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Revealed at Top Marques Monaco, the new ABT Urus SE takes the electrified Lamborghini SUV formula and adds more power, more carbon, more sound and more visual aggression. The result is not just a tuned Urus. It is ABT’s interpretation of what a hybrid performance SUV should look and feel like when restraint is no longer part of the brief. The numbers tell the first part of the story: 910 PS, 669 kW and 1,100 Nm of torque.

The market has shifted and Van Mossel has moved faster than many expected. The Dutch automotive group, active in Belgium since 2018, has now become the country’s largest car dealer group by new-car registrations. That is not just a commercial milestone. It says something much bigger about where car retail in Belgium and Europe is heading.

BMW M is giving its inline-six engines a very interesting future. From mid-2026, the BMW M2, BMW M3 and BMW M4 will receive a new engine technology called BMW M Ignite. It is a patented pre-chamber ignition system designed to improve efficiency under high load, especially during circuit driving, while also helping BMW M meet the upcoming Euro 7 emissions requirements.

At the second edition of Lamborghini Arena in Imola, the brand revealed the Fenomeno Roadster, an ultra-limited Few-Off open-top supercar with a 1080 CV V12 hybrid powertrain and a production run of just 15 units. That makes it the most powerful open-top Lamborghini ever created.

The relationship between Alfa Romeo and the Carabinieri is one of them. At the Alfa Romeo Museum in Arese, the Italian brand has presented a new book titled Carabinieri and Alfa Romeo – for Italy, celebrating 75 years of collaboration between the Biscione and the Carabinieri Corps. It is not just a book about official vehicles. It is a story about post-war Italy, public service, national identity and the role certain cars played in the daily life of a country.

McLaren’s return to top-tier endurance racing is starting to look very serious. Just days after revealing the name and test livery of its new MCL-HY Hypercar, McLaren Racing has confirmed Laurens Vanthoor as the second driver for its 2027 FIA World Endurance Championship programme. He joins Mikkel Jensen, who recently completed the car’s first track running at Varano’s Autodromo Riccardo Paletti in Italy.

Volkswagen has confirmed that the Golf GTI Edition 50 is now the fastest front-wheel-drive production car around the Nürburgring Nordschleife. With racing driver and Volkswagen test and development driver Benjamin Leuchter behind the wheel, the anniversary model completed the full 20.832-kilometre lap in 7:44.523 minutes. That makes it faster than the previous front-wheel-drive production benchmark and also faster than any previous Volkswagen production model on the Nordschleife.

Switzerland has just changed one of the most unusual rules in motorsport. After 71 years, the country is lifting its ban on circuit racing, a restriction introduced after the 1955 Le Mans disaster, the deadliest tragedy in motorsport history. From 1 July 2026, closed-circuit racing will once again be legally possible in Switzerland. But that does not mean a Swiss Grand Prix is suddenly around the corner.

What does a Formula 1 driver buy when modern supercars start feeling a little too normal? In Fernando Alonso’s case, the answer appears to be a Pagani Zonda Roadster Diamante Verde. Not just any Zonda. Not just another limited-edition hypercar. A true factory one-off, built to 760 specification, finished in green-tinted exposed carbon fibre and powered by one of the greatest naturally aspirated V12 engines ever fitted to a road car.