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Volvo has updated its 40 series cars via the traditional method of updatification: new lights, bigger screens, more technology. Welcome to the new XC40, EX40 and EC40. Those latter ‘E’ badged cars are the electric ones don’t forget, offering up to 357 miles on a single charge, while the XC40 is the 2.0-litre petrol hybrid.…

What is the wrapped thing we’re looking at? That is a late-stage dynamic prototype of the new Lamborghini Revuelto SV. The track-focussed, road-legal Revuelto variant that carries on a long line of particularly legendary cars that stretches all the way back to the Miura. The Aventador SV remains etched in many memories as a Lamborghini…

Well, that’s official then: the Rimac Group and a consortium of money have completed their takeover of Bugatti after Porsche agreed to sell off its stake in the speedy French carmaker earlier this year. It now means the Volkswagen Group – of which Porsche is a part – no longer has any stake in the…

The C63 is back. With a twin turbo V8. And a few caveats. Quite a few caveats in fact. Not least that only 30 are being made, it’s already sold out and it’s got the daftest name this side of Sindelfingen. Meet the Mercedes-AMG CLE 646 Spezialanfertigung. No Germany, your language isn’t as pretty as…

As well as being a nod to the ultra-successful GT40 racer, the original Ford GT was also conceived to mark Ford’s 2003 centenary (even if it went into production a couple of years too late), and the design team included a neat nod to this: look at the left headlight, and you’ll notice the individual…

VW’s smallest ‘ID’ (i.e. fully electric) product, birthed with the weight of the Polo name attached. So it’s a supermini with the option of a 37kWh (LFP) battery, or a bigger 52kWh (NMC). Ranges range from 200 miles to 280, the max charging rate is 105kW for the biggest battery, and speeds vary according to…

This is the new – like, really all-new – Dacia Spring, one of Top Gear’s favourite baby electric cars. Only this little baby has grown up, getting a bit fatter, wider and faster in the process. That’s because this really all-new Spring now sits on the same set of bones that make up the brilliant…

Nearly had a heart attack the other day. Top Gear’s long-term Alpine A390 was quietly tucked away in the middle of a car park when I spotted a group of gentlemen circling it and pointing. Specifically, one of these gents was pointing at the left-hand rear door, so I followed his gaze and for a…

That wrap is making my eyes hurt. Despite all the effort it has been throwing into its electric cars, BMW isn’t ignoring the ones with engines. So, as sure as the sun rises in the morning, it’s time for a new 3 Series. We’ve driven a prototype. Undisguised photos will follow at the end of…

I recently attended the biggest simracing event of the year, and there was nary a loading screen or disconnection error in sight. Max Verstappen’s participation in this year’s Nürburgring 24 Hours is a story born from his late nights plugged into iRacing, falling in love with endurance racing on this track. So yes, I’m claiming…