European engineering at its finest
It might even be fully-electric
Good news! BMW's M Division is working on a standalone model. Potentially less good news! It won't be a full-strength hypercar halo like Mercedes-AMG's One, and it might even be electric."Standalone M cars are obviously something
It's officially called the BMW Concept 4
We get that BMW's new concept grille wears a lot of history-328 coupe, 3.0 CSI-but does it have to wear all the history?Because if this new Concept 4's nose was any longer, any wider, it'd
by Vijay Pattni
It will do 0-100kph in 4.5sec and run 644km on a single charge, Merc claims
Welcome to the Mercedes-Benz Vision EQS-essentially, the fully-electric S-Class of the future. Don't believe us? Mercedes calls it "a trailblazer for the entire Mercedes-Benz EQ family," meaning it does for the manufacturer's electric range what
“Taking a look to the past is essential for moving forward.”
Imagine a list of all the current trends in concept cars. Electric powertrain. Autonomous capability. Retro styling. An interior that's also a 'living space.' Crossover ride height. Hyundai is not messing around, ticking every single one off with just the one
We dig a good campervan
Campervans. On paper, they ought not to be our sort of thing. Big, heavy, and likely to slow down traffic on a sunny day, they're pretty far removed from the lithe little Alpine A110s or the big, smoky AMG sedans that
Would you let an electric buggy drive you down a rocky trail?
This is the Audi AI:TRAIL Quattro concept, which, in HumanSpeak, we can broadly translate as: autonomous, electric, and off-road. There's probably more to it than that, but Audi hasn't yet divulged those particulars.We know that this concept
by Vijay Pattni
A teaser video and an interior shot have been released
It's the Frankfurt motor show in September, and therefore time to get your concept-car bingo cards at the ready. Cupra is among the many brands that'll score very highly, with the star of its show stand being both electric
“Inspired by looking back at the brand’s first model in the 1970s”
Get excited, everyone, for it looks like Hyundai is going the way of Honda, and is about to give the world a fantabulously retro EV.The Hyundai 45 Concept will land at next month's Frankfurt motor show, where it will vie
by Tom Harrison
Fifty years after its reveal, the Ferrari Modulo finally turns a wheel
Let's begin with the reassuring words of Jim Glickenhaus, owner of the world's wedgiest Ferrari, minutes before we chase him up the road in our hired hatchback somewhere south of Maranello. How much is his one-of-a-kind, virtually
by Dan Read
And it can go off-road, naturally
Making cars apocalypse-proof appears to be of increasing priority for carmakers. It's almost as if world events are inspiring them to do so...So, in the week we've seen the brand-new, thousand-horsepower Rezvani Tank, we've also
The carmaker’s new Type S Concept is a sign of good things to come
This is just teasing. We love a sports sedan at Top Gear, and back in the day, there used to be loads to choose from. Even Honda made one, in the shape of the thoroughly excellent Accord Type R with its thoroughly
The EXP 100 GT is a preview of the Bentley GT of 2035
Tall as today's Continental GT but longer than a Mulsanne and as spacious as a Flying Spur, Bentley's 100th birthday present to itself is just massive. Its bigness is the first thing you notice, as a matter of fact. The
by Tom Harrison
It’s called the Type 20 Concept
It's traditional for carmakers to celebrate anniversaries with special concepts. And for the 20th birthday of its US development center-its largest outside Germany, no less-Volkswagen has done just that.Say hello to the Type 20 Concept-a 1962 Type
by Tom Harrison
The love child of the M8 and the I8
If we invited you to a magical world where the BMW M8 and i8 were mashed together, you'd surely come along with us. Imagine the i8's planet-saving disposition, and its exotic looks, construction, and layout. And the M8's
by Paul Horrell
Meet the Dendrobium D1
Electric hypercars are all the rage these days. Pininfarina's doing one. So is Rimac. Ariel is doing something along the same lines, Tesla has yet to reveal its full hand, and Lotus is cooking up something special.Enter then, the Dendrobium
by Vijay Pattni
It even has a central-seat three-person layout and active ground effect
Please sit down, and cease operating heavy machinery. You might shortly feel sensations of giddiness. Gordon Murray has released a sketch and more details of his new supercar. He's quite happy for it to be spoken of as the successor to
by Paul Horrell
It made a surprise reappearance at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este
This, ladies and gentlemen, is the BMW Garmisch concept. And isn't it just lovely?It was originally designed as BMW's surprise car for the 1970 Geneva Motor Show by Marcello Gandini and Italian design house Bertone, but it vanished almost
by Greg Potts
It's called the Civic Type OveRland
The internet seems to quite like Civic Type Rs. We suspect it'll really like these two.Honda's UK arm appears to have decided, with some delusion, that the 316hp, spoiler-clad Type R isn't anywhere near fast or striking
Massive wheels, tires made of sponge, lots of cues from Citroens of old
The thing you'll have noticed first about the 19_19, Citroen's second centenary concept following the cutesy Ami One, will have been its ginormous wheels.Yup, when the average family SUV has its comfort torn to shreds by 22-incherss, Citroen
Think Elon Musk and his team could do better?
Elon Musk loves Twitter. He also likes to make bold claims. At times, the two haven't gone together so harmoniously.Back in December 2017, the Tesla CEO first tweeted a promise that his company would build a pickup truck. Then, in
by Greg Potts
