• Listen: Ford fires up new V8 for 2027 Le Mans hypercar

    Listen: Ford fires up new V8 for 2027 Le Mans hypercar
    Ford tested the engine at chassis-builder Oreca's facility in France
    Ford channels spirit of GT40 as it returns to take on Ferrari in top class at La Sarthe with a V8 hypercarFord is edging closer to readying the new hypercar with which it will bid for its first outright Le Mans 24 Hours victory in 58 years.
    Ford announced last year that it would enter the FIA World Endurance Championship with an LMDh hypercar in 2027, and confirmed earlier this year that it will use the 'Coyote' engine fro
  • Aston Martin builds mad 4x4 with V12 power

    Aston Martin builds mad 4x4 with V12 power
    New Dreadnought 4x4 melds V8 Vantage looks, V12 power and – hang on, is that an airstrike button...?The Dreadnought has been revealed as Aston Martin’s take on a high-performance, military-style off-roader.
    Designed for the new Call of Duty videogame but revealed as a full-sized physical model last week in New York, the Dreadnought is named for a revolutionary British warship from the early 20th century - which tallies with its hulking, functional design and battle-ready conception.
  • Electric Bentley Torcal to replace V8 soundtrack with drums

    Electric Bentley Torcal to replace V8 soundtrack with drums
    Autocar rendering showcases how Torcal will draw on the EXP 15 concept
    Call it Charlie Watts: the first electric Bentley plays the drums rather than faking engine noteBentley’s first electric car will replace the roar of a large-capacity combustion engine with an orchestral soundtrack that uses musical instruments to mimic the character of a V8.
    Rather than synthesise an engine noise like the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N or amplify the actual sound of its EV motors like the Ferrari Luce, the new
  • New Jensen Interceptor GTX to be wild track-only special

    New Jensen Interceptor GTX to be wild track-only special
    First all-new model from JIA will preview a more comprehensive range of new Interceptors to comeThe famed Jensen Interceptor will return as a track-only supercar, the company behind its revival has announced.
    Oxfordshire-based Jensen International Automotive, which has previously created a series of restomods of the original Interceptor and FF, said the GTX is an all-new creation.
    It will effectively serve as an extreme statement of intent for a range of other derivatives of the new In
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  • Edsel: the story behind the disaster

    Edsel: the story behind the disaster
    It's famous as an automotive disaster, but is also a very interesting one - and there's a twist in the tale...For embarrassing, grand-scale corporate catastrophes there was once only one word: Edsel.Over 60 years ago, Ford spent $250 million - perhaps $2.5 billion in today’s money - on the launch of a new brand whose chief impact was to become known as one of the worst product launches of all time. The tale behind it became a case study for the corporate world and the n
  • eVED to block lower-paid workers from salary-sacrifice schemes

    eVED to block lower-paid workers from salary-sacrifice schemes
    Fleet expert warns that UK's new tax on electric cars and plug-in hybrids could inflict “unintended consequences”The UK government’s new pay-per-mile tax on electric cars and plug-in hybrids risks blocking lower-paid workers from accessing the salary-sacrifice schemes that make those vehicles affordable, an industry expert has warned.
    Announced during last year’s Autumn Budget, Electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED) is set to introduce a 3p-per-mile charge for all
  • Driven: Range Rover Sport Electric is great without the V8

    Driven: Range Rover Sport Electric is great without the V8
    Luxury 4x4 flagship is still going electric - and now its smaller, sportier sibling is, tooYou might have a sense of déjà vu reading this, because precisely a year ago Matt Saunders wrote about how he got to drive around an off-road course in a late-stage prototype of the electric Range Rover, with its market launch supposedly imminent.
    Now I'm driving a late-stage prototype of the slightly smaller Range Rover Sport EV around a circuit with some obstacles ahead of a supposedly immi