Jay Leno recently climbed behind the wheel of a transformed 1971 Aston Martin DBS during an episode of his garage show. Rain fell on the California roads, yet the car still pulled hard and delivered the kind of response that made him smile and offer a clear verdict on what the brand had been missing all these years.
The WN7 is Honda’s first full-size electric motorbike, and it is now available from dealers around Europe. They’ve been watching this category for years, but rather than going all out for record-breaking performance numbers, they’re hoping to give riders a more down-to-earth experience, something that feels natural, is predictably engaging from the start, and gets you hooked from the minute you twist the throttle.
Car owners who park on the street or in communal parking spaces are all too familiar with this scenario. The normal ritual of dragging a hose across the pavement, looking high and low for a drain that won’t flood a neighbor’s place, or lugging out various buckets and tools from the trunk, all converts what should be a fast maintenance activity into a tedious weekend project. Linyo Technology designed the H1 to eliminate all of the hassle.
Nikolai Aksenov wanted something Toyota never offered for sale in the United States. The GR Yaris Rally2 sits at the top of his list, a proper factory-built rally weapon with the right proportions, stance, and purpose. Since that car stays out of reach for American buyers, he decided to create the next best thing on the platform he already owned. He started with a 2023 GR Corolla Circuit Edition and set out to give it the widebody, rally-inspired treatment that felt like it could have come straight from Toyota’s own workshop.
Ferrari answered requests from longtime customers who wanted more direct involvement with their cars. The 12Cilindri Manuale adds a physical gated shifter and clutch pedal to the front-engined V12 grand tourer while preserving strong performance and modern reliability. Ferrari will build only 1,499 examples worldwide. That exact number recalls the displacement of the company’s first V12 engine from 1947 and forms part of the car’s identity from the start.
Tesla opened orders for the Model Y L across the United States on July 2. The new variant stretches the popular crossover to deliver a genuine six-passenger layout with a usable third row for the first time in this lineup. Engineers added six inches to the wheelbase and seven inches to overall length. They also increased height by roughly two inches compared with the standard Model Y. These changes turn the third row from an occasional squeeze into space that works for adults on longer drives or for carpool duty with kids and gear.
Silverstone gets ready for a different kind of lap this weekend when all 22 Formula 1 drivers take the wheel of minicars made from LEGO bricks. Builders at the LEGO factory in Kladno, Czech Republic, put more than 6,400 hours into creating these 22 vehicles. Each one incorporates over 28,000 bricks arranged over a steel frame to match the specific livery of every team on the grid. Driver numbers and team emblems appear in their proper places with a playful LEGO touch.
A hypercar that carries real fired porcelain on its fuel cap, oil cap, badges, and several interior controls sounds like an unusual experiment. Bugatti made it real with the W16 Mistral Blanc Éternel, a single custom commission built through its Sur Mesure program. This roadster serves as the final road-going expression of the long-running W16 engine before the brand moves on.
BMW revealed the fifth generation of its X5 at the Spartanburg plant in South Carolina, the same facility that builds these vehicles for markets around the world. The new model keeps the core formula that turned the original X5 into the vehicle that defined the premium Sports Activity Vehicle segment back in 1999, yet it arrives with cleaner surfaces, new lighting details, and a broader set of powertrain choices than any X5 before it.
BMW Group has moved its work with Figure AI past the testing stage and into regular factory shifts. At Plant Spartanburg in South Carolina, the Figure 03 humanoid robot now handles a daily logistics job inside assembly hall 52. The robot takes components that arrive in large, mixed containers and places them into the right spots on a sequencing trolley. That trolley then travels by automated tugger train or smart transport robot to the exact station where assembly teams need those parts next, delivered in the correct order.