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Reports say Geely is negotiating to take over Alpine's Hypercar programme for a 2027 FIA World Endurance Championship entry. Rather than build a car from scratch, the Chinese group would buy the existing Alpine A424 LMDh, restyle it and re-homologate it as an unnamed Geely model, with Signatech expected to stay on as the team and Aramco linked as a backer. None of it is confirmed, and the badge the car would wear is still unknown.

Some cars are worth buying the moment they stop making them. Our Car of the Week is a 2018 Lexus LC 500h, finished in red over black and available at Garage Guiot in Meux with just 25,369 km. Lexus has confirmed the LC ends production in 2026, ending its V8 era with it, and this 299 hp V6 hybrid grand tourer is one of the prettiest future classics money can buy at €77,950.

Lando Norris won a chaotic, wet-dry Dutch Grand Prix from pole for his second win in a row, but the story of the day was Max Verstappen crashing out on lap one of his final home race at Zandvoort. Behind Norris, Mercedes used team orders to move George Russell aside for championship leader Kimi Antonelli, who finished second ahead of Russell. Antonelli extended his title lead to 59 points over Russell and Hamilton.

Tedson Motors has revealed the interior of the Etna, its 600 hp Lamborghini Gallardo restomod. The cockpit is defiantly analog, built around an open-gated manual on a carbon spine, aircraft-style billet toggle switches and machined metal vents, with digital tech such as a MoTeC display and Apple CarPlay allowed in only where it helps. Just 77 will be built, from around 720,000 euros before the donor car.

The United States now accounts for more than half of McLaren's global sales, and CEO Nick Collins wants to grow the brand's 27-strong US dealer network by up to 40 percent, adding five to ten stores and company-run experience centres in New York, Miami and Los Angeles. Backed by Abu Dhabi owner CYVN, McLaren is also hinting at entirely new product categories beyond its supercars.

The Dacia Sandero was Europe's best-selling car again in July with 19,709 registrations, while the Tesla Model Y fell from June's top spot all the way to 73rd. It also leads the 2026 ranking so far, and is now available on private lease from around 339 euro a month.

Ahead of its 23 September reveal, Bentley has shown the interior of the Torcal, its first electric SUV. The cabin introduces the first 100 percent Merino wool ever used in a car, developed with Somerset weaver Fox Brothers, alongside an Ombre veneer made from walnut off-cuts and recycled paper and a new Mulliner Sunburst aluminium finish.

Porsche has built the first production-ready high-end car audio system using gallium nitride (GaN), debuting in the 2027 Burmester 3D system. The chip runs cooler and lighter than silicon, and Porsche is already studying it for the high-voltage power electronics in its future electric sports cars.

George Russell won the Dutch Grand Prix sprint at Zandvoort from lights to flag, leading every lap to beat Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris in a largely processional race. Rain that threatened the closing laps arrived only after the flag, sparing Russell a nervous finish. Max Verstappen could only manage sixth at his home race, days after signing a new Red Bull deal to 2030, while championship leader Kimi Antonelli took fourth with a floor-damaged car.