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What you are about to read may leave you feeling disturbed. It might shake your view of the world and you may need to seek professional help as a result. Your choice.

The first time Marc Lichte laid eyes on the legendary Audi Sport quattro as a teenager, he was hooked. But the car we’re washing together today is the Audi e-tron GT that he designed himself. A main topic of our conversation is the Audi of the future. And how difficult it is to get the windows as clean as you’d like.

When you get run over although nothing is real, time-use managers can’t manage their own time, and we go around in circles on the dial of a watch, there’s only one thing left to do: drive a decent car. Preferably two at once. By yourself. In a super super super test.

Andy Wallace is the fastest driver in the world. He holds the speed record for street-legal production vehicles at almost 500 km/h in a Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+. So we just had to talk to him about the sensation of travelling at extreme speeds. In a Chiron Super Sport, of course. And, of course, the location was perfect as well.

When the skies open their floodgates, the Formula 1 season is over again, the McLaren 765LT is wearing semislicks and the weather forecaster really has no idea about life, the only thing that helps is to take courage from the performances of the Formula 1 rain masters. A dry spare shirt and a raw potato don't hurt either.

People have been dreaming of flying cars for what feels like an eternity, but nothing has ever really come of it. Countless companies are experimenting with all kinds of aerial vehicles these days, but none of them look very much like cars. With one exception: the AirCar by Štefan Klein.

This weekend is the last round of the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2022. Porsche will not yet be competing with its new "963" prototype, as some would expect. Instead, it prefers to concentrate on the coming season.

When a star fashion photographer like Esther Haase shoots a futuristic-looking car, the result can be almost cinematic in scope. We spoke to her and Eduardo Ramírez, Head of Exterior Design at Hyundai Design Center Europe, about the IONIQ 6 – and, of course, about the future. Houseplants were also a topic of discussion.

In automotive design, there is a time before and after the Lamborghini Countach - which says everything about its significance. Last year, Lamborghini showed us a time-travelling shape-shifter: the Countach LPI 800-4. And we? We follow it naturally through design history.

You don't have to travel to the other side of the world to present your updated flagship. But: South Africa is not only scenically attractive, it also skilfully puts a revised chassis to the test. So it fits. Allow us to introduce: the Audi Q8. Here are the most important new features of the SUV coupé.