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It’s the third generation Porsche Panamera. As before it’s a slinky-looking front-engined sports car with space for four adults, and a decent hatchback boot. What was new in 2023 for this iteration was a mild body redesign and astonishing active – not adaptive, active – suspension on the Turbo S E-Hybrid. Is it just us or is…

This week has heralded the arrival of a brand-new French hot hatch. TopGear.com has driven the shiny new Peugeot E-208 GTI, a car which you can read all about right here. That ‘E’ does a lot of heavy lifting – this is a fully electric French hot hatch, designating it as rather different to the…

Amid the ‘Atelier’ factory floor surrounded by Utopias in various stages of build, we asked founder Horacio about his three-car legacy… On driving a Zonda for the first time “It was certainly an incredible moment because I had dreamed about it my whole life. But the car immediately felt like a friend. There wasn’t anything…

The usual methodology for a restomod is as follows: choose your donor car, subtley enhance it. Concentrating on the cosmetics, carefully finesse it with modern touches but, ooh, careful not to overdo it. Diligently upgrade the chassis and engine, whilst remembering it must reflect the attitude and image of its predecessor. Sympathetic enhancement all the…

You know that saying about reinventing the wheel? Turns out that was the chosen metaphor because wheels are generally pretty good at their job. Nevertheless, in the ’90s, Mercedes and Saab both built concepts and prototypes that were steered with joysticks instead. Presumably the latter got on board because it wanted to take the whole…

Jack Rix: “The seats’ll rumble like you’ve had a particularly spicy jalfrezi” I’m a big fan of the AMG CLA 45 – a car that stretched its position as an entry-level AMG to bursting point with its certified insane four pot engine. This new one is electric, granted, but Mercedes hasn’t ignored its past, it’s…

Renault’s retro renaissance has been a bit of a hit so far, with the 5, 4 and Twingo all transforming into excellent little electric cars. But even so, if it were to put it into production, this latest reboot would really take it up a notch. You see, what you’re looking at here is the…

Xbox has announced that the two studios behind Forza Horizon and Forza Motorsport will, to paraphrase the Spice Girls, become one. That new merged team will focus on both Forza and Fable games. The news was announced via Xbox’s news wire, where a frighteningly regular stream of layoff announcements have been posted in recent years.…

You know that saying about reinventing the wheel? Turns out that was the chosen metaphor because wheels are generally pretty good at their job. Nevertheless, in the ’90s, Mercedes and Saab both built concepts and prototypes that were steered with joysticks instead. Presumably the latter got on board because it wanted to take the whole…

Not wanting to be outdone by BYD’s 1,500kW ‘Flash Charging’, Geely has now announced its fifth generation ‘Geely Smart Charging Station’, and we’re told that it delivers a peak power output of 2,250kW. Impressive, but surely they could have come up with a cooler name? We’ll call it Quicksilver Charging. One for the Marvel fans…