When you go on an off-road trip, a sports car is not the first thing that springs into your mind. What if it comes with an awful lot of off-road hardware and software? The 2023 Porsche 911 Dakar is here, and it may be able to skew your preferences a little.
The Porsche 911 is pegged by many as having the most engaging driving experience. In its rather confusing lineup, the Porsche 911 GT3 RS is the peak of that experience; now, we have a new one. The 2023 Porsche 911 GT3 RS is finally here.
BMW’s M division has not had a standalone model since the M1 Supercar from the ‘70s. Now they do, and it is the complete opposite of the M1. It is big, it is an SUV, it is electrified and the design can easily start a debate at even the most sedate coffee-table gatherings. Here is the 2023 BMW XM.
Just when you thought Lamborghini couldn’t possibly come up with any more Huracan derivatives, the Bolognese Raging Bull has busted out arguably the wildest take yet on its mid-engined V10 supercar.
Production of the new Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato (Italian for “Dirt Road”) commences next February, and just 1,499 units will be built and sold, with ex-factory pricing pegged at 263,000 euros plus taxes, which positions it in Lambo’s line-up between the Tecnica and hardcore STO.
The Urus has been a runaway success for Lamborghini (it currently accounts for more than 60 per cent of the brand’s sales), but the rapid all-terrainer has now been around for four-and-a-half years, so the time was ripe to rejuvenate it with a mid-life revamp.
Cue the new Lamborghini Urus S, which will slot in as the base model of the range in the first quarter of 2023, sitting below the recently unveiled Performante. The Urus S sports the same 666hp/850Nm 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 as the latter, although it doesn’t ditch air suspension in favour of steel springs,
Engine downsizing is now the new normal. The big numbers, V12s and V8s are all on their way out, making room for smaller capacity engines. The latest, arguably one of the most controversial entrants to this list, is the 2023 Mercedes-AMG C63 S E-Performance that ditches a throaty V8 for an electrified 4-cylinder but with more power than ever.
BMW Z4 goes through a Life Cycle Impulse, or as we, the common folk, call it, a facelift. The current generation of the Z4 came in 2020, and BMW is giving it a nip and tuck in the form of upgraded exterior design and more equipment.
BMW has revamped its X7 SUV, and the key change among its raft of updates is a radical new four-eyed face that brings the jumbo-sized crossover in line with its ultra-luxo siblings (the recently revealed 7 Series/i7 and XM performance SUV). The 2023 BMW X7 is also the first from the German premium brand to be offered with optional XXL 23-inch rims.
Ferrari recently rolled out its blisteringly fast 296 GTB hybrid V6-powered supercar and – predictably enough – in its wheel-tracks comes the 296 GTS, which uses the same core ingredients as its sibling but adds alfresco (open-air) cruising capability to the mix.
Not many who have driven Lamborghini’s Urus would complain it’s lacking in grunt or dynamism. Even so, the Bolognese Raging Bull aims to reassert the sharp-edged SUV’s superiority over ultra-rapid rivals such as the Aston Martin DBX 707 and Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT via the new Urus Performante flagship.