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5 days ago | 
carthrottle.com | Ryan Hirons |Matt Robinson |Mike Bartholomew |Phill Tromans
We’ve been a little excited ever since we stumbled upon the existence of Kaido Genkai, an in-development driving game set in a cel-shaded landscape inspired by ‘90s Japan. Really, it sounds like the stuff of our dreams. Fortunately, not just ours.
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5 days ago | 
carthrottle.com | Mike Bartholomew |Matt Robinson |Ryan Hirons |Phill Tromans
We recently spent a week with the Lexus LM, a curious luxury MPV with an unashamed emphasis on rear passenger comfort. We liked it a lot, but there’s a problem: the LM starts at a lofty £94,595, and to get the ultra-posh four-seater version we drove, you need an outrageous £117,595. That puts it out of reach for a great many of us, so is there a solution?
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5 days ago | 
carthrottle.com | Ryan Hirons |Matt Robinson |Mike Bartholomew |Phill Tromans
It’s the time of the year for PlayStation’s Days of Play deals, bringing some pretty chunky discounts on those games we haven’t yet managed to get around to adding to our libraries. Blame Balatro for taking up too much of our free time for that one. Looking to grab some new driving games for your collection? We’ve picked out some of the biggest deals.
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5 days ago | 
carthrottle.com | Mike Bartholomew |Matt Robinson |Ryan Hirons |Phill Tromans
Been mourning the death of the old 190mph Bentley Bentayga Speed? Ever since the big old W12 bruiser was discontinued in 2023, we’ve had to make do with Bentaygas powered ‘only’ by a 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 (plus a V6 hybrid). Well, on that front, we have good and bad news: the good is that the Bentayga Speed is back. The bad, depending on how you look at it, is that it, too, is now a V8.
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5 days ago | 
carthrottle.com | Mike Bartholomew |Matt Robinson |Ryan Hirons |Phill Tromans
It’s a bit of an open secret that Toyota’s working on a small, boxy off-road-style car to sit below the latest Land Cruiser in its SUV lineup. The company first teased the idea with 2022’s Compact Cruiser concept, then, at the J250 Land Cruiser’s reveal a couple of years ago, showed off the shadowy silhouette of a smaller but just as boxy off-roader, complete with a spare wheel on the tailgate. Since that official tease, though, things have been very quiet on the car–until now.
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5 days ago | 
carthrottle.com | Ryan Hirons |Matt Robinson |Mike Bartholomew |Phill Tromans
We wax lyrical pretty often about Toyota Gazoo Racing at Car Throttle. Can you blame us, though? When you’re producing cars like the GR Yaris and GR86, blessing us with the Supra and giving the rest of the world the highly-rated GR Corolla, it’s well deserved in our opinion. For all its brilliance in making road cars, though, and success in pretty much every form of motorsport it touches, there’s one thing pretty baffling about Gazoo Racing. Where on earth does that name come from?
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5 days ago | 
carthrottle.com | Mike Bartholomew |Matt Robinson |Ryan Hirons |Phill Tromans
30 years ago this year, the McLaren F1 upset the endurance racing establishment by becoming the first production-based car in decades to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans, well into the era when the GT racers were theoretically supposed to play second fiddle to the purpose-built prototypes. Sounds like a good excuse for a special edition, then, although the McLaren 750S Le Mans is a bit more than a usual stickers-and-plaque job.
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5 days ago | 
carthrottle.com | Ryan Hirons |Matt Robinson |Mike Bartholomew |Phill Tromans
How great does the idea of a Toyota GR Aygo X sound? If Gazoo Racing went and put a big boosty engine in that tiny city car chassis, we think the world’s supply of endorphins would increase tenfold. That’s almost certainly never going to happen, though, but at least we can fantasise about it while poring over the details of the updated version of the Aygo X. Yes, there’s now a GR Sport. No surprise, really, given GR Sport has found its way to most new Toyota models as a sporty-looking trim.
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5 days ago | 
carthrottle.com | Mike Bartholomew |Matt Robinson |Ryan Hirons |Phill Tromans
If you had any plans for your free time for the next week or so, we regret to inform you that they’ll have to wait – you can now build your own Aston Martin Valkyrie from Lego. The Cosworth V12-powered hypercar is the latest car to get an official set as part of Lego’s Technic range that features more complex, bespoke pieces than the Danish brand’s typical blocks.
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1 week ago | 
carthrottle.com | Ryan Hirons |Matt Robinson |Mike Bartholomew |Phill Tromans
It’s a wonder that there’s never been a half-decent Fast & Furious game. Surely, a big developer would’ve had the rights to the world’s biggest car-associated film franchise and made something real of it by now, right? Many, many attempts have been made over the years, but not a single one to any great effect. Most recently, that was Spy Racers: Rise of SH1FT3R, a quite frankly terrible way to consume your free time.
