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Bentley Embraces Annual Product Drops With New Bespoke Series

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Bentley has introduced the new Bespoke Series by Mulliner. It’s a collection of special editions that will be released annually. First product drop includes 100 GT S variants with unique paint. Bentley is launching a collection of special editions, which will be released annually. It’s known as the Bespoke Series by Mulliner and the first batch includes 100 units based on the Continental GT S and GT S Convertible. Billed as “highly curated limited-edition cars,” the Bespoke Series is embracing a seasonal release schedule to drum up sales and mimic a “luxury fashion house.” While the latter sounds like marketing hyperbole, the brand said designers will analyze emerging cultural trends as well as forecast color preferences. More: Bentley’s New GT S Can Drift, Roar, And Drive 50 Miles Without Gas Despite being known for personalization , the first Bespoke Series will be offered in six colors. Thes...
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Ram’s 9-Speed Is Really A 7-Speed, Lawsuit Claims

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Lawsuit alleges Ram ProMaster never uses its highest two gear ratios. Plaintiffs claim buyers paid thousands extra for unusable hardware. Stellantis and Ram have yet to respond to the lawsuit’s allegations. Most non-enthusiast drivers never think about how many gears their transmission has. But if you paid a premium for a nine-speed gearbox and later discovered your vehicle only ever used seven of those gears, you’d probably be annoyed and feel cheated. That’s the situation that led Stellantis owners to file a class action lawsuit relating to 2022 and 2023 Ram ProMaster vans. The complaint claims the commercial van’s advertised nine-speed automatic transmission is, in practice, little more than a seven-speeder. Related: Stellantis Just Teased A Self-Driving Box That Wants To Replace Your Delivery Van According to the lawsuit, Stellantis’s Ram division promoted the updated ProMaster as featuring a new nine...
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Lucid’s Sub-$50K Cosmos EV Revealed In Patent Drawings

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Patent drawings show Lucid’s upcoming Cosmos design. The EV will ride on Lucid’s new midsize platform. Lucid aims to push below the $50,000 price point. Lucid has spent years building some of the most efficient luxury EVs on the road, but its next chapter won’t be written with six-figure sedans and SUVs. New patent drawings appear to reveal, based on the company’s own teasers, the upcoming Lucid Cosmos, one of three more affordable vehicles destined to ride on the company’s new midsize architecture. More importantly, these sketches may offer the clearest look yet at the vehicle Lucid hopes can carry the brand into the mainstream, where the Tesla Model Y and new Rivian R2 are already waiting. More: Gravity Finally Gets What Lucid Drivers Have Been Asking For The drawings from the patent office show not just the general shape of the Cosmos but potentially different trims and unique details both inside and ou...
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