This week we took a spin within the 2021 Audi RS 7 Sportback. The svelte tremendous hatch is an improve over the previous automobile in practically each means. It’s extra luxurious, options higher know-how, affords superior consolation, and the dealing with has improved as nicely, however there’s one thing nonetheless lacking.

One other car we examined was Jeep’s new V-8-powered Wrangler. It is referred to as the Wrangler Rubicon 392, and should you’re on the lookout for a Wrangler with 0-60 mph instances nicely below 5.0 seconds, that is the one for you.

Lotus this week introduced the brand new Emira sports car because the substitute for the Elise, Exige and Evora. The automobile is not due for a reveal for a few months however now we have some teaser pictures that trace at what’s to return.

Final yr Aston Martin revealed a bespoke speedster powered by a V-12 engine. Simply 88 examples are destined to be constructed, and this week we learned of an exclusive specification that honors Aston Martin’s DBR1 race automobile that received general on the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The Aston speedster wasn’t the one automobile constructed to honor a Le Mans winner within the headlines this week. Cunningham Automotive has a modern Corvette honoring the Briggs Cunningham C1 that took residence a category victory within the 1960 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Talking of Le Mans, right this moment is the primary race of the brand new Le Mans Hypercar class within the World Endurance Championship. Solely Toyota and Alpine could have contenders within the class this yr, and of those only Toyota will have an actual hypercar racer.

Hyundai revealed its new Kona N compact performance crossover. The car arrives for the 2022 mannequin yr and blurs the traces between sizzling hatch and crossover with its agile strikes and 276-hp turbo-4.

And eventually, an skilled restorer of traditional Ferraris is now constructing its personal vehicles from scratch. The primary of those was revealed this week as a Ferrari 250 GTO-inspired model called the Squalo, which will likely be powered by an in-house developed 4.0-liter, quad-cam V-12 paired to a handbook transmission.