Rivian’s R1T was already good to start out, and the electrical pickup truck took dwelling Motor Authority’s Finest Automobile To Purchase 2022 award. Nevertheless, updates and new powertrain choices added over time imply the truck is even higher right now, as we discovered throughout a drive of the newest 2024 mannequin.

Mercedes-Benz was noticed testing a prototype for its subsequent CLA-Class, and the design seems to be an in depth match to the strains of the good-looking Idea CLA-Class unveiled final fall. The brand new compact sedan is due round 2025 and can provide patrons a selection between hybrid and totally electrical powertrains.

Mercedes was additionally noticed testing a prototype for an up to date EQS. The prototype factors to new styling entrance and rear, together with headlights that undertake tiny Mercedes star logos for the daytime working lights.

Porsche solely made a bit over 300 examples of the 959, and certainly one of them was allegedly purchased by Nissan for benchmarking functions whereas the automaker was growing the R32 Skyline GT-R. The automobile is now headed to an public sale coinciding with subsequent month’s Amelia Island Concours d’Class.

One other Porsche within the headlines this week was the Panamera. The big hatch was redesigned for 2024, and for its second 12 months in the marketplace the third-generation mannequin features an expanded hybrid lineup.

The U.Ok.’s Ineos revealed its first EV within the type of the Fusilier SUV. Ineos was brief on particulars however stated the SUV is predicated on a bespoke skateboard platform, that means a special setup to the corporate’s gas- and diesel-powered Grenadier SUV.

Volkswagen solely simply launched its 2025 ID.7 hatchback, however a brand new physique fashion for the electrical automobile was revealed this week. It is a wagon that VW calls the ID.7 Tourer, and sadly it is not coming to the U.S.

And at last, Italy’s Zagato revealed a brand new coachbuilt particular based mostly on the bones of the Alpine A110. The automobile is an homage to Alpine’s A220 race automobile of the Nineteen Sixties, and Zagato plans to construct 19 of them.