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Aston Martin’s First Street Bike Is A Symphony Of Carbon Fiber And Titanium

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Aston Martin and Brough Superior have introduced the new AMB 002 Roadster. It’s the first street-legal Aston Martin bike and has a 130 hp engine. Lightweight motorcycle has titanium frame and tons of exposed carbon fiber. There’s a new way to get your thrills on an Aston Martin as the company has teamed up with Brough Superior to introduce their first street-legal motorcycle. Known as the AMB 002 Roadster, it follows two previous bikes that were limited to the track. Looking like a sci-fi prop, the model is billed as a “lightweight, razor-sharp machine born for maximum enjoyment on the road.” This isn’t just marketing hyperbole as the motorcycle incorporates carbon fiber and weighs just 419 lbs (190 kg) overall. More: Aston Martin’s AMB 001 Pro Is A Track-Only Superbike With 225 HP The Aston Martin Design Studio played a hand in its creation, so the bike incorporates hints of automotive design. The m...
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Rimac Finalizes Bugatti Takeover, Ending All VW Ownership

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Without Porsche’s influence, Mate Rimac will steer Bugatti’s future. Mate Rimac spent more than 18 months trying to buy out Porsche. Porsche has earned €1 billion ($1.16 billion) from the deal. When the VW Group transferred ownership of Bugatti to a new venture between Rimac and Porsche in 2021, the goal was to use Rimac’s expertise to build an all-electric Bugatti. Instead, Mate Rimac spearheaded the creation of the V16-powered Toubillon, and now, VW and Porsche’s ownership stakes in the iconic French brand have officially shrunk to zero. Following a deal first announced in April, a consortium of investors, including HOF Capital, BlueFive Capital, and other US and European investors, has finalized the purchase of Porsche’s 21 percent shareholding in Rimac Group and its 45 percent stake in the Bugatti Rimac joint venture. Put simply, it’s a big deal. Read: Porsche’s Profits Fell 93%, So It...
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The Cheapest Toyota Track Toy Is Here, And It’s Also The Sharpest Of Them All

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Toyota’s new GR go-kart has a compact 215cc engine. The kart is being launched in select locations across Japan. Toyota says children and adults can use the GR Kart. Plenty of us played some sport when we were young, whether it was basketball, baseball, football, or something else. In the future, Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda wants more people to take up go-karting, and to help usher in what sounds like a very exciting era for gearheads, Gazoo Racing has launched its own go-kart. Sadly, it’s not as cheap as a football jersey or a tennis racket. Known as the GR Kart, Toyota’s newest creation has been designed to fit in popular Japanese minivans like the Toyota Noah and Voxy without requiring any disassembly, and, just like a Toyota road car, has a focus on durability, not something that can be said about most go-karts. Read: Toyota’s GR GT Supercar Could Lose Its Roof And Revive A ’90s Name Marketed as an en...
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BMW Killed The Z4, But Alpina’s Founders Just Brought It Back With 429 HP

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Bovensiepen’s third model is based on BMW’s recently departed Z4 roadster. The donor Z4 M40i’s 3.0-liter inline six is boosted from only 335 hp to 429 hp. Frank Stephenson Design provides subtle styling mods, including rear spoiler. The final BMW Z4 rolled off the Graz, Austria, production line in May, and while there are still cars hanging around dealer lots, your chances of speccing one to your taste are over. Or so we thought until we learned about the Bovensiepen Spider. If you’re not familiar with the Bovensiepen name, you are almost certainly familiar with the four-wheeled work of the people behind it. The Bovensiepen family set up the Alpina brand in the 1960s and did such a great job of enhancing BMW cars in the intervening years that BMW bought it out, the final transfer taking place at the start of 2026. Related: Alpina’s Founders Built A 790-HP BMW M5 Wagon That Looks Like A Lease Special But it l...
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