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Everything you need to know about cars this week: 16 Aug '20
We drive the new Aston DBX and Golf GTI, plus BMW finally confirms an M3 Touring
Review: Aston Martin DBX
"Aston's first ever SUV is an interesting, exciting thing. Little late to the party, but feels different, and like an Aston"
Advertisement - Page continues belowThe big electric test: Polestar 2 vs Tesla Model 3
"Here we go then, Polestar 2 against Tesla 3. The 2 you see here is equipped with the £5,000 Performance Pack. Similarly the 3 is a Performance version for full-whack-in-the-back go. This means they’re both around £55k or about £700 a month on PCP."
Toyota GT86 review: Blue Edition tested
"The Blue Edition is part of the ‘Club Series’, a set of colourful special editions (that are not limited in numbers) to try and stoke up some interest in Top Gear’s Car of the Year 2012, which is still on sale eight years after it entered production."
Advertisement - Page continues belowKnight Rider is being made into a new film
"The director behind Aquaman, James Wan, is developing the film, with writing duties falling to videogame writer and screenwriter TJ Fixman. The movie will apparently be set in the present day, though no further details have been announced."
Maserati will now fit all its cars with the 3.8-litre Ferrari V8
"Gather round Internet folk, for we have exciting news from Italy. Remember the Maserati Levante Trofeo – the bonkers Ferrari-engined SUV from the Bologna-based company? Well, Maserati has finally decided that its other cars should get the Trofeo treatment too."
Review: Bentley Bentayga
"The Bentayga has always been an irresistibly posh take on the SUV. Its update only exaggerates the feeling"
Mercedes-Benz E-Class review: hybrid E300e tested
"First, I must tell you about the powertrain on the actual car I drove. Because it too has imperfections. I’m in the E300e, the plug-in hybrid. The petrol engine is a dieselly-sounding thing which you notice all the more because much of the time it’s absent, its job replaced by electric urge. Also the battery makes a lump in the boot floor the size of a trombone case."
Advertisement - Page continues belowReview: Isuzu D-Max
"What you see is what you get: a rugged pick-up with some wild off-road variants"
This new 306bhp Audi S3 Sportback costs £37,900
"Time was, you’d need something like a 911 or M3 to get sub-five second 0-62mph times. Now you just need a 2.0-litre turbocharged small Audi, here revealed in S3 Sportback and S3 Saloon varieties."
Advertisement - Page continues belowTop Gear’s Porsche 911 Targa 4S review
"Cards on the table, there’s never been a convertible I’d take over its hard-topped equivalent simply because they’re not my bag and I’m not sufficiently extrovert. But there’s something about the latest gen Porsche Targa that totally floats my boat, though perhaps less so in the white over black alloys our test car was finished in."
Review: Toyota Yaris
"Efficient, interesting looking and updated inside, but the Yaris remains forgettable to drive"
The Bentley Bentayga Speed isn’t Speedier than the old one
"Someone call the Trading Standard police or whatever they’re called these days. Bentley has just confirmed all the weights and measures of the new Bentayga Speed, and it’s exactly as quick as it used to be. They’ll be locked in the Tower for this."
The 911 GT3 RS looks even wilder with Manthey Racing bits
"Remember Manthey Racing? You should do. They’re the German motorsport team who tweaked the 911 GT2 RS when Porsche needed to steal back its title of quickest road legal car around the Nürburgring, having been beaten by Lamborghini and the Aventador SVJ."
Cancel all cars: a BMW M3 Touring has been confirmed
"The new BMW M3 saloon will be fully unveiled next month, alongside the BMW M4 Coupe. Good times. In 2021, we’ll see a BMW M4 Convertible, and after that… a BMW M3 Touring."
Volkswagen Golf GTI
"Still a very rounded, complete bit of kit that’s now keener for corners, but far from the last word in outright punch. Beware the fiddly interior tech"
The Hyperion XP-1 is a 220mph+ hydrogen hypercar
"The XP-1, then, is all part of a plan to drum-up support for hydrogen power, and the initial stats make a rather compelling case. How’s this for a headline – 0-60mph in under 2.2 seconds, a top speed of over 220mph, 1,000 miles of range on a single tank and 3 to 5 minutes to refill the thing."
ABT's tuned Audi RSQ8 is a 196mph SUV
"Known as the RSQ8-R, it’ll be limited to just 125 examples and will fly on to a top speed of 196mph. As well as the power upgrade though it’ll come with a stainless-steel exhaust system, 23-inch wheels and a madcap carbon fibre aero package. On a 2.3-tonne SUV. "
Review: Volkswagen ID.3
"Inoffensive, well thought-out and easy to use. So, just like a Golf, but happens to be electric"
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