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63 published stories in Automobiles. Latest first.
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Before concept cars became a familiar language of automotive design, General Motors used one extraordinary Buick to explore ideas that had no immediate place on a showroom floor. The 1938 Y-Job established a new relationship between styling, engineering and public imagination—one that continues to shape how the industry designs for the future.
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As Bugatti moves beyond the W16 era, the Tourbillon introduces an entirely different mechanical voice: a naturally aspirated V16 capable of 9,000 rpm, supported by an electric powertrain. Its sound has been engineered with the same care as its performance, balancing raw character, everyday refinement and stringent homologation requirements.
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Porsche’s new 911 GT3 Bergsport draws directly from the Alpine landscape and the marque’s early relationship with mountain roads. Limited to 100 examples for four European markets, the special edition combines a manual gearbox, lightweight engineering and a carefully considered palette inspired by the colours and light of the Alps.
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Lamborghini has added a new chapter to its long-running partnership with the Italian State Police, introducing a specially prepared Temerario for emergency operations. The high-performance hybrid super sports car will support urgent organ and medical-supply transport, extending a collaboration that has already contributed to more than 200 organ transport missions across Italy.
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Automobili Pininfarina’s B95 has received the Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2025, adding another major design distinction to the world’s first electric hyper Barchetta. With just ten examples planned, the open-top model brings Pininfarina’s long design tradition into an exceptionally rare, fully electric form.
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Rimac Automobili and Croatian STEM company CircuitMess have translated the technology of the Nevera into a 1:18-scale buildable model. Combining electronics, coding and automotive engineering, the limited-edition kit offers a different way to explore the systems behind one of the defining electric hypercars of its generation.
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Boucheron’s Histoire de Style 2026 turns its founder’s life and ideas into four High Jewelry creations, revisiting the Place Vendôme address, the pioneering Question Mark necklace, couture-inspired wearability and Frédéric Boucheron’s fascination with untamed nature through the contemporary vision of Claire Choisne.
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General Motors has opened a new advanced design studio in Pasadena, California, expanding a Southern California design presence that stretches back nearly four decades. The occasion also introduced the GMC HUMMER X, a pair of mid-size electric concepts exploring modular construction, off-road capability, connected technology and more circular approaches to vehicle design.
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Volkswagen is expanding its electrified line-up with a new full-hybrid system for the Golf and T-Roc, combining a 170 PS petrol-electric powertrain with the ability to drive temporarily on electric power without external charging. Pre-sales have now opened in Germany, adding a new option between mild and plug-in hybrid technology.
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Pagani Automobili brought the Huayra 70 Derecho to the 2026 Goodwood Festival of Speed for its world premiere, placing a highly individual few-off creation within one of motoring’s most celebrated settings. Born from the Grandi Complicazioni division, the car combines exposed carbon fibre, vivid colour and meticulous handcraft.
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