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Everything you need to know about cars this week: 1 Dec '19
A new Lambo concept and we finally get a go in the new Audi RS6
Meet the Lamborghini Lambo V12 Vision Gran Turismo
"Thought the Lamborghini Sián unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show was extreme? Lamborghini’s Vision GT car, simply known as the Lambo V12 and revealed at the Gran Turismo Championship World Finals in Monaco, is a pearl-clutcher’s nightmare."
Advertisement - Page continues belowRimac: a supercar comes next, but there'll be no SUV
"Considering production of the wild 258mph, face-reading, mind-bending Rimac C_Two hasn’t even properly begun yet, it feels a touch premature to talk about potential future models. But talk we must. And anyway, company boss Mate Rimac’s mind is already ten steps ahead."
The Car of the Year shortlist features more EVs than ever
"The Jaguar I-Pace, Vauxhall Ampera and Nissan Leaf are among previous CotY winners, but 2020 is the first year that more than one plug-in car is among the finalists, with three on this year’s seven-strong list."
Advertisement - Page continues belowRimac C_Two: “this is our McLaren MP4-12C moment”
"Usually, 99 per cent of the time, manufacturers start with an existing platform and change the powertrain. Or start with an existing powertrain. Or both, and just change the design. Look at the last BMW 3 Series. It’s a slight evolution. The C_Two is one of those super-rare instances where absolutely everything is designed from scratch. Nothing is carried over from Concept One."
The Mini is going to get smaller!
"The next big thing for Mini will be a little thing, a car that’s smaller than the current three-door hatch. It’ll be full-electric."
This 3,974bhp, twin-V12 engined big rig just sold for £10m
"Simply known as ‘Thor’ it was built by an American man named Mike Harrah. Mike has had a few different jobs in his time – movie stuntman, stunt pilot and offshore boat racer to name a few – but he has spent the past seven years on this truck."
Review: Audi RS6
"Audi’s fast five-door family estate now has more brains to go with all that brawn, making it a consummate all-rounder."
Advertisement - Page continues belowMercedes-AMG GLB 35 review: 302bhp hot hatch SUV tested
"It’s all a bit one-dimensional, as evidenced by the fact that even if you turn the ESP all the way off, the car still cuts power long before you get anywhere near the edge. Not that anyone interested in a GLB will care about that kind of thing. But that hasn’t stopped AMG in the past."
Hurrah! The Audi RS6 configurator is live
"With its monster arches and angry face, the new RS6 looks absolutely stunning, and Audi is offering some mean colour options too. Unfortunately, there are no previews for the exclusive colours, meaning we can’t yet see our dream spec of Audi’s Sonoma Green with a tan leather interior just yet."
Advertisement - Page continues belowThe Jannarelly Design-1 costs £86,000
"The man behind the project – Anthony Jannarelly – has now announced that the retro-styled sports car is available for purchase in the UK. Hurrah!"
Rimac confirms track-focused versions of the 1,887bhp C_Two
"Yes folks, 1,887bhp and 0-62mph in less than two seconds is now considered ‘usable’, at least in the lexicon of Croatian EV hypercar maker Rimac. That’s the aim for the upcoming C_Two: a car that can simultaneously read your face, and then reorganise it in amusing fashion using outright speed."
AC Schnitzer has made a 400bhp Toyota Supra
"AC Schnitzer has upped the standard 335bhp of the top-rung, six-cylinder Supra to 400bhp. Which perhaps seems tame when you consider the online videos of stock Supras being dyno-ed at 375bhp, but torque has climbed to a very stocky 442lb ft, which really ought to make itself felt and slice a good chunk from the standard 4.6sec 0-62mph time."
And lo, the Pope did get-eth a new Dacia Duster Popemobile
"One of the perks about being the almighty’s human representativeness on Earth – besides quite a lot of fan mail and guaranteed access to the security fast-track lane when approaching those pearly gates in the clouds – are the cars. Being the Pope means you score a biblical collection of rides."
Six-time champ Sebastien Ogier now rallies a Toyota
"This year, the winner of the World Rally Championship wasn’t called Sebastien. The last time that happened was 2003. Manchester United were still good, Friends was yet to conclude and Fatman Scoop was number one. When being number one still actually meant something. Life was different."
Marc Márquez's seven free BMW M cars: a Greek tragedy
"Marc Márquez is really rather good at riding a motorbike. In fact, he’s won the MotoGP championship six times (from seven seasons) since he made his debut in 2013."
Listen to Hans Zimmer’s score for BMW's M Next accelerating
"Hans Zimmer, the now legendary composer behind things like The Dark Knight, Blue Planet II and Inception, has collaborated with BMW’s sound designer Renzo Vitale on a very special musical ‘score’."
Audi’s virtual concept is back for a new film trailer
"Late last year, Audi gave us a first glimpse at the RSQ e-tron – a virtual concept car been designed for an animated movie featuring Will Smith and Tom Holland. Said movie was to be called Spies in Disguise, and we now know that it’ll be released on Christmas day this year."
Welsh Police have got a Ford Ranger Raptor
"South Wales Police has (temporarily) got itself a new toy. The force is the first in the UK to trial the Ranger Raptor - modified by Ford’s Special Vehicle Preparation team in Essex, the demo car has a full Police livery with all-round emergency lights and sirens."
Of course Dubai Police want a Tesla Cybertruck
"Looks like Dubai’s police force, which is known for its opulent fleet of patrol cars, has got its eye on a Tesla Cybertruck. Maybe it’s behind one or more of the 250,000 reservations Elon Musk claims have been made (via a refundable $100/£100 deposit) since the truck was revealed…"
Here’s an excuse to look at excellent old Prodrive race cars
"Prodrive of course needs no introduction, but we’ll give it a short one anyway. Since its birth in 1984, the Banbury-based firm has built more than 1,100 race and rally cars for a number of different teams and manufacturers."
How Gran Turismo gets esports right
"Gran Turismo wrapped up its season of virtual racing in Monaco last weekend with the Gran Turismo World Finals. Races were won, champions were crowned and not a single drop of real life fuel was burnt, which will keep the planet happy for a bit. Granted, watching pretend motorsport might not be to everyone’s tastes, but far from just a scheme to flog a few extra PlayStations, we reckon Gran Turismo’s FIA endorsed championship has found the rare alchemical balance required to do racing esports properly."
Rimac: supercar bosses have to be “good drivers”
"He loves cars. Proper petrolhead, which is a strange dichotomy considering his company is the hot name in electric supercars right now, working with luminaries such as Porsche, Koenigsegg and Pininfarina. But no, petrolhead through and through."
Top Gear’s Top 9: wedgiest wedges edition
"Did Tesla launch a slightly bizarre-looking concept car the other day? No-one seems to have mentioned it much, especially not in the internet. Anyway, the Cybertruck’s love it/hate it/will it ever make it to production or pass a crash test bodywork has sent us down a deep web wormhole of the greatest wedge-design cars ever. Join us for a trip into a world where curves are out, and rulers are in…"
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