(May 14, 2019) SEOUL — Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation have jointly invested 80M Euros ($89.6 million) in Rimac Automobili  — the Croatian high-performance electric vehicle technology and sports car company. The companies have announced a strategic partnership to collaborate on the development of high-performance electric vehicles.

With the new collaboration underway, Hyundai Group aims to speed up its transition towards Clean Mobility and position itself as a global leader in driving this change in the industry.

(May 13, 2019) McLaren Automotive, the luxury British sports car and supercar company, has celebrated the 20,000th car to be hand-assembled at its McLaren Production Centre (MPC) in Woking, Surrey. The 20,000th car built was a right-hand drive 600LT Spider in Chicane Grey from the brand’s Sports Series line-up.

Launched only last summer as the next chapter in the McLaren ‘Longtail’ story, all production slots for the Coupe variant have already been filled.

(May 13, 2019) Honda will bring the excitement of Honda tuner vehicles to the second annual Hot Wheels Legends Tour, a national search for a life-size custom car worthy of being immortalized as a Hot Wheels toy car. The Honda Super Tuner Legends Series, the exclusive live custom tuner component of the Legends Tour, will be making select stops beginning on Saturday, May 18, at the Mattel headquarters in El Segundo, Calif., followed by stops in Denver (Aug. 10), Seattle (Aug. 24) and Santa Clarita, Calif. (Oct. 19).

(May 12, 2019) UNCASVILLE, Conn. — The significant collector car trends driven by Barrett-Jackson will continue accelerating during its 4th Annual Northeast Auction at Mohegan Sun in Connecticut, June 26-29. Following the company’s recent record-breaking Scottsdale and Palm Beach events, this year’s Northeast Auction will carry the excitement for professionally built Resto-Mods and contemporary supercars, along with 1980s and 1990s performance vehicles, classic trucks, SUVs and 4x4s.