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3 days ago | carthrottle.com | Mike Bartholomew |Matt Robinson |Ryan Hirons |Phill Tromans

After a brief absence, Nissan’s Nismo performance brand recently returned to Europe. However, it was on the Ariya Nismo, an electric crossover that hasn’t exactly won the hearts of those with fond memories of saving up for hopped-up, ultra-rare tuned Skylines in Gran Turismo 2. Over in the Middle East, Nismo’s just revealed a new model with a 495bhp, 3.5-litre twin-turbo V6. Sounds a bit more like it, although you may want to temper your expectations: it’s still a gigantic eight-seater SUV.

3 days ago | carthrottle.com | Mike Bartholomew |Matt Robinson |Ryan Hirons |Phill Tromans

It’s been nearly two years since the Mazda Iconic SP concept was revealed, and not a day’s gone by where we haven’t been feverishly dreaming about a production version of the gorgeous sports car. Thankfully, it seems increasingly clear that that could be happening, according to Mazda’s chief technical officer Ryuichi Umeshita in an interview with MotorTrend.

3 days ago | carthrottle.com | Mike Bartholomew |Matt Robinson |Ryan Hirons |Phill Tromans

Life’s probably pretty good if you happen to be internationally successful model David Gandy. You’re rich, handsome, renowned around the world as a style icon, and now, to top it all off, you’ve got your very own bespoke Mini restomod created with input from one of the world’s greatest car designers. This is the Wood and Pickett Mini by Callum, the very first example of which is this rather fetching brown one that’s been commissioned by noted car nut Gandy.

4 days ago | carthrottle.com | Ryan Hirons |Matt Robinson |Mike Bartholomew |Phill Tromans

There’s a time when the announcement of a new MG at the Goodwood Festival of Speed might throw up images of some higher-powered version of the TF or a new ZR in your head. Not really the case these days, with the now Chinese-owned brand now building electric crossovers and the hit-and-miss Cyberster. It’ll be bringing new cars to the FOS this year, and the most intriguing of those from a more mainstream point of view is seemingly a new electric crossover.

4 days ago | carthrottle.com | Mike Bartholomew |Matt Robinson |Ryan Hirons |Phill Tromans

Have you actually realised how few front-engined, rear-wheel drive coupes there are left on sale today? If you hadn’t, then don’t go looking: the figures will probably only depress you. Everything from regulatory pressure to slipping sales means very few companies can justify building this sort of car anymore. BMW is still holding out, but even its cheapest car of this ilk, the 220i, starts at a punchy £39,070, and you’ll have to settle for four cylinders and an automatic gearbox.