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Italdesign Is Betting $20 Million That Detroit’s Big 3 Still Need Italian Designs

Italdesign is committing roughly £16 million to its American operations over the next five years, planting its flag in Michigan with an explicit mandate to court GM, Ford, and Stellantis at the highest level. This is not a satellite office play or a relationship management exercise. Fabrizio Mina, the firm’s USA chief executive, has made […]

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New Footage Captures Ferrari Quebec Fireball That Sparked $20.8M Lawsuit

New Footage Captures Ferrari Quebec Fireball That Sparked $20.8M Lawsuit A Ferrari dealership tried to start a 360 Modena with parts of its fuel system missing, and the consequences were catastrophic. Newly released surveillance footage from Ferrari Quebec has brought fresh and deeply disturbing clarity to an incident that, frankly, should never have been buried

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Porsche Rules Out A 911 EV For Now, But The 718 Is Taking One For The Team

Porsche Rules Out A 911 EV For Now, But The 718 Is Taking One For The Team Porsche has confirmed what most enthusiasts were quietly hoping: there will be no fully electric 911 this decade, full stop. Speaking to Australian media, Porsche Cars Australia CEO Daniel Schmollinger was refreshingly direct about it, stating that the

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Ferrari Quietly Trademarked 10 New Model Names

Ferrari Quietly Trademarked 10 New Model Names Ferrari doesn’t do anything quietly, except apparently file trademarks. Ten new model names have surfaced at Italy’s Ufficio Italiano Brevetti e Marchi, the national patent and trademark office, and if even half of them make it into production, Maranello’s pipeline looks considerably more packed than the company has

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New Zeekr 8X review: 1,381bhp plug-in hybrid SUV is an absolute tech-fest

Because while the Zeekr handles tidily enough, the steering is light and feels a bit over-assisted, especially just off centre, and the car limbers a bit when changing direction, which isn’t surprising given it’s a heavy thing. But it doesn’t have the ability to hide its heft in the way an electric BMW iX manages

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A new Geneva Motor Show-type event is coming to London, and it’s going to be huge

So, applause please for the London International Motor Show (LIMS) at the Excel centre. Initially at least, it’s being promoted as a three-day event, from 26-28 February next year. But if sales of exhibition space and public tickets go well, there seems no reason why it couldn’t be an annual event with public entry days

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I’ve been crying out for a revolutionary car interior, I’m just shocked it came from Ferrari

It’s such a cliche to hear that car manufacturers want to be technology companies; that, through touchscreens, the cars will be more like a smartphone, rather than a mechanical device; and that this is the best solution for the future of motoring.  For Ferrari’s first all-electric model, it hired Sir Jony Ive, the man behind

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