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Everything you need to know about cars this week: 23 May '21
Ford F-150 goes electric, and one of Lewis Hamilton's old F1 cars is up for sale
Lotus Evija review: fully electric hypercar prototype track tested
Winner of the ‘One to Watch’ gong in the TopGear.com Electric Awards, it’s the £2.4m Lotus Evija. Well, a prototype of the upcoming electric hypercar. Can a 1,600bhp electric prototype really handle like the cars of Lotus legend? Let’s find out.
Advertisement - Page continues belowReview: Mercedes-Benz S-Class
"High technology and sumptuous luxury merge in spectacular fashion to deliver a car that lights the way forward"
The Estrema Fulminea is a 2,011bhp Italian hypercar
"Right, let’s get straight into it. What you see above is the Estrema Fulminea – a limited-run, all-electric hypercar with four-wheel drive and over 2,000bhp from its quad electric motor setup. Where have we heard that one before?"
Advertisement - Page continues belowThis is (almost) the new BMW 2 Series Coupe
"So the new 2 Series will be a small, powerful executive coupe with a straight-six engine and a hankering for 'ambitious cornering’. And while seasons, tides and regimes might change, it seems that where to find the best BMW isn’t going to."
The Abarth 1000 SP is a sports car, not a retrimmed 500
"Well isn’t this a delightful surprise? After seemingly endless Fiat 500 spin-offs, Abarth has treated us to something else. An open-top speedster with racing heritage, nonetheless."
Review: Hyundai Kona Electric
Official! Lamborghini’s first EV will be a four-seat, two-door GT
"We can all pretend to be surprised if you like… but we all knew it was coming. As sure as CEO Stephan Winkelmann slips on a figure-hugging Italian suit each morning, the world’s most flamboyant supercar company was bound to embrace electric sooner or later. It doesn’t really have a choice."
Advertisement - Page continues belowHyundai has started testing its new hybrid WRC car
"The hybrid powertrain will pair the existing WRC 1.6-litre turbo engine with a battery pack and electric motor supplied to all teams by German company Compact Dynamics. The cars will be required to run on EV power alone whilst in service parks and in towns between stages, with an additional electric boost also available on special stages."
The David Brown Mini Remastered has become a hot hatch
"Remember the Mini Remastered we tested a couple of years ago? It’s latterly transformed into a James Bond-inspired edition, and now this: the performance-focused Oselli Edition. And that’s very exciting news indeed."
Advertisement - Page continues belowThis is the Opel Manta GSe: a rear-drive EV with a manual 'box
"Welcome to Opel’s fantastic new creation. Or old restoration. Or whichever blurring of those lines resulted in what you see before you. As you might be able to tell by the vintage-approved styling, this is designed to catch the tidal wave of popularity for restomods. It’s also electric. Gosh, if there was only a way to sum up all this information in a wilfully capitalised portmanteau for maximum nouveau-hipster cred. Ah, Opel already has. Meet the Manta GSe ElektroMOD."
The Zero Black Forest electric bike is as sweet as it sounds
"Zero Motorcycles offers a small handful of adventure bikes, but the Black Forest is the icing in the cake (we’ll stop soon… probably) being, in its maker’s words “the unequalled option for effortless adventure”. So long as you can plug it in, obvs, though it claims up to 200 miles of range from a charge. If you’re careful…"
The new Mercedes-AMG SL knows how to look good naked
"Strip all the panels, trim and mechanicals from the brand new Mercedes-AMG SL and this naked metal is what you’ll see: a clean-sheet composite aluminium chassis that shares not a single part with the old SL nor AMG’s other drop-top, the GT Roadster."
Now’s your chance to buy a GP-winning Lewis Hamilton F1 car
"Multimillionaires of the world, rejoice, for this is the very first time that a Lewis Hamilton Formula 1 car has been offered for public sale."
Radford's first car is this pretty Project 62
"A few months ago, Radford announced it was back. And now we know what the reborn British coachbuilder’s first car will be – this delightful looking Project 62."
Porsche has restored Walter Röhrl’s 924 Carrera GTS rally car
"Well, isn’t this just the most heartwarming story. To celebrate Walter Röhrl’s 74th birthday recently, Porsche surprised the great man with his 924 Carrera GTS rally car, which the folk at the historic motorsport department in Weissach had meticulously restored."
Bugatti has raced a Chiron Sport against a fighter jet
"There’s a bit of a link between the two: the jet’s brakes were developed by a company that traces its roots to Bugatti. It uses lots of lightweight materials in its construction… just like the Chiron Sport. And the Bugatti deploys lots of aero tech, while the jet… well the jet is aero."
Kia Sorento PHEV review: seven-seater plug-in driven
"This new fourth-generation Sorento has an extra 35mm in the wheelbase, is slightly wider and taller and gains a smidgen overall length with a 10mm increase. The big news is that Kia has managed to shove the battery pack in underneath the cabin floor without stealing valuable luggage and passenger space like others do."
The Ford F-150 Lightning is America's best-seller going electric
"With electric cars, there’s much talk of a ‘tipping point’, the moment they become so ordinary and accessible that they’re the norm. America’s best-selling truck turning EV feels like as good a moment as any to pop a quid in the cliché jar and trot it out again. If the Ford F-150 can go electric, anything can."
Review: Fiat 500
"Fiat's re-cast 500 is a solid, refined little electric car"
Review: Volkswagen Golf GTD (Mk8)
"The GTD is quicker and more sporting than ever. But will anyone pick it over the more powerful GTE?"
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