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Everything you need to know about cars this week: 15 Dec '19
Gordon Murray teases his new hypercar, and McLaren gives us another track special
The McLaren 620R is basically a cut-price Senna
"In short, it’s a road-legal version of McLaren’s 570S GT4 racecar, but shorn of niggly regulations, it produces a nice fat 612bhp in road spec. Even more than the mighty 600LT, McLaren’s other Sports Series track special."
Advertisement - Page continues belowThe Jaguar I-Pace now goes more miles thanks to racing
"Got a Jaguar I-Pace have you? Then Merry Christmas from Jag – it’ll now go a bit further on a charge. An extra 12 miles in the real world we’re told, before you’ll need to bail and find a plug."
Porsche has developed a quad-motor electric SUV
"Porsche has already tested this setup in an SUV (thought it won’t say which one) over a couple of winters, which means a setup formerly the reserve of gazillion-horsepower exotica could be making its way to a people carrier soon."
Advertisement - Page continues belowReview: Peugeot 2008
"Small SUVs launch in abundance but thanks to electric power and great interior tech, this is among the most interesting."
This is the first pic of Gordon Murray’s T.50 hypercar
"This is big. Like, era-defining big. This is the Gordon Murray Automotive T.50, and it may just be the most aerodynamically-advanced - not to mention exciting - road car the world has ever seen."
Peugeot's 208 Rally 4 has a delightfully perfect 208bhp
"Meet the new Peugeot 208 rally car. And the big news is it’s powered by lovely old petrol. That never used to be news in the motorsport world, but Vauxhall launched an electric Corsa rally car earlier this year, and we half expected the vastly related 208 to follow in its tyre tracks."
These special McLaren Sennas celebrate… Ayrton Senna
"Each one celebrates a remarkable achievement from Ayrton’s career, so it’s almost a shame there were only three cars to hand. Still, these really are very cool. Each Senna Senna features a bare carbon fibre body with detailing that matches the hosting countries’ colours from each special Grand Prix."
Advertisement - Page continues belowNew F1 tyres for 2020? Computer says no
"This of course means the teams won’t have to change the designs of their 2020 cars – the proposed new rubber had a different profile to this year’s tyres – and continue their own development. No doubt at an advanced stage, considering it’s the end of 2019."
This is an all-American kit car with a 9.5-litre V12
"Do you trust yourself to put up flat-pack furniture and change your spark plugs once in a while? Well, we’ve got great news for you – because soon you’ll be able to build your very own 750bhp V12-engined supercar, all from the comfort of your own garage."
Advertisement - Page continues belowOfficial: Toyota is making a road-legal 4WD super-Yaris
"Toyota has some hot hatch momentum at last. We liked the £26k Yaris GRMN, complete with manic little supercharged engine and dubious stickers, but this is a much more serious bit of kit. This is the Toyota GR Yaris. And yes, it’s also covered in stickers. GR-4, they read."
Vauxhall Corsa review: first UK test
"The Corsa has always been a massive seller, but mostly because it looked good and had few glaring flaws. It was uniformly ‘not bad’. But time’s moved on and stern rivals have arrived: a new Clio, Peugeot 208, loads of VW Group superminis. The Fiesta is still pretty new too."
Lewis Hamilton and Valentino Rossi swap machines. Yes
"Ladies and gentlemen, the crossover you’ve all been waiting for. At the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Lewis Hamilton (six F1 world titles, loves bikes) swapped machines with Valentino Rossi (nine world titles, loves cars), and here are the results. We’ll wait."
Want a VW Touareg with nearly 500bhp? ABT’s got you
"We don’t get the V8 TDI Volkswagen Touareg in the UK, but for those that do, some solace. We know how underpowered the 420-odd horsepower 4.0-litre is. We know you lay sleepless at nights, wondering why you have such little power."
This is the fantastically bonkers Suzuki Swift Sport Extreme
"Oh my word yes. All kinds of yes. This is the Suzuki Swift Sport Extreme concept, and it is absolutely fantastic in every way. We’ve found the hill. We’re hunkering in."
Watch: Chris Harris on the Tesla Cybertruck
"What does Chris Harris make of the new Tesla Cybertruck? Find out by hitting play. Read the full debrief on Tesla’s newest truck here, once you’re done."
Top Gear’s Top 9: the crazy fan-car edition
"Gordon Murray’s new supercar sent us down a fan-equipped car wormhole."
This one-off soft-top Defender 90 costs £240,000
"£240,000 seems steep for an old Land Rover Defender doesn’t it? Luckily, the one you see above actually only cost its new owner £239,990. Bargain."
Listen to the Mercedes-AMG One on track
"Six-time Formula 1 world champions don’t get out of bed for less than 1,000bhp, we just made up. Lewis Hamilton meeting the Mercedes-AMG One therefore, rings some significance."
Official: TG's Family Car of the Year, the Audi RS6, will dance
"There you go. Proof, just in case you weren’t sure, that the new, twin-turbo V8 Audi RS6 will do silly, childish, but thoroughly entertaining skids. We did them, over in California, as part of our shiny new Top Gear Awards issue of the magazine."
Shelby is putting its mad SEMA super truck into production
"Only a month has passed since the 2019 SEMA show in Las Vegas, but the folks at Shelby have certainly been busy during that time. The reason? Apparently, reaction to the company’s F-150 Super Snake Sport concept was so impressive that it was fast-tracked through development and will now go into production, with manufacturing beginning early next year."
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