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While Robb Report’s Car of the Year contest allows us to test the latest production models from leading luxury and performance marques in a short period, the editorial team and our contributing experts have ample opportunity throughout the year to spend wheel time with an array of new releases, classics, and automotive exotica alike.
In 2024, we began to notice that the call to the adoption of electrification and the dismissal of internal combustion engines, a lost conclusion for some, wasting a little voice. Market demand, namely, in the US, without answering as well as expected, and regulations and compliance deadlines appeared flexibility symptoms. The result of a wide variety of force exercise configurations to locate a house in an eclectic diversity of models. You also had to experience more than a few historical cars.
Here’s a look at some of our favourite cars from last year, from one of the first Porsches to all-electric SUVs and Maranello’s new 12-cylinder monster, and driving a shotgun.
Born in 1948, Porsche’s 356/1 prototype was based on the Volkswagen Beetle, and was followed by the production version of the 356. At the time, the German marque was based in Gmünd, Austria, having left Stuttgart to escape the Allied troops who were on their way to defeat Hitler. Only 52 examples of what have come to be known the “Gmünd” 356 were built in Austria.
Last February, we were given the opportunity to drive one example that was for sale through DK Engineering. Our contributing writer Tim Pitt noted: “With a grand total of 40 hp and a value of around $3.8 million, this little Porsche has the worst power-to-price ratio of any car I’ve ever driven.” At the same time, he extolled the fact that “there’s simple pleasure in a vehicle that, in many situations, is scarcely capable of the speed limit . . . Driving becomes an exercise in planning ahead and working to maintain momentum.”
Read the full drive review of the 1950 Porsche “Gmünd” 356
The provenance cannot be reproduced. But attitude is another story. This is what we discovered when we were invited to drive a reproduction of the Ferrari Cegga. The original car was a Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa involved in a twist of fate on the Fribourg-Schauinsland hill climb in 1958, the remains of which were later purchased through brothers Claude and Georges Gachnang of Aigle, Switzerland. The duo decided to ask coachbuilder Scaglietti for a new and exclusive body, and the brothers then introduced the crusade car, the Cegga 002/60, under their own brand, Scuderia Cegga (Claude and Georges Gachnang Aigle), at that time. .
By the mid-1960s, the car was sold to a collector who had it restored to stock. This replica was the passion project of former European rugby star and historics racer David Cooke, who, in 2016, consulted with the Gachnang brothers (then in their 80s) on reconstructing their bygone racer. Taking a turn behind the wheel, our contributing writer Tim Pitt stated: “The modified chassis imbues the drive dynamics with a surprising level of sophistication; with its tactile steering and muscular manual shift, the racer demands, and rewards, every ounce of attention.”
Read the full replica of the Cega Ferrari replica
Sure, McLaren has ventured into hybridization with its 671 hp Artura, which represents numerous firsts for the British marque and was our editors’ choice for Robb Report’s 2024 Car of the Year, but McLaren’s new 750S is a celebration of pure internal combustion. The new flagship succeeds the 720S and is the most powerful production-series model that McLaren has made.
Of his time with the 740-hp supercar on the track, contributor Basem Wasef observed, “The 750s feel strangely well augmented when set on their track; Dynamic mode unleashes a wilder look from this supercar, allowing for plenty of excessive, smoky drifts.
Read the full McLaren 750S
A total output of 424 hp may not sound overly potent, but when it’s delivered in a racer that weighs only 1,598 pounds, the results are impressive and intimidating. Meet the track-only SR10 XXR from Radical Motorsport. Last March, Robb Report was the first publication invited to test it, and UK-based contributor Tim Pitt put it through its paces at the Donnington Park circuit near Nottingham, England.
“The radical feels immediately vivid. Its guidance is textured and telepathically direct, preventing force is immense, and the gear shifts, the paddles are brutally mechanical,” says Pitt, whose initial advent to the automobile ended less than ideal. “Inevitably, on the last lap of my first session, I get on the fuel too early and pirouette on the grass.
Read the full drive review of the Radical SR10 XXR
Last May, we were at the confluence of two legends when we accept the invitation to travel in the last icon of Formula 1 icon, Acura NSX of 1991 non -public Ayrton Senna, one of the 3 examples of the reference that once had . His love for the NSX is not surprising, since Honda provided his engines the maximum success component of his car and helped expand the model. Before the car was sold through its existing owner, the taxpayer Ben Oliver took the wheel.
“There’s something eerie, intimate, and affecting about sharing the same space as your hero: feet on the same pedals, hands on the same wheel, backside clamped into the same seat, and looking out at the same panoramic view over that low nose,” states Oliver. “It looks and drives very close to how it would when Senna first took delivery in 1991.”
Read the full story of driving Ayrton Senna’s 1991 Acura NSX
Aston Martin is in full swing. It has a new CEO, Adrian Hallmark of Bentley Fame; A new aerodynamic for his Formula 1 team, none other than Adrian Newey; And a resurrected reputation for power, functionality and, above all, quality and complete adaptation with respect to its production models. Its latest edition is the new Aston Martin Vantage, a candidate for the Robb Report’s 2025 automobile festival of the year (the effects of which are coming soon). At 656 horsepower, this coupe has more power and a flashier presence than ever before; Whoever is anyone and aggressive.
“The Vantage’s exterior features curved muscle and a menacing aesthetic; a hungry beast poised to attack,” says contributor Angus Mackenzie. And as for the driving experience, he notes: “We can simply hit the brakes in tighter corners with confidence, with the front axle responding without delay to commands from the guide wheels, and then hit the fuel early to take advantage of the abundant traction. ” “.
Read the full 2025 Aston Martin Vantage boost
It is only a matter of time before Mercedes-Benz electrifies your classic cult G-Wagen, and the anticipation is palpable. The fully electric G 580 is polarizing, since some see it as the next logical progression of the platform and a successful achievement. while the detractors of batteries driven cars cite the additional weight and the handling committed as precursors of a long dystopian streak of electric cars.
“The mixture of the prodigious mass and the height of the G 580 contributes to a disconcerting sensation of serenity along the way,” says Brett Berk. “At speeds, even moderate or low, even on relatively elegant surfaces, it can be difficult to control, since it wanders, bouncing, throws and rolls as a puppies disorder in a water bed. »However, in terms of its skill outside the road, Berk says:” On the rubble, dust or ravines that could challenge some goats, the formula works without problems, locating the grip with more successful than a team of Olympic climbing “. “
Read all the Mercedes-Benz G 580 reader
As polarizing as the all-electric G-Wagen may be, it may also take a backseat to the divisions encouraged by Porsche adding electrification to its flagship in the form of the hybrid 911 GTS by 2025. However , this 911 is not a plug-in car. hybrid, weight is reduced and its turbocharged six-cylinder engine is larger than the base style, which runs solely on internal combustion. And with a combined output of 532 hp, the GTS is also more powerful.
“Squeeze the accelerator and gasoline-electric duopoly creates a wave of debauchery, with an ambitious torque at low revolutions and a strong traction to a red line of 7,500 rpm in each and every one of the marches,” says Collaborator Basem Wasef. But he warns: “While the hybrid strength is addictive and the speed is stimulating, the experience of motor force varies significantly between the coupe, convertible and targa models. “
Read the Porsche 911 GTS Hybrid 2025
The Shelby Cobra is one of the most respected and mythical car models in history, a tiny Titan that left an indelible mark on motorsport and sports car culture in its early days. The first COBRA prototype, the CSX2000, sold at RM Sotheby’s for $13. 75 million in 2016, but Shelby Legendary Cars built 10 examples of the original designs. In September, collaborator Michael Van Runkle climbed into the cockpit of the first roadster in the Shelby COBRA series triyete CSX2000.
“Push the deepest accelerator and this small block wakes up, obviously they prefer the most sensible tach finish,” says Van Runkle. “Finding more speed also loosen the direction, which requires more attention to maintain narrow front tires online, as well as more heels and paintings to keep the engine in its satisfied position, really, the most sensible type of driving that opens that it opens than Draw so many enthusiasts in the era of the car too automatic.
Read the full Shelby Cobra CSX2000 Tribute Series Roadster reader
While automobile manufacturers abstained the 12 -cylinder engine, Ferrari continued to adopt the power that the legacy of the rampant cavallino built, as evidenced by the rightly called Ferrari 12Cilindri. The successor of 812 Superfast of 819 HP is one of the fastest and fastest and resistant sports cars. To date and, nevertheless, deep down it is a great tourism par excellence.
“Everything Ferrari has learned over decades of serial F1 dynasties, every chassis and manipulation tricks, comes together in the 12Cilindri,” explains collaborator Lawrence Ulrich, who tested the car for us in Luxembourg. “This giant GT adjusts the steering with the tack furthest from the guide wheel, which feels lubricated in olive oil. The side-slip control system, now in its 8. 0 iteration, transmits the 819 hp output to the curb with an impressive absence of wheels or unwanted drama. »»
Read the full Ferrari 12cilindri reader
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