Papaya Rising, Part Two: The Weight of the Papaya
James Barclay on legacy, leadership and bringing McLaren back to the top of endurance racing There are people who talk about pressure and people who have lived it. James Barclay,…
Meet the Ferrari Luce: 1,035hp, Jony Ive inside, and the weight of a Rolls-Royce Phantom.
Ferrari’s first electric car has been unveiled in Rome. It is spectacular, radical, unlike anything Maranello has ever built, and designed partly by the man who gave us the iPhone.…
Antonelli wins in Montreal. Russell’s engine blew up. And a groundhog hit Alex Albon’s car.
The 2026 Canadian Grand Prix delivered everything the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve usually promises: tyre drama, an intra-team scrap, a mechanical retirement that changed everything, Lewis Hamilton on the podium for…
Papaya Rising, Part One: The Man in the Seat
Mikkel Jensen on driving McLaren back to Le Mans There is a particular kind of pressure that comes with carrying thirty years of history on your shoulders. Mikkel Jensen knows…
Max Verstappen came to the Nurburgring. A Dacia Logan stole his thunder.
The 2026 Nurburgring 24 Hours had everything. Max Verstappen in a GT3 car. 161 entries. Tidal waves of fans in the Eifel mountains. And the undisputed hero of the entire…
BMW built the most beautiful concept car of 2026 and then decided not to sell it. Typical.
The Vision BMW Alpina is a one-of-one grand tourer concept revealed at Villa d’Este, and it is genuinely gorgeous. It is also not going into production. BMW will instead give…
The Kimera K39 has a Koenigsegg V8, Lancia DNA and a clutch pedal. Good grief.
The Kimera K39 is here. Nearly 1,000 horsepower from a Koenigsegg twin-turbo V8. A seven-speed manual gearbox. Rear-wheel drive only. Carbon monocoque. Inspired by a 1981 endurance racer. Under 100…
Meet the Brabus Bodo: a 224mph V12 tribute to the man who started it all
The Brabus Bodo is a coachbuilt V12 hyper-GT with 1,000 horsepower, a carbon fibre body, no electrification, 77 units and a price starting at one million euros. It is named…
The Range Rover that makes the floor dance
The Range Rover SV Ultra is the most technologically ambitious, materially extravagant, and frankly baffling Range Rover ever made. It has world-first electrostatic speakers woven into the headrests. Its floor…
Lamborghini has built the world’s most powerful open-top car
The Fenomeno Roadster is here — 1,065 horsepower, a naturally aspirated 6.5-litre V12, three electric motors, no roof, and a Blu Cepheus blue livery that pays tribute to the 1968…