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Everything you need to know about cars this week: 28 Apr' 19
More range for the Tesla Model S, a new Aston cabrio and reviews aplenty
Aston Martin’s interested in the hypercar class at Le Mans
"December, 2018: the FIA confirms that 'sleek, high performance hybrid cars' will race acoss the World Endurance Championship, of which Le Mans forms a significant part, from 2020. April, 2019: Aston Martin tells TopGear.com that it is quite interested in having a play with this new breed of racing machines that more closely resemble road going HyperThings."
Advertisement - Page continues belowWant to see how Tesla builds its cars?
"Recently, Top Gear embarked on a marathon Tesla-based 24 hours – road-tripping from San Francisco to Los Angeles in a Model 3 Performance and attending the reveal of the new Model Y, but before all that we had a chance to tour the Fremont factory. You can watch the video of the entire day, but it was the factory that left the deepest impression. So here’s a gallery of what we found inside, along with some mind-scrambling numbers for good measure. Here we go…"
Jaguar F-Pace SVR review: supercharged Stelvio rival driven
"While other super SUVs might feel like family cars with a hot rod engine uncouthly shoehorned ahead of the dashboard, this feels the car the F-Pace chassis was always made for."
Advertisement - Page continues belowThis tuned Ferrari 328 is bound to cause an argument
"You either love them or you hate them. Back in February this year, we asked whether the slammed Ferraris of Madlane Ltd in Japan were sacrilege, and it’s fair to say there were some strong opinions on the subject. Undeterred, Italian American company Casil Motors is now offering a ‘bespoke tailoring service’ for the classic Ferrari 328. Hard hats on, people."
Self-driving Teslas might be a thing in 2020
"Elon Musk has claimed (for once not on Twitter) that by this time next year, there could be over a million fully self-driving Teslas on the road."
This is an all-electric restomod Ford Bronco
"According to Zero Labs, there are over 1,000 new parts on the Bronco. The main ones of course come in the drivetrain, where the oily gubbins have been replaced by an electric motor and 70kWh battery to give 369bhp and a 190-mile range. Things might have come to a slightly less dramatic end if OJ had simply run out of charge on the freeway."
Shock! Aston’s DBS Superleggera Volante is a pretty car
"Surprise! Aston Martin has made an attractive car. Yeah, big shock, we know. Welcome to the shiny new DBS Superleggera Volante, a rather convoluted nomenclature that can be condensed to ‘Pretty Car’."
Advertisement - Page continues belowTen reasons why you shouldn’t be afraid of a hybrid Porsche 911
"If Ferry Porsche’s quote of 'the last car built on earth will surely be a sports car', then the rear-engined icon is going to have to evolve just like everything else on the road. Porsche itself is readying a hybrid 911, but if you can’t wait for its engineers to slot an electric motor in the gap they’ve already left in the new, current 992-generation 911’s gearbox, then Californian firm Vonnen has a solution."
Tesla Model 3 vs BMW M3: new issue of TG magazine out now!
"Electric beats petrol. A bold statement on the front of the freshly-redesigned Top Gear magazine, but one that proved true this month."
Advertisement - Page continues belowCheck out this awesome restomod Trabant
"Yes, ladies and gentlemen of the internet, the subject of the above gallery is a restomodded Trabant. Things may have got out of hand."
Updated Tesla Model S & X get more range
"Upgrades announced today for the Tesla Model S saloon and Model X SUV/MPV/spaceship-thing mainly revolve around range. Insofar as you get more of it."
Ford and Rivian are collaborating on an EV
"Ford’s investment means one of its execs will joins Rivian’s board. More interestingly, though, the companies will also collaborate on a new Ford EV based on Rivian’s skateboard platform."
Mercedes E300 de: diesel-electric hybrid tested
"The Mercedes E300 de, and a bit of a rare fish, actually. While the world is flush with petrol-electric hybrids, the diesel-electric hybrid has only graced a select few cars so far. Really, diesel-electric is the kind of powertrain you expect from intercity trains and gigantic mining trucks."
These amazing movie cars will go on display
"The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles has announced a new exhibition of things. Which is fitting, considering it is a museum that exhibits things. Now it’s the turn of Hollywood, and the machines that have graced some of the most popular films of all time."
Behold: the 500bhp, $295k ‘tactical’ Hummer H1
"It has been constructed by a Detroit-based company called Mil-Spec Automotive, and we suspect has rocketed to the top of your very latest nightmare. Welcome to #006: the sixth specially built Hummer Mil-Spec’s done."
Praise be: the Aston Martin Vantage V12 Zagato returns!
"Now, the V12 Zagato has returned, courtesy of a new brand company called R-Reforged and in celebration of Zagato’s 100th anniversary. Officially, they’re called the TWINS, because there are two."
Geometry A review: China’s Tesla Model 3 rival tested
"Look, it’s a new electric car brand from a massive Chinese carmaker that’s grown exponentially in recent years that also promises to be cheap – the equivalent UK price, without subsidies, is just under £24k (210k RMB)."
This tiny Ford Escort is made from gold, silver and diamonds
"We’d say £78,000 is a lot of money to pay for a Ford Escort, let alone one that’s 1/25th the size of the real deal. Yet that’s exactly how much cash one man from Essex spent building this - a massively detailed miniature Mk2 Escort made mostly from exotic metals."
Have a flick through the new issue of TG magazine
"Tesla Model 3 vs BMW M3, a new Retro section and a posh SUV fight"
Mercedes-AMG GT4 review: is it as scary as it looks?
"This is the Mercedes-AMG GT4, a racing car based upon the already very unhinged AMG GT R. You’d be forgiven for scurrying behind the nearest sofa at the mere sight of it."
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