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Scheduled to make its official debut on 3 July, 2024, Jaguar Land Rover South Africa has confirmed the local introduction of the ‘groundbreaking’ Defender Octa. Here’s what you can expect from the upcoming model…
Scheduled to make its international debut on 7 May 2024, Bentley has revealed teaser images of its new coachbuilt model. Here’s what we know so far…
Continuing with its V12 bloodline, Aston Martin has revealed a new-generation V12 engine, which, the British luxury marque says, represents the dawn of a new V12 era for the brand.
Exomod is no stranger to stretching vintage (looking) carbon fiber Dodge bodywork over modern Challenger Hellcat foundations. Its current catalog spans three variations, including a mean-looking Daytona, but the company recently announced a new car with a Hennessey-supercharged V8 under the hood.
Chinese Xpeng opened orders for the G6 SUV coupe in the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden. It is the third Xpeng-branded car offered in Europe. The Xpeng G6 undercuts the Tesla Model Y, aiming to get a part of its market share. However, it has already lost the war against the Model Y in the domestic market.
The McLaren Artura Spider is all-new for the 2025 model year and is hot on the heels of its Artura Coupe sibling that launched in 2021. It’s the brand’s first hybrid convertible supercar and has many improvements and upgrades over the already-stellar Artura Coupe. The most noticeable change is the Spider’s single-piece retractable hardtop roof, a cacophony of carbon fiber and composite materials, eight electric motors, and an optional electrochromic panel that utilizes Suspended Particle technology to keep the cockpit cool. The roof will raise or lower in 11 seconds at speeds up to 31 mph. Road sign recognition and lane departure warning are standard for the 2025 McLaren Artura Spider, while a blindspot monitor, adaptive cruise control, and cross-traffic detection are optional. Recalibrated Hybrid V6 Powertrain McLaren engineers tinkered with the Artura’s next-generation hybrid powertrain. They unlocked 19 more horsepower from the twin-turbocharged V6 gas engine, which now produces 690 horsepower. The torque figure remains unchanged at 531 lb-ft. The horsepower upgrades are
BMW has orbited around the pickup segment several times over the past few years without landing in it. In 2016, right after Mercedes-Benz badge-engineered a Nissan Navara into the short-lived X-Class, one of the Munich-based company's executives confirmed his team was «watching the [pickup] space closely.» In 2019, an X7-based pickup concept made its debut to haul motorcycles. The final call is no, however.
Building on the success of the D-Max Arctic Trucks AT35, Isuzu UK has whipped the wraps of the D-Max Arctic Trucks AT37, a one-off show car representing the “monumental” collaboration between Isuzu UK and Arctic Trucks.