Mercedes-AMG is widening its dedicated sports car lineup with the Mercedes-AMG GT S Roadster, bridging the gap between the base GT Roadster and the wide-hipped, rear-axle-steering GT C Roadster. With this open-top two-seater joining the ranks, Affalterbach’s bespoke GT family expands to a total of twelve variants: four two-door Coupes, … Read More
The 650 hp Super SUV When Automobili Lamborghini pulled the silk off the production Urus at its Sant’Agata Bolognese headquarters, the Italian marque wasn’t just introducing a third model line alongside the Aventador and Huracán. It was effectively defining a brand-new automotive tier: the Super Sport Utility Vehicle. Conceived to … Read More
High-Performance Five-Door Coupé Revealed Audi Sport has expanded its high-performance midsize lineup with an entirely new body style: the Audi RS 5 Sportback. Debuting as a five-door model developed on the B9 platform, this latest machine from Neckarsulm blends the mechanical hardware of the two-door RS 5 Coupé with the … Read More
The 590-HP Twin-Turbo V8 Flagship When Maserati pulled the wraps off the Levante Trofeo at the New York International Auto Show, the Trident marque wasn’t just adding another trim line to its sport-utility portfolio. It was planting a 590-horsepower flag firmly at the summit of the high-performance luxury SUV sector. … Read More
Mercedes-AMG has turned its attention to the two-door members of the C-Class family. Following hot on the heels of the refreshed Saloon and Estate, the updated Mercedes-AMG C 43 4MATIC Coupé and Cabriolet arrive with sharper styling, upgraded electronics, and a notable bump in firepower under the hood. While the … Read More
The McLaren 570GT has always occupied an unusual, compelling space in Woking’s mid-engine hierarchy. While the 570S CoCoupéade its reputation on knife-edge alertness and circuit-ready agility, the 570GT arrived to cater to open roads, continental crossings, and everyday usability without dulling the underlying carbon-tub supercar architecture. Now, McLaren Special Operations … Read More
Engineering Affalterbach’s Fastback Flagship Affalterbach has built two-seat sports cars, fire-breathing V8 estates, and thunderous super-saloons, but until the arrival of the Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door Coupe, it had never engineered a dedicated four-door fastback completely in-house. While the CLS 63 pioneered the modern performance saloon formula, this new creation stems … Read More
Open-Air Track Weapon When Lamborghini took the wraps off the Huracán Performante CCoupéat Geneva in 2017, the Italian automaker sent an unmistakable shockwave through the supercar hierarchy. Securing a headline-grabbing 6:52.01 Nürburgring lap time, the lightweight, high-downforce machine proved that Sant’Agata Bolognese was determined to dominate circuit lap times through … Read More
The Modern Re-Creation of a Rally Legend Few competition cars hold as fierce a grip on rallying history as the wedge-shaped Lancia Stratos HF. During the mid-1970s, the stubby, mid-engine silhouette stood as an untouchable monument to World Rally Championship glory, winning three consecutive world titles and rewriting the rulebook … Read More
When nine uncompleted sports car chassis burned to ash at Browns Lane on the evening of February 12, 1957, Jaguar left a celebrated automotive narrative unfinished. The factory inferno destroyed roughly 270 cars in total, but among the wreckage lay nine chassis that Sir William Lyons had earmarked to complete … Read More
A highly sought-after young classic: the Mercedes-Benz 500 E Anyone in the know will already be slavering at this model designation: launched in 1990, the Mercedes-Benz 500 E with its naturally aspirated V8 engine and subtly muscular body is the top-of-the-range model in the 124 model series—and has long been … Read More
The 911 remains the beating heart of Porsche. Few sports cars in automotive history command such continuity or match such an enduring engineering lineage as the Porsche 911. Ever since its public debut as the Type 901 prototype at the Frankfurt IAA International Motor Show in September 1963, Zuffenhausen’s rear-engine … Read More
When Rimac Automobili pulled the silk off the C_Two at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show, Mate Rimac’s Croatian outfit wasn’t merely presenting a successor to the boutique Concept_One. The Sveta Nedelja manufacturer was staking out a claim to the very frontier of hypercar performance. While mainstream legacy constructors spent … Read More
Mercedes-Benz introduced the Exclusive Edition models of the S-Class Coupé and S-Class Cabriolet at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show, creating a specialized package for drivers who wanted two-door grand touring pushed to peak material opulence. While the flagship C217 Coupé and A217 Cabriolet sat comfortably at the summit of the … Read More
The BMW M2 was the undisputed runaway success of BMW M GmbH in 2017. Shifting more than 12,000 units across the globe in its first complete calendar year of production, the smallest rear-wheel-drive M car rapidly outsold its larger stablemates, turning into Munich’s strongest sales pillar. That commercial triumph set … Read More
The 520-HP Naturally Aspirated Track Weapon The Porsche Motorsport department in Weissach has revealed its latest track-honed evolution of the 911: the new 911 GT3 RS. Following in the revered tradition of Rennsport derivatives, the new coupe brings motorsport hardware directly to road-legal asphalt, pairing an aggressively revised aerodynamic package … Read More
High-Performance Off-Road Reinvention Few vehicles carry the cultural weight of the Mercedes-Benz G-Class, and when Affalterbach prepares a ground-up rework of the iconic Geländewagen, the stakes are exceptionally high. The new Mercedes-AMG G 63 marks the most comprehensive mechanical and architectural transformation in the model line’s history. Rather than merely … Read More
Engineering the Pure Driving Machine Vantage is an evocative name for a magnificent bloodline of thoroughbred sports cars. For seven decades the heartbeat of Aston Martin’s purest models, the Vantage nameplate has been worn by genuine icons. First used in 1951 on a high-output engine option for the DB2, Vantage … Read More
A Vision for the Electric Super Sports Car Automobili Lamborghini and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have joined forces to sketch out an uncompromising blueprint for the future of the electric super sports car. Unveiled at the EmTech conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Lamborghini Terzo Millennio concept explores what happens … Read More
The Return of the Twin-Turbo V6 Icon A practical sports car comes of age. Exactly eighteen years after the original B5 RS4 burst onto European asphalt, Audi Sport introduced the fourth generation of its definitive family-hauling missile at the 2017 International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt am Main. The Audi … Read More
Track-Ready Technology and Specs High-performance engineering tailored for track safety has anchored the operational partnership between BMW M GmbH and MotoGP rights holder Dorna Sports for nearly two decades. Serving continuously as the Official Car of MotoGP since 1999, the Bavarian division has regularly deployed its newest production flagships into … Read More
Lightweight Purist Coupe The Porsche 911 has long anchored the performance benchmark for rear-engine sports cars, balancing genuine daily usability with circuit-level capability. With the arrival of the 911 Carrera T, Zuffenhausen shifts that equation deliberately toward driver involvement. Reviving an ethos first introduced on the 1968 911 T, the … Read More
Memories of the Classic Grand Tourer: Kia Stinger Arrives in the UK The arrival of the Kia Stinger marks a defining threshold in modern automotive product planning. As the company’s first purpose-built gran turismo and its maiden rear-wheel-drive production car in the United Kingdom, Stinger lands with clear ambitions. Order … Read More
A New Chapter for Lamborghini Squadra Corse Lamborghini Squadra Corse, the dedicated motorsport arm of Automobili Lamborghini, unveiled the Huracán Super Trofeo EVO at an exclusive launch event in Sant’Agata Bolognese, inaugurating an expansive commercial and technical partnership with Swiss luxury watchmaker Roger Dubuis. Arriving three years after the initial … Read More
Formula 1 Hybrid Engineering Built for the Road Marking the 50th anniversary of Mercedes-AMG, the Mercedes-AMG Project ONE show car transfers modern, championship-winning Formula 1 powertrain hardware into a two-seat, road-legal hypercar. Developed in close technical cooperation with Mercedes-AMG High Performance Powertrains in Brixworth and the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport team … Read More
Porsche 911 GT3 with Touring Package: Pure Motorsport in Understated Attire When Porsche pulled the wraps off the 911 GT3 with Touring Package at the 67th International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt, it addressed a very specific, passionately voiced demand from the sports car community. Enthusiasts craved the raw mechanical … Read More
Open-Air V12 Grandeur: The Lamborghini Aventador S Roadster When Sant’Agata Bolognese unveiled the Lamborghini Aventador S Roadster at the Frankfurt motor show, the world took notice—not merely because another open-top supercar had arrived, but because Lamborghini was refusing to compromise the soul of its flagship. While the broader industry was … Read More
Kia Proceed Concept: Frankfurt Debut Previews a Sleek Shooting Brake When Kia rolled out the Proceed Concept under the Frankfurt exhibition lights in September 2017, the Korean brand threw down an unexpected design challenge. Designed just 500 metres from the show floor at Kia’s European design centre in Frankfurt, the … Read More
Two Flagships, Two Visions of Power: Mercedes-AMG S 63 4MATIC+ and S 65 Affalterbach has delivered a sweeping mechanical overhaul to its premier luxury saloon lineup, giving the Mercedes-AMG S 63 4MATIC+ an entirely re-engineered powertrain while refining the visual dominance and dynamic poise of the twelve-cylinder Mercedes-AMG S 65. … Read More
Porsche Cayenne: Inside the Third-Generation SUV Porsche chose its home base in Zuffenhausen to unveil the third generation of the Cayenne, staging the world premiere on the roof of the Porsche Museum. Internally codenamed E3 (PO536), this clean-sheet redesign carries a distinct purpose: bring Porsche’s benchmark luxury SUV into tighter … Read More