Racing

Cupra is preparing to get dirty in as clean a way as possible. Not only is its all-new Tavascan Extreme E Concept motivated by pure electric power, but it incorporates components and solutions designed to be flexible, adaptable and sustainable.

Audi has developed the range-extended electric rally car it will run in Dakar 2022. The 671-hp RS Q e-tron launches forward on dual electric axles and uses a turbo engine-generator to maintain drive power through gruelling off-road competition

Few things punish bicycle wheels harder than world championship-level downhill mountain bike racing, so France's Nawa Technologies has signed up with a top-level downhill team to prove the strength of its nanotube-reinforced carbon fiber.

Formula E-style electric racing is set to hit the water with a new E1 series due to kick off in 2023. Today we get our first look at the "Racebird" powerboat design, and these high-speed hydrofoiling racers will certainly make for exciting watching.

Jaguar Classic is working on a C-type Continuation car to join the E-type and D-type Continuations it released in the past. Its latest project brings back the edgeless, roofless beauty of the Le Mans-winning C-type for a new generation of car fans.

French startup MACA is looking to bring car racing into the air above the track. Its Carcopter eVTOL race car is no drone, manned by a human driver pushing the hydrogen-fed electric-driven craft to speeds over 150 mph ... or so MACA hopes.

Modern-day Audi motorsport participation began with rally racing back in the 1980's. But Audi never raced in the toughest of them all: Dakar. That changes in 2022, as Audi plans a debut with an electrified Dakar car that looks to be a snarling beast.

The bizarre "King of the Baggers" race plans to pit giant cruisers from Harley and Indian against each other at Laguna Seca. Tuner Roland Sands is race-prepping a Challenger for this crazy event, and we caught up for a very fun chat about it.

Indian's going back to the nutty sport of hillclimb racing with a new, custom-built, extra-long version of its FTR750 flat tracker. Rider John "Flying" Koester will take aim at a title in the new Twins category of the AMA Pro Hillclimb series.

Should the rest of the field be sweating? In only its fourth season at the top level of road racing, Austrian manufacturer KTM has won its first race – with rookie rider Brad Binder also delivering South Africa's first race winner in MotoGP history.

If waking up to the smell of burning rubber gets your motor running, then a new project planned for Silverstone will consist of a housing development overlooking the iconic British racing circuit. It will offer a superb view of events like Formula 1.

Electric kick scoots accelerating to a frenetic 100 km/h (62 mph) on the straights, with leather-clad riders doing whatever the hell it takes to get one of those things slowed down and around the bends at race pace. This is going to be nuts.