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Lamborghini is not just celebrating another birthday. On 7 May 2026, Automobili Lamborghini turns 63, marking more than six decades since Ferruccio Lamborghini founded the company in Sant’Agata Bolognese on 7 May 1963. But with Lamborghini, the number 63 is not simply a date in the archive. It has become part of the brand’s visual language, its collector culture and its way of connecting past, present and future.

Do you remember the Alfa Romeo Diva Concept? Most people don’t, and that is exactly what makes it so interesting. Presented at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show, the Diva was one of those rare Alfa Romeo concepts that felt less like a design exercise and more like a glimpse into an alternative future. It was compact, lightweight, mid-engined and deeply emotional, with styling that clearly looked back to the legendary Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale while trying to imagine what a modern Alfa sports car could become.

The first-generation TT is one of the most important automotive designs of the last 30 years. Simple, geometric, almost architectural in its purity, it turned the production sports car into something closer to industrial design. Autoforma, the bespoke design studio linked to Niels van Roij Design, seems to understand that. Its new one-off Audi TTS Roadster Restomod does not try to reinvent the TT. Instead, it tries to bring the production car closer to the purity of the original 1995 TT Roadster concept.

Audi Tradition has recreated the Auto Union Lucca, a spectacular 1930s record car from the Silver Arrow era that once reached 326.975 km/h on a closed public-road section near Lucca in Italy. The original car disappeared into history, but its story has now been brought back to life through a three-year reconstruction project completed in early 2026. And in a world obsessed with the future of performance, this machine feels like a reminder of how extreme the past already was.

At Top Marques Monaco, Giamaro Automobili presents the Krafla GC, a new evolution of its extreme V12 hypercar, shown in an elegant but aggressive combination of Azzurro Giamaro, Bianco Infinito and Grigio Cenere, with large exposed carbon-fibre surfaces to underline the car’s aerodynamic shape. For a brand that most people had never heard of until recently, Giamaro is entering the conversation with the kind of confidence usually reserved for companies with decades of myth behind them.

Some cars never really leave the conversation. The Audi Sport quattro is one of them. Now, Munich-based HSR Manufaktur wants to bring that spirit back with the Type 859, a modern restomod inspired by the legendary Audi Sport quattro, limited to 84 units and priced from around €500,000 excluding taxes, including the donor car.

Omoda Jaecoo is moving fast in Europe, and the new Omoda 4 shows exactly where the brand wants to go next. After entering the market with larger and more lifestyle-focused models, Omoda is now aiming lower in the range with a compact crossover that sits somewhere between the B- and C-segment. At 4.42 metres long, the Omoda 4 is positioned in one of Europe’s most competitive areas, where buyers want SUV styling, usable space, modern technology and, most importantly, a price that makes sense.

Mercedes has quietly opened the configurator for the new C 400 4MATIC Electric, giving us one of the clearest looks yet at where the fully electric C-Class will sit in Europe. And the answer is simple: right in the territory where BMW, Audi and Tesla will have to pay attention. In Belgium, the C 400 4MATIC Electric starts from €67,034, while the German configurator shows a starting price of €67,711.

Low Emission Zones were introduced with a clear promise: cleaner air, healthier cities and less pollution from older cars. But in Belgium, that promise is now being questioned more loudly than ever. A new independent study based on 2.9 million air quality measurements claims that Low Emission Zones in Ghent, Antwerp and Brussels have had little to no measurable impact on air quality. At the same time, Flanders has confirmed it will not tighten LEZ rules in 2026, giving Euro 5 diesel owners and older petrol drivers a temporary but significant breathing space.