The RACER Mailbag, May 1
Welcome to the RACER Mailbag. Questions for any of RACER's writers can be sent to mailbag@racer.com. We can't guarantee that every letter will be published, but we'll answer as many as we can. Published questions may be edited for length and ...
2024 Toyota Crown Moves the Flagship Sedan Upright
Tag along while we put the 2024 Toyota Crown through its paces on the latest episode of Quick Spin.
Peugeot 5008
MPV turns SUV. Does the new Peugeot 5008 offer the best of both worlds, or neither?
My Week In Cars: New Steve Cropley/Matt Prior podcast (ep. 79)
This week the lads come to you from Herbert Austin’s ‘new’ office at the British Motor Museum
Newey’s 2025 Red Bull exit confirmed
Adrian Newey will leave his position as chief technical officer of Red Bull in early 2025, after 19 years and 13 titles with the team. The legendary designer has been with Red Bull since 2006 and has helped the team win seven drivers' championships ...
From the archive: driving the world's most magnificent car
We drove the effortless, V12-powered Hispano-Suiza J12 - a car unlike anything we had ever tested
From the archive: When American cars swapped muscle for MPG
Makers were forced to slash emissions by 70% in three years, wreaking havoc among the industry and public
Used Renault Twizy 2012-2021 review
17bhp, the option of no doors, and a chassis tuned by RenaultSport - is the Twizy a sensible or foolish used buy?
Aston Martin Vanquish to return this year with new 824bhp V12
DBS replacement will start a run of specials using the new 12-cylinder engine, which you can listen to here
Autocar magazine 1 May: on sale now
Our first look at the new electric Range Rover, the future of the Ford Mustang scooped, and driving the new MG 3
The elegant legends powered by the Straight Eight engine
The straight eight, so named because its eight cylinders are lined up in a single row, is a rare exception. Originally known simply as the Straight Eight, what is now known as the Model A was America’s first car with an engine of this type.
Aston Martin Has a New 823-Horsepower V-12
A complete redesign of the brand's turbocharged V-12 will keep it alive for another era, and we may see it in a new Vanquish before the year is out.
New V12 Engine Coming to Aston Martin—Was It All Done In-House?
First EVs delayed until 2026 as ‘complete redesign’ of the V12 promises 824 hp. V12 engines have been in numerous Aston Martins, including the 5.2-liter in DB11.
Aston Martin isn't done with V12s, it redesigns the engine
Aston Martin announces that it has a redesigned version of its twin-turbo V12, and it will launch in a new model this year.
Aston Martin's New 824-HP Twin-Turbo V-12 Will Power a Forthcoming Flagship
The fully redesigned 12-cylinder engine also has 738 pound-feet of torque and could debut under the hood of a DBS successor.
My Week In Cars: New Steve Cropley/Matt Prior podcast (ep. 86)
This week Steve and Matt talk a road-going Jaguar C-X75 at last, a Morris Minor restoration, EV oversupply and more
The craziest concept cars ever made
Bertone created not one but three separate BAT concepts between 1953 and 1955. Designed to explore the possibilities of aerodynamic design, the clue was in the name – BAT stood for Berlinetta Aerodinamica Tecnica. At a time when roads were full of designs dating from before the Second World War, these machines must have looked like spacecraft from Mars.
Ferrari SF90 XX and Spider review
Ferrari piles on the downforce for its first road-legal, special-series XX model
Elon Musk says Tesla still plans to grow Supercharging network after eliminating global team, but 'at a slower pace'
Elon Musk said on X that Tesla plans to slow production of new Supercharging stations to focus on "100% uptime and expansion of existing locations."