Marc Márquez has taken another step towards being crowned MotoGP world champion for the eighth time. The rider from Cervera could have secured it this Sunday in Qatar if he had won the race and his rival, Jorge Martín, had not scored any points. A long shot, too difficult to become reality. However, with his second-place finish in Lusail and Martín's seventh, he has widened the gap and is well-positioned to celebrate his tenth World Championship in two weeks' time in Portugal (adding his 125cc and Moto2 titles), surpassing Valentino Rossi (9) and becoming the rider with the most titles in the premier class, tied with Giacomo Agostini (8). In fact, he only needs to win the sprint race on Saturday.

When he finished his shift from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Rieju factory, August Castellà (Figueres, 1992) would go out for a ride on a motorcycle. The next day, all his colleagues already knew they would have work to do. Castellà, a mechanical engineer and head of development for the Rally and Trail projects of the Empordà-based brand, would return with ideas to improve the Rieju 307 Rally that he himself had developed. And after testing it, he would tweak things to make it more competitive. At first he didn't know it, but he was beginning a path that this January will take him to the Dakar Rally. Always on top of the Rieju 307 Rally he has been working on for nine years.

Although electric cars have been among the winners of the Car of the Year in Europe award for several editions (in 2011 it was won by the Nissan Leaf, the 2012 edition by the Opel Ampera, in 2019 by the Jaguar I-Pace, in 2022 by the Kia EV6, in 2024 by the Renault Scenic and the 2025 edition by the Renault 5 E-Tech), this year's edition is the first in which all seven finalist candidates are fully electric vehicles, without internal combustion engine versions.

The Mossos d'Esquadra have published on their social media the photograph of a motorcyclist who was driving on October 31st, around four in the afternoon, at over 200 km/h on the C-17 road. A radar installed at kilometer point 64.4 –near Gurb– caught the motorcyclist driving at a speed that doubles the maximum speed allowed on this stretch, which is 100 km/h.

Electric cars finally seem to have found the necessary momentum in Catalonia. According to data from Faconauto and ANFAC, registrations of electric vehicles this past October have grown by 100.52% compared to the month of October in 2025. In the year-to-date total, with data from the months of October to November 2026, the growth percentage stands at a surprising 57.71% compared to the 2025 figures. In other words, throughout 2026 more than 22,000 new electric cars have been registered in Catalonia, and the market trend suggests that this year the psychological barrier of 25,000 new electric cars sold in Catalan territory will be surpassed.

A few months ago, Aston Martin stunned everyone with the presentation of the Valhalla, a two-seater sports car with a mid-engine and plug-in hybrid mechanics that now introduces its convertible or Spider version. The Aston Martin Valhalla Spider is a superlative car in every aspect: an excessive power of 1,079 horsepower thanks to a V8 mid-gasoline engine and three auxiliary electric motors, a top speed of 350 km/h (although when open-top it can only reach 200 km/h for safety reasons) and a price to be confirmed, but which will far exceed the million euros that the coupe version from which it is derived costs.

A 73-year-old wound has been closed. Italy celebrates having its first Formula 1 champion since 1953, when Milanese Alberto Ascari won his second world championship aboard a Ferrari. Since then, no Italian had reigned in Formula 1. Until today. The young Andrea Kimi Antonelli (2006) has been proclaimed world champion and has broken a lot of records, as he has also become the youngest champion of all time. Until now, the record for precocity was held by the German Sebastian Vettel, who achieved it in 2010 at 23 years and 134 days. Antonelli is 20 years and three months old, that is, three years younger.

A couple of weeks ago, the CEO of Seat and Cupra, the German Markus Haupt, admitted during the inauguration of the Paris Motor Show that “Seat could disappear” depending on the evolution of emission regulations governed by the European Union and the volume of vehicles that the brand can register. For some years now, however, the Volkswagen Group's leadership roadmap has been to strengthen the aspirational subsidiary Cupra, now converted into an independent brand that generates more operating margin, instead of the traditional Seat, a brand with little associated value and a complicated positioning within the Volkswagen Group universe.

With the price of new cars skyrocketing, inflation making it difficult to make ends meet, and uncertainties surrounding fossil fuels at their peak in recent years, not a few people have thought about the possibility of buying a second-hand electric car. However, there are some conditions that must be taken into account before making the purchase of a second-hand electric car, especially everything related to the actual state of the batteries.

Denza is the aspirational and luxury subsidiary of the automotive giant BYD. In fact, a little over a year ago Denza was introduced in Milan with an ambitious proposal: to compete with brands like Porsche or Mercedes-Benz on their own turf. To do so, in recent months Denza has introduced a sports car with a shooting brake body style called Z9GT, a luxury minivan, and this new off-roader called Bao 5, which is presenting its credentials to the Old Continent.

The Volkswagen Group is going through a deep crisis, and this is confirmed by the numbers the company presented this Thursday. During the first nine months of the year, the net result of the German parent company of Seat has plummeted, going from profits of 3.405 billion last year to losses of 2.720 billion this year. The operating profit—which comes strictly from the company's main activity, without being impacted by taxes or financial costs—also fell sharply (-98.7%) and stands at 71 million, compared to 5.408 billion a year ago. "The results make one thing clear: we cannot afford to waste time and we must act with speed and decisiveness," said the Group's CFO and COO, Arno Antlitz.

The Land Rover Freelander was a very popular SUV in Europe, manufactured between 1997 and 2015 in the English town of Solihull, on the outskirts of Birmingham. The Chinese automotive giant Chery—parent company of Omoda, Jaecco and Ebro—has reached an agreement with Jaguar-Land Rover to turn Freelander into a new brand of large, luxury SUVs, with the goal of making a place for itself in the Chinese and European market.

Last week Tesla left the automotive world stunned during the presentation (with nine years of delays) of the Tesla Roadster. A roadster is, by definition, a two-seater, lightweight, and sporty car, a type of vehicle quite far from the car that Tesla presented. But setting aside that point, the passing of days and the evolution of events have made it clear that the presentation of the first flying car has been a great smoke screen intended to divert the public's attention from what is really important: Tesla makes money (less than Musk would like) while SpaceX does not. And Musk's plan to solve this mess is to propose the merger of the two companies into one.

The popular Barcelona building Casa Seat is definitively being renamed Casa Seat Cupra. After being rebranded as Casa Cupra Raval in recent months in a marketing move to promote the Catalan firm's new vehicle, both brands from Martorell will finally be represented in the naming of the central building, located at the intersection of Passeig de Gràcia and Avinguda Diagonal.

This Thursday, the new edition of the Saló Ocasió opened its doors at the Gran Via venue of Fira de Barcelona, after the last few editions were held at Plaça Espanya. With the move, the show aspires to recover the 20,000 attendees it had before the pandemic, since, according to the organizers, it is easier to park at the new location. In a context of rising vehicle prices, the president of the Gremi del Motor, Jaume Roura, maintains that there are offers of up to 40% discount on some models at the show.

If a few years ago someone had told us that the high-performance sports car division Mercedes-AMG would manufacture an electric SUV to compete head-to-head with Ferrari, we would have possibly thought that we were all crazy. In fact, in the 59-year history of the AMG division, a car with a raised SUV or all-terrain body had never been manufactured, and even less so housing an electric powertrain capable of reaching 1,169 hp of power.

The Fiat Multipla has been one of the most misunderstood cars in history. The Multipla was a compact minivan with space for six occupants, a surprisingly practical trunk, and mechanical options ahead of its time that the market did not know (or did not want) to understand. In fact, there are quite a few who labeled the Multipla as “the ugliest car in history”, despite being a product awarded by design experts and specialized critics.

It is now definitive: the 2027 Dakar will take place. After many weeks of doubts, which had jeopardized the organization of the toughest rally on the planet, a solution has finally been reached. As ARA has learned, the event will change its venue and will be held between Europe and Africa, thus moving away from Saudi Arabia.

Peugeot has waited for the Paris Motor Show to reveal one of its best-kept secrets, the brand-new electric prototype E-T16. This vehicle is, in reality, a conceptual prototype that aims to pay tribute to the legendary Peugeot 205 T16, a rally car that conquered the world rally championships in the years 1985 and 1986 in the Group B category.

Elon Musk has reason to celebrate. Nine years after its announcement, Tesla has finally shown the first images and technical capabilities of the Roadster, the American brand's electric two-seater sports car. In fact, the first Tesla Roadster was presented in 2006, taking advantage of the Lotus Elise base in force at that time, but transforming it into an electric car. Tesla sold about 2,000 units of the first Roadster between 2008 and 2012, before ceasing production and turning it into a car highly coveted by collectors, especially after SpaceX (a company also under Musk's control) placed one into solar orbit in 2018 as part of the Falcon Heavy rocket's maiden voyage.