While the international customising scene around BMW Motorrad primarily devotes its inspiring creativity, excellent craftsmanship and continuous flow of new ideas to the BMW Motorrad Heritage models R 18 and R nineT, an exceptional project based on the BMW CE 04 has now taken shape in Austria. In collaboration with BMW Motorrad Austria in Salzburg, … Read more
As of summer 2023, Audi is bringing a store for apps to selected models with the third-generation modular infotainment toolkit (MIB 3). With the embedding of the store, which was jointly developed with Volkswagen subsidiary CARIAD, customers can directly and intuitively access popular third-party apps through the Multimedia Interface (MMI) by means of a data … Read more
On 3 March 1998 Škoda lifted the curtain on the first Octavia Combi of the modern generation at the Geneva International Motor Show. Serial production of the future bestseller had already started a couple of weeks earlier, in February 1998, in a modern production plant in Mladá Boleslav. Over the past 25 years, the legendary … Read more
The Buick Gran Sport name was first introduced on the 1965 Skylark as a competitor to the Pontiac GTO. The first Gran Sport had a Wildcat 325 horsepower 401 cid “nailhead” V8 and was known as a “gentleman’s Hot Rod”. At the of the muscle car wars, torque was king and no competitor could dethrone … Read more
SangYup Lee, Executive Vice President and Head of Hyundai and Genesis Global Design Center, is the 2023 World Car Person of the Year, according to the World Car Awards (WCA) jury panel representing over 100 industry experts and journalists. Remarkably, this is the second consecutive World Car Person of the Year win for Hyundai Motor … Read more
Two very early examples of the Veyron, now considered as a modern classic automotive icon, have been given a new lease of life thanks to La Maison Pur Sang, Bugatti’s official restoration and certification program. Housed side-by-side as part of the same revered international collection based in the United Arab Emirates, the two Veyron siblings … Read more
Automobili Lamborghini hosted its 60th Anniversary Lamborghini Day at Suzuka Circuit on 23 February to commemorate the brand’s 60th year. Over 280 Lamborghinis, including both current and classic cars and limited-edition models gathered at Suzuka Circuit. The event kicked off with a parade run around the track where more than 250 Lamborghinis participated from throughout the company’s … Read more
TECHART, the leading refinement brand for Porsche cars, unveils a new custom-built super sportscar on March 17th. In addition to the debut of the new high-performance TECHART model at the Bangkok International Motor Show 2023, the exhibition lineup includes the first TECHART GTstreet R in Thailand and TECHART individualization for the Porsche 911 Carrera GTS, … Read more
The Concours of Elegance, presented by A. Lange & Söhne, is delighted to announce that 2023’s eagerly anticipated Le Mans Centenary celebration will feature two of the race’s most significant cars: Bentley Speed Six ‘Old Number One’ – which triumphed in both 1929 and 1930, and the Mercedes-Benz 300SL W194, which took first place in … Read more
MINI’s fully electric future will start in 2023 with, among other things, the new MINI Countryman at the BMW Group plant in Leipzig. This will be the first time that a MINI model is produced entirely in Germany. The locally emission-free all-rounder is an excellent fit for the BMW Group’s sustainable production site in Leipzig, … Read more