We drove the 2024 Aston Martin DB12 and 2024 Rolls-Royce Spectre, we spied Ferrari’s subsequent hypercar, and we discovered a couple of true light-weight electrical sports activities automotive. It is the Week in Reverse, proper right here at Motor Authority.
Aston Martin has changed the DB11 with the DB12, however somewhat than begin from scratch the automaker has sharpened and refined what was already a formidable car. The result’s positively a house run, as we found throughout our first drive. Gone is the V-12, however with the pumped up V-8 you will hardly miss it. Additionally gone is the earlier mannequin’s outdated inside, which we’re fairly certain nobody will miss.
We additionally drove the Rolls-Royce Spectre, the primary electrical car from the British marque. Just like the DB12, the Spectre is aimed toward followers of grand touring, however on this case the main target could be very a lot on consolation. Via software program, Rolls-Royce even deliberately dialed again the response when flooring the accelerator pedal so occupants aren’t shoved again of their seats like in most high-powered EVs.
Ferrari is out testing prototypes for its successor to the LaFerrari, and one among them was snapped by our spy photographer. The brand new automotive seems to take a seat decrease and wider than the LaFerrari, and there are rumors it could characteristic a V-6 because the internal-combustion part of its hybrid powertrain. The debut is predicted to happen subsequent yr.
A Japanese know-how firm has developed an electrical sports activities automotive idea that weighs simply 3,141 kilos and packs near 500 hp. It additionally has a sultry physique penned by the design firm of Shiro Nakamura, the previous design boss of Nissan and the designer chargeable for the present R35 GT-R. There’s an opportunity the idea enters manufacturing as the corporate behind it, AIM, is at present growing a feasibility examine for the manufacturing of a restricted run.
Toyota has all however confirmed plans to launch a brand new Land Cruiser within the U.S. Nevertheless, the U.S.-bound Land Cruiser, which is predicted as a 2025 mannequin, will not be the 300-series Land Cruiser the remainder of the world will get. As a substitute will probably be a model of the following Land Cruiser Prado, Toyota’s deliberate twin to the redesigned 2024 Lexus GX.
