N°01
NEW MODEL
Revuelto SV: 1,963 Units. NYC Said Yes.
Post-preview insiders confirm a 1,963-unit run, ~1,065 hp, blacked hood, and Fenomeno seats — Monterey Car Week gets the public debut.
Limited to 1,963 units (Lamborghini's founding year), power rumoured at ~1,065 hp from the revised V12 hybrid, fixed rear wing, blacked-out hood and roof, Fenomeno-sourced seats, four launch liveries with red first. Lamborghini-talk members already called the rear wing 'pathetic' and the whole thing 'uninspired' — the SF90 XX crowd wanted more drama, not minor tweaks.
Three years into Revuelto production and Sant'Agata has done what Sant'Agata always does: built the SV. The Super Veloce formula — more aero, more power, fewer compromises — traces back to the Diablo SV in 1995, and each generation has closed the loop on its platform's potential. The Revuelto SV follows the Aventador SVJ (6:44.97 at the Nordschleife) and will presumably eye the AMG One's 6:29 record given prototypes were spotted on the Green Hell in Bridgestone Potenza Race rubber. The 1,963-unit production cap pays tribute to the founding year, matching the playbook of previous Anniversario and commemorative editions. Public debut is locked for Monterey Car Week in August — The Quail being the likeliest venue. With the Revuelto's replacement expected around 2028, the SV may well be the last V12 hybrid hurrah before the next generation arrives. Buyers will be drawn from the existing Revuelto waitlist; expect all 1,963 spoken for before the Quail gates open. The base Revuelto starts above €450k in Europe — the SV will sail past €550k.
NEW MODEL · N°01
N°02
RESTOMOD
HWA's 190E Is Racing the Ring. 15 Track Cars.
HWA raced its 190E Evo II restomod at the Nürburgring 24 Hours and immediately built 15 track-only Evo Rs — because that's what DTM people do.
The road-going HWA Evo costs £730,000, is limited to 100 units, and uses a 3-litre twin-turbo V6 with 450 hp; the 15-unit track-only Evo R is based directly on the SP-X race car that ran at the N24. Evo's coverage noted it as the only 190E-inspired restomod taken to actual endurance competition — the Pistonheads crowd drew comparisons to the Prodrive P25 and Redux M3, calling it the most credible restomod launch in years.
HWA AG was started by AMG co-founder Hans Werner Aufrecht and has spent 25+ years as the engineering force behind Mercedes-AMG GT racing cars, the CLK GTR, the Pagani Zonda R, and the Apollo IE. The Evo is its Legacy division's first project — a restomod that doesn't just evoke the DTM-era 190E 2.5-16 Evo II but genuinely re-engineers it: over 75% of the original chassis is cut away and replaced by HWA-built subframes, the front axle is pushed 50mm forward, and a rear-mounted gearbox achieves a near-ideal 50:50 weight balance. Three Evo.R race cars ran the 2026 Nürburgring 24 Hours in SP-X class, crewed by Markus Winkelhock, Sebastian Asch, Luca Ludwig, Bruno Spengler, and Jamie Green among others — a driver roster that signals this is a serious programme, not a PR stunt. The 15-unit Evo R customer track car is priced and positioned as a circuit ownership proposition, with HWA offering factory technical support and parts. At roughly £730k for the road car, the Evo R track variant will likely exceed £900k. For the Alpine-region driver who watches Hagerty's DTM retrospectives and has a poster of Klaus Ludwig in a 190E on the garage wall — this is the story of the year.
RESTOMOD · N°02
N°03
EVENT
Kitzbühel Ran 600 km. Pre-War Everything.
The 39th Kitzbüheler Alpenrallye just finished — 600 Alpine kilometres, pre-1972 entry rules, Bugattis and Bentleys doing exactly what the Hahnenkamm roads were built for.
The 39th Alpenrallye ran June 10–13, 2026, covering ~600 km across Tyrol, Salzburg, and Bavaria with a production cut-off of 1972/75 — Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Porsche, Jaguar, and Aston Martin all confirmed on the entry list; Sunday's Concours d'Elegance and trophy ceremony closed the weekend in Kitzbühel's Vorderstadt. The r/classiccars crowd called it the most driver-focused Alpine classic event that hasn't yet been overrun by Instagram coaches — high praise in 2026.
The Kitzbüheler Alpenrallye is now in its 39th year and remains one of the few classic-car events in the Alps where you actually drive the car rather than polish it for a concours jury. The 1972/75 production limit keeps the field genuinely pre-emissions: pre-war exotica, early Lamborghinis, air-cooled Porsches, and old-money Bentleys sharing Alpine passes at full noise. The three-day format — 600 km across Tyrolean, Salzburg, and Bavarian mountain roads — splits into Sport Plus, Sport, Classic Trophy, and Exotic/Youngtimer classes, so a serious 250 GTE driver and a Countach owner can coexist without embarrassment. The Sunday Concours d'Elegance in Kitzbühel's Vorderstadt adds a static finale that rewards patina over trailer-queen prep. With Solitude Revival cancelled for 2026, the Alpenrallye quietly becomes the most important drive-it classic event left in the DACH calendar this summer — ahead of Arosa ClassicCar in September and Bernina Gran Turismo the same month. For the Haus of Apex reader based in Innsbruck or Salzburg, this is the event where your 365 GTC/4 earns its keep.
EVENT · N°03
N°04
NEW MODEL
Alpina's Last. 99 Cars. V12. Goodbye Buchloe.
The B8 GT is Alpina's final act from Buchloe — 99 hand-built cars, 625 hp, €225k, and a watch. BMW takes over from here.
The B8 GT Hommage Burkard Bovensiepen is limited to 99 units with 625 hp / 627 lb-ft from a tuned 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8, 3.3s to 100 km/h, a Carl F. Bucherer watch included, and German pricing from €225,000. BimmerPost members called it a proper farewell — understated, handbuilt, and the last time the Buchloe letterhead means something before BMW M takes the wheel.
Alpina and BMW formalised their merger in 2022, with BMW Group assuming production responsibilities at the end of 2025. The B8 GT is therefore the last car built under the original Alpina model — hand-assembled in Buchloe by a company that started tuning carburettors in 1965. Burkard Bovensiepen, who founded Alpina and ran it for decades, passed away in October 2023 at age 87. The B8 GT carries his signature on a metal insert in the cup holder. Mechanically, it wraps the standard B8 Gran Coupe platform with a 13-hp bump to 625 hp, a software-updated eight-speed gearbox, 21-inch Classic forged wheels on bespoke Pirelli P Zeros, and a full Alcantara headliner. Of the 99 cars, 20 get an optional two-tone paint in blue or green over black at a €11,150 premium. The LAVALINA leather adds another €19,200. A fully specced B8 GT tops €271,000. For the Alpine-region GT driver who values Autobahn manners over lap times, this is the last proper Buchloe Alpina — and they won't build another one like this.
NEW MODEL · N°04
N°05
RESTOMOD
HWA Is Building a Hypercar. After the Ring.
Flush from running three DTM-tribute restomods at the Nürburgring 24 Hours, HWA just confirmed it's developing a full hypercar next — and it won't be subtle.
HWA confirmed a hypercar project following the Evo programme's SP-X N24 campaign; no specs yet, but the company's engineering CV includes the Pagani Zonda R, AMG CLK GTR, and Apollo IE. The Carbuzz coverage called it 'the coolest new Mercedes at the Nürburgring that doesn't come from Mercedes' — which is both accurate and slightly too generous for a car that costs £730k and runs Winkelhock.
HWA's Legacy division started with the Evo because it made emotional and engineering sense: the 190E Evo II is the car that made Mercedes a DTM force, and rebuilding it properly — not as a styling exercise but as a re-engineered platform — was a statement of intent. The hypercar announcement, teased in Carbuzz's coverage of the Evo R, positions HWA as a genuine niche manufacturer rather than a premium restomod house. The Evo's 450 hp, 3-litre twin-turbo V6 setup provides a known baseline; the hypercar will presumably target the Pagani / Apollo / Gordon Murray tier. HWA CEO Martin Marx has said the Nürburgring programme is both a competitive effort and a durability test bench — meaning whatever comes next will have Green Hell mileage behind it. For the collector weighing a Theon Design 964 against a Prodrive P25, HWA's next move is worth watching closely. The 15-unit Evo R track car is the bridge between the two projects: built to race specification, sold to customers who want factory support on circuit.
RESTOMOD · N°05
