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🚘 Volkswagen and Audi are recalling more than 2.1 million vehicles worldwide

📰 This is due to a defect found in the steering mechanism. In a worst-case scenario, it could lead to a loss of steering control.

The recall covers:
• VW Golf, Golf Variant, Tiguan, Touran, and Caddy models made between September 24, 2013 and July 1, 2024
• Audi Q3 models made between October 31, 2017 and May 23, 2024

🆓 The fix is a free screw replacement.

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🆕 The Bentley Torcal ASMR

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🆕 Meet the all-new Bentley Torcal

📰 Unveiled in London on 23 September 2026, the Torcal becomes Bentley's fourth model line alongside the Continental GT, Flying Spur and Bentayga, and marks the brand's first-ever fully electric production car.

Key highlights:
• Name inspired by El Torcal de Antequera, a dramatic limestone landscape in Andalusia, Spain
• "Torcal" traces back to the Latin torquere ("to twist") — the root of the word torque
• Built on VW Group's Premium Platform Electric (PPE) architecture, shared with the Porsche Cayenne Electric
• Roughly 5 metres long, positioned below the Bentayga in the lineup
• Dual-motor AWD, 800V architecture for ultra-fast DC charging
• Signature diamond motif reinterpreted with hand-cut crystal in the interior display
• A synthesized soundtrack – drums, viola and bass – designed to echo the emotion of a V8, responding to driver input

💬 CEO Dr. Frank-Steffen Walliser called it "the most considered car in our history," setting new benchmarks in performance, comfort and craftsmanship.

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📰 Nissan confirms new Skyline launch date

🆕 The 14th-generation Nissan Skyline will debut in December 2026, CEO Ivan Espinosa told Asahi Shimbun, calling it "one of the icons of the renaissance of Nissan."

🔧 The car (internally dubbed V38) will be built at Nissan's Tochigi plant in Japan, developed in just 26 months using generative AI (about half the usual cycle).

🎨 Teasers show an aggressive front end, GT-R-style round taillights, and design cues from the classic Hakosuka, marking the Prince Skyline's 70th anniversary.

🐎 No specs yet, but expect a V6 (likely the VR30DDTT) with a possible manual option. The V38 platform may also underpin a future Infiniti Q50 successor.

📅 The timing lines up with the Nismo Festival at Fuji Speedway on December 6, though Nissan hasn't confirmed that as the reveal venue.

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🤖 BMW brings humanoid robot to production

📰 BMW Group is deploying humanoid robot Figure 03 (built by Figure AI) at its Plant Spartanburg in South Carolina, USA. This follows an 11-month pilot with the predecessor, Figure 02, which supported production of more than 30,000 BMW X3 vehicles in the body shop.

🤖 The new robot takes on a more complex job: it picks unsorted components from large containers and sorts them into a trolley in the exact order needed for assembly, which is then delivered to the production line. What's new in Figure 03:
🖐 tactile sensors + cameras built into the palms
🔋 wireless charging
🗣 speech-to-speech voice interaction
🧵 soft exterior materials for safer human-robot collaboration

🏭 BMW calls Plant Spartanburg the "birthplace" of humanoid robotics in its daily manufacturing operations — a similar pilot is now also rolling out at the Leipzig plant in Germany.

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🚘 Lamborghini dropped another Super Veloce and this time it's the Revuelto SV

A track-focused version of the Revuelto that will probably never see a track.

🐎 Total output: 1,050 hp, coming from the V12 plus three electric motors, sent to all four wheels. Visually it looks like someone forgot when to stop adding vents and wings, but apparently that's exactly what the target audience wants.

💸 Starting price: $741,172. Before options, obviously. Lamborghini will build just 1,963 units not a random number, it's the year the brand was founded.

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