2020 Bentley Continental GT V8 First Drive Review | 8 is the new baker's dozen

Since 2003, when the venerable British brand rolled out its modern Continental GT, it has sold more than 70,000 of these models, a notable number with an inventive, twin-turbocharged 12-cylinder engine, arrayed in a W configuration. Unfortunately, the flying-B brand has been having some difficulty meeting certification requirements for its alluring, all-new, 12-cylinder-equipped Continental GT coupe and convertible, which have yet to appear in the States, despite a full two years having lapsed since their unveiling. Fortunately, to stem the tide of demand, the crew from Crewe has certified a version of the Porsche-designed 542-horsepower, 568 pound-feet 4.0-liter, twin-turbo V8 from the Panamera for use in their new two-door, backed up by an eight-speed dual-clutch transmission.

How Mercedes-Benz and Audi designed their electric SUVs

Mercedes-Benz and Audi are both stepping into the production electric vehicle (EV) category in the United States in the next year, and they are both doing so, initially with an SUV – the 2020 EQC and the 2020 E-Tron, respectively. This is all the more important because both brands are producing vehicles that launch new sub-brands (EQ and E-Tron.) Though these vehicles differ slightly in size and price, the brands' approach to designing these vehicles is very similar.

2020 Audi E-Tron Quick Spin Review | Saddle up the Trojan Horse

The all-new, all-electric 2020 Audi E-Tron SUV received nary a second glance whizzing from San Francisco to Lake Tahoe. The whisper-quiet, high-riding, hustling $74,800 E-Tron is a Trojan Horse dressed in a familiar shape and size that splits the difference between the brand's Q5 and Q8, and featuring familiar Audi visual cues. The E-Tron looks and moves just like any other constituent entry in Audi metastatic crossover proliferation.

5 discoveries about the Mercedes-Benz Concept EQV electric van

Mercedes-Benz has invested billions of dollars in its new battery-powered electric vehicle platforms, spawning another sub-brand (EQ) as well as a future in which literally dozens of electric plug-in vehicles will feature the three-pointed star. The van will have a range of nearly 250 miles from its 100-kWh battery pack.

Pininfarina Battista: 5 things you should know about this EV hypercar

Battista Pininfarina (née Batista Farina) was one of the most talented designers in the history of the automobile, having founded a carrozzeria that became famous for penning curvaceous and desirable Italian vehicles for brands like Maserati, Lancia, Alfa Romeo, and Fiat. The coachbuilding company became nearly synonymous with Ferrari where, for more than 65 years, it basically acted as an in-house design and engineering team. The Battista is an all-electric, all-wheel-drive hypercar that produces 1,900 hp from its four motors, enough to allegedly rocket the $2.5 million vehicle from 0-60 in less than two seconds on the way to a top speed of 250 mph. We walked around the vehicle with Pininfarina design director Luca Borgagno.

5 things to know about the Aston Martin Lagonda SUV

Today, at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show, they took the wraps off an All-Terrain Concept: a battery-powered, autonomous-ready, all-wheel-drive crossover intended to presage that vehicle. Here are five things we learned.

Cadillac's XT6 is not, for better or worse, a mini Escalade

In its latest attempt at reinvention, Cadillac has created a trio of admirable sedans — the ATS, CTS, and CT6 — cars that challenge or beat the competition on their own terms, and do so with audacious exterior styling rendered in a distinctly American idiom. "I guess we had so many priorities and had to decide what's the most important thing," says Andrew Smith, Cadillac's executive director of design. The XT6 doesn't exactly break any new ground within the segment, but that's not necessarily a criticism.

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Jeep Gladiator was designed as an outdoor lifestyle tour de force

It's been more than 30 years since the last Jeep Wrangler-based pickup went out of production. "There were some key drivers that the designers had to work around," says Timothy Kuniskis, head of Jeep North America. "We wanted to not just go after Wrangler buyers, but after truck buyers.

Volvo customizes Stan Smith Adidas shoes, you know, for kids

Over the weekend at the Hilton Head Concours d'Elegance "Flights & Fancy Gala," sponsor Volvo teamed with resident Hilton Head tennis superstar Stan Smith and a group of artists to customize five one-off pairs of Smith's eponymous and iconic white leather Adidas sneakers. Customizers included Pixar designers Jay Ward ("Cars") and Jay Shuster ("Wall-E"), Savannah College of Art and Design professor Amiri Geuka Farris, and Volvo design head Robin Page.

The mood at this year’s Paris Motor Show: Quiet

With an expanding number of automakers, with diversification and niche-ification of models and with wholesale shifts that necessitate the introduction of EV or autonomous sub-brands, there is a growing sense that, with everyone shouting at the same time, no one can be heard.

Suzuki: 'No comment' on returning to the U.S. with the Jimny

It is impossible not to love the Suzuki Jimny. Now, it's back, but unfortunately unlikely to come to the American market as the Jimny, Samurai or anything else. "We have no comment on the Jimny or Suzuki returning to the U.S. market," says Nathalie Geslin, a spokesperson for Suzuki in France, from the floor of the Paris Motor Show, where the adorable Jimny made its recent premiere.

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Genesis designer Luc Donckerwolke talks new sedan, 'post-SUV' phase

This makes sense in an environment in which Donckerwolke, as head of design for the Hyundai and Genesis brands, is attempting to privilege transparency: enhancing communication and accessibility. "We have to break this kind of castle syndrome that the designers are in," Donckerwolke says. This undermining of Korea's traditional orchestrated, hierarchical and executory structure is part of what has allowed Donckerwolke to create widely admired concepts such as the GV80 SUV and Essentia electric GT in just more than two years since he arrived from the VW Group leading design at Bentley, Lamborghini and Audi.

2019 Volvo V60 First Drive Review | The wagon is ace

Volvo doubles down on wagons, and this one's a winner

BMW is ready for our inevitable EV future  

"We are seeing growing interest from customers to bring electrification to the heart of the brand."