Future

​Brand image and software are key issues for new CEO Schäfer

​Bugatti’s next all-new car will be fitted with a hybrid powertrain that will be smaller than the outgoing W16 engine and be launched in 2027

​Porsche’s new era to bring next-generation saloon duo plus four more EVs

​An Alfa supercar was shelved a few years back. But the new regime wants to fire it up as a last hurrah for the V6, says Phil McNamara.

​Rapid recovery accelerates Alfa's new sports car plans, T33 Stradale-inspired concept due next year; SUV and saloon roll-out continues

​Hot on the heels of both the Ocean and Pear will be the 2024 Ronin, a four-seat drop-top supercar being developed at the firm’s UK-based ‘Magic Works’ facility.

​Fisker goes radical with Pear. New sub-£28k EV will be a “futuristic little space shuttle” with many unique features.

​In 2019, BMW showed off the outlandish Vision M hybrid supercar concept as an indication of what to expect from its electrified sports cars - and at the time, it was tipped to enter production asa spiritual successor to the first bespoke M car, the M1.

BMW ​M3 to turn ‘groundbreaking’ EV but retain traditional feel BMW M boss hints at M3’s future as performance arm starts to electrify entire line-up.

​Mercedes-Benz has shared its plans for the future of its range, including a host of advanced new platforms designed with battery power in mind.

Porsche plots new luxury SUV EV will sit on a new, Porsche-developed platform variant, priced above the Cayenne

​Light SUVs lead Murray push. Two new electric SUVs from the expanding Gordon Murray Group will use advanced lightweighting tech

Mercedes-Benz’s AMG performance division will launch the second-generation GT in 2023, heavily redesigning and re-engineering the two-door flagship to take on the Porsche 911.

​A deal could be struck that gives Munich carbon know-how and Woking some much-needed e-tech – but the obstacles to be overcome are considerable.

​Paul Willcox was in charge for just 16 months. But Vauxhall will never be the same again. By Phil McNamara.

​Ferrari’s next five years: how the new boss sees the first SUV, the first electric car from Maranello and the new LaFerrari

​ID version 2.0 kicks off with a sleek, Project Trinity-derived premium exec in 2026. By Georg Kacher.

​Without question the biggest story this month has to be the news that the production version of the MG Cyberster concept has moved a step closer to reality, with the appearance of some ‘patent registration’ images on the internet in May.