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Everything you need to know about cars this week: 2 Sept 2018
The best of Pebble and one exceptionally expensive Ferrari... the week in cars, this way
Video: all you need to know about the Bugatti Divo
"Stiffer, lighter and generally madder, this is the new €5m, 236mph Bugatti Divo. Now let Top Gear magazine’s Jack Rix walk you round the limited-edition 1,479bhp super Chiron."
Advertisement - Page continues belowThe Mercedes EQ Silver Arrow is a stunning EV speedster
"The EQ Silver Arrow plunders real heritage (not Infiniti’s wish-we-were-there wistfulness) and applies an electrified spin to the record-breaking Benz single-seaters of the Thirties. Imagine, if you will, this design study as a fantasy future for Formula E. Oof. Yes please."
Sold: Ferrari 250 GTO goes for $48.4m
"The final price? $48.4m after fees, making this little Ferrari a big story. It now becomes the most expensive car ever sold at public auction (though a little off the reported $70m paid for a 250 GTO a couple of months back at a private auction)."
Advertisement - Page continues belowThe SSC Tuatara is a 1,750bhp V8 hypercar
"Oh, it’s on. Shelby Supercars is back, and this 2019 Tuatara – a car we first saw many years ago – has come to play the part of a very large fly in Koenigsegg and Bugatti’s respective ointments."
The new Ferrari 488 Pista Spider is here
"Welcome everyone, to the new Ferrari 488 Pista Spider, a convertible version of dynamically the best car Ferrari has ever made, unveiled at the Monterey car week festivities in California’s Pebble Beach. And as you can see, it has a stripe."
What happens when you go surfing in a Rolls-Royce?
"Did you know that there are half a million surfers in Britain? And that nearly a fifth of those are in Cornwall, pumping about £153 million into the local economy every year? That’s twice as much as in 2004. Neither did we, until we looked it up. But several things are obvious: surfing is a big, frothy business, Cornwall is riding the crest of a financial wave, and therefore there has never been a better time to go there in a £250k Rolls-Royce Ghost with a gold-plated surfboard on top."
Gallery: the stars of Pebble Beach
"Along with some of the most extraordinary motor cars to have ever been built throughout history, the concours show also hosts a small selection of concept and production cars for a look into the future. A future that will include a 1,750bhp SSC Tuatara, Singer DLS and Ferrari 488 Pista Spider among others."
Advertisement - Page continues belowFirst official pic: new Pininfarina PF0 hypercar
"The car itself was shown in a private preview at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance show in California over the weekend. We’re told the private viewings concluded in an “overwhelming response” to what the team is attempting to produce."
Koenigsegg considering Le Mans entry in 2020
"Earlier this year, the FIA announced a new top class of racing for the World Endurance Championship to replace LMP1 in 2020. Hypercars. Hypercars that look like… cars, not spaceships, racing at Le Mans. This news has greatly interested the boss of Sweden’s premier hypercar builder, Christian von Koenigsegg."
Advertisement - Page continues belowNew McLaren Speedtail to get more than 987bhp
"McLaren boss Mike Flewitt has confirmed to TopGear.com that the upcoming new Speedtail hypercar will produce more than 987bhp."
A look around Revolfe tuning in Japan
"It doesn’t take all that long before my attention drifts back to the Fairlady/300ZX parked in Revolfe’s showroom though. Silver, completely of-its-time, there’s a handsome, distinguished-looking Japanese gentleman laughing and showing us around it, pointing out the ‘328.4km/h’ (about 204mph) verification, the spotless bay a hit-list of high-quality parts. Some 650bhp lives in here. Back in the day, that was a lot."
Review: Mazda MX-5
"This is the fourth generation of MX-5, and it’s just received a mid-life update. By MX-5 standards, it’s actually a biggie, because for the first time in ages there’s actually more power."
Dyson will develop its car on a purpose-built track
"The company’s new campus at Hullavington Airfield in Wiltshire has already had £85million spent on it, but “Phase Two” of its development will see an extra £200million spent on handling, rural and off-road test tracks, a skid-pan, a high-speed runway and several new buildings. 400 members of its automotive team have already moved in, and when it’s done the site will be able to accommodate 2,000 workers."
Tesla Model 3 Performance review: a BMW M3/C63 rival?
"Between rockets, submarines, antagonising social media and Tesla’s on/off private/public status, it’s easy to forget that Tesla actually makes cars. We love the Model 3 in regular form, now here comes the Performance version. This is the one for which the temptation to insert the letter ‘M’ ahead of the 3 is almost irresistible."
Behold: the full-size Lego Bugatti Chiron!
"So here we are then: just over a year of problems, 13,500 man hours and more than one million Technic bricks later, we’re staring at the most astonishing Lego project ever created. A full-size, 1.5-tonne ode to Bugatti’s mind-bending Chiron."
Future Infinitis will be ‘fun to drive’
"Infiniti’s future cars will be “fun to drive”, at least according to design boss Karim Habib. Fun to drive, with a focus on electric propulsion and bolder design, too."
The Tesla Roadster forced Koenigsegg to up its game
"Upon hearing the news that Tesla would build a new Roadster, and this new Roadster would be able to accelerate from 0-60mph in 1.9s, the world reacted. Even Koenigsegg boss Christian."
McLaren’s P1 successor will be a hybrid
"Will it still use that same engine architecture that’ll do 987bhp+ duty in the new Speedtail? Unconfirmed at this stage, at least considering the next P1 is still a way off – expect it in 2024 or 2025."
Video: your guide to the Aston Martin DBS Superleggera
"Aston Martin’s latest super GT brings two of the company’s legendary name badges together. Let Jack Rix explain what’s what…"
Sideways in a Tesla Model 3 Performance with Track Mode
"On a windswept airfield near Monterey, close to a decommissioned military site, a handful of Tesla Model 3s are parked up. Through the haze, an apparently random set of cones delineate a course that’s there for one reason only: to show off the Model 3’s handling. We’re talking sudden high-speed lane changes, slaloms, hard braking, and yes, drifting."
