How quickly their fortunes have turned. After a failed merger between Honda and Nissan, Nissan says it’s on track to hit an operating profit for its full-year fiscal 2025. Meanwhile, Honda is going to be hit with its first-ever annual loss in almost 70 years.Read More »
30) Mazda Cosmo Sport (1967) PHOTO BY TopGear.com Not the first rotary-engined production car—that accolade goes to the NSU Spider, developed by Felix Heinrich Wankel, who invented the technology and gave it that definitely-not-funny name. But the Cosmo was the first to make it work. It looked like a spaceship and, thanks to its smooth,…
50) Toyota Hilux (Gen 4: 1983) PHOTO BY TopGear.com The unkillable car. Trust us, we tried once on the telly show. Set it on fire, drowned it, even dropped a caravan on it (ah, the good old days). It hardly flinched. A TG icon and champion of that most Japanese of automotive traits: bombproof reliability….
1) BMW Nazca C2 PHOTO BY TopGear.com Italdesign’s take on what should have been the M1 replacement with a 5.0-liter V12 from the 8-Series. Swoopy. 2) BMW Concept Coupe Mille Miglia PHOTO BY TopGear.com A concept harking back to the 328 Mille Miglia Touring Coupe, which won the Mille Miglia in ’40. Retro. OTHER STORIES…
Audi may have told us not to call it a TT, but last year’s Concept C gave us a glimpse into the future of its little two-door sportscar. And of course, that future is electric. But what if you’re not ready to move on? What if you’re still smitten with the original TT’s reductionist, Bauhaus-inspired…
