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Everything you need to know about cars this week: 23 June '19
Polestar 1 reviewed, and a first look at the new Cayman GT4 and 8 Series GC
Toyota and Alonso have won a dramatic Le Mans 24 Hours
"Toyota has won the Le Mans 24 Hours for the second year running, with its pair of TS050 hybrids completing an arguably inevitable one-two in the 2019 race."
Advertisement - Page continues belowReview: BMW X3 M
"Far from M Division’s finest hour. Fast, but you couldn’t live with the ride."
These people are making Z cars great again
"I’ve always loved the Datsun 240Z (latterly the 260Z, 280Z, Nissan S30 and/or Fairlady Z, depending on who you talk to), and MZR are making what was a nice little Seventies sports car into a properly brilliant one. Run by two immensely, infectiously likeable blokes called Rahail Tariq and Martin Ryland out of a slightly scrubby industrial estate on the west side of Bradford, they take – predominantly rust-free US imported – Z-cars and fettle them onto the far side of desirable."
Advertisement - Page continues belowShould Bentley build a Flying Spur estate?
"Anyone with 1) an interest in cars, 2) half a brain cell or 3) kids knows that a practical estate ticks all the boxes (and more) that an SUV does but in a less offensive kinda way. That’s why the campaign for a hyper-luxury load-lugger starts here, with this: the Bentley Flying Spur Estate."
World Rally Championship cars are going hybrid in 2022
"Hybrid drive has conquered the world of Formula One and dominated Le Mans endurance racing for almost a decade. Now, it’s getting muddy. Gritty. Icy."
New Renault Zoe is an EV supermini with I-Pace range
"The electric-powered cute small car battle is getting serious now. You’ve seen the retro Honda e, the sporty Peugeot e208 and its Vauxhall e-Corsa cousin, and now there’s this. The new Renault Zoe. And it wants to be the most versatile of the lot."
Review: Polestar 1
"An interesting car to drive and more dynamic than we’re used to from the Swedes. It may not be the most relaxed car in its class, but its alternative way of doing things is actually rather beguiling."
Advertisement - Page continues belowThe new Peugeot 2008 is this week's small SUV
"Just imagine it as a hardcore Dakar racer. This, ladies and gentlemen, is the seemingly angry new Peugeot 2008: a sort of jacked-up 208 hatch, battling the burgeoning class of mini-SUVs."
Review: Peugeot 508 SW
"Not the most rounded family estate, but the big Pug oozes desirability. Much cooler than a 3 Series."
Advertisement - Page continues belowFerrari, the future: the latest issue of Top Gear mag is here
"Ferrari's hybrid and SUV future explored, massive TGTV preview, Danny Ric in a Clio V6..."
The Shelby GT500 will produce 760bhp
"Earlier this year, Ford told us that its impending Shelby GT500 would have ‘a projected 700 horsepower’. Seems those projections were a tad… conservative, because, ladies and gents, the all-new 2020 GT500 will produce a whopping 760 horsepower and 625lb ft. of torque."
Ferrari Portofino UK review: Italy’s super-GT tested
"The cynical would say that the name change to Portofino disguises the fact not much has been done. But that’s not Ferrari’s style; the Italians like to have a fiddle around with things. And let’s face it they’ve had enough time – the Cali T arrived back in 2014."
The Aston Martin Valhalla is in the next James Bond film
"The name, as we’ve only recently discovered, is Valhalla. Aston Martin Valhalla. And it’ll be in the next 007 film, meaning Bond will get behind the wheel of a track-honed, twin-turbo hypercar. Sweet."
Citroen's big saloon will be a hybrid
"Hurrah! Citroen’s new big saloon will be here shortly. And it’ll be a bold-looking, comfy-riding thing, in keeping with the DS, CX, XM and C6 that lie in its ancestry, and all without costing big money."
The 1,800bhp Dendrobium D1 electric hypercar will cost £1.2m
"The technology powering the D1 – and by that we mean the batteries – is still being finalised, but we know the car will feature a full carbon body with a monocoque, built over two subframes. There’ll be a couple of motors on each axle, and lots of aero."
Driving a Toyota Supra around Le Mans
"I’ve driven the Mulsanne numerous times in its usual, public road state. But when it’s closed off? With you and the pace car driver the first ones out on the circuit’s biggest race day of the year? Skimming between the trees at the Vmax of your car? It’s special in a way I can only attempt to describe."
TG TV ep2, s27: Le Mansfield, and Tesla Model 3 vs rivals
"Coming to your screens this Sunday night at 8pm, on BBC Two and iPlayer."
The new Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 is an 8,000rpm love letter to driving
"Power is up 35bhp from the last GT4, which never really wanted for poke. We loved it. Won our 2016 Sports Car of the Year Award, in fact. But we’ll take the extra horses. Torque matches the old 3.8-litre version’s 310lb ft."
The Aston Martin Valkyrie’s baby brother is called ‘Valhalla’
"The car formerly known as AM-RB 003 is now very formally known as the Aston Martin Valhalla. Yep, the Valkyrie’s baby brother pinches the name from Norse mythology that represents the warrior’s paradise."
The 8 Series Gran Coupe is a good-looking BMW
"We’ve always wondered about the new 8 Series. Not special enough. Nor charismatic to be a range-topper. Is this new Gran Coupe the big BMW’s sweet spot? Certainly looks sweet, in any case."
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