names of the storms that have battered the UK – and the Jeep – this alphabetical storm year, or however the Met Office now gamifies weather nowadays. But every time the BBC News app pings with another amber…

20 minutes 46 seconds This is the new Ferrari 849 Testarossa. It’s the 1,570kg, 1,036bhp hybrid replacement for the SF90 Stradale, and while it rights many of the wrongs of its predecessor, there’s one 4.0-litre-sized issue that hasn’t been fixed. Join TG’s Jethro Bovingdon on road and track to find out why…

Here in the UK, Xpeng has only just begun selling its rather generic crossover, the G6. And yet, in China it’s about to do something pretty remarkable. You see, the pictures above are from Xpeng’s subsidiary Aridge (previously known as AeroHT). They show the excellently titled Land Aircraft Carrier, which is described by its makers…

What do we have here? This is a new, improved, more powerful version of a car that last year we called the greatest performance car on the planet. It’s called the Kimera EVO38 and can it actually be better than the all-conquering, Performance Car of the Year-winning EVO37? Or have they ruined everything by making…

Given just 44 out of a planned 100 were actually built, it’s hardly surprising NISMO 400Rs rarely come up for sale. And when they do, hoo boy you best be ready to part with some serious cash. In fact, to secure this particular Gran Turismo icon at Broad Arrow’s upcoming Amelia Auction you’ll probably have…

Remember when the RS6 was understated? This 2013 ad celebrated its inconspicuous power, likening it to a boxing referee presiding over a heavyweight clash. Not an ad you could make today, given the cartoonish brashness of the modern RS6 – that’s less modest ref, more Tyson Fury wearing a suit of his own face. Watch…

All this fuss about Ferrari’s first EV coming in 2026, and we forgot you can already have something pure-electric, supercar-fast and vaguely practical with a storied Italian badge on the grill. Yes, the Maserati GranTurismo Folgore is a bit of a curiosity, just sliding into production before Maserati brought down the guillotine on the MC20…

Does anyone do overpowered practicality like the Germans? A country of rich engineering heritage that happens to have stretches of derestricted motorway was probably never going to major in anything else. Perhaps the epitome of the genre – the car you’d shove in front of any extra-terrestrials bemused by what a ‘German powerhouse’ could be…

The biggest change to this sixth game in Milestone’s ‘Gran Turismo minus two wheels’ RIDE series is that rather than completing events simply for cash or kudos, you’re now riding at an international festival of motorcycle racing. Pack up your sleeping bag and get ready to spend the weekend eating £17 loaded fries out of a…