Everything you need to know about cars this week

"It’s certainly more comely than the old X4. But style is a personal thing and we’re still struggling to see much beauty in the new X4. The tail is longer then the old but viewed from some angles the metalwork looks a bit lardy back there. That’s the result of an attempt to combine the coupe roof with decent room for rear adults, and a boot too..."

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"Next month, lots of lovely cars are going under the hammer at Bonhams’ Goodwood Festival of Speed sale. So many lovely cars, that you might be spoilt for choice. If you’ve got circa £1.5million to spend, you really will be.

"That’s because four hypercar icons from the last ten years are all being auctioned for that sort of money, the very last Bugatti Veyron Super Sport included..."

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"If you’ve read anything about 718 Caymans or Boxsters before this article you’ll know all too well that they don’t sound as good as before, so let’s take that as read, and instead explore what else the 718 did (or didn’t do) well in its time with us…"

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"Yikes, this is exciting. Lanzante are making a longtail McLaren P1 GT, and we’ll see it next week at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

"If you need a reminder, Lanzante are behind the road-legal McLaren P1 GTR – known as the P1 LM – which set a quite mad 6m43.2s lap at the Nürburgring last year. It also proved pretty quick up the Goodwood hillclimb..."

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"This is one of those occasions where a true performance car hero has been replaced, which puts the weight of expectation on the new one.

"The new Renault Megane RS 280 is immediately a different proposition, though. Its forebear was the kindred spirit of a Porsche 911 GT3, with the focus on the person in the driving seat thanks to stiff suspension, cramped rear quarters and not much in the way of confusing tech or fancy media screens. Now it’s five-door only, with a choice of manual or paddleshift auto gearboxes and a slightly dizzying array of driving modes and on-board glitz.."

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"As a quick refresher, the 959 was produced with one aim: to be the fastest and most technologically advanced Porsche road car ever. First born in 1983, it was primarily a race car. But then made into a homologation special - one of those mystical road cars that only exists so that a manufacturer can qualify to enter their race car in a particular series. The series in question for the 959 was Group B Rallying..."

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"Here’s your latest contender in the sub-Singer ‘Expensive Porsche 911 That’s Tastefully Updated’ pool. Meet the Paul Stephens Le Mans Classic Clubsport..."

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"What we have here is what happens when your resto-mod has too much mod and not enough resto. Apparently, some of Ward’s customers weren’t overly keen with the amount of attention the full-on ‘BR’ series Ford Bronco remixes get out in the real world (the ones with architectural glass, Lear jet sunvisors, funky modern paint and Nike-made jewellery). Which has led him to design the ‘Old School Series’ cars..."

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"Welcome to the Spiaggina by Garage Italia showcar. As you can see, it’s based on a Fiat 500C, but thanks to hefty body strengthening work from Pininfarina, the 500’s gone fully topless this time. One roll bar, no roof rails, and only two seats. A cuter car for summer we cannot think of..."

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"Called simply the Abt Audi RS6-E, this is the first-ever hybrid-drive Audi RS car. Inserted directly into the transmission is a booster system in the form of an electric motor. It develops 284bhp – more power than the new Renault Sport Megane’s engine – and a meaty 234lb ft..."

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