A gentleman named Michael Whiddett has revealed his intention to install a rotary-powered engine into a 1986 March F1 chassis in a bid to create the world’s first-ever Formula One drift machine. Of course, keen motorsport enthusiasts will say any Formula One car can be turned into a drift machine with the right mix of…
Several weeks ago, a car company revealed an electric car. And then the world exploded a bit. If Ferrari wanted the Luce to ignite the EV conversation, it certainly succeeded. One suspects Ferrari would have preferred those conversations not to include topics such as ‘why does it look like a swollen Nissan Leaf?’ and ‘what in…
Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the car-fan Internet, BMW has revealed a new shark-nosed EV concept car that’ll ironically pour petrol on the raging fires started by the Mercedes-AMG 4-door EV and the Ferrari Luce. This is the new electric BMW M3. Okay, not officially. Strictly, this is merely the…
Read part one here. 20) Volkswagen e-Up! PHOTO BY TopGear.com ‘Huh, made in Yorkshire, was it?’ A tedious bore will ask you for the 934,000th time when they see that you drive a Volkswagen e-Up!, a goal left even more open by VW’s irritatingly jaunty insistence on sticking an exclamation mark on the end of the…
Audi CEO Gernot Döllner had a 23-year career at Porsche before returning to the mothership and then taking the reins at Audi. One of the projects he ran at Weissach was the 918 Spyder, a concept version of which appeared at the Geneva Motor Show in 2010. That was cooked up in almost total secrecy…
