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As part of a BMW reshuffle back in late 2024, Oliver Heilmer moved from Mini’s design department to take up a role in which he became responsible for the look of both BMW’s M division and its compact and mid-size models. At the same time, Holger Hampf moved from BMW Group Designworks into the hotseat…

There’s surely no better car dynamically for such little cash. The original Puma coupe would be a bona fide modern classic – with values to match – were it not for its unfortunate weakness. Rust. It simply loves to rot, most infamously on its voluptuous rear arches, and you’ll need to source both an immaculately…

“Too much power is never enough. Applies to dictators, EV chargers and the Koenigsegg Jesko.” Read the full review “An iconic rally car, masterfully reimagined. Kimera’s evo37 recaptures the spirit of the homologation special.” Read the full review “No better way for the quad-turbo W16 to bow out than a car where it sounds like…

Often referred to as the grandaddy of performance pickup trucks, the Li’l Red Express wasn’t the first truck to get a massive V8, but its 225bhp 5.9-litre powerplant and twin exhaust stacks made it stand out in a country where muscle cars were hamstrung by the Clean Air Act. In the late 1980s, the Dakota…

Citroen owner Stellantis has today confirmed it does not understand how capitalisation works, because it has announced a new ‘FaSTLAne’ bidness proposal that outlines what cars it intends to produce by 2030. And one of those cars is – no surprise if you’ve consumed the headline – the Citroen 2CV. Yes folks, the hero of…

The hot hatch isn’t quite dead then? It’s alive and well – if you’ve got swimming pools of cash sloshing about. Even the ultimate working class hero car – the rocket-propelled shopping hatch – is now aimed at people who bank where they ski. Affordable pocket rockets from Ford, Renault and Suzuki are all goners,…

Xiaomi has unveiled a new range topping trim for its YU7 SUV, and because the Chinese firm has recently developed a healthy obsession with German forests, it decided the best way to create some noise around it was to fire it around the Nürburgring. We shouldn’t be surprised given that its twin electric motors combine…

You heard the man. Lewis Hamilton has firmly put the idea of retirement from F1 to bed, revealing that he’s planning to be on the grid for the next five years at least. That would mean racing beyond his 45th birthday – the same age Aston’s Fernando Alonso is now – and into the 2030s.…

The Stellantis mega-corp has announced it will launch 25 all-new or new replacement cars in Europe by 2030, of which 12 are small and 11 mid-size. That’s across Peugeot, Citroen, Alfa, Vauxhall-Opel, Fiat, Jeep, DS and Lancia. A blitz of similar magnitude is promised for North America. All of this was part of a huge…

Here’s TopGear.com’s roving correspondent, Cory Spondent, with his mostly incorrect exclusives from the world of motoring Formula One driver Max Verstappen has today confirmed a shock entry in the 2027 Nürburgring 24hrs by agreeing to race the fan-favourite Dacia Logan saloon. Following his heroics in this year’s marathon where he was denied victory following a…