Say hello to the Type 00 Concept, the long-awaited preview of Jaguar’s all-electric transformation. The concept makes its debut in Florida for Miami Art Week, and that’s no coincidence. Jaguar sees the 00 Concept as an “artistic endeavor” that combines vivid color with geometric shapes that draw inspiration from the past, all while pointing towards a minimalist future.

“Our presence at Miami Art Week emphasizes Jaguar’s purpose as an advocate for art and creativity in all its forms,” said Jaguar Managing Director Rawdon Glover. “We know that art is a passion point for our future clients, so what better way than to go and talk to them directly, at one of the world’s premier art festivals.”

For better or worse, this philosophy defines the Type 00. Pronounced zero-zero, the exterior is dominated by a long hood that blends into a fastback. The front looks impossibly simple, featuring two razor-thin lights at the top and two more down low. In the middle is a basic rectangular grille embossed into the body. Moving further back, the chunky sides feature vertical panels behind the front fenders that remind us of a fourth-generation Range Rover.

The brass ingots down low contain rear-facing cameras that deploy only when needed, which could be more often than not since there’s no back window. In its place is something Jaguar calls a “pantograph tailgate” that opens for access to the rear cargo shelf. Butterfly doors open for access to the front seats, and at the very back, you’ll find another rectangular grille of sorts. This design feature incorporates full-width taillights.

Jaguar calls this design language Exuberant Modernism, and there’s more of the same inside. Flat front seats are bisected by a brass spine. There are no visible instruments or controls; instead, two large screens rotate up from the dash, one on each side of the spine. It’s extremely minimalistic, if a tad weird, and it gets even weirder when you see the materials used for the interior. Aside from a wool blend “inspired by handwoven yarns,” the seats and center spine are supported by travertine stone. Yes, stone.

By now, you’re probably wondering about the mechanical components beneath this curious concept. Unfortunately, Jaguar has nothing to share on that. It uses the company’s new JEA architecture, designed from the ground up for future EVs. It will target an EPA-estimated range of 430 miles and reclaim 200 miles of range in 15 minutes when hooked to a high-speed charger.

It’s also unclear just how similar Jaguar’s first production vehicle will be to the Type 00 Concept. Early spy photos show a long, low car with a fastback roof and similar proportions, but heavy camouflage prevents us from sussing out any details. Jaguar confirmed it will be a four-door GT, but it won’t debut until late 2025.

“The magic of Jaguar is close to my heart—an original British luxury brand unmatched in its heritage, artistry, and emotional magnetism,” said JLR CEO Adrian Mardell. “That’s the Jaguar we are recapturing and we will create the same sense of awe that surrounded iconic models like the E-type.”

 

Bernie Ecclestone is having a sale. The former Formula 1 head honcho is getting rid of 69 Grand Prix and Formula 1 cars from his collection that he spent the last 50 years building. The public has never seen many of the cars he’s bought over the last half-century since he acquired them, meaning this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the right collector.

Ecclestone is selling off championship-winning Ferraris from Niki Lauda and Michael Schumacher. His collection also contains the famous Brabham BT46B fan car designed by Gordon Murray. It raced only once at the 1978 Swedish Grand Prix, where it won first by more than 30 seconds.

Photo by: Tom Hartley Jnr.

Other cars for sale include the Vanwall VW10 piloted by Sir Stirling Moss, the first Ferrari ever to beat Alfa Romeo—the Thin Wall Special, and Mike Hawthorn’s championship-winning Ferrari Dino. And don’t forget Alberto Ascari’s Italian Grand Prix-winning Ferrari 375 F1, the very first Ferrari 312 F1, and the Maserati 250F.

Ecclestone, now 94 years old, became involved in F1 in the 1950s. He’s decided to sell his collection now because “the time has come for me to start thinking about what will happen to them should I no longer be here.”  And he didn’t want to leave them for his wife to deal with “should I not be around.” He certainly can’t take them with him.

Love ‘em or hate ‘em, Liberty Walk certainly knows how to turn heads with its projects. The Japanese tuner has been working its widebody magic on sports cars, supercars, and Kei cars since the early 1990s. Now, the shop is taking its scalpel to an Italian icon: The Lamborghini Miura.

Liberty Walk founder Wataru Kato is previewing the project on his Instagram, showing a few different angles of the Miura’s exposed bodywork in photos and videos, including the odometer, which reads 42,587 kilometers (or 26,462 miles). A well-driven Miura. The first post went live this past Saturday, with the caption, “It’s finally starting, this new project is historic for us.”

 

Liberty Walk is calling it the “LB-silhouette works Lamborghini Miura,” and it’s scheduled to debut at the Tokyo Auto Salon in January of next year. The details of the project are still pretty vague (you can follow along on their Instagram for progress), but it’s safe to say Liberty Walk’s take on the Miura won’t be understated.

But that may not necessarily be a bad thing. The shop has a history of working with Italian icons. One of its most popular projects of late is the LB-Works Ferrari F40. With a signature widebody kit and white paint job, LB’s F40 is a bold take on a car that some deem untouchable. And you can go down the list; The Ferrari 488, the Lamborghini Countach, the Huracan, and even the iconic Testarossa have all received the LB treatment—and most of them look pretty good.

 

Liberty Walk’s Miura should be a big draw when it debuts at the Tokyo Auto Salon next year. The show kicks off on January 10.

There are precious few station wagons left in the world, but it’s comforting to know at least one of them is stupid fast. Now, it’s even stupider fast thanks to the folks at Manhart. We can’t think of a better way to describe a BMW M3 Touring with 855 horsepower. Meet the MH3 800 Touring.

Manhart’s upgrades deliver almost a Z4’s worth of extra power over the stock 503-hp wagon. Despite the S58’s reputation for big-power reliability, it takes more than just a new ECU map to get an extra 352 hp here. The bottom end gets forged pistons and connecting rods. Boost is dialed up from the pair of turbochargers force-feeding the cylinders. A new intercooler helps manage temperatures, and to keep the Bimmer breathing, Manhart adds a carbon intake and a new exhaust system.

Photo by: Manhart

The rest of the upgrades are straight from the Manhart playbook. The MH3 800 rides on adjustable H&R springs with staggered wheels at the corners measuring 20 inches in front, and 21 at the back. The M3 Touring’s carbon brakes are untouched—they’re already capable of corralling the wagon from 174 mph—but Manhart does upgrade the eight-speed automatic to handle the engine’s 804 pound-feet of torque.

In true Manhart fashion, the company’s body kit comes bolted to the outside. For the MH3 800 Touring, that includes new grille inserts for the big kidneys up front. Beneath them is a front spoiler, matched with rocker panels to give the wagon an even lower stance. Modest carbon spoilers sit atop the roof and beneath the rear glass, while further down, a new diffuser houses the signature quad exhaust tips.

Manhart doesn’t mention a specific production numbers or pricing, but given the cost of the M3 Touring before all the aftermarket upgrades, expect it to be very expensive. And since this long roof BMW isn’t sold in the States, you’ll have to venture across the pond to see one. If you happen to be in Germany, you can check out the MH3 800 Touring at the Essen Motor Show through December 8.

They don’t make them like they used to? Oh, but they very much do. GMC will build you a Savana a lot like the one it was making all the way back in early 1996 when the van originally hit the assembly line. The fullsize passenger van has barely changed since it launched together with the Chevrolet Express almost three decades ago. That one too sticks around for the 2025 model year, which an old report states might be the last for both models.

In the meantime, the Savana is not dead yet, and there’s even a configurator to play with. Math starts at $49,245, which is actually up by $2,450 compared to the previous model year. While fifty grand for an ancient van with halogen lights and 16-inch steel wheels is pricey, it’s not too bad once you adjust for inflation. Having been around for so long, it should be bulletproof by now, especially since it’s a simple vehicle with fewer things that could go wrong. The upright dashboard is vivid proof of how old the Savana is.

When automakers keep a vehicle on sale for a lot longer than the usual life cycle, the model’s lineup is usually basic. However, GMC still offers two trim levels (LS and LT) along with the choice between 4.3-liter V-6 and 6.6-liter V-8 gasoline engines. There used to be inline-four and V-8 Duramax diesels in the past but the Savana has been a gas-only affair for a few years. Body colors are limited to Summit White, Cardinal Red, Onyx Black, and Quicksilver Metallic, plus an optional white finish for the steelies.

Inside, you can opt for fancy stuff such as six-way electrically adjustable front seats. Upgrading from a Savana 2500 to a 3500 (from $52,145) unlocks the ability to order a long-wheelbase version from $52,945. The stretched model can accommodate as many as 15 people. Some of the extras are cheap since the passenger-side sliding door is only $195 while the engine block heater costs $100. Other goodies include a 220-amp alternator for $75, an automatic locking rear differential for $325, and side steps for $795.

GMC will charge you extra for the rear window defogger ($155), remote start ($300), digital camera mirror ($675), blind spot ($395), and keyless entry ($225). Bluetooth is another $200 while having the outside temperature displayed in the instrument cluster is $10. The dual-note horn is another 15 bucks.

The body-on-frame, rear-wheel-drive people mover continues for the 2025 model year as a cargo van as well, priced from $43,695 to $48,445. GMC also still has the cutaway van, but pricing hasn’t been announced. The 2024 version started at less than $40,000.

We should point out that the Savana is not the oldest vehicle in production. Toyota is still making the Land Cruiser Series 70 it originally launched in 1984, complete with a fender mirror. To be fair, the rugged SUV has been updated several times but it’s still largely the same J70 that hit the market four decades ago. The Lada Niva off-roader is even older, having been around since 1977.

After a long saga trying to get onto the Formula 1 grid, General Motor’s entry has finally been approved. The Cadillac Formula 1 team will enter the 2026 season as the 11th team in the series. It will be the first-ever American F1 team as a ground-up effort from a major American automaker.

GM has promised to produce its own F1 engines by the end of the decade, although initially it will use a powertrain from a separate team. It’s unclear which team it will be, although Ferrari and Honda are rumored to be likely contenders.

The Detroit automaker’s initial efforts to get on the grid were in the form of the Andretti-Cadillac team, and indeed it seems like Andretti Global will still be a part of the picture, although perhaps not in name. It appears as if Michael Andretti stepped down as the CEO of Andretti Global in order to get GM on the grid in 2026, with Dan Towriss becoming Andretti Global’s new chief executive. 

An official F1 press release describing GM’s ascension to the F1 grid does not mention the Andretti name, but does quote Towriss as the “CEO of TWG Global’s motorsport business,” which just so happens to include Andretti Global. Cadillac, however, states that “Mario Andretti, the last American F1 Champion, will serve as a director on the team’s board.”

GM plans to use Andretti’s infrastructure as well as its own to support the team, including “operations in Fishers, Indiana; Charlotte, North Carolina; Warren, Michigan; and Silverstone, England.” So the partnership between Andretti and GM is still foundational to the project, but externally that may not seem clear. 

Cadillac is the first F1 team to join the sport since 2016, when the only other American-owned team, Haas, was admitted to the grid.

 

After Porsche launched the updated 911 GT3 last month, we’re now waiting for the revised RS to break cover. Before that happens, Manthey is spicing up the outgoing Rennsport variant with a factory-backed aerodynamic body kit. The significant upgrade has the automaker’s blessing and won’t void the car’s warranty. As a refresher, Zuffenhausen has owned a 51% stake in the company based in Meuspath, Germany since late 2013.

You’ll immediately notice the rear window is gone. In its place, Manthey mounts a 25% lighter carbon fiber panel with a shark fin antenna derived from the Porsche 963 endurance racer. The large aerodynamic element works together with six extra smaller fins mounted on the roof. Their role is to guide the hot air coming from the front radiators away from the car so that the rear intakes draw cooler air.

Elsewhere, the massive carbon rear wing now has different endplates for increased downforce. For the same purpose, Manthey also made the diffuser bigger. To reduce air resistance, the 911 GT3 RS is fitted with aerodisc wheel covers made from carbon fiber. With all these changes made, the track machine now generates over 2,204 pounds (1,000 kilograms) of downforce at 177 mph (285 km/h).

There’s more to the Manthey kit beyond the modifications made to the body. Porsche’s track monster has 30% increased spring rates at the front axle and 15% at the rear. Other tweaks include new shock absorbers, racing brake pads (for cars with ceramic-composite brakes), and some miscellaneous items. Goodies vary from body decals and illuminated door sill guards in carbon fiber to LED door projectors and a towing eye you can’t use on public roads.

The upgrade package has been two years in the making, and it involved thousands of miles of testing on European racetracks. Speaking of which, Manthey wants to do a hot lap of the Nürburgring, but weather conditions haven’t been friendly. The goal is to shave off time from the standard GT3 RS’ performance established in October 2022 when the stock car lapped the 12.92-mile (20.8-kilometer) configuration of the famous track in 6 minutes and 49.32 seconds.

It should be able to get closer to the 6:43.30 lap time achieved in June 2021 by a previous-generation 911 GT2 RS fitted with Manthey Racing components. Lest we forget a 992-generation GT2 RS is seemingly on the way, so Porsche and Manthey could shave off even more seconds.

In the meantime, GT3 RS owners can already order the new kit. Countries in the European Union will get it from January next year while non-EU regions will have to wait until March. Pricing isn’t mentioned but the package tailored to the 718 Cayman GT4 RS costs from $53,946 in the United States, plus installation fees.

It’s perfectly okay to admit your guilty pleasures when it comes to weird vehicles. We all have a soft spot for at least one car our brain tells us we should just ignore. Although common sense would be not to like the Mitsuoka M55, we’re strangely attracted to the retro muscle car styling of this Honda. Yes, it’s a plain Civic underneath the Dodge Challenger-esque exterior. It started as a concept but now you can buy one by taking a trip to Japan.

The Japanese coachbuilder showed the M55 a year ago to celebrate its 55^th anniversary. At the beginning of this year, Mitsuoka announced plans to put the car into production. Fast forward to November, and it’s now taking orders for the M55 Zero Edition. Only 100 cars will be delivered in 2025 at 8,085,000 yen a pop. At current exchange rates, that works out to approximately $52,200.

The styling may say four-door Challenger but the custom car is all show without any extra go. The M55 sticks to a turbocharged 1.5-liter gasoline engine with 180 horsepower and 177 pound-feet (240 Newton-meters) of torque. The faux muscle car sends its Honda power to the front wheels via a six-speed manual gearbox, so it’s all standard Civic affair. Further down the line, Mitsuoka says it might offer the car with a CVT and even a hybrid powertrain.

Mitsuoka is taking 350 requests until January 19, 2025, when the order books are set to close. The car can’t be ordered online or through a phone call as it’s only available at dealers across Japan. To take part in the lottery and claim one of the 100 vehicles planned for production, customers must pay a 550,000 yen ($3,500) application fee. Don’t worry–you’ll get your money back if you don’t win the lottery.

Jaguar as we know it is dead. It’s about to enter a new era by ditching combustion engines to compete in ultra-luxury EV territory. But if you long for the good old days of the leaping cat, the XJS is making a spectacular return. No, Jag isn’t bringing it back. Instead, TWR is reviving the posh grand tourer through a boldly styled restomod with a carbon fiber body penned by Khyzyl Saleem.

Founded in 2020 as a separate entity from the legendary Tom Walkinshaw Racing, TWR is an engineering company. It won’t do just Jaguars and restomods but their inaugural project breathes new life into the XJS. Aptly named “Supercat,” the new-old vehicle is nearly 10% lighter than the original. It tips the scales at 3,538 pounds (1,605 kilograms) after fitting that wildly designed carbon body. Customers can also opt for carbon-ceramic brakes at both axles.

From the boxy wheel arches to the aggressively aerodynamic front and rear ends, a lot is going on outside. TWR gave the Supercat a side-exit exhaust not just for show, but to make room for the flatter underbody and a giant rear diffuser. The car is also slightly wider than the original XJS and has much bigger wheels than the stock 15-inch setup: 18 inches at the front and 19 inches at the rear.

Beyond the outlandish styling, there are skin-deep changes. The chassis has been reinforced with carbon fiber while the subframe uses TWR-designed, high-strength T45 tubular stainless steel. The double wishbone suspension now has active and adjustable dampers while a limited slip differential has been added as well. To bolster stability beyond the LSD, the Supercat also has a traction control system. Keeping up with the times, there are even five selectable driving modes.

But the pièce de résistance is undoubtedly lurking from underneath the vented hood. The engine is now a bored-out supercharged 6.5-liter V-12 instead of the original 6.3-liter mill. The enlarged powertrain makes 660 hp and 538 lb-ft (730 Nm) channeled to the rear axle via a six-speed manual gearbox featuring launch control. The standard XJS V12 HE referenced by TWR made do with 281 hp and 318 lb-ft (431 Nm) delivered to the wheels through a three-speed automatic transmission.

While the donor car had a 2+2 layout, the Supercat is strictly a two-person affair with electric seats and a larger cargo area. If there’s one thing we don’t like about the car, it’s the fully digital instrument cluster. Surely some nice analog gauges would’ve been more suitable since everything else looks nice and retro inside. We particularly like the carbon fiber-backed leather seats and the shifter. The digital instrument cluster isn’t the only screen since TWR also added a center infotainment display with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto support.

TWR is converting only 88 XJS cars to the Supercat specification. It’s not a random number as it harkens back to 1988 when Tom Walkinshaw’s XJR-9 won at Le Mans with the Silk Cut Jaguar team’s endurance race car driven by Andy Wallace (Bugatti’s current test driver), Johnny Dumfries, and Jan Lammers. That year, a different XJR-9 from Silk Cut Jaguar finished fourth.

Both left- and right-hand-drive configurations are available. TWR is already taking orders in the US, the UK, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Only a limited number of vehicles are still available. At home in the UK, the car kicks off at £225,000 ($285,000) before taxes and should you be interested, an initial £35,000 ($44,000) deposit is necessary before signing your name on the dotted line.

The latest BMW M cars are straight-line demons from the factory, and they take well to mods. This is perhaps the most extreme modern M car we’ve seen yet, an M2 drag car pumping out 1,500 horsepower to all four wheels. It’s the work of UK-based aftermarket shop R44 Performance and Tom Wrigley Performance, and it’s headed to the US to try and claim the mantle of the world’s quickest BMW.

This project began with the all-wheel drive conversion. BMW doesn’t sell an all-wheel drive M2—at least not yet—but underneath, the car is largely the same as the M3 and M4, both of which have all-wheel drive options. (BMW does sell an all-wheel drive 2 Series, but the hardware is slightly different than the M cars) For this build, R44 and Tom Wrigley Performance sourced the drivetrain from an M3 and after much trial and error, managed to make it work. 

To get 1,500 horsepower, Tom Wrigley Performance dropped the stock twin turbos for an enormous single turbo setup, skimmed and sleeved the engine, installed forged internals, and all sorts of extra cooling. The eight-speed automatic transmission also gets new internals to deal with the massive torque. On top of all that, there’s a full roll cage, carbon bucket seats with six-point harnesses, extensive suspension upgrades, custom Vossen wheels, and lots of carbon-fiber bodywork. Oh, and a parachute. 

The M2 is headed stateside to make a couple appearances, including at the TX2K in Texas next March, an event for street-legal drag cars. There, it will challenge to become one of the world’s fastest BMWs. R44 Performance has a full build series on its YouTube channel, so be sure to check that out if you want to see everything that goes into making one of the most extreme M2s on the planet.