Car News

The Bentley Mulliner Bacalar is a new coach-built model set to debut at the 2020 Geneva motor show on March 3, European time. The company says the new car is a grand touring model featuring "sustainable and ethically-sourced materials", and inspired by the EXP 100 GT concept (below) unveiled in the middle of last year.

A new sporty trim level for the next-generation Toyota Kluger — known in US as the Highlander — has been unveiled at the 2020 Chicago motor show. It's not known if Toyota will bring a Kluger with similar enhancements to the Australian market. Like sporty trims used on other models, the new-to-Highlander XSE grade has a new front bumper with more aggressively styled air intakes and lip spoiler, and a lightly redone lower rear bumper.

Sketches of the new Skoda Octavia RS iV have been released ahead of the car's unveiling at the 2020 Geneva motor show in March. The Octavia RS iV will be the first set of vehicles from Skoda's RS sub-brand to feature a plug-in hybrid drivetrain. European buyers will be able to purchase the new Octavia RS iV in both hatch and wagon guises. The new plug-in hybrid powertrain is rated 180kW, which makes us think it has the same setup as the eighth-generation Golf GTE.

The 2020 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has once again delivered future tech for the motoring masses. But how much of it will make it to showrooms and which gadgets are nothing but a flight of fancy? As a preview to CES 2020 here is our Top Five future motoring technologies that may or may not be coming soon.

The cabin of the Faraday Future FF91 crossover has been revealed at its hometown motor in Los Angeles. Billed as a "third internet living space" to sit between the home and work or learning environment, the FF91's interior is equipped with three 4G LTE modems — one for car diagnostics and software updates, and the other two for passenger connectivity. According to Faraday Future the multiple modem setup allows for video streaming to continue even in areas where mobile reception is weak.