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The Edmonton Oilers are recuperating from another Stanley Cup Final heartbreak. The Canadian team lost to the Florida Panthers for a second consecutive season. Despite the team’s loss, Oilers captain Connor McDavid charmed the community with his sheer excellence on the ice. Year after year, McDavid seems to exceed all expectations, and his wife, Lauren

Normally, if a press release landed in our inbox about a new e-scooter, we’d politely find an excuse to not cover it. We’re not Scooter Throttle, after all, and we tend to view these things as two-wheeled irritations to be dodged when you’re trying to walk around a city centre. This one caught our eye, though. Anything with the terms ‘e-scooter’ and ‘100mph’ in the same sentence is bound to. It’s been created by British e-scooter manufacturer Bo, and it’s setting out to be the world’s fastest scooter. Its name: The Turbo. Geddit? The Turbo – side Powered by a 1.8kWh battery and packing two motors developing, The Turbo is based on one of Bo’s standard scooter chassis, modified with various CNC-machined components to fit the new, beefier battery. Together, those motors make 24,000w, which translates to around 32bhp. When you stop and actually think about it, that’s really quite a lot to shove into what can literally only be described as a scooter. Bo doesn’t provide a weight figure, but says the power-to-weight ratio bests that of a Bugatti Veyron (523bhp per tonne, in case you were wondering). It’s also said to be capable of doing over 150 miles on a charge, so you can go further on one of these than in a Honda e. The Turbo – front detail There’s a serious team behind it, too. Bo’s chief technical officer, Harry Wills, used to work for the original iteration of the Bloodhound land speed record programme, then moved on to Williams Advanced Engineering, formerly the engineering consultancy wing of the Williams F1 team. The Turbo has already undergone a shakedown at the Goodwood circuit, where pro scooter racer (yeah, that’s a thing) Tre Whyte took it up to 85mph. More pertinently, it apparently accelerated quicker than a Tesla Model 3 (although full disclosure, we don’t know to what speed or which version of the Model 3). The Turbo – rear detail The next step for The Turbo is to go for the scooter land speed record, with over 100mph in its sights. Perhaps most amazingly, though, this isn’t just going to be a one-off engineering showpiece. Bo plans on building and selling a limited run of them, priced from $29,500 (around £22,000), with the first one due to be delivered to a customer in Madrid next year. We can only keep you in our thoughts if you encounter one of these while trying to make your way up Oxford Street. Read More

Our original article on the Subaru Trailseeker said it was “basically an electric Legacy Outback.” We knew that when it came to Europe, it would likely wear a different name, and pleasingly, the company’s taken our advice onboard – here, it’ll be called the Subaru E-Outback. Like Subaru’s other EVs, the Solterra and freshly-revealed Uncharted, the E-Outback is twinned with an EV from Toyota – in this case, the upcoming bZ4X Touring (yeah, we like Subaru’s name better too). Here, though, it’s apparently Subie that’s done the bulk of the development work. While the company insists on calling it a marketing-friendly SUV, nobody’s in any doubt that this is a good old-fashioned Outback-style lifted estate, reinvented as an EV. Subaru E-Outback – rear Underneath, there’s a 74.7kWh battery pack that Subaru estimates will provide over 279 miles of range. It’ll accelerate like that other much-loved Subaru, the WRX STI, because it gets a dual-motor setup delivering 375bhp. That means 0-62mph is dusted off in just 4.4 seconds. Yep, this is an electric Subaru estate that’ll beat a Ferrari 360 Modena off the line. No word yet on whether it’ll get a lower-powered front-wheel drive version like its Toyota twin. That dual-motor setup also means that like every good Subaru, the E-Outback is all-wheel drive. (Well, every good Subaru except the BRZ. We love that too.) It has 210mm of ground clearance, and Subie’s X-Mode terrain response system with snow/dirt and deep snow/mud settings. It’ll pull the usual EV torque vectoring tricks too, which should help further with its off-road adventure cred, and Subaru says it’ll tow 1500kg. Subaru E-Outback – interior Inside, it’s unsurprisingly near-identical to the bZ4X Touring, including a new 14-inch central touchscreen display (mercifully now in the correct landscape orientation, unlike some of Subaru’s recent efforts). Subaru’s suite of EyeSight driver assists is included, too.  Due to arrive in the UK in mid-2026, we’ll find out more on pricing and spec closer to the time. Read More

It feels like the Range Rover EV has been a very long time coming. First announced alongside the reveal of the fifth-generation car nearly four years ago, at the time we were told it would arrive in 2024. A waiting list was opened in 2023, with a 2024 release date still earmarked, but that year came and went without a sign of the electric Rangie. Eventually, Range Rover’s website was tweaked to say that orders would open in late 2025, and finally, just a couple of weeks ago, we had a go in a near-finished prototype. Range Rover Electric prototype – rear Now, though, the website has been quietly updated again to say that pre-orders won’t be open until 2026. A story in The Guardian, citing “two people with knowledge of [JLR’s] plans”, pinpoints pretty much the two exact reasons you’d expect for an EV delay right now: slower-than-expected demand for electric cars, and the impact of Donald Trump’s 25 per cent tariffs on cars imported to the US, expected to be one of the car’s biggest markets. The latter should now be slightly less of a concern following the UK’s trade deal with the US that’ll see that extra cost reduced to 10 per cent of a car’s value on up to 100,000 cars a year, but these aren’t the only reasons for the apparent delay. Range Rover Electric prototype – front The insiders cited by The Guardian also claim that an extended testing period is needed for the car, as it’s the first EV to be built directly by JLR. While developed by the company, assembly of the Jaguar I-Pace was contracted out to Magna Steyr in Austria. The newspaper goes on to report that those with their names on the waiting list for an RR EV – thought to number around 62,000 – have been informed of the delay, and that it shouldn’t have a massive financial impact, because Land Rover’s various combustion and hybrid models continue to sell strongly. News of the delay, however, comes off the back of JLR confirming it’ll cut around 500 UK jobs, all in management roles and through a voluntary redundancy programme. Range Rover Electric prototype – rear When we drove the prototype, we found that, rather unsurprisingly, electric drive suits the Rangie down to the ground, thanks to its smooth, quiet power delivery and ability to finely metre out torque during off-road situations. It seems, though, that those still waiting for that experience might have to wait just a little longer. Read More

Cars unintentionally named after video games seem to be all the rage at the moment. After the SEO nightmare that is the MGS5 comes this, the Subaru Uncharted. There’s also the Maserati GranTurismo, but that one sort of feels like it doesn’t count. Anyway, while you presumably could use the Uncharted for some Nathan Drake-style treasure hunting, you’ll have to hope that wherever you’re doing it has a decent charging network, because it’s electric. Like Subie’s other two EVs, the Solterra and E-Outback, it leverages Subaru’s partnership with Toyota, and is effectively a rebodied version of the recently-revealed C-HR+. Subaru Uncharted – rear That means it shares a similar spread of powertrains. The entry point is a single-motor front-wheel drive version with an unconfirmed power figure and a 57.7kWh battery, which will do an estimated 276 miles on a charge. A Long-Range FWD model gets 221bhp and ups the battery capacity to 77kWh for an estimated 363 miles. At the top of the range, meanwhile, is an all-wheel drive, dual-motor version. This gets the 77kWh battery too, but packs 338bhp, which will see it hit 62mph in 5.0 seconds and do an estimated 292 miles on a charge. It’ll also feature Subaru’s suite of X-Mode off-road drive settings. All versions get a standard 22kW on-board charger, and will juice up from 10 to 80 per cent in a quoted 30 minutes. Subaru Uncharted – interior Unsurprisingly, the interior is pretty much identical to the C-HR+’s, with the Toyota badges swapped out for Subaru ones. That means a 14-inch landscape touchscreen and dual wireless smartphone chargers. Opt for the top GT trim and you’ll get goodies like a panoramic roof, heated and ventilated front seats and a panoramic roof. Expect pricing and a more detailed spec closer to the Uncharted going on sale next year, along with the car unveiled earlier this year in the US as the Trailseeker but now confirmed to wear the E-Outback name in Europe. In the meantime, we’re eagerly awaiting the Honda Red Dead Redemption 2. Read More

We’ve only just spoken to the COO of the team behind upcoming sim Project Motor Racing at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, where we had confirmation that new content will be fed to the game as a mixture of both free and paid content. Now, we’ve got a better idea of what some of that content will be, as developer Straight4 Studios has announced a new version of the game for pre-order, including a Year 1 Bundle encompassing some five DLC packs to be launched during the first year of the game’s lifespan. Ford Capri Zakspeed Turbo Available at launch on 25 November will be the Group 5 Revival Pack, a fairly self-explanatory add-on containing (aptly) five cars from the wild Group 5 silhouette class from the 1970s. Thanks to the thumbnail, we already know what one will be – the Ford Capri Zakspeed Turbo – but the other four are a mystery for now. Other well-known Group 5 cars that could make up the numbers include the Porsche 935, Lancia Beta Montecarlo and BMW 320 Turbo. Coming in the first quarter of 2026 is a pack that’ll have the attention of long-time Gran Turismo fans – the Japanese GT500 Pack. These are the top-flight cars from Japan’s domestic sports car racing series, Super GT (formerly known as the JGTC). It’s not clear which era of cars we’ll be seeing, but given PMR’s emphasis on turn-of-the-millennium racing, here’s hoping for legends like the A80 Toyota Supra, R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R and original Honda NSX. Nissan Skyline GT-R GT500 That’ll be followed in Q2 2026 by the GT Legends Pack. Your guess is as good as ours on this one – we can only assume based on the name that it’ll bring more historic production-based GT cars to the game. Ditto the V8 Power Pack, due to arrive in Q3 next year – our initial though was for some Aussie V8 Supercars, but the graphic promises more ‘GT heroes’, and they fall more under the touring car banner. Together, though, these packs will introduce over 30 cars and three new circuits to PMR. The biggest Year 1 addition, though, will come in the final quarter of 2026. The Endurance Racing Expansion will see the addition of the big one in terms of endurance racing circuits – Le Mans. It’ll also introduce two new classes of car: LMP1, the top class at the 24 Hours between 2005 and 2020, and GTP.  Audi R18 LMP1 Our best guess with the second is that it’ll be the closed-cockpit LMGTP prototypes that raced at Le Mans around the late ’90s and early ’00s, like the Toyota GT-One and Bentley Speed 8, but it could also be the IMSA GTP class of the late ’80s and early ’90s, home to stuff like the Porsche 962 and Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo. The game with the Year 1 Bundle thrown in is available to pre-order now at £74.99 on Steam, compared to the base game’s £49.99. Whichever version you pre-order, you’ll get the separate GTE Decades pack as a bonus for doing so, while presumably, the packs outlined above will be purchasable individually too. Project Motor Racing releases on 25 November on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X. Read More

The excellent new Renault 5 feels like the sort of car that’s destined to get many, many special editions during its life, but so far, there’s only been the one, the tennis-themed Roland Garros. Well, only one that’s an official Renault product anyway. This is the Renault 5 Monte Carlo Edition, and rather than being cooked up by Renault itself in France, it’s the work of Netherlands-based dealership group Zeeuw & Zeeuw. The dealer has worked alongside fellow Dutch company Re-Volve, which specialises in working with the country’s car retailers to produce limited-run stuff just like this. Renault 5 Monte Carlo Edition – rear The Monte Carlo Edition is apparently a nod to Renault’s past motorsport exploits and, yeah, there’s more than a hint of Clio Williams in that combination of deep blue paint and gold wheels, isn’t there? Said wheels are 19 inches in diameter, and while they look quite similar to one of the designs found on the 5’s sporty cousin, the Alpine A290, we reckon they’re actually aftermarket. You get matching gold pinstriping running around the 5’s waist and over its windowline, and a blacked-out section between the headlights that gives the car more of an impression of having a grille’. Renault 5 Monte Carlo Edition – interior On the inside, meanwhile, the seats have been retrimmed in a combination of leather and Alcantara, with black leather and gold stitching on the dash. Oh, and because it’s a limited edition, there’s a special plaque in there, obviously. Zeeuw & Zeeuw plans to sell just 25 Monte Carlo Editions through its Renault locations across the Netherlands, with one of them currently listed at €37,995 (around £32,850). That one comes with the 5’s 121bhp and 40kWh battery, but it’s not clear if the Monte Carlo will come with other powertrains, which in mainland Europe include an entry-level 94bhp version not offered in the UK. So, fancy one? Better quickly start looking at house prices in Rotterdam, then. Read More

Remember the concept that revived the spirit of the Nissan Silvia with a compact, rear-drive coupe body and retro proportions? No, not the IDx, although we love that particular missed opportunity dearly. We’re talking about an earlier concept that went for a similar vibe, but a slightly more upmarket position, and has been rather lost to the mists of time – the Nissan Foria. Unveiled at the 2005 Tokyo Auto Show, the Foria concept arrived a few short years after the final S15 Silvia went out of production. While those last few S-chassis cars were more outwardly sporty and beloved by drifters, the Foria took greater inspiration from the Silvia’s genesis, the CSP311 version, launched in 1965. Nissan Silvia CSP311 This was less an out-and-out sports car, even for its day, and more a stylish, compact coupe, although it laid down the Silvia recipe pretty early with a front-mounted four-cylinder engine and rear-wheel drive. It was also extremely rare, with just 554 made over three years. It was that car’s upright, cab-rearward proportions that quite clearly lent themselves to the Foria, although there was one key change. Perhaps taking inspiration from another Japanese sports car of the era, the Mazda RX-8, the Foria featured a clamshell door arrangement, with backwards-opening rear doors to access the modest rear seats. Nissan Foria – side, doors open Nissan didn’t detail the Foria’s powertrain, only saying that it was front-engined and rear-wheel drive, and had a ‘mid-sized engine’. Given that the Silvia’s SR20 engine was still being built at the time, we could definitely picture it using some version of that, or perhaps one of the MR engines it had then recently started building with Renault. The concept had a semi-auto paddleshift gearbox, but in a parallel universe where it made production, we imagine a manual being offered. Four-wheel steering was said to be included, too. Nissan Foria – interior Where the Foria really differed from its spiritual forebears was its push upmarket. Much of the interior was swathed in rich, hand-stitched leather, while the chromed central control panel and instrument unit were apparently inspired by old-fashioned cameras. All in, the Foria sounded like it would have made a fine addition to the noughties sports car roster, and a handy stablemate to the beefier, more muscular 350Z. So what went wrong? Well, reportedly a smaller, sub-Z rear-drive sports car was in the works around 2008, but also around 2008, car companies suddenly found themselves less able to justify pouring money into niche sports car projects. Can’t remember why. Nissan Foria – rear The wait for a Silvia successor continued, then, and goes on to this day, despite Nissan teasing us again with the IDx a few years later. Will it ever happen? Last year, comments from the man who’s now Nissan’s CEO, Ivan Espinosa, suggested maybe, but we’ll believe it when we see it. Read More

Britain is rubbish at buying cars in interesting colours. Last year, the four most popular shades for new cars were, in descending order, grey, black, blue (which, for most manufacturers, tends to err more towards grey) and white. Clearly, something should be done about this before our roads start looking like a piece of 1950s television footage, and while it’s only a small gesture, Skoda has just taken a step towards this by asking its fans to vote for two new colours to be added to the Octavia vRS’ palette. Skoda Octavia vRS hatch, space violet Said fans understood the assignment, voting against safer blue and red choices and selecting two wonderful colours with even more wonderful names. Some 43 per cent of the vote on X went to a deep inky purple, somewhat redolent of the excellent Techno Violet shade BMW used to offer in the ’90s. Skoda calls this Space Violet. That’s right, Space Violet. It’s no John Mango, but it still sounds cooler than just saying ‘purple’, right? Taking the win on Instagram, meanwhile, with 33 per cent of the total vote, was Water World Green. This is a sort of almost teal bluey-green which once again has quite a big ’90s energy to it, and nicely complements the understated Royal Green Metallic and eyeball-piercing Hyper Green you can already get the vRS in. Skoda Octavia vRS Estate, Water World Green Do both of these quite vibrant colours sort of go against the vRS’ understated Q-car vibe? Probably, but then with 261bhp, the Octavia vRS is a performance car, and deserves some punchy colours to match its 6.4-second 0-62mph time and 155mph top speed. And anyway, we’re all here for injecting a bit more colour onto Britain’s increasingly monochromatic roads. Both of the new colours are now available as £855 options for both the hatch and the Estate, so Octavia vRS buyers of Britain: you know what to do. Read More

It was only a matter of time before tuners started getting their hands on the new G90 and G99 BMW M5, and following the, erm, interesting effort from Mansory, long-time BMW tuner AC Schnitzer has revealed its own take on an overhauled version of M’s new heavyweight. Headlining the tweaks is a power boost from the M5’s 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8 plug-in hybrid system, taking it from the standard 717bhp to 799bhp. No word on how this has been achieved, but we imagine it’s the standard ECU reflash or tuning box rather than any internal overhauls. Whatever AC Schnitzer’s done, it’s offering a ‘comprehensive assembly warranty’ to go along with the tweak. AC Schnitzer BMW M5 – rear As everyone knows, more power requires more noise, so AC Schnitzer’s also offering a new stainless steel exhaust system, complete with valves and a quartet of 110mm carbon tailpipes. Meanwhile, a set of lowering springs drops the ride height by 20mm. Naturally, there’s some extra aero at play too. The tuner has developed a new front splitter, diveplanes that sit within the M5’s front air intakes, side skirts, a rear diffuser and carbon blades for the front wings. Naturally, your spoiler arrangement will vary depending on whether you’ve got the G90 saloon or G99 Touring – the former gets the choice of a smaller lip spoiler or larger wing on the roof plus a small carbon bootlid lip, while the wagon gets a larger wing arrangement. AC Schnitzer BMW M5 Touring – side Finishing off the exterior tweaks is a brand new design of 21-inch lightweight forged Y-spoke wheel, available in either a bright finish or glossy black. If they’re a bit much for you, AC Schnitzer will also fit subtle 7mm spacers to the standard rims. Finally, there are a few choice additions for the interior: aluminium covers for the pedals and driver footrest, plus an AC Schnitzer-branded key holder and aluminium cover for the iDrive controller. AC Schnitzer BMW M5 Touring – rear No word yet on how much all this kit will cost – indeed, the package is still in development and not yet available to order. We very much doubt this is the last tuned G90 M5 we’ll get a look at, though. Read More