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Everything you need to know about cars this week: 17 Nov '19
A new Ferrari, new McLaren and much weirdness from the Dubai Motor Show
Gaming review: Need for Speed Heat ups the stakes
"If you’ve played a recent Need for Speed, you mostly know what to expect: slick, polished arcade racing with the emphasis on drifty handling. What you might not anticipate is just how meaningful the difference between day and night is and how much more heart-in-mouth a police chase is when you actually have something to lose."
Advertisement - Page continues belowThere's a very shiny new Ariel Ace
"Behold a new, special edition of the Ariel Ace. Yes, Ace. Named as curiously – but factually – as the Skoda Superb, it’s a two-wheeled Atom in ethos and this new Iron Horse edition has arrived to make it notably shinier."
Your first glimpse at VW’s electric estate car
"Brace everyone – we’re about to bring you some actual good news from the world of motoring. Volkswagen has not given up on the estate car. In fact, it’s bringing it into the next generation with an all-new EV previewed by the ID. Space Vizzion concept."
Advertisement - Page continues belowHand yourselves in, the Suzuki Jimny police car is here
"Italian criminals, beware: the Carabinieri has a new weapon in its armoury you’ll be simply powerless to resist. Yep, after years of deploying quick cars to catch the wrongdoers of this world (well, Italy) – from 500bhp Alfas to actual Lotuses – it’s gone down an unexpected route. A 100bhp, aerodynamically questionable route."
The new Skoda Octavia is joyously sensible
"People of the Internet: think the new VW Golf is a bit too out there? Not tempted by an outrageous Ford Focus, or wild Kia Ceed? Well then step right this way, for Skoda has just unveiled the new Octavia and my, isn’t it just the most… sensible thing you’ve ever seen?"
Porsche 911 Speedster review: does it work in winter?
"Sure, the Speedster absolutely shines when the sun does. But when it’s misly and dank outside, this thing just feels plain otherworldly. Rather like seeing Quentin Tarantino on the neighbouring table in your local café rather than the bar of a fancy Hollywood hotel, the Speedster has an ethereal swagger to it on neglected British B-roads."
Check out these stunning supercars heading to auction
"You probably won’t be surprised to hear that the upcoming Riyadh Car Show Auction will feature a whole host of the world’s rarest and most ridiculous supercars and hypercars going up for sale. These mega-auctions are becoming ever more common, but even so, we still can’t get over just how special this lot list is."
Advertisement - Page continues belowThe Maserati GranTurismo is dead
"After 12 years in production and some 40,000 cars sold, the Maserati GranTurismo is finally being put out to pasture, giving the company time and space to concentrate on renovations to its Modena plant and development of its next 'high-performance sports car'."
The 2,012bhp Aspark Owl is the most powerful production hypercar
"The road-going electric hypercar boasts a Lotus Evija-beating 2,012bhp, making it - we think - the world’s most powerful production road car."
Advertisement - Page continues belowAspark wants to set a 'Ring record in the Owl hypercar
"And as it’s a road car, it needs to compete with such lunatics like the Aventador SVJ, the Nio EP9, 911 GT2 RS, SR8… the list goes on. It’s a long, and very aggressive list, full of things that are proven and very capable."
Formula 1 will have a net-zero carbon footprint by 2030
"Formula 1 is changing – big time. Just a couple of weeks after the sport’s organisers announced dramatic new regulations for the 2021 season, they have now unveiled a plan to achieve a net-zero carbon footprint by 2030. That means the whole F1 circus will use no more energy than it creates in renewable form."
The Ajlani Drakuma is a 1,200bhp twin-turbo hypercar*
"Unveiled at the Dubai Motor Show, this is but a design prototype, built over five years to showcase the prize jewel of company founder Bashar Ajlani’s long-held vision to become the next Pagani."
Extreme E will race in the heart of the Himalayas
"Plans for the first season of Extreme E – the off-road sibling of Formula E – are taking shape remarkably quickly, and the all-electric series has now announced the location of its penultimate round. "
Check out these images of the new Defender in Bond
"Just when you thought the upcoming Bond movie literally couldn’t feature any more cars, we get behind the scenes shots of a muddy chase involving a gaggle of new Land Rover Defenders."
Mercedes-AMG GT R review: is the Roadster sacrilegious?
"It’s the Mercedes-AMG GT R Roadster. A car with styling to scare children and a market position to anger anyone who reckons a convertible version of a hardcore supercar is a contradiction of highly offensive proportions."
The £1.4m Elva is McLaren's lightest ever road car
"The McLaren Elva is described as ‘a ferociously fast open-cockpit car’ and fits into the company’s top-line Ultimate Series, following in the footsteps of the P1 and Senna and sitting alongside the new Speedtail."
Peugeot is readying a new hypercar for Le Mans
"Peugeot’s entry will be in the upcoming Hypercar class too, the regulations for which stipulate that 20 road-going versions of each car must be built across a two-year period for homologation purposes."
The Zedro Notorious is a 1,250bhp daily driver hypercar
"Meet the etch-a-sketch supercar, yours from upwards of $65k. It’s called the Zedro Motors Notorious, and its makers offer almost limitless customisation options and designs."
Review: Audi S8
"Screw ‘high-performance’ SUVs. Get one of these instead, and pretend you’re a Parisian assassin."
The new Ferrari Roma is an Aston Martin Vantage killer
"Sound the new Ferrari klaxon, we’ve got another one. The fifth new model from Maranello this year - F8 Tributo, F8 Tributo Spider, 812 GTS, SF90 Stradale… and now Roma, designed to muscle in on the Aston Martin Vantage and AMG GT’s patch."
Review: Porsche 718 Spyder
"Beautiful up top, focused below. Not quite as unique as it once was, but still a glorious item."
Andy Green on Bloodhound: 'it's worse to drive than I hoped'
"Bloodhound is a hive of activity. Sitting in a big white marquee on the eastern edge of Hakskeen Pan, the land speed record car is being dismantled. Earlier in the day, it had thrown up a fire warning at 481mph, causing the run to be aborted. It’s the second time the same sensor has caused this issue, so the team will spend the next few days tracking down and fixing it. While that was going on, Top Gear’s Ollie Marriage cornered Andy Green for a catch up."
Video: a closer look at the Ferrari Roma
"With 611bhp from its front-mounted V8, the Ferrari Roma is aiming squarely at the Aston Martin Vantage and the AMG GT. But how do the rest of the specs stack up?"
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