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7 auto da collezione guidate dalla Royal Family: c’è anche la Ford Escort di Diana, e vale 850.000 dollari
7 auto da collezione guidate dalla famiglia reale: c’è anche la Ford Escort di Diana. La Royal Family ha sempre avuto un forte legame con le automobili sin da quando la prima auto fu prodotta in Inghilterra. Inizialmente, le auto reali venivano realizzate dalla Daimler Motor Company, fondata nel 1896 come prima casa automobilistica inglese.
Five-Oh! Five-Oh! The Ford Mustang Returns to Cop Duty Original
A sinister form has begun haunting the nation’s highway exit ramps, underpasses, hills, and other cruiser hidey holes. Speeders, beware.
Five-Oh! Five-Oh! The Ford Mustang Returns to Cop Duty
21 hours ago A fresh Agate Gray fastback restomod with Coyote power, a Tremec five-speed, and a full custom chassis under 100 miles old. This 1965 Ford Mustang fastback has been reborn as a modern restomod, keeping the classic silhouette while swapping in a 5.0-liter Coyote V8, a Tremec five-speed, and a fully …
Les voitures mythiques de la famille royale britannique, de la Ford Escort de la princesse Diana à l'Aston Martin du roi Charles
La famille royale britannique entretient un lien étroit avec l’automobile depuis la fabrication du tout premier véhicule en Angleterre. À l’origine, les voitures royales étaient produites par la Daimler Motor Company, fondée en 1896 et considérée comme le premier constructeur automobile anglais.
Jaguar’s Electric Future: Curves Are Out, and Blunt Is In
Jaguar’s Electric Future: Curves Are Out, and Blunt Is In The storied British automaker is going all-electric, and this fall it will unveil its new flagship, with deliveries coming next year. The strategy is distinctive but risky and has drawn some prominent detractors. The Jaguar Type 00 last year in Miami.
Jaguar's Electric Future: Curves Are Out, and Blunt Is In
(Wheels) Jaguar, as it approaches its 90th year, is trying to manifest the future it wants to inhabit. In late 2024, it revealed a revamped visual identity that reflected this imagined destiny, with a bold shift: It would become an all-electric car company.
Range Rover Shows Off the Future of Customized Design
Upon entering the Range Rover “Traces” installation at the Art Noveau Galleria Miravigli in central Milan, one is enclosed in a mirrored room. An evocative sensorial projection is broadcast on four large screens. But it is the infinite reflection of oneself that feels most elemental. The activation is intended to showcase the capabilities of the luxury SUV-maker’s Bespoke service.
Princess Diana's Cars: The Royal Family's Most Iconic Vehicles, From Her Ford Escort to King Charles's Aston Martin
As interest in Princess Diana returns on what would have been her 65th birthday, it's worth revisiting one of the lesser-known aspects of her legacy: Princess Diana's cars – the ones she drove. From her now-famous Ford Escort, which sold for $850,000 at auction, to the Mercedes-Benz that challenged royal convention, her vehicles became as much a part of her story as her enduring style.
Why Mercedes-Benz Believes Americans Are Ready for an Electric Luxury Minivan
Zygan also sees the VLE's potential serving five-star resorts or hotels, which could use the large rear screen to personally welcome visitors, display or arrange an itinerary, and complete their check-in en route. Additionally, it could be used for shuttling celebrities attending gala events, a role the Sprinter has assumed in recent years.
The Mercedes-Benz S-Class Remains Relevant Today And We Take A Bunch Of Its Ancestors For A Spin
Mercedes-Benz just unveiled a new S-Class, a significant update on the outgoing car, which went into production back in 2020. But the three-pointed star brand, which is celebrating its 140th birthday this year, has been producing vehicles under this moniker for eight generations, since 1972, and top-tier predecessors dating back nearly to the early 20th century, when the German company helped invent the luxury automobile. Watch Hemmings videos without ads here.
Yes, Someone Is Researching If Smell Makes Racing Drivers Faster Original
Photograph by Emiliano Granado and Illustration by Jason Holley Before sliding into the racing simulator in a basement fabrication shop at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, IMSA GTD Pro driver Max Esterson is asked to strap on some equipment. A chest harness will measure his heart rate, a headband will track his brain activity, and a wristband will detect electrodermal activity, which reflects the activation of sweat glands, a marker for emotional and physical stress responses.
The Devil Wears Prada — and Drives Mercedes Original
Top, from left: Mercedes collaborated with Disney on a cross-platform campaign for The Devil Wears Prada 2, in which Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep, with Stanley Tucci) is chauffeured in a Mercedes-Maybach. Below, from left: James Bond’s Aston Martin DB10 in Spectre; America Ferrera drove a 2024 Chevrolet Blazer SS EV in Barbie.
How Brad Pitt and Mercedes Transformed L.A.’s 6th Street Viaduct into a German Autobahn Original
The Autobahn World Premiere of the all-new Mercedes-AMG GT 63 4-Door Coupé in Los Angeles. Mercedes-Benz Group AG A tennis ball yellow car ripped across the Sixth Street Bridge in a cloud of tire smoke on Tuesday night. But unlike the traditional hot rods, drag racers, and lowriders that have long made this L.A. River crossing famed among Angeleno automotive enthusiasts, and as a filming location in movies like Grease and Terminator 2, it did so without a honking gasoline-powered engine.
Road Test: The 2027 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Is a Benchmark Sedan We Wish Was More Analog Original
The Mercedes-Benz S-Class has, since its introduction more than 50 years ago, been the benchmark in the full-size luxury-sedan market. It is not only the best-selling high-end four-door car in the world, but is seen as a global standard bearer in the category.
The 2027 Mercedes-Benz S-Class in Photos Original
Image Credit: Mercedes-Benz AG An example of the 2027 Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedan. Image Credit: Mercedes-Benz AG Mercedes claims that more than 50 percent of the S-Class—nearly 2,700 parts—has been revised. Image Credit: Mercedes-Benz AG The sculpted slab sides of the S-Class remain elegant as ever. Image Credit: Mercedes-Benz AG The pillowed headrests, neck support, shoulder pads, armrests, and even the seatbelts are delightfully heated.
Are You Elite Enough to Buy a One-Off from Bugatti or Aston Martin? Probably Not Original
From the May/June 2026 issue of Car and Driver. In January, Bugatti unveiled its latest custom-commissioned hypercar from Programme Solitaire, the recherché automaker's one-off-vehicle project. Called the F.K.P. Hommage, the 1578-hp quad-turbo W-16-powered reinterpretation of the Veyron celebrates the Volkswagen Group's revival of the Bugatti brand under former monomaniacal chairman Ferdinand Karl Piëch.
AARP Smart Guide to Letting Go of a Vehicle
You have plenty of options when it comes to getting rid of your car. Read on to learn about them. AARP (Shutterstock, 2) Key takeaways For most Americans, owning and driving a vehicle is a necessity. This is particularly true for older adults, for whom an automobile is often a lifeline to independence, community, well-being and engagement. That’s what makes the decision to get rid of a car so difficult.
Jaguar's electric sedan prototype seems pretty great. Will anyone care?
Brett Berk THE VENERABLE BRITISH AUTOMAKER IS STAKING ITS FUTURE ON A GRAND SIX-FIGURE ELECTRIC SEDAN. IS THAT WHAT THE MARKET WANTS? The exterior of the broad 16.5-foot sedan is covered in a camouflaging flurry of opposing black and white diagonal slashes that resembleone of Jasper Johns' radical “crosshatch” paintings from the mid-1970s.
Here's Why Jaguar Made Its New Electric Car Feel Like a Vintage V12
Where Jag's been, and where it's going Jaguar was founded in 1935 and was best known in the following nine decades for producing innovative sports cars, coupes and sedans. In recent years, Jaguar chased volume, attempting to go head-to-head against BMW and Audi, with a full line of cars and SUVs. Ultimately, that wasn't a successful strategy and wasn't true to its essence as a challenger and outlier brand.
Jaguar’s Electric Sedan Prototype Seems Pretty Great. Will Anyone Care? Original
The exterior of the broad 16.5-foot sedan is covered in a camouflaging flurry of opposing black and white diagonal slashes that resemble one of Jasper Johns’ radical “crosshatch” paintings from the mid-1970s. The cossetting interior, its narrow rampart-like band of windows mainly covered by this wallpaper, is dark and unfinished, and blanketed in a matted black felt that, notably, reminds me of a magician’s backdrop, meant to absorb light and disguise sleights of hand.
Is Gray Going Away? Experts Say More People Want Brightly Colored Cars Original
Look at almost any parking lot, and you can see it. Nearly 80 percent of American new-car buyers currently choose a neutral "grayscale" hue—white, black, or silver/gray. But more daring colorways are emerging. "Trend data clearly shows the palette evolving rather than stagnating," says Gloria Jover, automotive expert for the New Jersey-based Pantone Color Institute. Notably, the market share of colored car paints has increased by almost two percentage points in recent years.
Is Gray Going Away? Experts Say More People Want Brightly Colored Cars
Volvo’s software troubles are far from over, as 11 models have been mentioned in a new lawsuit. Key Points Class action lawsuit alleges Volvo infotainment systems are faulty and impact key safety features. • Plaintiff claims multiple repairs and software updates failed to resolve persistent …
Here’s the Ultimate Mercedes-Benz SL From Every Generation
The SL class is Mercedes-Benz’s longest-running nameplate, dating back to 1954. It started with the racing-inspired 300 SL, which appeared like a portent from some wondrous future. A convertible version was unveiled simultaneously at the New York Auto Show, and the model has followed the same basic recipe ever since: a sports car hosting the marque’s most powerful engines, leading-edge technology, and luxury materials, built stolidly for cruising the world’s most exclusive postal codes.
LeBron James Is on “a Hell of a Ride.” Now He's Got a New Maybach for the Journey.
The NBA's all-time leading scorer has owned vehicles from Lamborghini, Ferrari, and Rolls-Royce. Now he unveils the latest addition to his collection: a one-off Mercedes-Maybach S 680. As a young boy growing up in Akron, Ohio, LeBron James was motivated to succeed in part by his desire for a vehicle that would signify his achievements. “Me and my friends used to play this game, bingo,” he tells Vanity Fair. If a desirable car went by, whoever was first to say “bingo” “owned” that vehicle.
The E-Nose Knows: AI Learns to Smell
Among the possible implications are restoring a sense of smell, and sniffing out potential health concerns AI can already see, hear, read and speak. Now researchers are teaching it to smell. Over the past few years, scientists have been developing and refining a technology called the e-nose—which is exactly what it sounds like.
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AI can already see, hear, read and speak. Now researchers are teaching it to smell. Over the past few years, scientists have been developing and refining a technology called the e-nose—which is exactly what it sounds like. These systems detect and distinguish aromas, sometimes with about 1,000 times as much precision as humans can, and without the loss of sensitivity that comes when our noses get accustomed to an odor.
Get Me to the Dolby! How Stars Arrive at the Oscars on Time and in One Piece
Amy Sancetta/AP Images; AP Images; Eric Ford/Getty Images; Pictorial Parade/Archive Photos/Getty Images; UPI/Bettmann Archive/Getty Images When you’re ferrying hundreds of A-listers to the Academy Awards, the last thing you want is rain. If it pours, the convoy of chauffeured vehicles slows, gridlock ensues and the up-to-the-second schedule for red carpet arrivals collapses. Plus, it’s not safe.
Woolf Barnato's Bentley Speed Six "Blue Train" in Photos Original
Image Credit: Bentley Motors Limited Driving the 1930 Bentley Speed Six “Blue Train” Sportsman coupé once owned by one of the original Bentley Boys, Woolf Barnato. Image Credit: PA Images Archive/Getty Images Woolf Barnato, circa 1929. Image Credit: MacGregor/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images Woolf Barnato is the only person that entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans on more than one occasion and had a 100 percent win record, having finished first in the famed endurance race three times in the 1920s.
We Rode in a Legendary Bentley, But Its Claim to Fame May Be Faulty Original
Driving along Northern California’s coast in the rakish Bentley Speed Six Sportsman coupé, I can almost imagine that I’m Woolf Barnato, one of the original Bentley Boys—a loose association of wealthy Jazz Era cads who raced Bentleys for adventure. Barnato is the only person that entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans on more than one occasion and had a 100 percent win record, having finished first in the famed endurance race three times in the 1920s.
Paolo Dellachaa, the New CEO of Pininfarina, Has Been Waiting a Long Time for This Original
Like many of us, Paolo Dellachá grew up with posters of Ferraris on his wall. And, in staring at them over the years, he noticed a little detail. “They had this particular label on the on their side, Designo di Pininfarina,” Dellachá says. This badge clearly lodged in his brain. Trained as a mechanical engineer, after decades working at Ferrari and Maserati, has now risen to the role of CEO of the venerable Italian design house. How does he feel about this? “A lot of respect.
How Pedal-Assist Mini-Trucks Are Transforming Cities
Climbing onto the Honda Fastport eQuad is, quite literally, just like getting on a bicycle, except easier. With four wheels and broad diamond-plate running boards on either side, ingress and egress is as simple as swinging my leg over and stepping on and off the pedals, no kickstands involved. This makes sense, as the e-bike-based mini box-truck has been custom designed and constructed by the Japanese transportation company for the constant stop-and-go of urban e-commerce package delivery.
The ‘Porsche Barn,’ Explained for the Rest of Us Original
Barns were once built for horses. But what about horsepower? While many custom homes now incorporate car storage in novel ways, allowing residents to peer at their vehicles, or even to park them in their living space, the Porsche barn—it always seems to be Porsches, though other luxury sports cars are welcome—is suddenly poised to become a digging-out-the-basement-for-an-indoor-pool-like high-end residential trend.
Mercedes-Benz Design Chief Gorden Wagener Picks His Greatest Hits—and One Miss Original
Mercedes-Benz Group AG After nearly 30 years working with Mercedes-Benz and nearly two decades leading the venerable German brand's various design operations, Gorden Wagener will be stepping down as chief design officer on January 31. On the occasion of his retirement, Car and Driver had a one-on-one chat with Wagener to discuss his lengthy tenure. "I came from VW, and I wasn't quite happy there—I was always drawing Mercedes cars for fun," Wagener says.
Why New Cars Look So Huge Original
Illustration by Ilias Walchshofer Many car designs elicit comparisons to animal forms. The fauna that the BMW 7-series brings to mind, however, form an inelegant chimera. The battery-electric BMW i7 gets a lot of flack—all deserved—for its monstrous fascia.
At-Home Services to Get You Safely Through the Winter
Bad weather can make it difficult or dangerous to go out. Here are services that come to you to get you through the winter. AARP (Getty Images, 4) Winter is upon us and, with it, the challenges of getting out of the house for supplies. But according to Jennifer Szakaly, a certified life care manager in North Carolina, older adults can ease the season’s impact by using services that bring the outside world and your needs directly to your home.
Jaguar Knows You're Shocked By Its New Car. But It's Not Going Back Original
I had a lot of questions for Rawdon Glover, the managing director at Jaguar. I wanted to ask him how the storied British marque was handling a controversial brand reboot, the departures of its longtime design talent, and its pivot to producing solely premium electric vehicles at a time when demand for that sort of thing feels far more uncertain than it did a year ago. But we couldn’t get the video conference call to work right.
How One Teenager Turned Flipping Rebuilt Carburetors Into a 21st Century Online Business Original
Zack Wittman Father and daughter work on a Ford small-block V-8 in the family garage. To earn money for her first car, Riley Schlick-Trask was told by her father, Dane, to scrounge around in the family’s garage for stuff to fix and resell online. This wasn’t a punishment. “I grew up in a very tomboy house,” she says. “So, I grew up around cars and being in the garage.” This story originally appeared in Volume 32 of Road & Track. On the shelves, fortune struck.
Why Honda is suddenly launching reusable rockets
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Why Honda is suddenly launching reusable rockets Original
The Japanese automaker successfully launched and landed a prototype rocket in June. Is Honda trying to take on SpaceX? The Japanese automaker successfully launched and landed a prototype rocket in June. Is Honda trying to take on SpaceX? by Brett Berk Nov 29, 2025, 1:00 PM UTC Image: Honda In June of this year, Honda launched and landed a prototype, 20-foot-long reusable rocket at its research facility in Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost island.
Por qué Honda lanza repentinamente cohetes reutilizables
En junio de este año, Honda lanzó y aterrizó un prototipo de cohete reutilizable de 6 metros de largo en su centro de investigación en Hokkaido, la isla más septentrional de Japón. Si bien la empresa es conocida principalmente como un fabricante de automóviles innovador e iterativo, también es un conglomerado de transporte, que ha desarrollado y producido motocicletas, scooters, bicicletas eléctricas, vehículos todo terreno, motores de barcos e incluso aviones.
Why Honda is suddenly launching reusable rockets
Though the company is known mainly as an innovative and iterative carmaker, it is also a transportation conglomerate, having developed and produced motorcycles, scooters, e-bikes, ATVs, boat motors, and even jets. Its skunkworks R&D center built the world’s first in-car navigation system, the first mass-produced automatic braking system, and the first production Level-3 autonomous driving system.
Hollywood’s Favorite Used Car Salesman
Courtesy of Alex Manos/BHCC (6); Getty Images (4) In 2002, Alex Manos had achieved his dream. The L.A.-based Wilhelmina model was gleefully driving his slab-sided 1961 Lincoln Continental convertible home after a yearlong restoration. “In my eyes, if you lived in America and you’re successful, you had a convertible,” Manos says. Suddenly, a chauffeur-driven Escalade pulled alongside him on Sunset. “The guy in back wound down his window and said, ‘How much is it?’ And I said 55,” Manos says.
Which Six BMWs Were Born in LA, Not Munich? See Them from Sketch to Production Original
Designworks USA Designworks, in Santa Monica, California, is one of three global creative consultancies wholly owned by the BMW Group. In addition to penning industrial products for John Deere, Starbucks, North Face, and Embraer, it has competed with BMW's core automotive studios in Germany and Shanghai to create winning designs for the roundel brand. Maintaining a local studio is particularly important, because it can decipher for the bosses in Munich the capricious tastes of American car buyers.
Ho provato la piccola hot hatch elettrica di Honda
Scendendo lungo un tratto tortuoso sul retro del circuito di prova Honda a Tochigi, in Giappone, mi sono trovato davanti a una leggera salita. Era il mio secondo giro e l’ingegnere accanto a me aveva già premuto il pulsante “Boost Mode” sul volante, ma la Honda Super-One ha faticato ad affrontare la pendenza.
Why Mazda Wants to Take on Mercedes and BMW Original
Mazda defines itself as an upstart “challenger” brand amongst its core Japanese peers—Honda, Toyota, and Nissan. This is based not only upon its name recognition and sales, both of which are dwarfed by its competitors, but also by its location in its home market. While those brands are headquartered in a cluster around Tokyo, Mazda is located further south, in Hiroshima.
Erste Fahrt mit dem Honda Super One Prototyp
Nach einer Abfahrt auf einer kurvigen Hinterstrecke am hinteren Ende des Honda R&D-Testgeländes in Tochigi, Japan, traf ich auf einen leichten Anstieg. Es war meine zweite Runde, also hatte der mitfahrende Ingenieur auf dem Beifahrersitz bereits den "Boost Mode"-Knopf am kleinen Lenkrad betätigt, doch der Honda Super-One hatte immer noch ein wenig Mühe, den Hügel zu erklimmen. Ich tippte ein paar Mal auf das linke Schaltpaddel am Lenkrad.
Honda Had Big Plans For Affordable EVs. Here's What Went Wrong
A few years back, as part of an effort to demonstrate that it was taking EVs more seriously than it had previously demonstrated, Honda’s global CEO Toshihiro Mibe gathered members of the automotive press in Tokyo for a status seminar. He noted its partnership with General Motors as a hallmark, with joint plans to build vehicles not only on GM’s current Ultium platform, but to collaborate on future affordable EV underpinnings for later in the 2020s.
The Honda Super-One Is A Delightful, Tiny Electric Hot Hatch
Photo by: Honda Coming off a downhill back-of-the-track twisty at the rear of Honda’s R&D proving grounds in Tochigi, Japan, I encountered a slight uphill stretch. It was my second lap, so the engineer co-driver riding shotgun had already reached over and engaged the “Boost Mode” button on the tiny steering wheel, but the Honda Super-One still struggled a bit to mount the mound. I clicked a few times on the wheel’s left paddle.
We Drove the 2025 Honda Prelude: Fun, Sure. Exciting? Not Quite.
Why did Honda make the new Prelude? This was my first thought as I slid into the new hatchback's fiendishly bolstered, perforated, retro-patterned driver's seat for a drive near the company's R&D center in Japan. The sixth-generation two-door represents a comeback for the historic nameplate, which has been absent for nearly a quarter-century. It also fills a hole in the lineup, as Civics with fewer than four doors were dropped five years ago.
We Drove the 2025 Honda Prelude: Fun, Sure. Exciting? Not Quite.
Why did Honda make the new Prelude? This was my first thought as I slid into the new hatchback's fiendishly bolstered, perforated, retro-patterned driver's seat for a drive near the company's R&D center in Japan. The sixth-generation two-door represents a comeback for the historic nameplate, which has been absent for nearly a quarter-century. It also fills a hole in the lineup, as Civics with fewer than four doors were dropped five years ago.
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