Autos

Drake recently celebrated his 35th-birthday with a Narcos-themed party that saw a multitude of big names come through to party in Chico Amante-fashion. Amongst one of the more notable gifts Drake has received, his close friend Future the Prince gave Drizzy the same Rolls Royce Phantom they used to rent for $5,000 USD a month just to “keep up appearances.” The Boy took to Instagram to explain that, “Back in 2007 we used to finesse this Rolls-Royce Phantom rental to convince people in the city we were destined to make it. I used to scrape together 5k a month somehow to keep up appearances. We whipped this to Ottawa to see [Belly] and [Cash] and to Montreal for my first show ever. I used to pick up [Niko] and roll every day or wait outside [Nebby’s] class for her. Park...

London-based freelance 3D artist Allan Williams aka vektasigma has just given fans a new way to look at the cult Honda Motocompo compact bike. Named the Motocompo XL, Williams renders up what the folding motorized scooter would look like as a full-sized motorcycle. The bike is somewhat reminiscent of Kaneda’s motorcycle from Akira but that’s largely due to the Caribbean Red paint job and wheel hubs. While this XL version definitely won’t fit in a Honda City, it does maintain the signature boxy exterior but changes the riding posture to something closer to a sports bike or cafe racer with its low-mounted clip-ons and parallel solo seat. The design also elects for more industrial and cyberpunk styling with LED light bars, panels inspired by aircrafts, and retro Honda brandi...

In the original Back To The Future, the DeLorean required 1.21 gigawatts of power to be able to time travel. To put it in layman terms, it requires 1.21 billion wats of power which is enough to illuminate over 100 million LED bulbs or approximately six Nimitz-class aircraft carriers. Now, thanks to modern technology, the 1.21 gigawatts of combined electricity has now been made available through the European Ionity and Electrify America charging networks. While drivers will not be time travelling with this charge, the new benchmark now allows the two electrical giants have now claimed the largest DC fast-charging network in the U.S. and Europe. With this news, Porsche paired off their hot-selling Taycan Turbo S EV took advantage of the network. The Taycan was paired next to the DeLorean to ...

Whether you like it or not, there is no escaping the fact that the future of cars is electric. It would seem, then, that making a British sportscar with a thumping V12 engine at the front is a pointless exercise, tone-deaf to our ongoing climate catastrophe (and ill-timed in the midst of the U.K’s fuel crisis). But E-Type UK — one of the world’s leading restorers of classic Jaguar E-type models — makes a convincing case otherwise. “The future of the automotive industry is no doubt dependent on its ability to adapt to increasing needs to be sustainable and environmentally justifiable,” says Marcus Holland, Director of E-Type UK. “By the very nature of our work, we revive pre-existing parts with extremely minimal environmental impact when compared to the equivalent of producing a...

Tesla has increased prices for all four of its current production EVs once again, this time raising them by quite a significant amount. According to new reports, Elon Musk‘s company has hiked up prices for both the Model 3 and Model Y by $2,000 USD, giving them starting prices now at $43,990 USD and $56,990 USD respectively. The Model S and Model X receive even bigger increases, going up by $5,000 USD to now $94,990 USD and $104,990 USD. Price hikes aside, delivery times for new orders have now been hit with long delays as well. Model 3 orders won’t arrive until June for those purchasing the larger wheeled variant, while its standard version will come as late as September. The Model Y’s respective versions will arrive in May and August, followed by Model S orders in June ...

The BMW E46 M3 GTR is one of those cars that many automotive fans know and love, but have never seen aside from on the screen while playing Need for Speed: Most Wanted. Now, Young Timers Garage has got its hands on one of the two race cars ever made with a V8. Served up in a stock shade of gloss silver-gray without any racing liveries, this M3 comes fully specced for the race track. Unlike its roadgoing sibling which features an inline six-cylinder engine, this GTR is offered with an M5-sourced 4.9-liter V8 that’s mated to a six-speed manual transmission, driving the rear wheels. Three other GTR iterations were made but were fitted with a six-cylinder race engine — just #004 and #005 came with the V8. It was completely overhauled for racing, featuring a double row timing chain,...

While fans of the Cybertruck often praise the futuristic pickup for its sleek, streamlined, and minimalistic design aesthetic, it now turns out that the car will have protruding side mirrors after all, as confirmed by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The slight change in design was first noticed by enthusiasts after a video was uploaded to YouTube showing a Cybertruck test drive in California. While the quality of the video itself is pretty law, the new side mirrors are still easily recognizable in the footage. As expected, some who watched the video weren’t happy about the new additions and took to Twitter to express their dismay. Recognizing this, Musk also went on the social media platform to explain that the side mirrors were installed because “they’re required by law,” but...

The Ferrari LaFerrari stands alongside the McLaren P1 and Porsche 918 Spyder as one of the best modern hybrid hypercars in the world, and with just 499 ever made, it’s also one of the rarest. Now, a one-off example featuring plenty of special made-to-order touches has been listed at RM Sotheby’s upcoming auction in London, and as expected, it’s going to cause quite the stir in the bidding room. What makes this LaFerrari so special is that it’s finished in a one-of-one special-order paint job of “Vinaccia,” which is like a dark berry red, over a “Pelle Chiodi Di Garofano” leather interior. This colorway is a replica of the tones found on two of the owners’ classic Ferraris, and on the LaFerrari, it gives the contemporary hypercar an air ...

Tesla is reportedly holding on to its initial stake in Bitcoin after the announcement of the cryptocurrency‘s most recent spike. According to Bloomberg, the electric vehicles manufacturer previously declared that it had invested $1.5 billion USD into Bitcoin, but sold 10% of its stake back in April. Earlier this week, Tesla also revealed that their earnings from “digital assets totaled to approximately $1.26 billion USD at the end of Q3. Though it is $1.31 billion USD less than the previous quarter, the amount was written off as “Bitcoin-related impairment.” While previous Tweets from Elon Musk have shown that the CEO might be more in favor of the Doge coin, often posting images of the Doge coin mascot, it seems as if the company is not moving away from its commitme...

Porsche has announced that the 718 Cayman GT4 is getting a big brother in the form of a 718 Cayman GT4 RS. The RS moniker has previously been reserved exclusively for the German marque’s 911 range, producing models such as the GT3 RS and the rare GT2 RS line-up. Today, Porsche shows the upcoming 718 Cayman GT4 RS taking on the infamous Nürburgring-Nordschleife circuit, tackling the track in just 7:09.300 minutes. For the record, Porsche holds the current production car lap record with its 911 GT2 RS Manthey-Racing model, which lapped the ‘Ring in just 6:43.300 minutes, while the outright record is also held by Porsche with its 919 that did the lap in 5:19:55. This lap time is 23.6 seconds faster than its little brother, the 718 Cayman GT4, which in racing terms is essentially a...

The BMW M3 E30 is a poster child of the 1990s, and 30 years on it’s still a coveted German performance car — especially when it’s an M3 E30 Sport Evo (Evolution III), or simply put, one of the rarest iterations ever made. Just 600 examples of the Sport Evo III were made between 1989 and 1990 as a Group A homologation special. As a result, it saw an upgrade to the 2.5-liter four-cylinder S14 engine to produce 238 BHP, which is managed by a dog-leg five-speed manual transmission that sends the power to the rear wheels. Elsewhere, the differential ratio was fettled with, as was the styling. At the front, BMW added a much wider front wing with an adjustable spoiler, as well as another adjustable spoiler at the rear, alongside brake cooling ducts in their front bumpers and 16&...