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There’s a black GMA T.50S Niki Lauda just to my right. It’s tucked inside a shuttered pit box, raised on air jacks, centrelock wheels and slicks set off to the side. It looks shockingly tiny but has a presence big enough to create its own gravity. Outside, the sun is just peeping out above the…

26 minutes 58 seconds What happens when you take the most staggering performance car in the world, give it a new turbo for more power, uprate the suspension and stiffen the chassis, finesse the aero and go over the interior for good measure? You get this, the Kimera EVO38. Now replete with four-wheel drive and…

There’s plenty of hypotheticals that sports fans love to debate at length. And, in 2005, Formula One enthusiasts were offered the tantalising prospect of witnessing such pub debates played out for real, with the launch of a new race series. Grand Prix Masters would see retired legends of the sport going head to head in…

“We’ll take the long way home.” Hands up who’s ever had that thought, and then, at the prospect of actually planning the damn thing, immediately given up and thumbed it straight into the satnav? And sure, while most nav systems allow you to set them to avoid motorways, anyone who’s ever done that will know…

Meet the Hyundai Boulder. It’s a rugged off-road concept that’s giving all kinds of Land Rover Defender vibes – and looks fit to take on the Dakar Rally. We’re told it previews Hyundai’s first body-on-frame architecture, a new platform that the carmaker has confirmed will underpin a mid-size pickup that’s due in the US by…

 1. The yoke ain’t no joke Remember those bizarre-looking steering ‘wheels’ from Tesla Model S, X and Cybertruck, and how they were almost universally disliked? Well, not content with 40-inch screens across the dash in the new GLC, Mercedes is ignoring all that and ploughing headlong into the future… by soon offering a steering yoke…

Ready to brighten up your day? Have a little watch of the video down below. That’s the Ford GT Mk IV setting the third fastest time ever at the Nürburgring in the hands of two-time N24 winner Frédéric Vervisch. Looks like it’s on fast forward, doesn’t it? The Mk IV’s 6m 15.977s lap means it’s…

Here’s TopGear.com’s roving correspondent, Cory Spondent, with his mostly incorrect exclusives from the world of motoring A misunderstanding on a global scale has led to unprecedented demand for old DVDs featuring Hollywood actor Vin Diesel. Charity shops across the UK have reported pandemonium in high street stores, with customers queuing around the block and in…

No, not there. There. You need to be standing in a very precise spot for Crimson Desert’s UI to show you the button prompt to pick up a water container. And you need to pick up the water container, because the house is on fire. It caught fire because… actually, the game isn’t big on finer details…

What is it? A tribute to New Zealand’s only F1 world champion, Denis ‘Denny’ Hulme, who passed away before the open wheel, General Motors V8-powered two-seater was unveiled. In hindsight, this was probably for the best. Did they build any? At least one. A papaya demo car ran at the 2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed and…