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This is the kind of automotive detail we love. Ferrari has just introduced the Luce as its first fully electric model, a name that means light or illumination in Italian. Very poetic. Very Ferrari. Very “new era”. Except there is one funny problem. Long before Maranello used it, Luce was already a Mazda. And not just any Mazda.

The new eighth-generation Lexus ES feels more important than usual. Because for the first time, Lexus is not only offering it as a self-charging hybrid. The ES is now also fully electric, larger than before and positioned directly in the territory of cars like the BMW i5, Audi A6 e-tron, Mercedes-Benz EQE and Volvo ES90.

The Ferrari Luce has barely arrived, and the first more aggressive reinterpretation is already here. This one comes from Venuum Black, and after seeing the renders, the idea becomes very clear: take Ferrari’s controversial electric grand tourer and make it look like it finally got angry. And honestly? It works better than expected.

This could be the BYD that really starts bothering Europe as the new BYD Dolphin G DM-i appears to understand exactly what many European buyers want right now: a compact, efficient, practical car that does not force them fully electric yet. A plug-in hybrid hatchback with more than 1,000 km of combined range, B-segment dimensions, sharp pricing ambitions and European production on the horizon? That is not just another BYD launch. That is a warning shot.

At Circuit Paul Ricard, 81-year-old Jacky Ickx climbed into the cockpit of the Genesis GMR-001 Hypercar for a symbolic test with Genesis Magma Racing. A six-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, two-time Formula 1 runner-up and Paris-Dakar winner, Ickx is not just a former racing driver. He is endurance racing history. And for a few laps, history drove the future.

Gucci is becoming the title partner of Alpine F1, making it the first luxury fashion house to serve as title partner of a Formula 1 team. And honestly, it makes more sense than it probably should. Because modern Formula 1 is no longer just racing. It is sport, entertainment, fashion, travel, content, status and global visibility compressed into one of the most powerful luxury platforms in the world.

Lamborghini is celebrating 20 years of Ad Personam. And honestly, this is more important than it first sounds. Because Ad Personam is not just Lamborghini’s customisation department. It has become one of the clearest expressions of what modern Lamborghini actually is: loud when it wants to be, obsessive in the details, deeply personal, and increasingly built around the idea that no two cars should feel exactly the same.

The new Xiaomi YU7 GT has claimed the SUV record at the Nordschleife, and depending on which run you look at, the story gets even more brutal. Xiaomi first communicated a 7:34.931 lap, enough to edge the Audi RS Q8 performance and its previous 7:36.698 benchmark. Then the official Nürburgring listing appeared with an even quicker 7:22.755 lap for the YU7 GT with Track Package, driven over the full 20.8 km Nordschleife.

Lotus has just made the Emira even more interesting. Meet the Lotus Emira 420 Sport, the most powerful, lightest and most aerodynamically focused Emira so far. It is not cheap, starting from €129,900 in Europe, but honestly, this is seriously cool. And the best part? There is now a removable tinted glass roof panel.

After years of being more memory than momentum, the brand is now preparing its next major step: the new Lancia Gamma. And against all odds, we are somehow quite into it. It is designed and built in Italy, carries a historic name, and seems to understand that elegance still matters in a market full of angry-looking SUVs.

Did you know about Rossa? Because honestly, we should probably talk about it more. This is not another generic render brand promising a 2,000 hp electric hypercar that will never exist. Rossa is a Bologna-based performance car project building something much more interesting.

Ferrari has finally done it. The first fully electric Ferrari is here, and it is called the Ferrari Luce. But this is not the low, silent EV hypercar many people probably expected. Ferrari has chosen a much more surprising direction. The Luce is a five-seat, four-door, all-electric Ferrari, developed around a dedicated EV platform, four electric motors, active suspension, four-wheel steering and a completely new design language.