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The 1968 Porsche 909 Bergspyder is still the lightest racing car Porsche has ever built, at around 400 kilograms, and its spherical titanium fuel tank shows how far the obsession with weight went. The 0.8 mm titanium sphere used nitrogen pressure to feed the engine and delete the fuel lift pump, saving up to seven kilograms. Powered by a 275 hp flat-eight, the hillclimb special was a rolling laboratory whose lessons fed the 908/3 that won the 1970 World Sportscar Championship.

BYD opened its 10,000th flash charging station in Shenzhen on 28 August, doubling the network in under five months. Nearly a third of the 1.83 million drivers who have used it plug in a car from another brand. Europe is next, with 3,000 stations promised by 2027 and 300 UK chargers inside a year, though almost nothing BYD sells there can use the full speed.

The 48th 24 Hours of Zolder was stopped early on Sunday after a heavy crash at the Lucien Bianchi corner brought out the red flag with about 30 minutes remaining. A driver and a track marshal were injured and taken to be treated, but reports say neither was in life-threatening danger. With the race unable to restart, NGT Racing took its fourth win in the Belgian classic, ahead of ART Racing and Belgium Racing.

Porsche has committed to keeping the manual gearbox for as long as it is legally allowed and customers want it. Porsche Cars North America CEO Timo Resch made the pledge at Monterey Car Week, days after a six-speed manual returned for the 2027 911 Carrera S, taking the manual 911 line-up to seven configurations. But regulation is closing in, and Porsche's own T-Hybrid tech is already incompatible with a manual, so the gearbox faces pressure from two directions at once.

Mate Rimac, who built the fastest production electric car on sale, says combustion will dominate the top of the market for a very long time, and compares it to Swiss watchmaking. Bugatti has sold all 250 Tourbillons and their 8.3-litre V16. The electric Nevera delivered just over 50 cars of a planned 150.

Volvo is rolling out spatial audio powered by Dolby Atmos inside Apple CarPlay on the EX90 and ES90, with the EX60 to follow once wireless CarPlay reaches it later in 2026. The feature needs the optional Bowers & Wilkins system, 25 speakers in the EX90, and it ends the trade-off that forced owners out of CarPlay to reach Atmos.

British converter Van Haven has moved its Volkswagen Transporter range onto the current T7, revealing the Hambledon camper, the VH-PMV sports version and an off-road VH-X at the Haynes Motor Museum. Each build takes around 120 hours and keeps the factory warranty intact. The van underneath is assembled by Ford Otosan in Turkey on the Transit Custom platform.

Lamborghini and Silver Cross have launched the Reef AL Giallo, a second limited-edition pushchair finished in a yellow taken from Lamborghini's paint range. Just 500 will be built worldwide, with performance suede, polycarbonate trim, all-terrain wheels on exposed independent suspension and the Y-pattern from Lamborghini interiors. No euro price has been announced.

Paramount will release Days of Thunder 2 on 2 June 2028, with Tom Cruise back as Cole Trickle and Anne Hathaway joining as a team owner and engineer. Jonathan Levine directs from a script by Will Staples, shot for IMAX. Cruise announced it at Daytona on Saturday and addressed the full drivers' meeting before the Cup race. It lands thirty-eight years after the original.