The Auto World

A digital artist reimagined the wagon-only 05 GT as a four-door sedan. The render revives the spirit of the much-loved Alpina B5 in classic form. Bovensiepen’s real 05 GT makes 790 hp from an upgraded M5 hybrid V8. As much as we love a wagon, the recent reveal of the limited-production Bovensiepen 05 GT built on the M5 Touring left everyone wondering whether the same recipe would work on a sedan. Independent digital artist Theophilus Chin answered the question himself, rendering a spiritual successor to the much-loved Alpina B5 in classic four-door form. The real Bovensiepen 05 GT comes from the family that founded Alpina , built after the marque became an official sub-brand under the BMW Group. Based on the M5 Touring, its deliberately understated styling is the work of design veteran Frank Stephenson, and it sticks to the wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing formula that defined Alpina for decades. More: Bovensiepen’s $435K Zagato ...

The 2026 Jeep Grand Cherokee offers a Level 2 hands-free driving system. It operates on more than 200,000 miles of compatible roads in North America. The system works remarkably well, but feels overly cautious sometimes. When you think about semi-autonomous driving systems, what comes to mind? Most likely Tesla’s Full-Self Driving, GM’s Super Cruise, or Ford’s Blue Cruise . While those are the best-known systems on the market, they’re far from the only options. Stellantis launched their Hands–Free Active Driving Assist system a few years ago, but it’s largely flown under the radar. Review: I Tried Out GM’s Smarter Super Cruise And It Feels Promising Part of this can be chalked up to the fact that Hands–Free Active Driving Assist is only available on a handful of models including the Grand Cherokee and Ram 1500 . That’s a shame because, after hundreds of miles traveling hands-fre...

This Hurst/Olds features the famous His and Hers shifter. The dual-gate design blended convenience with driver involvement. Just 906 examples were produced for the 1969 model year. Porsche’s latest attempt to make EVs more engaging centers on software that mimics the experience of rowing through multiple gears. It’s a modern solution to an old problem. How do you give drivers more involvement without sacrificing convenience? More than half a century ago, Oldsmobile and Hurst arrived at a very different answer. Instead of programming artificial shifts, they built a transmission selector with two personalities. One for everyday driving and another for when the driver wanted to take charge. Also: This 1984 Oldsmobile Has Three Shifters For One Automatic Transmission The result was the Hurst Dual Gate, better known as the “His and Hers” shifter. Of course, the “His and Hers” branding feels decidedly date...