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Mercedes-Benz has joined forces with American designer Virgil Abloh to create Project Geländewagen, a contemporary design piece to help raise money for a charity that supports international creative communities. The result, something of a cross between a Hot Wheels car and a sneaker, seeks to showcase the iconic shape of the G-Class, while offering a stripped and simplified representation of luxury. Art can be pretty deep.

The new Qoros 7 has been unveiled in China, signalling the start of a new line-up for the car manufacturer. Qoros started life as a Chinese-Israeli brand, conceived with the notion of serving international markets with products aimed at more discerning tastes.

Photos of undisguised 2021 Peugeot 508 Sport Engineered sedan and wagon variants have been published in the European press this week, offering a first clear look at what's to come. Revealed in concept form last year, the 508 Sport Engineered concept (also referred to as the 508 PSE) combined a 150kW petrol engine with a pair of electric motors – a front-mounted 82kW and a rear-mounted 150kW unit – to produce a new generation of electrified performance.

SsangYong Australia has issued a recall of 374 vehicles from the Korando, Tivoli, and Tivoli XLV range due to the potential for a fuel leak to develop. Owners of the Korando C300 with Model Years 2019 and 2020 (MY19-MY20), and the Tivoli and Tivoli XLV with Model Years 2015 to 2020 (MY15-MY20) are advised to have their vehicle repaired at a SsangYong dealership.

A teenage racing driver has broken the Guinness World Record for Fastest Vehicle Slalom. Sixteen-year-old Chloe Chambers, a US karting driver, broke the record at an airfield in New Jersey, USA, driving a Porsche 718 Spyder. On one run through the 762-metre course, Chambers tied with the previous record.