The Q6 e-Tron certainly looks familiar, doesn’t it? Not least because we’ve seen it in various prototype forms over the last year after the car, and its electric Porsche Macan stablemate, were so delayed. But also because it’s got so many of those traditional Audi touches, like a large grille-like arrangement at the front and blistered wheelarches front and rear. Audi’s also making a big fuss about the use of light with the Q6, revealing the new model features some firsts for the industry.
The new double-deck lighting ‘face’ will come to more models in the Audi range in future – namely the upcoming A6 e-Tron saloon and Avant estate, as well as the next-generation Q7 SUV first.
For those that love cars but aren’t necessarily into racing, it’s fairly slim pickings on the video game front. Gran Turismo, Forza Motorsport, iRacing – the clue is in the name – they’re all about driving as quickly as humanly possible. And a great job they do of it, too. But they’re not for everyone.
Driving the spectacularly good Porsche 911 GT3 RS, it’s hard to imagine how any 911 could ever deliver anything beyond its astounding levels of pace, telepathic feel and laugh-out-loud fun. Pound-for-pound (assuming you can get one for list price, that is), it’s one of the most astonishing cars on sale today and sits atop of perhaps the greatest model line in the history of sports cars. In short, it’s the real deal.
For decades, the Geneva International Motor Show has been seen as one of the most prestigious car shows on the calendar, once pulling in 600,000 visitors and 10,000 of the world’s media at its peak. Before the pandemic struck, it has been arguably considered to be the place to unveil your new car.
Any brand new car is a big deal, but the Peugeot E-3008 isn’t just a new car. Underneath the freshly coupeified shell is the first usage of Stellantis’s STLA Medium platform that’ll go on to underpin all manner of cars and SUVs across the group. It’s been designed to compete with the best electric cars, but ICE and hybrid versions are also in the pipeline.
Maserati’s drop-top GranCabrio has arrived. The new four-seat convertible is a companion to the GranTurismo GT car, and is ready to make summer a little more glamorous this year.
The ‘100 per cent made in Italy’ convertible is, essentially, a GranTurismo with a foldable roof. It’s fabric for this new generation, as it was for previous models, and will fold in 14 seconds at speeds up to 31mph.