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Rowan Horncastle: “It roared onto the stage and left in a cloud of smoke” Genesis’s Magma GT supercar concept is the shock this monochrome EV age desperately needs. While everyone else hums about the future, Luc Donckerwolke decided to upstage the GV60 Magma launch by rolling out a blazing orange projectile with a proper V8.…

We’ll warn you now: there are a fair few names that are conspicuous in their absence from this list. Ayrton Senna? Won four in a row twice, in 1988 and 1991. Alain Prost? Won in Canada, France, the UK and Germany back-to-back in his final season in 1993. Fernando Alonso? He won four straight in…

As you may have noticed, we like to keep an eye on the world of high-end car auctions here at TG. Always good to have an idea of what you’ll be buying when your lottery numbers come up, isn’t it? This week though, we’ve been distracted by the world of high-end motorbike auctions. Reason being,…

“The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there,” wrote British novelist L.P Hartley. So true. Millennials and Gen Z won’t recall, but in the Seventies and Eighties Škoda provided bed-rock material for a certain type of British comedian (along with casual racism, homophobia and misogyny… fun times). Look at the Elroq vRS,…

I don’t really like electric cars, but I’m thinking about buying one of these. If I had a pound for every time I’d heard that sentence (or similar) since I started running the R5, I’d probably have enough cash to buy the thing before it goes back to Renault. And that would make me very…

Audi Sport’s first foray into the world of plug-in hybrids. And also the most complex car the company’s RS division has ever made, according to Chief Technical Officer Steffen Bamberger.  The 2.9-litre, 503bhp twin turbo V6 is joined by a 174bhp electric motor, fed by a 25.9kWh battery for a total system output of 630bhp…

Frank Stephenson is a car designer with more hits than the Beatles, including the Escort RS Cossie, first BMW Mini, Maser MC12, numerous Ferraris and the McLaren P1. These days he runs his own consultancy – Frank Stephenson Design. Here he shares his views on the BMW iX3. Following its much maligned design direction of…

This season sees one of the biggest overhauls in F1 history. Here’s what changed Engines After 12 long years, it’s goodbye to 1.6-litre V6 hybrids and hello… 1.6-litre V6 hybrids. Now with vastly more e-power. Although, the complex and expensive MGU-H – the bit that generated electricity from the turbo – has been banished to…

Imagine starting a car company from zero. A real car company. One that wants to sell in volume and must adhere to all the rules and regulations that apply to Ford or Toyota. One that satisfies a market that demands reliability, convenience and a level of all round capability that was unheard of just a…

Stealth wealth is a very ‘late stage capitalism’ concept. The idea that conveying one’s success through material inventory is one thing, but doing it by wearing items that actively disguise their monetary value and will be recognised only by like-minded enthusiasts in the upper echelons is the stuff of Karl Marx’s most upsetting cheese dreams. …