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As you may remember, HWA is entering the Nürburgring 24hrs this weekend with three race-prepped examples of its ridiculously cool tribute to the 190E Evo II. Heck, how could you forget? We’ve been looking forward to it ever since it was announced last June. Apparently there’s also a Dutch chap racing this weekend though, and…

‘People’s car’. The very translation of Volkswagen from its native German suggests something the Up precisely represents: a cleverly crafted pod that easily accommodates four folks and a careful curation of their belongings before whisking them around cheaply. It launched in 2011 and was sold for comfortably over a decade before retirement – forever the…

In news that’ll surprise literally nobody, Pagani has reinvented its supernaturally desirable Zonda again and… we are here for it. It does not matter that Pagani has reinvented its supernaturally desirable Zonda many, many times already, because it remains… yeah. This old-but-now-new-again Zonda is called the ‘Cervino’, and according to its (re)creators “is a complete…

We’ll get to the new Volkswagen ID. Polo GTI’s numbers soon. Firstly: the name. That badge. This is a BIG call. Previously, when Volkswagen has offered up a speedy version of an electrified car, it has shied away from Those Three Letters. It’s called hot ID-kind ‘GTX’. The quick plug-in hybrids are branded ‘GTE’. But…

This is the Vision BMW Alpina. It is not in any way a production car, and nor will it likely ever be. It is instead a look into the future of the world’s coolest car brand. Because Alpinas are just so cool. Though, there’s something intangible about why: perhaps it’s their shocking rarity, or the…

Good news for enthusiasts of inexplicably rare-groove carmakers: the first model to emerge from the newly built stable of BMW Alpina will be a big, expensive, ultra-luxury four-door limousine. The Alpina B7 is back, and it’ll be a V8. A V8 without a hybrid, because neue Alpina – now officially part of the BMW Group…

It’s not a movie prop. What you’re looking at is called the Brabus Bodo, a million-euro, 1,000-horsepower (986bhp, if we’re being old-school), V12 ‘hyper GT’ with more theatre than the West End of London, and a disturbingly intimate relationship with the colour black. Named in honour of Brabus’ late founder Bodo Buschmann, it’s a statement…

As collabs go this is right up there with Aerosmith x Run-D.M.C, Louis Vuitton x Supreme… maybe even Top Gear x Twiglets (RIP Stiglets). Christian von Koenigsegg doesn’t hand out the beating heart of his company to just anyone, therefore the Kimera K39, the new Italian hypercar you see before you, must be legit. What…

Age, as they say, is just a number. So too is used-car mileage. Often a large and terrifying number that causes buyers to go pale. But, according to eBay, big mileage isn’t a number to be feared. New research from the world’s most stressful auction house reveals that, in the UK, there are now nearly…

We kick off with Volvo’s EX90, the electrified variant of the XC90. It’s the usual fare – chic Scandinavian style, seven seats, clever packaging – only in 450bhp twin motor guise it gets a giant 111kWh/107kWh skateboard battery (meaning a flat floor essentially) for up to 383 miles of range. If you’re in the market…