Michael Taylor

1 month ago | forbes.com | Michael Taylor

BMW has taken the covers off its Concept Speedtop shooting brake at the Concorso d’Eleganza in Cernobbio tonight. The Concept Speedtop, which will end up in a 70-unit production run at close to half a million dollars each, is a hard-topped follow up to the Concept Skytop. Both cars are based on the BMW M8 production car, powered by a 4.4-liter, twin-turbo V8, and the Concept Speedtop is expected to reach 62mph in around 3.3 seconds.

1 month ago | forbes.com | Michael Taylor

Fiat Professional has trodden on Italian automotive iconography with its Tris electric three-wheeler concept for Africa and the Middle East. The Tris clearly owes its design roots with the long-running Piaggio Ape (pronounced “ah-pay”), which is Italian for “bee”. Designed by its Centro Stile design studio, the Tris is Fiat’s attempt at solving the last-mile delivery problem, using small, nimble commercial vehicles - much like the Piaggio Ape has done since 1948, and still does.

1 month ago | forbes.com | Michael Taylor

Serbian budget car brand Yugo is back. Almost. Just three months after the announcement of the brand’s rebirth, it showed a 1:5 scale model of its promised new Yugo at the Car Design Event in Munich, Germany, last week. Yugo promised the hatchback will be true to the brand’s traditional budget ethos, with only two doors in the B-segment (or subcompact) market.

1 month ago | thespec.com | Michael Taylor

What’s the goal of the all-new 2025 Mini John Cooper Works Countryman? To be a practical Sport Utility Vehicle with a healthy dose of performance and enthusiast attitude. Does it succeed? Does this car have what it takes? In their classic 1970s sitcom, “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” Lou Grant (played by Ed Asner) said to Mary Richards (played by Mary Tyler Moore), “You know what, you’ve got spunk. I hate spunk!” This Mini Countryman JCW has spunk. Whoever is behind the wheel should love this.

2 months ago | forbes.com | Michael Taylor

The CEO of Mercedes-Benz has warned the European Union that tariffs would be a "crude" way to find an equitable competition between European and Chinese EV makers. Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Kallenius told the Shanghai Auto Show that a solution had to be found that allowed European automakers to compete head-to-head with Chinese-made electric cars and SUVs, but that way should not be with tariffs.