Aston Martin Racing has announced its 2024 factory driver roster featuring a blend of youth and experience as the British brand looks to make its mark on a new era of competition in GT racing.

Bespoke modified of luxury brands, Urban Automotive, has revealed its predictions for the top five modification trends of 2024. There has been an increase in the popularity of bespoke modifications in recent years with car owners wanting to make their vehicles as unique as possible.

KAMManufaktur - the Budapest based restomod company - have a new take on the iconic 912 sports car and this time it’s lighter than ever.

The Bentley Blower Jr, a collaboration between The Little Car Company and Bentley’s Heritage Collection, will be put through a durability programme of more than 5,000 miles and across three continents before production begins in 2024. The first mission? Collecting a Christmas tree from snowy Switzerland.

2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button will return to top level motorsport in 2024, competing in the top hypercar class in the World Endurance Championship.

If winning all but one race in the 2023 Formula One season wasn’t enough for the Oracle Red Bull Racing team, another achievement has been met as the teams’ pit crew completed the sport’s first ever pit stop in complete darkness.

A 1989 Lamborghini Countach used in the production of ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ was among the many lots sold as RM Sotheby’s’ final live auction of 2023 in New York City raised $13,610,200.

There cannot be many more festive feelings at this.time of year than turning on the radio in the car and hearing ‘Driving Home for Christmas’ by Chris Rea playing back at you. Well, now you can drive home for Christmas in a car once owned by the blues man himself, as a 1995 Ferrari F355 Berlinetta - formerly part of Chris Rea’s collection - has become available for sale at Bell Sport & Classic.

Goodwood has announced its race schedule for Goodwood Rival, the world’s first historic motorsport event to race exclusively with sustainable fuel. Taking place between Friday 6th - Sunday 8th September 2024, a total of 13 races will take place in an enthralling weekend of classic car action.

A 75% scale Ferrari Testa Rossa J, manufactured by The Little Car Company, has been unveiled at Harrods in London. In classic Ferrari Rosso with a Blue Nar and Bianco Cervino livery, the electrified miniature is on display in the Technology Hall on Harrods’ fifth floor to give customers the chance to see it up close.

Car & Classic is set to auction a RHD 1971 Ferrari Dino 246 GT that has undergone a 12 year restoration to bring it back to its former glory. It is expected to fetch between £330k and £360k.

Renault has added a trio of awards to its trophy cabinet thanks to the success of its Kangoo and Kangoo E-Tech. The Kangoo was named Compact Van of the Year at the What Van? Awards, while the E-Tech won the Electric Van of the Year category. There was further success at the DrivingElectric Awards where the E-Tech added Best Electric Van to cap a stellar year for the French brand.

Car Design Review’s anniversary edition book celebrating ten years of the title has been released containing the winners of its Car Design of the Year awards. The big awards in the 208-page book were Concept and Production Car Designs of the Year and were chosen by a 16-strong judging panel which included heads of design at Audi, Ford, Lamborghini, Lucid and Mercedes.

Alpine is upgrading its A110 range for 2024 by adding more features and equipment to its A110, A110 GT and A110 S versions. Also being added to the range is the A110 R Turini, a new version of the A110 R that comes with 18-inch GT Race wheels and is inspired by the Col de Turini in the southern French Alps.

The FZERO, an initial prototype revealed last year by Rodin Cars, has now entered the test and development phase of its life cycle. The New Zealand-designed and manufactured hypercar has taken to the track at its home facility, where its 4.0-litre V10 RC.TEN engine was put through its paces.

Say hello to Allesley, a new British brand that hopes to become one of the big hitters in the luxury automotive coachbuilding space. The new company will be covering all bases from its Coventry facility taking ideas from a blank sheet of paper to a fully engineered car.

Over half of London’s 14,700 fleet of black cabs are now electric thanks to the London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC). With its electric TX cab, the company is doing its bit to help London achieve its net zero target as its public transport transitions away from the use of fossil fuels.

Morgan Motor Company has shared details of ‘XP-1’, a new development vehicle that will potentially shape its future as a company that produces electric cars. The experimental prototype - which has been in the works for the last year - will act as the blueprint for later cars as Morgan begins its EV journey.

At a Christmas light switch on of a different kind, buildings that make up Ferrari’s iconic Maranello factory were lit up for the first time this week with 3D images, LED and laser effects covering the campus that stretches for a kilometre along Viale Enzo Ferrari.

H&H Classics’ hosted its final in person auction of the year at Pavilion Gardens, Buxton and saw over £1.5 million worth of vehicles sold to classic car enthusiasts. Almost 100 classic, collectable, and performance cars were sold on November 29th with the highlight being the sale of the 1954 Jaguar XK120 Fixed Head Coupe once owned by renowned racing driver, Patsy Burt.