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Everything you need to know about cars this week: 13 Sept '20
Maserati's new MC20, a drive of the Goldfinger DB5 and much more
Rear-drive rivalry: Lamborghini Huracán RWD vs Audi R8 RWD
"Lighter, more nimble, cheaper: are the entry-level supercar siblings the ones to have?"
Advertisement - Page continues belowThe VW Caddy California is a sweet little camper van
"This is the Caddy California, and it’s designed for those who find the idea of threading a full-size van into the wilderness a little intimidating. It’s a tiddly little van for couples who want to holiday in their own little bubble. Quite appealing right now, huh?"
Mon Dieu! Alpine is entering Formula 1
"Hands up who was expecting this? Renault’s Formula One team will take the name of Alpine from the 2021 season, putting one of rallying’s most legendary marques at the top table of circuit racing for the first time."
Advertisement - Page continues belowNetflix is making an eight-part ‘fictional drama’ about Ayrton Senna
"Run out of good TV post-lockdown? Us too. But don’t worry because a) Top Gear will be back on the BBC before long and b) Netflix is working on something that could well be worth a watch."
Lewis Hamilton has created a new team in Extreme E
"Hamilton’s ‘X44’ outfit – a nod to his racing number in F1 – will join a growing list of teams and drivers that currently includes Chip Ganassi Racing, Andretti United, Abt, HWA, Techeetah, and Veloce Racing."
Gordon Murray’s next car will be more “conventional”
"Speaking to TopGear.com on the reveal of the T.50s racer – the track-only ‘version’ of the T.50 supercar – Murray revealed that whatever he does next will, naturally, be a little less hardcore."
Gaze in wonder inside the workshops of GTO Engineering
"Whether you need a competition-spec Colombo V12 building for a race meeting, or merely a fluid top-up on your 812 Superfast, the independent Ferrari fanatics based just outside Henley-on-Thames will have forgotten more about prancing horses before breakfast than you’ll remember in a lifetime. "
Advertisement - Page continues belowThis is the racecar-inspired Project Geländewagen
"Project Geländewagen is a collaboration between a chap called Virgil Abloh – creative director and founder of Off-White, and the men’s artistic director of Louis Vuitton – and Merc’s design boss Gordon Wagener. That much is clear."
The Suzuki Jimny is coming back as a van
"Good news, fans of tiny weeny 4x4s: the Suzuki Jimny’s been saved at the eleventh hour. Emissions regulations had turfed it out of British showrooms, but it’s found a way back."
Advertisement - Page continues belowThe new VW Golf Estate is peak sensible
"The new Volkswagen Golf Estate has 1,642-litres of boot, which means it’s not just more spacious than the car it replaces (to the tune of 22-litres), but more practical than, for example, a Volvo V60 or BMW 3 Series Touring."
Top Gear’s Aston Martin DB5 Goldfinger Continuation review
"This really is the ultimate DB5. The team used a CT scanner designed by Siemens to scan an original DB5, millimetre by millimetre, examining the body and all the tolerances on the engine, and sympathetically rectifying any 55-year old problem areas."
This is it: the plug-in hybrid Land Rover Defender
"The PHEV can’t be specced with seven-seats , it can’t tow quite as much as a normal Defender (3,000kg for the PHEV plays 3,500 for the standard car), you lose around 150-litres of boot space (2,277 litres max versus 2,127 litres) and of course it’s quite a bit heavier, but we’re promised it’s just as handy off-road. Ground clearance is good as ever and you can still wade through up to 900mm of water."
Top Gear TV is back, with a drive-in movie twist
"Exhausted every streaming service in lockdown, and desperate for something new to watch? Well breathe a sigh of relief, because Top Gear is back soon. And in its new home on BBC One."
Suzuki's 100th birthday present is a limited edition sports bike
"Suzuki is 100 years old. Hurrah! And this is its birthday present to itself. Not a Swift with some token stickers on it, but a riotous sports bike with 200bhp. And a price tag that’s equivalent to a Swift with stickers on it…"
Opinion: we need to burn petrol the *right* way
"A petrol-powered car is something that requires understanding, ability and, on occasion, genuine sympathy to get the most out of. An electric car requires none of that. There’s no mastery, no controls to adapt to beyond a steering wheel, something that makes it go faster, and something that makes it stop."
New Top Gear magazine out now: The Italian Mob
"There’s our drive of the all-electric Fiat 500e, news of Maserati’s new supercar, the MC20 (which will be offered with V6 petrol and pure electric power) and further details on the madcap, decidedly non-electric Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAm. Plus, we compare the Dr Jekyll Roma with the Mr Hyde SF90 – both are new, V8-engined Ferraris, so just how different can they be?"
Good lord, it’s a 1,000bhp 2JZ-engined GR Yaris
"When it’s finished, Daigo’s little project will be a 1,000bhp, rear-wheel drive, 2JZ-engined GR Yaris with a madcap widebody kit courtesy of Pandem (which Daigo has helpfully previewed by fitting it to a liveried but mechanically standard GR Yaris). The man is bonkers and we love him. It’s worth remembering he was also the first to fit the new MkV Supra with the MkIV’s 2JZ."
Sebastian Vettel will drive for Aston Martin's new F1 team
"Good news everyone, Sebastian Vettel will race in Formula One next season. The four-time World Champion is joining Racing Point – which next year will become Aston Martin’s factory-backed F1 team – for '2021 and beyond'."
Woah, it's the new Maserati MC20 supercar
"The reason that ears are pricked is mainly because Maserati is still an effortlessly cool brand. If you couldn’t work a Merak or Khamsin into your retro fantasies, then at least there’d be a place for a blocky bi-turbo. Less flash and more cheerful than Ferrari, more characterful than McLaren, lacking the bawdy – but joyful – aggression of a Lamborghini."
The Ares S Project is a 705bhp Corvette-based supercar
"We caught up with Dany to discuss his latest project, the audacious piece of supercar design your eyes are currently scanning in disbelief. Called the Ares S Project, it’s a limited-run supercar that doesn’t look to the past for ideas; it’s an object all of its own. Sort of."
Maserati's electric MC20 will be a tri-motor, 700bhp+ supercar
"The upcoming fully-electric variant of the new Maserati MC20 supercar will feature a powertrain delivering more than 700bhp, TopGear.com has learned."
This boxy Volkswagen 4x4 is the Audi R8's true ancestor
"This rather strange looking vehicle is the Volkswagen Iltis. It’s a military 4x4 that also spawned a civilian version. Born in the late 1970s, it was an evolution of something called the DKW Munga, brought up to date by borrowing parts from the Beetle and Mk1 Golf."
Top Gear’s Top 9: the cutest cars ever
"Had a rough week? Squee, just look at the ickle-wickle cutie cars!"
This is the production version of the 1,080bhp Lucid Air EV
"We’ve been waiting for the production version of the Lucid Air for a long, long time now. We first heard of the California-based company’s introductory luxury electric saloon (sound familiar?) way back in December 2016, and although we’ll have to wait a few more months until deliveries get underway in the US, Lucid has finally given us a look at the production car and its numbers."
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