Cars

If you watch the news in any capacity, you know that recalls among automakers are fairly common. Most of the time it’s for something small, but sometimes it becomes a major safety concern like the Takata airbag recall. This latest recall from BMW blurs the line and issue a recall for a major safety concern regarding something rather small.

In this week’s Wednesday Want we’ve found something truly special in the classified adverts and thought it really deserved some attention. You can check out past Wednesday Want entries right here.

Aston Martin gave the world its first look at its all-new Vantage — and it’s a thing of beauty.

Dallara is one of the most synonymous names in motorsport. The company has built chassis structures for Formula 1, Le Mans Prototypes and Indycar. Now the Italian brand is building its own road car for the first time.

Hot hatchbacks are just the best. They solve literally every problem a car buyer could possibly need.

There’s a calm in the air at the moment as there’s yet another motor show around the corner. The Los Angeles Auto Show will throw open its doors in two weeks, and we can expect a slew of new models and production-ready concepts.

Pope Francis might be the fastest holy man alive now that he owns a Lamborghini Huracán.

Scuderia Toro Rosso confirms Pierre Gasly and Brendon Hartley will drive for the team in 2018. The announcement introduces stability to the team following the driver hot-swapping.

Last night was supposed to be about Tesla’s biggest ever vehicle. Instead, the big news was about its smallest.

This week’s Wednesday Want is a little different from usual. Normally it involves our team plucking a car from our thousands-strong Car Suggestions forum and giving it some time in the spotlight, but this week we’ve found something truly special in the classified adverts and thought it really deserved some attention. You can check out past Wednesday Want entries right here.

There’s plenty of automotive world records out there. Most of the ones that dominate the news are lap records or racing wins. But what about something a little less serious? Well, Sir Chris Hoy thought he’d have a go at the 60-second donut world record in his Caterham.

Singer took the wraps off what might be one of the prettiest Porsche 911s to ever hit the pavement.

Are you a Gran Turismo super-fan? Do you own all the games? How about loads of merchandise? Chances are most of us on GTPlanet can answer yes to all three questions. But now there’s bigger, more expensive collector’s item to add to your GT shrine with the announcement of the Nissan Juke GT Sport PlayStation.

Europe loves its practical cars. If it doesn’t have a vertical tailgate, good luck selling it to Europeans.

UPDATE: A previous draft of this story suggested this news was a sure thing. We’ve updated the article to reflect its speculative nature — apologies for any confusion.

Whenever you start a new job you hope your first day is without incident. The last thing you ever want is something to damage your future career. For one AI though, its first day on the job was anything but smooth.

After all the rumors and leaks, we finally get a chance to see the wild 2018 Corvette ZR-1.

The penultimate race of the season had many stories waiting to be told. How would Felipe Massa perform in his final race in Brazil? How far up the field could Hamilton and Ricciardo get? Could Bottas hold off Vettel?

Every week we read loads of automotive news stories here at GTPlanet that we can’t fit into their own articles. In this weekly feature, we’ll be bringing you a quick round-up of things we might have otherwise missed.

The midfield battle continues to rage on in Formula One, with teams vying for the best position in the Constructors’ Championship — millions of Euros are at stake. With 333 points to his name, Lewis Hamilton is this year’s World Champion but there’s still plenty left to play for in the 2017 season. Valtteri Bottas is only 15 points behind Sebastian Vettel in the Drivers’ Championship as they jostle for the runner-up spot.