Alex Goy
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The Citroen Ami Is a Friend on Wheels
Citroen's plastic-bodied electric city runabout is not actually an automobile in the eyes of the law. What it is, though, is a ton of fun. → Read More
2023 Aston Martin DBX707 First Drive Review: Properly Over the Top
Aston's 697-horsepower SUV is a true celebration of internal combustion. → Read More
Rolls-Royce invited me to live like the buyers of its $400,000 cars for a night. Here's what it was like.
One night, a $330,000 Rolls-Royce Cullinan SUV whisked me off to an undisclosed location to drive a new car in secrecy. It only got better from there. → Read More
40 years ago, Aston Martin gave up plans to build the world's fastest car. Now the car's ready to try again.
In 1979, the Aston Martin Bulldog supercar was a marvel of automotive technology. Now it's a one-of-a-kind piece of history — and a fast one, too. → Read More
We rode in an apocalypse-ready SUV created by one of the world's richest men — here's what it was like
The Ineos Grenadier is expected to come to the United States in 2023. We got to ride in it across the English countryside and came away impressed. → Read More
This UK firm transforms old Range Rovers into $200,000 collector cars — here's what it's like to drive one
Kingsley Cars takes old Range Rovers and gives them a makeover, from their upholstery to their mechanicals. Driving one is as good as it sounds. → Read More
How Denmark's only supercar maker plans to go from a niche brand building 5 cars per year to a global name
While Danish supercar maker Zenvo's cars might not be as familiar as Ferraris or Bugattis, get used to them. The company wants to go global, and soon. → Read More
Rimac's Plan For A $238 Million Factory Started With A Castle
Ten years ago Mate Rimac had no idea the newly formed company carrying his name would end up supplying Porsche and Hyundai, become synonymous with yet another Richard Hammond crash, or grow so fast he’d have to build a new $238 million campus for 2,500 employees outside of Croatia’s capital, Zagreb. Rimac has gone from struggling to pay employees to a shining example of new Croatian industry,… → Read More
7 years ago, Formula E became automakers' EV testing grounds. Here's how it's helping innovate road cars.
Formula E arrived in 2014 as the first mainstream electric racing series. Since then, it's gained big-name automakers and helped innovate road cars. → Read More
The Overhauled 2021 Jaguar F-Pace SVR Is Finally The Comfortable Super SUV It Deserves To Be
You know that bit towards the end of a relationship when you both know that it’s coming to an end but don’t want to admit it? When you put extra effort in to cover up the fact that you’re two people heading in very different directions, it can be wonderful, but tainted with foresight of the inevitable. That is what it feels like to tool around in the updated 2021 Jaguar F-Pace SVR. → Read More
Meet Lunaz Design, the firm turning old-school Rolls-Royces and Bentleys into new-age, red-carpet worthy EVs
Lunaz Design's lineup includes classic Rolls-Royces, Bentleys, Jaguars, and Range Rovers converted into high-tech EVs. Prices start around $335,000. → Read More
Meet Airspeeder, the startup that wants to help bring flying cars to the market with high-speed air races
Airspeeder wants to be the "first electric flying car race," its CEO told Insider. It also wants you to know flying cars are closer than you think. → Read More
Inside Bentley's creation of the Mulliner Bacalar — the custom $2 million stunner only 12 people will own
The $2 million Mulliner Bacalar a return to Bentley's its coachbuilding roots. That meant it needed to be both over the top and distinctively Bentley. → Read More
You Can Get A 25-Year-Old Aston Martin With 580 HP For Just $587,000
Designer Ian Callum retired from Jaguar with a portfolio envied the world over including designs driven by millions of people every day. So what happens when a guy like that wants to remake one of his most iconic cars, the Aston Martin Vanquish? You get the 580 horsepower CALLUM 25—manifested nostalgia in a beautiful $587,000 package. → Read More
The 2020 Toyota Supra Has Noticeably Better Bite With A Tune From Litchfield
We all knew tuners would be coming for the A90 Toyota Supra. Litchfield was one of the first to have a go cranking more grunt out of the car’s BMW-sourced powertrain, and its first car took the stock output from 335 to over 400. And there’s more to come once its ECU has been properly mapped. → Read More
2020 Audi RS Q8 first drive review: Supercar senses, SUV sensibilities
Audi's 600-horsepower RS Q8 is lovely and sporty and all the good things. Yet somehow, it lacks raw emotion. → Read More
Here's What A $110,000 Mini Looks Like
Minis are probably some of the most recognizable cars on the road, even though they’re not all that common anywhere anymore. Most of the Minis you see today are probably driven by enthusiasts rather than commuters, and some of the most extreme versions are currently being made by David Brown Automotive in England. → Read More
The 2019 Ford Ranger Raptor Is a Hilarious Monster on Tight Roads
The 2019 Ford Ranger Raptor is not available in America, the land of wide parking spots and wider-open spaces where wild trucks can roam free. Instead, this angry off-roader comes to England. Roads are tight, getting off-road isn’t simply a matter of “oh look, a desert,” and slinging mud from all-terrain tires is generally frowned upon here. → Read More
What We Can Expect From The Future Of Lotus
Under ownership from Geely, British sports car icon Lotus has gone from trying to keep the lights on to producing the all-electric Lotus Evija hypercar: a land missile that promises 250 miles of range, 0-62 mph in less than three seconds, a staggering 2,000 horsepower and a top speed over 200 mph. It’s quite the thing. → Read More
Lotus' Evija EV Hypercar Promises Almost 2000 Horsepower, Awesome Looks
We’ve had teases, a name reveal, and plenty of speculation about what it’ll be, and now the Lotus Evija, which Lotus says will have almost 2,000 horsepower and more than 1,200 pound-feet of torque, is with us. → Read More