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Ceer has revealed the Exobot sedan and SUV, the first cars from Saudi Arabia's PIF and Foxconn joint venture. Top versions claim more than 1,100 hp and 0-100 km/h in 2.1 seconds, with a Rimac rear drive, Hyundai Transys front motors and a BMW technology licence. Production starts in January 2027 and deliveries in March, two years after the date set at the brand's launch.

Delage Automobiles has a new shareholder in Antoine Arnault, who invests through Marbeuf Capital alongside the Pinault family and Xavier Niel. The €2 million D12 hypercar has reached three customers since December 2025, with about six firm orders against a run of 30. The Nürburgring record attempt planned for 2020, then 2023, then spring 2025, still has no date.

Hyundai has shown the finished fifth-generation Tucson in Korea: 4,700 mm long on a 2,785 mm wheelbase, a 245 hp 1.6 turbo hybrid, a 193 hp petrol with an eight-speed automatic, and Pleos Connect with the Gleo AI assistant. Korean sales start in October, global markets follow in the fourth quarter. Hyundai's home sales are down 15% this year, and the Tucson is the car meant to fix that.

Tesla is recalling the Model 3 Premium across the EU and the Gulf because its far-side airbag logic can push a front occupant's shoulder past the 3.0 kN limit of the UN R135 pole test. The Netherlands alone counts 10,787 cars, Saudi Arabia 182, and the fix is a software update that needs no workshop.

Porsche has delivered its one millionth new car in mainland China, a 911 GT3 Touring handed over in Shanghai on 13 September, 25 years after the brand's first Beijing dealership. The milestone comes as China deliveries fall for a fifth year: 41,938 in 2025 and 14,501 in the first half of 2026, fewer than Germany, while the dealer network shrinks to about 80 outlets.

Toyota Gazoo Racing has revealed that its GR GT3 customer racer, built for IMSA competition, shares more than 80 percent of its components with the road-going GR GT supercar. The figure dwarfs the roughly 25 percent the outgoing Lexus RC F GT3 shared with its own road car. Toyota says the race car's needs shaped the road car's design, and testing continues at the Nürburgring ahead of a 2027 arrival.

McLaren will retire the GTS, Artura and 750S by the end of 2028, according to Autocar. The GTS goes first in 2027 and the Artura follows in 2028, while the 750S is in its final stages behind the 200-car 788HS. McLaren has confirmed a front-engined SUV and two in-house hybrid engines, but has not announced a single replacement for the three cars it sells today.

Volvo Cars has appointed Škoda CEO Klaus Zellmer as its next president and chief executive, to start no later than 1 October 2027. He succeeds Håkan Samuelsson, whose two-year contract runs out in April 2027. Zellmer, 59, spent two decades at Porsche and has run Škoda since July 2022, where 2025 brought 1,043,900 deliveries and an 8.3 percent operating margin.

BMW has put its Debrecen plant on three shifts to build the iX3 around the clock, after 100,000 European orders in under a year and more than 50,000 cars built. A second Neue Klasse model starts there this autumn. The plant assembles its own battery packs, but the cells still arrive from Asia while CATL's Debrecen cell lines stay halted.