Car Culture

As part of his YouTube series looking into the world of car design, legendary automotive designer Frank Stephenson has put digital pen to paper to create a unique vehicle for Grand Theft Auto V.

An extraordinary piece of automotive history is about to hit the market, and could be the ultimate piece of a particularly wealthy car enthusiast’s collection.

As we’ve seen previously on GTPlanet, there’s plenty of demand out there for Gran Turismo collectibles. However one listing on a German automotive classifieds site might be among the most exclusive collectible of them all: a replica of the game’s famous Skyline Pace Car.

Despite the impending approach of the death of internal combustion — or perhaps because of it — classic car prices seem to be only heading upwards right now. Case in point, this 35-year old hatchback which just sold at auction for a record price of £46,000 ($63,785).

A new TV show is heading this way to bring the automotive world under close scrutiny. It’s called Motor Mythbusters and, as the name suggests, it’s Mythbusters but for cars.

It might be one of the most famous cars in movie history, and now you have a chance to own it. One of the original Toyota Supras from the first Fast & Furious film is heading to the Barrett-Jackson auction block in Las Vegas next month.

The Bugatti name is inextricably linked with extreme opulence, and the latest product from Molsheim is testament to that. In partnership with carbon-fiber specialist IXO, Bugatti Lifestyle has revealed a new pool table.

Just like Formula One, Formula E has a new safety car for the 2021 season, and it too is British. However, a big V8 wouldn’t really fit the image of the series, so the new car is — appropriately — an EV.

Toyota Gazoo Racing has issued a questionnaire to prospective customers for the new GR Super Sport, digging into their interests, intent and history of sports car ownership. The brief survey, originally revealed on Reddit, appears very much like a set of questions that will determine who’ll be allowed to buy one of the $1m+ hypercars when they hit the showrooms.

If you like Gran Turismo, Gran Turismo collectibles, and model cars, US-based model manufacturer Maisto has a treat for you. The company will be producing 1:18 scale models of the newest Vision Gran Turismo car, the Lamborghini Lambo V12, for its 2021 collection.

The Super Bowl is the season-ending championship game of football in the USA. It’s a mixture of sports and entertainment that’s hard to beat, with the famous “halftime show” rivaling most live concerts (Prince’s performance at Super Bowl XLI a particular highlight).

We don’t think we’re going too much out on a limb when we say GTPlanet has a whole lot of creativity within our membership. One only has to look at our various livery editor and photomode forums to see this in action.

Earlier this week, Korean car brand Kia updated its logo. Don’t worry, it still spells out “Kia”, it’s just in a slightly newer and funkier font — but it got us thinking: how easy is it to recognize car company logos, or even tell them apart?

KITT might be the most famous Pontiac ever made — it’s certainly GTPlanet readers’ favorite ever television car — and now you have the chance to own it. We’re not talking about any old KITT either, but David Hasselhoff’s own personal car.

This is a trip report from February 2020, before the global lockdowns began.

If there’s one thing that motorsport history has shown us, it’s that anything can be a race car. A phrase often used is that the first race happened when someone built the second car, and that’s something Peugeot really took to heart in 1995.

You might remember a little while back that Tom Brooks, the Voice of Gran Turismo Sport, was starting out on a motorsport career. Tom, who not only provides the narration for many of the in-game videos but also acts as the presenter of the Gran Turismo live events, wanted to get racing himself and set out to combine that with his natural talent for talking about it for a video series on Youtube.

2020 marks an important milestone. It is 100 years since Jujiro Matsuda founded a company in Hiroshima, Japan, that would eventually become the Mazda Motor Corporation.