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BMW took the most segment awards of any brand in J.D. Power's 2026 US Initial Quality Study, with six winners: the 2 Series Coupe, 5 Series, 8 Series, X2, X6 and X7. With 178 problems per 100 vehicles it landed just three above the industry average, but it comfortably beat Mercedes (182) and crushed Audi (225). Porsche led the entire industry on 138, ahead of Genesis, Ford and Lexus.

Jeep has opened orders for two new Compass variants on the STLA Medium platform. The headline is the Full Electric Long Range, with 231 hp, a 96.3 kWh usable battery and up to 674 km of range, priced from €47,495. Alongside it is a 375 hp 4xe plug-in hybrid with dual motors, serious off-road numbers and a starting price of €50,495. Both fast-charge from 20 to 80 percent in 27 minutes.

BMW has teased the next-generation X5 (codenamed G65) ahead of its 30 June reveal, showing bold new X-shaped daytime running lights and a cleaner, Neue Klasse-inspired front that closely echoes the new iX3. The slimmer grille marks a clear move away from oversized kidneys. The X5 will be offered with five powertrains: petrol, diesel, plug-in hybrid, a fully electric iX5 and, from 2028, a hydrogen fuel-cell version.

Lacoste and Alpine have revealed a one-off electric hot hatch: the A290 Rallye, nicknamed Beware of the Crocodile. Based on the most extreme A290, it pairs full rally addenda with a monochrome red interior hiding 290 crocodiles and seats trimmed in Lacoste's iconic petit pique fabric. It is a one-of-a-kind car, launched alongside a Lacoste capsule clothing collection and a short film starring Pierre Niney and F1 driver Pierre Gasly.

Lionspeed GP's Porsche 911 GT3 R has won the 2026 CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa after starting from the pitlane following an engine change. The number 80 car, shared by Ricardo Feller, Thomas Preining and Bastian Buus, beat the Winward Mercedes-AMG of Auer, Engel and Stolz, with an AF Corse Ferrari third. It is the first overall Spa win for the 992-generation 911 GT3 R, and Porsche's first since 2020, in front of a record 132,000 fans.

Land Rover Classic has built four matching V8-powered classic Defenders for a single client, each finished in a colour-shifting Spectral Green paint that flips between green, purple and gold. The commission also debuts a new 110 Double Cab Pick-Up body style. Each car uses a 405 hp 5.0-litre V8 with an eight-speed automatic, and the colour-changing paint alone takes nearly 400 hours per vehicle.

Hyundai has confirmed it will not build a successor to the i30, its C-segment family hatchback. Europe CEO Xavier Martinet cited falling segment demand and the model's heavy reliance on low-margin fleet sales as the core reasons. The i30 joins the Ford Focus, Kia Ceed and Renault Megane in abandoning the class, leaving the Volkswagen Golf, Peugeot 308 and Toyota Corolla as the last significant players.

The first customer Koenigsegg Gemera has rolled off the assembly line and made its public debut at the Aurora Concours in Bastad, Sweden. The four-seat hypercar uses the V8 powertrain with Koenigsegg's Dark Matter e-motor and the four-wheel torque-vectoring Lightspeed Tourbillon Transmission. Finished in Johan Rod over Engel Svart leather with red stitching, it marks the start of deliveries for what Christian von Koenigsegg calls the brand's most ambitious programme ever.

Ferrari's long-serving chief marketing and commercial officer Enrico Galliera is stepping down after more than 16 years, replaced from 1 July by Massimiliano Di Silvestre, former head of BMW's Italian operations. The change follows a rocky debut for the Luce, Ferrari's first fully electric car, designed by Jony Ive's LoveFrom, which drew heavy criticism and saw the share price fall over 8 percent. Ferrari says the departure is unconnected to the backlash.

Porsche CEO Michael Leiters has confirmed there will be no fully electric 911, stating plainly: "there will be no fully electric 911." The icon will continue with combustion and hybrid power, with Leiters calling the performance hybrid "a sort of elixir of life for the future." The decision is part of a wider plan to simplify Porsche's overcomplicated line-up and refocus on its sports car DNA, with the Cayenne Electric leading its electric charge instead.

The 1,250 hp Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X has set a new production car record at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, with IndyCar veteran JR Hildebrand climbing the 14,115-foot Colorado mountain in 9 minutes and 30.104 seconds. That beats the previous best, a 9:53.541 set by a Porsche 911 Turbo S, by more than 23 seconds. The hybrid, all-wheel-drive ZR1X ran on near-stock hardware with only mandatory safety equipment added.

Italian coachbuilder Touring Superleggera has revealed the Veloce12 Aperta, an open-top, carbon-bodied restomod based on the Ferrari 550 Maranello. It keeps the 550's manual 5.5-litre V12 of around 500 hp, adds a targa-style removable roof and an analogue cabin, and is built to order. The Veloce12 line is limited to roughly 30 cars across body styles, priced at around €690,000 on top of a donor Ferrari 550.