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

2025 Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class Hybrid spy pictures – Picture credit score: Baldauf

Mercedes-Benz was noticed testing a prototype for its subsequent CLA-Class, and the design seems to be a detailed 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 consumers a alternative between hybrid and totally electrical powertrains.

2026 Mercedes-Benz EQS facelift spy pictures – Picture credit score: Baldauf

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 operating lights.

1988 Porsche 959 SC – Picture credit score: Broad Arrow Auctions

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

2025 Porsche Panamera 4S E-Hybrid

One other Porsche within the headlines this week was the Panamera. The big hatch was redesigned for 2024, and for its second yr available on the market the third-generation mannequin positive aspects an expanded hybrid lineup.

Ineos Fusilier

The U.Ok.’s Ineos revealed its first EV within the type of the Fusilier SUV. Ineos was quick on particulars however mentioned the SUV relies on a bespoke skateboard platform, which means a distinct setup to the corporate’s gas- and diesel-powered Grenadier SUV.

2025 Volkswagen ID.7 Tourer

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.

Zagato AGTZ Twin Tail

And at last, Italy’s Zagato revealed a new coachbuilt particular primarily based 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.