Audi's all-wheel-drive Quattro rally car was a game-changer at the World Rally Championship decades ago; more recently, the automaker was the first to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a hybrid powertrain. Now the automaker is turning its attention to one of the most extreme competitions on earth, the Dakar Rally, and combining know-how from both those previous endeavors. Audi will enter Dakar in 2022 with a newly developed hybrid machine that…
The last variant of the Aventador was announced at the premiere on Lamborghini's social channels in July 2021. Lamborghini is pleased to present Aventador LP 780-4 Ultimae: the perfect synthesis of the performance of Aventador SVJ and the sophisticated design of Aventador S, in a new definitive model produced to celebrate the iconic V12 super sports car. The most obvious change is a boatload of extra carbon fiber bits, such as the new front bumper,…
The Ferrari 296 GTB is a plug-in hybrid sports car designed by the Italian automobile manufacturer Ferrari, which was unveiled on 24 June 2021. The 2022 Ferrari 296GTB is an exotic sports car that represents a new era for the Italian automaker, one that revolves around a V-6 engine and hybrid technology. After a long hiatus, the six-cylinder Ferrari has returned, but don't call it a Dino. Instead, the new sports car from Maranello gets…
The Bugatti Chiron is a mid-engine two-seater sports car designed and developed in Germany by Bugatti Engineering GmbH, the successor to the Bugatti Veyron, the Chiron was first shown at the Geneva Motor Show on 1 March 2016. The new addition to the Chiron line-up shares its mechanicals - and most of its styling - with the Chiron x, a limited-run special edition based on the specially adapted Chiron that achieved a record-breaking top speed…
Remember the Rolls-Royce Sweptail? Billed as the most expensive new car ever built at its reveal in 2017, the Sweptail was just a warm-up to Rolls-Royce's permanent return to coachbuilding. The British maker of ultra-luxury vehicles announced the new Rolls-Royce Coachbuild division, it showed off the Boat Tail as the latest in its line of coach-built cars and an example of just what is possible at its coachbuilding division, assuming money is no object.…