Cars

Only 11 months have passed since the last 24 Hours of Le Mans but, thanks to yet more calendar disruption, the world’s most famous 24-hour race is back — and there’s some major changes.

Although Lamborghini has now officially pulled the wraps off its latest nostalgia project, the Countach LPI 800-4, you’re already too late to buy one.

Genesis has unveiled a trio of new racing car concepts designed in collaboration with Gran Turismo, destined to take their places in the racing game series in the near future.

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.

Ricardo Sanchez, the 2014 winner of the GT Academy International event, was part of a driver squad that has won its class at the TotalEnergy 24 Hours of Spa.

The third round of the Fanatec Esports GT Pro Series, the first ever virtual championship to award points towards a real-life motorsports series, will get underway today, at the famous Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.

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).

After a season’s delay to account for a disrupted 2020, F1 has revealed the first car built to the new 2022 regulations.

Peugeot has revealed its 9X8 Hypercar, which the brand hopes will recapture the 24 Hours of Le Mans trophy and the World Endurance Championship crown when it races in 2022.

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.

GT Academy champion from 2011 Jann Mardenborough has signed a new driver management contract with MB Partners, run by former F1 driver Mark Blundell.

Qualifying in Formula One is set for its biggest change in a quarter of a century, with a new format that will debut later this season.

Nissan has taken the covers off the latest model of its flagship performance car, the GT-R Nismo, ahead of its market launch later this year.

Bentley is looking to add another trophy to its Pikes Peak cabinet, with this beast based on the brand’s Continental GT3 race car.

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.

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.