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Sony’s EV is Coming to Gran Turismo 7

Four years on from revealing potentially its first ever vehicle, the Vision S, Sony has shown off its updated production prototype and announced that it will be coming to Gran Turismo 7 later in 2024.

Toyota Reveals 86 Successor: GR 86

Toyota has taken the covers off its replacement for the nine-year old 86, which sports a familiar name with one important difference. The car is now called the GR 86, making it the fourth car revealed in the Gazoo Racing line of performance models following the GR Supra, GR Yaris, and flagship GR Super Sport.

The Best – and Worst – Car Industry April Fool Gags of 2021

Unless you’ve bought your 2021 calendar from Wolfsburg, you’ll know that today is April 1 — that one day each year where news organizations and press offices are allowed to send out stories that they’ve made up without damaging people’s trust.

[Updated] Volkswagen Rebrands to Voltswagen for North America – For Just One Day

Volkswagen, one of the world’s largest automotive manufacturers and best-known brands, is taking the extraordinary step of re-branding itself for the North American market, to Voltswagen. Although this might sound like something you’d expect to read this coming Thursday — April Fool’s Day — it actually appears to be a genuine thing that’s really happening.

Lamborghini Urus Sets New Ice Speed Records for an SUV

Lamborghini’s first SUV, the Urus, has recorded a rather unusual land speed record, taking a class win at an event called Days of Speed. The record, which now sits at 70.9mph, doesn’t seem all that impressive until you realize that it’s for a one kilometer standing start… on ice.