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A Facebook page and website purporting to sell merchandise for the proposed General Motors Specialty Vehicles brand is understood to not have the official backing of the US car giant. Meanwhile, another person whose address is listed in the Northern Territory, has registered four variations of the GMSV name, including General Motors Specialised Vehicles, General Motors Special Vehicles, GM Special Vehicles, and GM Specialty Vehicles.

British luxury brand Bentley has built the last of its 6.75-litre ‘L-Series’ V8 after a 61-year continuous production run – the longest in automotive history for a V8 engine. The hand-crafted L-Series commenced production in 1959 for use in the Bentley S2 with an output of approximately 134kW.

The all-electric Porsche Taycan is attracting plenty of interest from outside the traditional Porsche market, with half of all registered expressions-of-interest (EOI) coming from Australian buyers that are new to the German brand. The Australian order book for the Taycan officially opened in early June, when pricing for the range was announced.

Mazda could be about to introduce an all-wheel-drive turbo variant of the Mazda3, leaked information suggests. According to Jalopnik, an insider has revealed that special codes have been added to the Mazda dealership intranet, showing that an all-wheel-drive turbo Mazda3 is on the horizon. The internal codes are used by the dealer network and manufacturer to quickly identify different models and their drivetrains.

Swedish performance car brands Polestar and Koenigsegg have teased an upcoming video collaboration that could see a showdown between their two latest models. The Swedish carmakers took to their respective Instagram accounts to promote the new project, sharing photos of the Polestar Precept all-electric concept vehicle and the Koenigsegg Gemera plug-in hybrid megacar side-by-side. UPDATE (5/6/20): This story has been updated with a statement from Koenigsegg. Details in story.