The world’s first fully electric British hypercar, the all-new Lotus Evija, has been revealed. With unparalleled performance and a target power output of 2,000 PS, it sets new standards in terms of advanced EV engineering. Quite simply, the Lotus Evija is the most powerful series production road car ever built. Like all Lotus cars throughout the brand’s storied 71-year history, ...

Five of the rarest and most astonishing Aston Martins ever built have now been confirmed for Concours of Elegance 2019. From the track-focused 1932 Le Mans Lightweight ‘LM9’ to the 1985 V8 Vantage that formed the template for the fabled X-Pack Vantages, these five cars are the very pinnacle of Aston Martin innovation, design and performance. Now almost 90 years old, the 1932 Aston Martin ...

Ford Motor Company hasissued a safety recall for select 2019 Ranger SuperCab vehicles for the right-front seat belt. It made the announcement in a statement released on Friday. According to the auto maker, in affected vehicles, the right-front seat belt may have been improperly assembled. “Improperly assembled seat belts may not adequately restrain occupants in a crash, increasing the risk ...

After the first six months of the year, Mercedes-Benz continues to be the leader among the premium car brands in a highly competitive environment worldwide, despite ongoing model changes. From January to June, 1,134,729 cars were handed over to customers by Mercedes-Benz (-4.6%). Unit sales decreased in the first half of the year primarily due to ongoing model changes for ...

As the Battista’s wind tunnel and simulation development programme picks up speed in Italy under the guidance of Development Driver Nick Heidfeld, Automobili Pininfarina has confirmed that the world’s first pure-electric luxury hypercar will make its Monterey Car Week public debut at The Quail on 16 August 2019. As part of a series of exclusive presentations at the House of ...

The UK has told Iran that an Iranian tanker seized by British forces off the coast of Gibraltar last week would be released, if Tehran guaranteed that the tanker would not go to Syria. UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt told his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, on Saturday that London would facilitate the release of the oil tanker, Grace 1, ...

A South African court on Friday found Duduzane, son of former president Jacob Zuma, not guilty of culpable homicide and negligent driving over a fatal car crash that killed a woman in February 2014. The court said that the prosecutors had failed to prove their case beyond reasonable doubt. Duduzan’s Porsche sports car collided with a minibus taxi on a ...

Bentley Motors celebrated its 100th birthday on Thursday by unveiling its vision of the future of luxury mobility at The Home of Bentley in Crewe. The Bentley EXP 100 GT is a physical embodiment of the future Bentley brand, reimagining Grand Touring for the future. Beyond mere mobility, the Bentley EXP 100 GT concept car will enhance the owner’s Grand ...

A study commissioned by Driving for Better Business (DfBB), the government-backed Highways England programme to raise awareness of the business benefits that come from improved management of occupational road risk, has highlighted dangerous attitudes and behaviours of C-Suite and employees putting the safety of employees who drive for work at risk. The DfBB survey of 1,006 employees and 255 C-Suite ...

ANNIE ALLEN Toyota Motor Corporation has described as a misrepresentation of facts recent media stories regarding recall of its Prius, asking media house that published the story to make corrections to avoid customer confusion. On July 2, The Los Angeles Times published a story regarding recent recall filing involving certain Model Year 2018 and 2019 Prius c vehicles as an “expansion” of ...