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Everything you need to know about cars this week: 18 Apr '21
Ferrari to build an EV, Merc finally reveals the EQS, and we drive the first fast Peugeot in years
Toyota Supra 2.0 vs Porsche 718 Cayman vs Jaguar F-Type
"The Supra 3.0 stands out in a competitive field as a brooding, muscular sort, trading outright dynamism for the demeanour of a shrunken GT. But slicing off two cylinders has saved 100kg and right at the front axle, doing wonders for weight distribution. While it takes a step back in terms of character, it strides forward in athleticism."
Advertisement - Page continues belowYep, the MG Cyberster concept is actually real
"Just days after teasing us with official renderings, MG has shown us what its Cyberster electric concept looks like in real life ahead of its Shanghai Motor Show debut later this month. Quite a thing, huh?"
The Citroen C5X is a new breed of big French car
"While most of the world continues to flock to crossovers, Citroen thinks – hopes – that some people are already just a bit over them. They don’t want the bulk, the weight, the fuel consumption. But on the other hand they do want a slice of a crossover’s height and carrying versatility."
Advertisement - Page continues belowCheck out Rimac’s fancy new headquarters
"What might come as a surprise is some of the features that this new home will incorporate. The perimeter test track is to be expected, but there’ll also be on-site organic food production, grazing sheep, eco woodland cabins and a kindergarten. Nice."
Say hello to Bentley’s outrageous Continental GT3 ‘Pikes Peak’
"Welcome, one and all, to the outrageous Bentley Continental GT3 Pikes Peak. This modified GT3 racecar will be driven by Pikes Peak legend Rhys Millen at the 99th annual PHIHC in June. His aim? To smash the existing record of 9:36.559 set last year by David Donner in a Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport."
Video: meet the 80s hatchback with a motorbike in the boot
"The idea was genius: you would drive to the edge of town, then ride the last mile to the office on the scooter. It was the ultimate urban mobility solution, 40 years before anyone really started talking about urban mobility solutions."
Review: Mazda CX-30
"Mazda successfully plugs the teeny-tiny gap between its CX-3 and CX-5 with another crossover"
Advertisement - Page continues belowYou’ll soon be able to buy a Ford Bronco 6x6
"The Illinois-based firm hasn’t released too much detail about the project just yet, but we do know that the finished product will arrive in 2022 and that reservations are already open. Just one catch – the asking price is $399,000 (or around £300k). Ouch."
Adventuring in the mad Mercedes EQC 4x4²
"There is an element of overkill here, to be honest. Although the Col is high, you can drive it in any kind of competent 4x4, and I pretty much brought a bazooka to a spoon fight. Because as you can see from the pictures, this is no ordinary Mercedes-Benz EQC electric SUV. This is the Mercedes-Benz EQC 4x4², and that little postscript multiplier confounds the formula and equals instant wonderful."
Advertisement - Page continues belowProgress report: Land Rover Freelander vs Discovery Sport
"If you stretch the smallest of the Land Rover range back into the glorious mists of the late 1990s, the Freelander L314 is what you get. Originally called the Pathfinder project and codenamed CB40 - after Canley Building 40 where the concept was developed - the Freelander was Land Rover going modern."
Get ready for cheaper, longer-range Polestar 2s
"The ‘Standard Range Single Motor’ P2 is the entry-level model, with the 64kWh battery and a single 221bhp electric motor. It costs from £39,900 and claims up to 273 miles of range. By comparison, the entry-level Tesla Model 3 costs £40,990 and claims 278 miles of range."
The new Skoda Kodiaq vRS has a more powerful petrol engine
"The fastest seven-seat SUV around the Nürburgring – achieved by the late, great Sabine Schmitz – now has a more powerful engine. Skoda has facelifted its big SUV with a host of new trinkets, most important of which can be summarised as: turbo petrol > diesel."
The Bentley Continental GT Speed Convertible hits 208mph
"The 6.0-litre W12 – matched to an eight-speed automatic – is Hercules incarnate: 650bhp and 664lb ft of torque (the same as the recently revealed GT Speed Coupe), allowing it to go from 0-62mph in 3.7secs (the Speed Coupe does it in 3.6secs) and a top speed of 208mph (exactly the same as the hard-top)."
Review: Peugeot 508 Peugeot Sport Engineered
"Bold, interesting and expensive. It's a niche but exotic alternative to the norm"
Review: Skoda Enyaq iV
"First purpose-built Skoda EV nails the brief. Incredibly convincing alternative to the ID.4"
Of course there's another new Nissan GT-R Nismo
"On the surface, there’s a more obviously carbon bonnet. The outgoing Nismo had a carbon bonnet too, but losing its exterior paint has cut around 100 grams here. You could save that by wearing thinner socks, so you’ve got to admire the dedication."
Cupra Formentor eHybrid VZ2 review: 242bhp crossover tested
"What you actually get is torque-steer, interrupted by a yelp from the 1.4-litre engine as if you’ve stood on its paw while it was sleeping, and then a heap more torque-steer. Maybe in the opposite direction, just to keep you concentrating."
Group therapy: Toyota GR Yaris vs the rally icons
"Without homologation Renault would never have put the engine in the back of a 5, Audi would never have chopped a foot out the middle of a quattro, the RS200 would never have been so much as a sketch on a drawing board, the Celica and Impreza would never have been more than moderately interesting, semi-sports cars. Rallying has given them all a story. Let’s hope that the GR Yaris gets to tell one of its own."
Official: Ferrari’s first fully electric supercar to arrive in 2025
"There’s no further detail at this early stage of course, so it’s anyone’s guess as to what kind of full EV Ferrari will release. A Good EV, one suspects."
Review: Isuzu D-Max
"Top spec models are well equipped and massively capable off-road, but on road it’s still rough around the edges"
Finally: say hello to the Mercedes EQS
"Some seven years in the making, this scalable platform heralds a new era of purpose-built, uncompromisingly electric Mercedes. And the hugely complicated EQS is genesis."
Retro review: Citroen SM
"GT motoring at its finest. A fabulous, relaxing cruiser... once you've gotten used to its eccentricities"
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