Cars

A special collaboration between BMW and EA to mark the 30th anniversary of the Need for Speed series has seen the marque produce and exhibit a one-off BMW M3 GTR.

It’s an age-old question in motoring and motorsport: which is faster, a fast car driven by a slow driver or a slow car driven by a fast one?

It seems like only yesterday that the 120-year old manufacturer of some of the world’s most luxurious and high-status symbol vehicles made the decision to build a “high-sided vehicle“, and the accompanying fury in internet comments.

Exactly 55 years after the original car was revealed at the Turin Motor Show, Bertone has announced that its pretty Runabout concept car will be reborn as a modern vehicle destined for production in 2026.

As we’ve seen over the years, GTPlanet’s members are a bunch of car enthusiasts at heart. Whether they own something fast or expensive or not, they do love their cars — and a large proportion have had that enthusiasm cultivated by Gran Turismo.

Nissan is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its in-house tuning, motorsports, and performance arm “NISMO”, with a special exhibition in Japan over the next month.

With everyday cars going electric, we’ve often wondered if it’s possible to still enjoy motoring’s past free of the associated guilt while the general public is weaned off fossil fuels. A 1,000-mile road trip in a range of classic (and future classic) cars shows that hobbyist driving won’t be confined to the history books.

GT Academy winner Lucas Ordonez and his team-mate Sara Price have secured a first win in the E1 Series powerboat championship to put themselves firmly into title contention ahead of the final round.

A fleet of legendary vehicles from Gran Turismo’s history have joined a special exhibition of “Supercars of the 90s”, including an extremely rare appearance of the Toyota GT-One road car outside its native Germany.

If you’re heading to Monterey Car Week later this summer, and have deep pockets, you’ll have the opportunity to bring all your Gran Turismo 2 fantasies to life with an extraordinary collection of cars from the short-lived Vector brand coming up for auction through RM Sotheby’s.

Red Bull has taken the covers off its first ever production car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, with the dramatic RB17 track toy making its public debut.

Subaru is hoping to climb back to the top of the Goodwood Festival of Speed shootout this year, eight years after its last victory, with a mean-looking time attack machine dubbed “Project Midnight”.

Koenigsegg has once again moved the bar on car performance world records, beating its own markers in four different acceleration and deceleration metrics.

A Group B rally legend is the latest car to join the ranks of reborn classics, as a Ford performance specialist has announced it will be building a limited run of Ford RS200s to mark the car’s 40th anniversary.

Something very orange is coming to the Black Forest, as Korean manufacturer Genesis has launched its new Track Taxi Nordschleife program.

Aston Martin has confirmed that, at long last, it will enter a pair of its halo Valkyrie supercars into the Le Mans Hypercar category for the whole of the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship — including the 24 Hours of Le Mans itself.

Aspark has claimed the title of the fastest electric car in the world with the latest version of its Owl hypercar, racking up a lofty 272mph.

While we’ve covered lots of exclusive Gran Turismo memorabilia before, this one is going to be the preserve of the single, deepest-pocketed GT fan out there: Willow Springs is up for sale.

Bugatti is set to reveal its first all-new car in eight years later this month, with an as-yet unnamed hypercar sporting an entirely new V16 powertrain waiting under the covers untl June 20.