Car News

The new-generation 2019 BMW Z4 looks set to be revealed later this year, just before a public debut at the Paris motor show in October – according to a new report. Industry journal Automotive News Europe cites a "person familiar with the situation", claiming the next-gen German sports car will be revealed at a standalone event prior to the Paris event.

Almost exactly one year after revealing the reborn CTR in Geneva, RUF has whipped the covers off its big-money, lightweight take on the Porsche 911. Meet the SCR, a nod to another of its famous tuned Porsches from the 1970s. The original was released in 1978, with power from a 3.2-litre flat-six making 162kW. It ran with dark green paint and a prominent whale-tail spoiler, along with bigger cooling ducts all around.

Maserati has unveiled special Nerissimo Edition versions of the Levante, Ghibli and Quattroporte in Geneva, adding a heavy-handed splash of black to the Italian marque's lineup. The "total black" cars are finished in a special shade of deep black body paint, complete with Black Chrome trim on the grille surrounds, badge, boot-lid and C-pillar badging. A different black finish has been used for the grille bars, door handles, exhaust tips and window trim.

Mercedes-Benz has revealed a trio of plug-in hybrid (PHEV) models for the Geneva motor show: two diesel PHEVs based on the C-Class and E-Class, and a new petrol-electric S560e. To avoid confusion, we'll cover the two different hybrids separately. Dubbed as the "next milestone in electrification", the German marque has unveiled a pair of pre-production diesel plug-in hybrids based on the C-Class and E-Class.

A four-door Jaguar F-Type could be somewhere in the line's future, if Jaguar's head of design gets his way. Speaking to Australian media at the Geneva motor show this week, Jaguar design director Ian Callum confessed he is fascinated by the idea of a Jaguar F-Type 'four-door coupe'. Callum also revealed that earlier engineering limitations that had precluded such an idea - similar to the above independent, speculative design by Design Q in the UK - are now gone.