A 2019 Chevrolet Bolt EV rolled into the Out of Spec Renew shop showing 471,616 miles on the odometer and a clear message it was done for the moment. The car refused to shift into Drive or accept a charge. Its high-voltage system had thrown a battery fault after the recall-replacement pack, fitted in 2022 at roughly 138,000 miles, finally gave out following more than 330,000 additional miles of hard use.
Ferrari’s F40 needs little explanation. Built from 1987 to 1992 as the last model Enzo Ferrari personally approved, it remains a pure, lightweight mid-engine twin-turbo V8 machine that still commands multi-million-dollar prices. Most owners treat original examples like museum pieces. Digital artist Onur Bakir, known on Instagram as onb.artdesign, decided the car could handle a contemporary update without anyone having to cut metal.
Jon Sibal has a flair for grabbing run-of-the-mill Japanese vehicles and refusing to leave them alone. His latest digital piece begins with the Mazda MX-5 Miata, the ND generation, and then goes all out. The end result is a lowered widebody roadster that appears more suited to shrieking up a mountain road than slicing down a desert canyon.
Mat Watson’s recent Carwow review of the all-new Nissan Leaf shows a car that has finally grown up after years of looking a bit awkward. He compares the transformation to Neville Longbottom in Harry Potter, and the parallel works. Previous Leafs never stood out. This one does, with clean lines borrowed from the Ariya, a full-width light bar, and a low sporty bumper that give it a modern crossover-hatch shape. In electric blue with the black roof and window surrounds it looks sharp from every angle. Flush door handles add to the sleek appearance, though they prove fiddly in daily use and the sloping rear glass cuts into over-the-shoulder visibility. The missing rear wiper is another small frustration on wet British roads.
Porsche has started offering its wireless charging system as a production option on the new Cayenne Electric. Drivers park the SUV over a ground plate and the car begins charging on its own, with no cable to plug in.