A brand-new motoring show, Lovecars: On the Road, hosted by Tiff Needell and his Lovecars YouTube colleague Paul Woodman, will be televised on ITV4 from November 12. The first series consists of six one-hour episodes featuring a range of cars and motoring stars. Headed up by former racing driver and …
Read More »Watch Lando Norris drive the new McLaren Elva
McLaren F1 racing driver Lando Norris has been getting to grips with the all-new Elva sports car at Silverstone, home of the British Grand Prix. The latest model in the McLaren Ultimate Series line, the Elva is designed to give the purest distillation of driving thrills. With an 815PS twin-turbo …
Read More »Watch the all-new Lotus Evija prototype on track
Driving characteristics of the “first British electric hypercar” revealed… Lotus has revealed further details of its all-new Evija all-electric hypercar in a new film featuring an engineering development vehicle testing on the 2.2-mile track at Hethel. At the wheel is Gavan Kershaw, Director of Vehicle Attributes for Lotus, who provides …
Read More »Onboard video: Porsche Panamera’s Nurburgring lap record
Watch the latest Porsche Panamera set a new lap record for an executive car at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, covering the 13-mile track in 7min 29.81sec. Driven by Porsche test driver Las Kern, it beat the previous fastest lap time of 7min 30.11sec posted by a Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S in …
Read More »‘I’m in charge’ – meet Hyundai’s new Ioniq EV brand
Hyundai has launched Ioniq – its new electric car sub-brand. Following in the tyre tracks of Volvo with Polestar and Volkswagen’s ID line-up, the South Korean company says it will debut three Ioniq EVs over the next four years, starting in early 2021 with Ioniq 5 – a compact crossover. …
Read More »Introducing the Lamborghini luxury speedboat
Automobili Lamborghini and The Italian Sea Group have teamed up to create the ‘Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63’ motor yacht. Referencing the foundation of the legendary Lamborghini sports car brand in 1963, the first boat will be available at the beginning of 2021. Powered by two MAN V12-2000hp engines, the speedboat …
Read More »First ‘new’ Aston Martin DB5 in more than 50 years
The first Aston Martin DB5 Goldfinger Continuation car has been completed. Dubbed ‘the most famous car in the world’, the DB5 shot to fame in 1964 when it was driven by James Bond (Sean Connery) in the hit film Goldfinger. Now, 55 years after the last new DB5 rolled elegantly …
Read More »Mum vs Dad: who’s the best driver?
Children think their dads are better drivers than their mums, but they believe they go too fast and suffers the most road rage. In new research for MG, 1,000 young people aged 6-16 years – whose parents both drive – were questioned and it was found 43 per cent named …
Read More »Ferrari’s production lines rolling again
Ferrari has restarted production at its factories in Maranello and Modena after the longest closing in its history due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Production will build up gradually to resume fully on May 8, in alignment with Italian government regulations. Ferrari carried out training sessions for workers last week to …
Read More »Extreme testing for Jeep’s new plug-in hybrids
Watch Jeep’s first plug-in hybrid vehicles – the Compass and Renegade 4xe – complete an epic 3,800km road test from Italy to Sweden. The PHEVs herald a new era for the American brand and as part of extreme weather testing, the 4x4s were driven from the Mirafiori plant in Turin …
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