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Lexus has pulled the covers off a new, all-electric SUV, and amongst all the sensible chat about active safety systems, optional rear-wheel steering and lounge-like interiors, there was a rather neat little Easter egg… You see, this posh-but-practical three-row SUV gets two battery options (76.96kWh and 95.82kWh) and up to 300 miles of range, but…

Volkswagen has set a new Nürburgring record for front-wheel drive production vehicles, with its Golf GTI Edition 50 clocking a really rather rapid time of 7m 44.523s in the very capable hands of Benny Leuchter. That just pips the 7m 44.881s recorded by Honda’s FL5 Civic Type R back in 2023, and it could be…

The unkillable car. Trust us, we tried once on the telly show. Set it on fire, drowned it, even dropped a caravan on it (ah, the good old days). It hardly flinched. A TG icon and champion of that most Japanese of automotive traits: bombproof reliability.  Not a hot hatch, but certainly not room temp…

Lexus has pulled the covers off a new, all-electric seven-seat SUV for North America, and amongst all the sensible chat about active safety systems, optional rear-wheel steering and lounge-like interiors, there was a rather neat little Easter egg… You see, this posh-but-practical three-row SUV gets two battery options (76.96kWh and 95.82kWh) and up to 300…

Porsche has bolted on a lovely set of Manthey performance parts onto its definitely-not-a-real-turbo Taycan Turbo GT and absolutely sent it around a friendly little place called the Nürburgring. This little adventure has resulted in a time of 6m 55.533s, beating Porsche’s last excursion with a Taycan Turbo GT – that time outfitted with only…

Are you a high-ranking politician? Head of state? Someone capable of annoying people so badly they turn homicidal? Well, Mercedes has just released the car for you, and it’s called the S680 GUARD. It’s basically a stylish tank. As the name suggests, it’s based on the latest-generation of S-Class, a car that’s been used by…

A new hypercar is coming. Wait, come back! This new hypercar wants to change everything you ever thought you knew about hypercars, beginning with the one thing that – according to the company responsible for it – always gets ignored. The fleshy human bit doing all the important Driving Things. Sanrivatti – a new(ish) company…

Since TopGear.com helped build the last ever Audi R8 in late 2024 Audi has had a big black hole in its line-up where there should be a mid-engined supercar. Until now. This is the Lucca, it’s brand-spanking new, and it doesn’t pootle about with a piffling V10 in the back. This thing drinks methanol and…

Audi may have told us not to call it a TT, but last year’s Concept C gave us a glimpse into the future of its little two-door sportscar. And of course, that future is electric. But what if you’re not ready to move on? What if you’re still smitten with the original TT’s reductionist, Bauhaus-inspired…

Is that… a new Ferrari F355? Correct, it was only a matter of time before arguably the most significant mid-engine V8 in Maranello’s history went under the knife. But while most restomods are content with a little maintenance surgery, the 355 by Evoluto has spiralled out of hand in the most glorious way possible. A…