Spy Videos

The Audi E-Tron GT electric car – the twin under the skin to the Porsche Taycan – is a step closer to becoming a showroom reality. Spy photos (and video, near the bottom of this story) taken during winter testing in Europe show Audi has progressed to prototype vehicles with production-ready bodywork.

The 2020 BMW 5 Series facelift has once again been spied, this time in sedan guise. As with the Touring we spied last week, the new 5 Series sedan wears what appears to be a mildly-revised front end. The lights have been reworked to feature a signature in keeping with the latest 3 Series, while the kidney grille is heavily camouflaged.

The leanest, meanest BMW M2 has been snapped during testing, revealing its mean stance and subtle bodywork add-ons. It looks like the M2 CS will get a carbon-fibre bonnet with a pronounced bulge, along with mirror caps, a roof, and body additions made of the lightweight weave. The subtle boot lid spoiler will likely be made of carbon, as on the M3 CS. It looks like a gurney flap, in keeping with its bigger brother, although that's subject to change before launch.

The Hyundai i30 Fastback four-door derivation is deep into development, with European spy photographers capturing the car, in disguise, for the first time. Looking conceptually something like a cut-price Audi A5 Sportback, or smaller Kia Stinger/Skoda Superb, the ‘four-door coupe’ version of the i30 is clearly an attempt to woo younger buyers to the brand’s volume staple, in lieu of the axed three-door option.

The 2017 Nissan X-Trail may have been revealed this week, featuring in an advertisement from the US. Known in the States as the Nissan Rogue, the updated SUV features in the company’s ‘Heisman House’ campaign, alongside a Maxima, Altima and Titan pick-up.