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AMG’s New CLA EV Shows Its Red Calipers Before It Shows Its Numbers

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Mercedes-AMG has teased the high-performance CLA EV. Debuts tomorrow with sportier styling inside and out. Car could have a tri-motor powertrain with around 500 hp. Mercedes-AMG has teased a high-performance sedan, ahead of its debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed tomorrow. The company isn’t saying much at this point, but promised the mystery model was designed for thrill seekers. While the darkened teaser image doesn’t reveal many details, a little fiddling with the brightness confirms we’re looking at the CLA . Details are hard to make out, but we can see lightweight wheels and red brake calipers. Elsewhere, there’s front fender badging and what appears to be sportier side skirts. More: The Baby AMG EV Just Got Real With Three Motors And A Secret Weapon The automaker is staying tight-lipped, but spy photographers have snapped the high-performance sedan on multiple occasions. Besides the aforementioned tweak...

0% For 72 Months Is How You Know Lucid’s Gravity Isn’t Selling

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Lucid drops financing to zero percent to clear leftover Gravity stock. Buyers must take delivery before the end of July to qualify. A $10,000 lease discount now sweetens the aging 2026 model. Eager to offload surplus supplies of 2026 Gravity models, Lucid has announced an aggressive financing deal for the all-electric SUV. Whether it’ll be enough to sell the leftover inventory remains to be seen, but it certainly brings the Gravity within reach of more prospective shoppers. According to a report from EV , the offer was first sent via email to customers in the US earlier this week, before being added to Lucid’s website. It notes the Gravity Touring and Grand Touring are available with zero percent financing for 72 months, but notes buyers must take delivery by July 31. Read: Lucid Is Blaming Someone Else For The Gravity’s Second Recall In Four Months The Lucid Gravity is also available to finance over 84 months with a ...

Audi Is Reversing Its Biggest Interior Decision Of The Decade

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Audi to abandon screen-heavy cabins for simpler, tactile interiors in two years, report says. Physical buttons, honest materials and restrained displays will define future Audi cockpits. Technical chief says every switch and rotary dial should have a “classical Audi click and feel.” After several years of turning dashboards into rolling tablets, Audi appears ready to hit reverse. The German automaker says its next generation of interiors will lean less on giant displays and bring back the tactile controls and premium materials that helped make older Audis feel so special. The shift won’t happen overnight. Models arriving over the next couple of years, including the new Q7 and Q9, will continue with the current dashboard philosophy. They do, however, hint at the direction Audi is heading by offering genuine slate trim, reinforcing a renewed focus on authentic materials. Related: Audi Is Done Building One Car For The Whole...

Pagani’s New Huayra 70 Derecho Is A V12 Roadster That Makes You Shift Yourself

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Pagani has unveiled the new Huayra 70 Derecho, ahead of Goodwood. Features a two-tone exterior with special wheels and titanium accents. Roadster sports an AMG-sourced twin-turbo V12 producing 852 hp. Horacio Pagani turned 70 last year and the birthday celebrations will continue at the Goodwood Festival of Speed , where his company will unveil the Huayra 70 Derecho. It’s billed as a “few-off creation” and the second of three Huayra 70 models designed to mark Horacio’s milestone. Made by the company’s Grandi Complicazioni division , the Huayra 70 Derecho sports a two-tone exterior featuring a Pearl Orange body with Blue highlights. The automaker says the combination gives a perception of lightness and forward motion, while also revealing the “fish-bone weave of the carbon fiber.” More: Pagani Huayra 70 Trionfo Is A Triumph In Exclusivity The special touches don’t end there ...