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Nvidia, the world’s largest company and the artist formerly known as ‘that graphics card lot’, has revealed a new technology which it calls an “AI-Powered breakthrough in visual fidelity for games”. And which we call “a nightmarish AI effect that makes characters in your games look like they were designed by a Google Gemini prompt”.…

It’s the Peugeot 3008, launched in its current, third generation in 2023, and now available with mild hybrid, plug-in hybrid and fully electric powertrains. Yep, it’s more electrified than a cattle fence. The previous generation helped turn Peugeot around, thanks to striking design and what was in its day a fine interior. Still is actually. This…

DS boss Xavier Peugeot arrived at the brand a year ago when it was in trouble, sales struggling. To coincide with the first showing of the DS No7 crossover, he’s been telling us his plan to get things back on track. He drops heavy hints that includes a car that recalls the hugely successful three-door…

Red Bull is building a hypercar. Seriously, Red Bull is building its own hypercar. The RB17 – the machine that promises to put Max Verstappen’s (2025) quali times within the reach of anyone lithe enough to climb inside – isn’t like the Aston Martin Valkyrie or the Ford GT, which were off diary spaceships understandably…

In short, this is the electric version of the most important car BMW has and will continue to build. The very “essence of the BMW brand”. It’s the new BMW i3 saloon – essentially an electric, next-generation 3 Series. And yes, we can all breathe a collective sigh of relief because this electric, next-generation 3…

Audi has confirmed its intention to resurrect the spirit – and silhouette – of one of its coolest cars. The brilliant little A2 will return in 2026 as a small, entry-level electric car. “We’ve listened,” said Audi boss Gernot Döllner. “Our customers want electric mobility that impresses in everyday life. The A2 e-tron is our…

You’ll probably have guessed from the name (which BMW used so successfully to reinvent itself in the 1960s and early 70s) but this will be the first of six or seven all-electric Neue Klasse models that’ll arrive between now and 2027. The first of which is the Top Gear Award-winning iX3. More efficient motors and…

“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…

It used to be so simple, didn’t it? The automotive landscape was so easily defined. BMW made sharp lined saloons with straight six engines and fantastic balance; Mercedes could go to the moon and back and still feel brand new; Ferraris (or anything Italian, to be honest) were cool as hell and broke all the…

There are plenty of fast estates that can do the family bit. Big boot, comfortable seats, the usual sensible stuff. Yawn. The Cupra Leon VZ1 is here because it adds something you should not find in a family wagon: Drift Mode. Its party trick is not just 328bhp and four-wheel drive, it’s the torque splitter…