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Everything you need to know about cars this week: 13 Dec '20
A new Gymhkana video, we review the tiny Citroen Ami, and Stig drifts 007's Aston DB5
Lunaz is building all-electric Range Rover Classics
"Lunaz doesn’t just stick a load of batteries in the boot and send you on your way though – far from it. This is a complete re-engineering of the old-school Range Rover. The Classics (either in three- or four-door form) are stripped back to bare metal before being fitted with an as-yet-unspecified EV powertrain."
Advertisement - Page continues belowThis all-electric AC Cobra has 617bhp
"Looks proper, doesn’t it? Styled after the Cobra ‘Superblower’, the Series 4 ups the ante with a whopping 617bhp/738lb ft electric motor from Derby-based company Falcon Electric. That means 0-62mph takes just 3.8 seconds. Still has a 54kWh battery, but now AC claims around 200 miles of range, which is useful."
Review: Renault Megane
"Not the most compelling hatch, but as a car for real family life, it could be brilliant"
Advertisement - Page continues belowReview: Toyota Hilux
"It’ll still survive a nuclear war, but no longer feels like you’re hiding in the bunker"
Review: MG Motor UK 5 EV
"The first EV estate on the market, and a good value one too"
New BMW gaming wheel also works in the actual racecar
"Well, we’ve finally reached the logical conclusion of the arms race to create ever more realistic driving game hardware. Why put together a painstakingly detailed replica of a racing car steering wheel for gamers when you could just build the wheel itself?"
It's here: Gymkhana 11 brings back the Subaru Impreza
"Unlike other Gymkhana productions that have expanded to exotic locations and caused full city shutdowns, Travis’s instalment ‘Ultimate Hometown Shred’ goes back to his roots. Literally. It takes place in his hometown of Annapolis, Maryland. And uses the car that made Gymkhana a thing: an Impreza."
Advertisement - Page continues belowThe wild new BRX Hunter is a 400bhp cross-country racer
"It’s called the BRX Hunter, and it aims to be the fastest way to get across rough terrain ever devised. It’s been built to take on the Dakar rally, that three week-long 10,000km romp across deserts, dunes, mountains and rocks that is the toughest motorsport event on the planet."
Review: Citroen C4
"Citroen's hatch isn't like all the rest and plays big on comfort. Plus, it's not a crossover"
Advertisement - Page continues belowReview: Citroen Ami
"Yes, it's a rubbish 'car'... because it isn't one. But it is fun to use and an entirely loveable object"
The Ineos Grenadier will now be built in France
"Ineos Automotive has purchased a former Mercedes factory in Hambach, near the French border with Germany, and has announced that the Grenadier 4x4 will now be built there, rather than in South Wales as originally planned."
Could this have been the coolest Vauxhall ever?
"On paper, it doesn’t get much less exotic than this – a Seventies Vauxhall, revealed in Birmingham. But the longer you stare at the car the more it entices you in. This is the Vauxhall Equus concept, unveiled at the British international motor show in April 1978."
Winkelmann: combustion engine should live ‘as long as possible’
"We caught up with Winkelmann after his first three days back at Lambo to see how he manages his time, what an electric future holds, and how he plans on delivering dreams…"
Bentley’s brand-new Blower took 40,000 hours to finish
"After a whopping 40,000 man hours, Bentley has finally completed ‘Car Zero’ – the first Blower it’s built in 90 years, and the prototype for the 12 Blower Continuation Series cars it’s doing for a dozen incredibly lucky, unimaginably wealthy petrolheads."
Ferrari's CEO Louis Camilleri has retired
"Ferrari’s Louis Camilleri last night resigned from his position as Chief Executive, citing unspecified personal reasons. It’s a shock move that has wrong-footed the Italian giant, although it’s been reported that the 65-year old was recently hospitalised having contracted Covid-19. He is said to be recovering at home, his health now thankfully improving."
Hyundai is buying the company that builds those scary robotic dogs
"Hyundai is about to acquire an 80 per cent stake in Boston Dynamics, maker of those scary robotic dogs, in a deal that values the American company at $1.1billion. The remaining 20 per cent of the company will be retained by its current owner, Softbank."
Sébastien Loeb will drive for Lewis Hamilton’s Extreme E team
"The most successful driver in WRC history, with nine consecutive championships to his name, will drive for Lewis Hamilton’s Extreme E team next season. France’s Sébastien Loeb will partner 29-year-old Spanish racing driver Cristina Gutiérrez for the all-electric off-road series’ first season."
Review: Hyundai i30
"A very rational car in standard form, which will make your life easy, but not exciting"
Porsche Panamera 4S or Turbo S e-Hybrid: which is best?
"With so many flavours of V6 / V8 / hybrid / non-hybrid / hatchback / estate on the menu, plus the Taycan, erm, taking four-door Porsches into a new realm of speed and futurism, does the world need so many different Panameras?"
Top Gear’s Top 9: crazy cars with carbon fibre wheels
"Hideously expensive. Totally impractical. The silliest optional extra of them all?"
Stig Drifts: the Aston Martin DB5 stunt car
Straight from the set of the new James Bond flick: the Aston Martin DB5. And straight from a budget storage facility outside Stevenage: The Stig. Together, they shall drift – shaken not stirred. But did we hear VANOS coming in on that 50-year old Aston?
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