Renderings

UPDATE, June 3: Run an image search on Google for the term '400Z rendering', and you'll be confronted with dozens of different speculative concepts crafted by hobbyist punters and professionally commissioned artists alike. Most are too extreme to get a look in, many are dull, and some should've been killed at the dream stage.

A set of convincing new – but speculative – renderings have surfaced online that might offer our best look yet at the new-generation BMW 4 Series. In this case, it's the 4 Series Gran Coupe – the fastbacked four-door last spied on CarAdvice pages in November last year. Perhaps the most promising takeaway from these renderings is that, with a licence plate in position, the new 4er's buck-toothed visage won't be quite as overwhelming as it would otherwise appear.

The upcoming 2021 Audi RS3 has been spied in winter testing today, revealing a fresh new look at the German marque's hero hatch and sedan twins. The new super-hot hatch was last spied in November 2019, tearing up the Nurburgring – but that was before the regular A3 had been unveiled. Now we know how its base styling will look, we can better guess at the RS3's design.

As far as school design projects go, this one is right up there. A pair of French students have created the Volkswagen Varok concept, a crossover-styled ute that was directly inspired by the Australian-made HSV Maloo. While it isn't an official concept from the German automotive giant, the project was undertaken by Valentin Fuchs and Pierre Joveneaux during their internships with the company.

We may not have been lucky enough to see the new 2017 BMW M5 revealed alongside its lesser 5 Series siblings last week, but these new renderings could be our closest look yet at the new super sedan. America’s The Cammed and Tubbed Podcast claims to have received these product renderings from a BMW employee. Previewing the front and rear of the new M5, the renderings give us a glimpse at what’s to come from the German performance model.