Mechanics work their magic during well-deserved Dakar Rest Day. The 2022 Dakar Rally convoy clocked up more than 2,000km of racing over perilous terrain before arriving at the Rest Day. As competitors took a well earned day off from the track, the mechanics got busy tuning up the race vehicles for a second week of … Read more
Six podium finishes in the daily results, reliably working electric drive systems, full competitiveness on debut and fascination with e-mobility at the world’s toughest rally: Audi already puts an exclamation mark on the first half of the Dakar Rally with its innovative strength. “What I have seen from our team up to the rest day … Read more
Replacing the Elite in 1962 was the Lotus Elan, using a backbone chassis rather than a monocoque for the first time in a road car. Developed as the Type 26 and designed by Ron Hickman, it was launched at the Earls Court Motor Show with a price of £1,495 fully built or £1,095 in kit … Read more
Karginov, Quintero and Sanders pick up valuable Stage 6 victories on Friday. One week down and one week to go at the 2022 Dakar Rally as the main category leaders fortified their advantage on Friday’s Stage 6 heading into the well deserved Saturday Rest Day, while Daniel Sanders and Seth Quintero picked up stage victories. … Read more
Orlando Terranova secured a brilliant stage victory for Bahrain Raid Xtreme today as the Dakar Rally reached the half way point in Riyadh. The Argentinian driver, partnered by Spain’s Dani Oliveras in their BRX Prodrive Hunter, was fastest by 1 mins 6 seconds from Sweden’s Mattias Ekstrom on the 348-km sixth special as he continued … Read more
Demand for Mercedes-Benz vehicles remains unbroken as Mercedes-Maybach, Mercedes-AMG, and G-Class vehicles achieved new sales records in 2021, underscoring the strength of the world’s most valuable luxury car brand. Deliveries of Mercedes-Benz plug-in hybrid and electric passenger cars reached a record 227,458 units (+69.3%) of which 48,936 were Mercedes-EQ battery electric passenger cars (BEV) (+154.8%). Including … Read more
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing (TGR) will exhibit at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2022 customized car event held at the Makuhari Messe (Chiba City) for three days from January 14 to January 16, 2022.* TGR strives to “offer ever-better motorsports-bred cars”, and is participating in top categories such as the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) and the … Read more
The BMW M8 Competition is without doubt one of the most powerful, luxurious and exclusive models that the sporty luxury class market has to offer. In the front of the elegant two-door coupé body, which extends to an exterior length of more than 4.80 metres, sits the fabulous, four-litre biturbo V8 S63B44, which also causes … Read more
Lotus has revealed its best annual global retail sales performance since 2011. The outstanding figures prove worldwide excitement about the brand’s transformation is translating into customers buying cars. Retailers sold 1,710 new cars in 2021, the year the iconic Elise, Exige and Evora ended production. That compares with 1,378 sales in 2020, an increase of … Read more
The Gordon Murray Group has announced that its new Global Headquarters and Technology Campus will be the principal manufacturing site of Gordon Murray Automotive’s second all-new car. The all-new car will be fully revealed with a global debut on 27 January. It is set to become the world’s finest Supercar GT and will be joining … Read more