Electrogenic has revealed a ‘plug-and-play’ conversion package for the DeLorean DMC-12, swapping the 1980s film star’s much-maligned V6 for a quicker and quieter EV set-up. The Oxfordshire firm, which has previously produced electric conversions of the Citroën DS, Land Rover Defender and Jaguar E-Type, now offers a ‘drop-in’ EV conversion kit for the DMC-12. It’s fully reversible and is said to turn the… Continue reading DeLorean DMC-12 goes electric with 215bhp and 150-mile range
Author: Autocar Magazine UK
Rimac launches Verne as radical UK-bound self-driving two-seater
Rimac has unveiled Verne, its new spin-off that plans to launch an autonomous taxi service in the UK within the next three years. The company, previously known as P3 Mobility, will launch with a radical two-seat electric hatchback designed from the ground up to ferry people around major cities in comfort. The Verne ‘robotaxi’ majors… Continue reading Rimac launches Verne as radical UK-bound self-driving two-seater
Aston Martin Valiant is manual track weapon with screaming V12
The new Aston Martin Valiant is a limited-run track-focused reworking of the exclusive Valour built to a brief from Formula 1 ace Fernando Alonso. The new road-legal special edition draws its power from a 734bhp 5.2-litre twin-turbo V12 and is set to make its public debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed next month. Just… Continue reading Aston Martin Valiant is manual track weapon with screaming V12
Mini’s happy return: Stefanie Wurst on electrifying a legend
Few guardianships of brands have been as successful as that of Mini under BMW. We say guardianship because it is so much more than ownership, given Mini’s unique place in British culture, the wealth of personal stories involving its cars and, as a result, the emotional investment that people place in the brand and its… Continue reading Mini’s happy return: Stefanie Wurst on electrifying a legend
Top motoring innovation: Why Catesby tunnel is all but boring
The winner of Autocar’s Innovation Award for 2024 is Catesby Tunnel, the 1.7-mile hole through the Northamptonshire countryside that once formed part of the Great Central Railway and has recently been repurposed as a globally unique aerodynamic testing facility. “Fourteen years ago, I was thinking about how we test our designs,” says Rob Lewis, the… Continue reading Top motoring innovation: Why Catesby tunnel is all but boring
Andreas Mindt’s bold battle plan for reimagining Volkswagen
In June 1993, Autocar asked a group of students at Coventry University’s School of Transport Design to imagine a modern reinterpretation of the Caterham Seven. Exactly 31 years later, one of the students featured – a German, then on exchange from the Pforzheim University School of Design – is back on Autocar for his efforts… Continue reading Andreas Mindt’s bold battle plan for reimagining Volkswagen
How Nissan R&D guru David Moss became the Qashqai king
A decade into the job and by then a creative young engineer and leader, Moss was given charge of an intricate and all-important part of the first Qashqai: the cockpit module, including the instrument panel, which needed to be moulded using an exacting new process. Always creative, and using his body-building knowledge, he also helped… Continue reading How Nissan R&D guru David Moss became the Qashqai king
Going off-grid with Martin Brundle, the face of Formula 1
On the surface, there’s little difference between how Max Verstappen is dominating the sport and how the likes of Schumacher did before him, but Brundle says one key contrast is that “Lewis [Hamilton] in a Mercedes or Michael in a Ferrari were, for any number of reasons, more popular than Max in a Red Bull”.… Continue reading Going off-grid with Martin Brundle, the face of Formula 1
How Marek Reichman will reinvent Aston Martin design (again)
Together, Bez and Reichman and their teams devised an action-packed model plan – and a building plan for Gaydon. Early on they set about devising a high-performance DBS (from what Reichman describes as a “rough-arsed” DB9 concept called Black Betty) just as the late Cubby Broccoli, legendary producer of the Bond films, decided to put… Continue reading How Marek Reichman will reinvent Aston Martin design (again)
Renault CEO: “What’s the point in refusing progress?”
Not often do you find yourself, twice in a few months, talking at length and one-to-one with a man as serially busy as Renault Group CEO Luca de Meo. This is a man with no spare time at all, someone who powwows with the French prime minister and leaders of Europe. His diary fills at… Continue reading Renault CEO: “What’s the point in refusing progress?”