Hypercar

Bugatti has sent a modified Chiron where no near-production car has gone before, topping 300mph (482.8km/h) at the recently-resurfaced Ehra-Lessien test track. The company says its 300mph run spells the end of its obsession with top speed, having "shown several times that we build the fastest cars in the world".

Déjà vu, right? We reported late last year that Mercedes-AMG’s upcoming hypercar, the One, had been delayed. Alas, Germany's Auto Motor Sport is reporting the One has now been delayed a further two years. The One will likely be beaten to production by the rival Valkyrie from Aston Martin, in which Mercedes' parent Daimler AG has a 5.0 per cent stake.

Lotus has finally stopped the tease and revealed its all-electric rival to the Aston Martin Valkyrie, the Evija, and three of them could be headed to our shores. Lotus Australia has confirmed it's received three local expressions of interest for the Evija, with just 130 examples to be built worldwide. It'll cost £250,000 ($440,000) to secure a build slot, and the total price is £1.7 million – equivalent to around $3 million.

While Pininfarina is one of the most famous names in car design, having penned hundreds of models for carmakers big and small, including most of Ferrari's back catalogue, it has never produced a car carrying its own name. Until now.

Lotus is planning to launch a £2 million ($3.53 million) pure-electric hypercar, according to new reports from Europe. According to coverage from Autocar, the flagship will be built in incredibly limited numbers, and serve to demonstrate owner Geely's technical prowess to the world. Details are hard to come by, with the report arguing the hypercar project is "shrouded in secrecy" at Lotus HQ, but speculates the car will use a bespoke electric powertrain, and carries the codename Omega.