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BOUTIQUE
Donkervoort P24 RS. 780kg. Done.
Top Gear drove it. The verdict: 600hp in 780kg with no nannies and a five-speed manual is, predictably, devastating.
600hp from a Ford-sourced 3.5L twin-turbo V6, 780kg dry, 2.3G cornering, five-speed manual, 150 units from €298,500 with 50 already sold at delivery start in April 2026. Pistonheads called it 'a direct counterpunch to a computerised, homogenous automotive world' — and for once the forum is not arguing; the only debate is whether the Nürburgring attempt will embarrass the Manthey GT2 RS's 6:38.
Donkervoort's P24 RS is now in customers' hands after deliveries began April 2026, and the first long-drive reviews are unanimous. Top Gear called it 'wicked fun and deeply intriguing' — high praise from a publication that eats lightweight cars for breakfast. The headline spec reads like a fantasy sheet: 780kg dry, a 3.5-litre twin-turbo V6 (the same EcoBoost unit found in the Ford GT and Raptor) with selectable 400/500/600hp outputs and 800Nm of torque, a five-speed manual driving the rear wheels, and no standard traction control or power steering. The Ex-Core carbon chassis, Fort-Ex one-piece 9kg front subframe, and custom bespoke 4kg turbochargers are engineering details that make most supercars look positively bloated. The RS badge has appeared only twice in Donkervoort history — both times to celebrate Nürburgring records — and Denis Donkervoort has been explicit that records are coming again. Of 150 planned units, over 50 were sold before the car was publicly seen. Starting price is €298,500, and the track aero kit (90kg of downforce balanced across both axles) is an additional option. Buyers span Europe, the US and the Middle East. The car is named after Denis Donkervoort's daughter Phébe, born in 2024 — which is either charming or terrifying depending on how you interpret the performance brief.
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EVENT
Mille Miglia Rolls in Six Days. Vesco for Seven.
400 cars, 29 nations, 2,000km of Italian asphalt — and Andrea Vesco is gunning for a seventh straight win on June 9.
The 44th edition runs June 9–13 from Brescia on a figure-eight route through Padua, Modena, Rome, Assisi and Rimini, with 77 entries that competed in the original 1927–1957 race; Vesco is the man to beat, again. The Modena lunch stop on June 10 sends the entire field through the Motor Valley — Ferrari, Pagani and Maserati territory — and that alone is worth the alarm call.
The 1000 Miglia 2026 is the 44th re-enactment of what Enzo Ferrari once called 'the most beautiful race in the world,' building toward the centenary of the original 1927 race arriving in 2027. More than 400 crews from 29 nations line up in Brescia on June 9, including 77 cars with documented participation in the original speed race — one of the most historically rich grids in years. Day one crosses the Cavallo Pass above 700m and skirts Lake Garda before ending in Padua; Day two heads through Modena for a Motor Valley lunch stop with the world's greatest pre-war machinery parked outside Ferrari and Pagani's doorsteps. Celebrity entrants include chef Carlo Cracco in a 1951 Lancia Aurelia B20 GT. Regularity ace Andrea Vesco is chasing a seventh consecutive victory — an achievement without precedent in the modern era. The Abetone Pass crossing on Day 2 and the Furlo Gorge on Day 4 put mountain asphalt at the heart of the route, making this the most Alps-adjacent major event on the June calendar. For DACH-region readers within driving distance of Brescia: the start ramp on the morning of June 9 is, quite simply, not missable.
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SOFTWARE & TECH
ABT Made the A6 an S6. For €15,500.
Audi sat out a proper combustion S6 this generation, so ABT Kempten did it themselves — 422hp, quad pipes, lowered, sorted.
The ABT package lifts the A6 eHybrid Quattro to 422hp and 406 lb-ft, adds a gloss-black bodykit with quad stainless exhausts, 21-inch ABT Sport HR21s and lowering springs — full kit €15,500, power module alone €2,990. Motor-talk.de consensus: 'someone had to do it,' given Audi's decision to attach the S6 badge to an all-electric model — though nobody's celebrating that a hybrid four-pot now wears the body of what used to be a twin-turbo V6 autobahn weapon.
ABT Sportsline's latest programme fills a gap that Audi created itself: the C9-generation A6 went without a proper combustion S6, with Ingolstadt reserving the S6 badge for the full EV instead. The result is that the most sporting combustion A6 available is the eHybrid Quattro, which pairs a 2.0-litre turbo four-cylinder with a 14.1kWh battery for a factory 362hp. ABT's module pushes that to 422hp and 406 lb-ft — close to the 444hp of the old twin-turbo 3.0-litre V6 S6 — and the visual package brings a sharper front splitter, rear wing with floating fins in gloss black, and quad stainless exhaust. The full kit including wheels, springs, power module and bodywork runs €15,500 over a base A6 eHybrid Avant starting at €77,550 in Germany. ABT backs the tune with a five-year warranty across Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. It is also, ABT claims, the most powerful C9-generation A6 available anywhere — which is either a point of pride or a mild indictment of Audi's own product planning, depending on your mood. For autobahn-country drivers who want substance over badge, the pragmatic case is quietly compelling.
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BOUTIQUE
Czinger 21C Vmax. Purple. $3M. Mad.
The first purple Czinger 21C Vmax just landed in Miami — quietly the most interesting $3M American hypercar nobody talks about enough.
The 21C Vmax opens at $2.36M but typically transacts near $3M with options; this Miami-delivered example is the first in Czinger's purple Liquid series finish. Reddit r/supercars calls it 'criminally underrated for the price' — the 3D-printed chassis and 1,250hp tandem-seat layout genuinely have no peers, but Czinger's marketing operation remains almost comically quiet relative to what the hardware actually does.
Czinger's 21C Vmax is one of the most technically audacious hypercars on the market, operating almost entirely under the radar of mainstream conversation — which is precisely why the Alpine-region crowd should pay attention. Built in California using Divergent's AI-driven 3D-printing process (the same facility producing parts for Bugatti, Aston Martin, McLaren and SpaceX), the 21C Vmax pairs a 2.9-litre twin-turbo V8 producing 750bhp with an 800V electric system and two front-axle motors for a combined 1,250bhp. It revs to 11,000rpm, uses a seven-speed XTrac gearbox with 3D-printed casing, and seats driver and passenger in tandem F1-style. Czinger lapped Laguna Seca in a record 1:25.44, beating the McLaren Senna's previous production-car benchmark. This latest example, delivered through Prestige Imports in Miami, is the first 21C painted in Czinger's purple Liquid series. For buyers seeking a genuine alternative to Pagani or Koenigsegg with US provenance and exceptional engineering pedigree, the Czinger case is quietly compelling. Sister company Divergent's scale gives it a manufacturing backbone that most boutique builders simply cannot match.
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