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Spyker C8 Preliator XXV Coupé is a Dutch Warrior Built by Hand for the Road

By Jackson Chung August 15, 2026

Spyker spent 146 years getting to this point. Founded in 1880 by two brothers who started with horse-drawn coaches in the Netherlands, the company built its first automobile in 1898. By 1903 it had produced the world’s first six-cylinder four-wheel-drive car. Four years later one of its machines finished second in the punishing Peking-to-Paris race. A 1914 merger with a Dutch aircraft factory left aviation permanently in its blood, and the 1919 C Aerocoque showed the world what streamlined bodywork could look like. After decades of silence the brand returned in 2000 with ornate mid-engine cars. Bankruptcy followed, legal fights over the name came and went, and now the C8 Preliator XXV Coupé marks the start of another chapter.

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Gordon Murray’s S1 Is the Cleanest Homage Yet to the Car That Defined Him

By Bill Smith August 15, 2026

Gordon Murray stood at The Quail this afternoon and showed the world the car a lot of people have been quietly hoping he would build. The Gordon Murray Special Vehicles S1 is not a track weapon with wings and splitters bolted on for effect. It is the road-focused sibling to last year’s S1 LM, stripped of the race-car drama and shaped into something that feels closer in spirit to the original McLaren F1 than anything else he has done since.

Automotive

Lucid’s Gravity GT-S Turns the Family Hauler into a 1,070-Horsepower Statement

By Jackson Chung August 14, 2026

Lucid Motors rolled out the Gravity GT-S during Monterey Car Week, and the numbers alone demand attention. This three-row electric SUV makes 1,070 horsepower from dual motors and reaches 60 mph in a claimed 3.1 seconds. Lucid calls it America’s most powerful three-row SUV, and the claim holds against current rivals. The car sits between the more restrained Gravity Grand Touring and the extreme Air Sapphire sedan that inspired its attitude, delivering serious pace without giving up the space and comfort that define the Gravity line.

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GAC’s Yue 7 Brings Boxy Muscle and Digital Gauges to China’s Rugged SUV Race

By Bill Smith August 12, 2026

China’s newest boxy off-roader has arrived with the kind of presence that makes other SUVs look soft. GAC’s Trumpchi Yue 7, revealed in full earlier this month after its Beijing Motor Show debut, measures nearly five meters long and sits on a 2,900 mm wheelbase. Official dimensions range from 4,999 to 5,045 mm in length, 2,004 to 2,030 mm in width, and 1,916 to 1,933 mm in height depending on equipment. Curb weight starts around 2,330 kg. Five seats are standard.

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Chrome and Electrons, FullGood Motors Sends Its C1 Corvette Lookalike to Los Angeles

By Jackson Chung August 12, 2026

FullGood Motors, once known as Songsan Motors, started decades ago as a Beijing motorcycle club. The group later turned its attention to cars that look like they rolled out of the 1950s but run on modern hybrid systems. Their SS Dolphin takes the shape of a 1958 Chevrolet Corvette C1 and places it over a Chinese plug-in hybrid platform. After years of delays, one of these cars is heading to the Los Angeles Auto Show this fall.