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Koenigsegg's First V8 Client Gemera Breaks Cover at the Aurora Concours in Sweden

Three years after Koenigsegg confirmed a V8-powered version of its four-seat Gemera, the first customer example has finally been showcased in public. The hypercar maker unveiled the car this weekend at the Aurora Concours in Båstad, Sweden, finished in a vivid Johan Röd paint over Engel Svart leather and Alcantara with red stitching accents. This particular client, Gemera, is equipped with the full Crystal Clear sound system, bespoke red-tinted Ghosts on the Aircore seats, and rides on Trofast Aircore carbon wheels. The powertrain pairs a mid-mounted twin-turbocharged 5.0-liter hot V8 with Koenigsegg's Dark Matter electric motor via the brand's nine-speed Lightspeed Tourbillon Transmission (LSTT), a four-wheel torque-vectoring system that can send power independently to each wheel. Combined output is 2,300 horsepower, with a sub-2.0-second dash to 60 mph and a top speed in excess of 240 mph. The Gemera was the cover car in a feature we did last year on the most powerful production cars in the world. <- Gallery -> "Today is a big milestone for Koenigsegg, as we roll out the most technically advanced and most ambitious program in our history." - Christian von Koenigsegg, Founder, CEO, Koenigsegg The Gemera realizes a dream von Koenigsegg has held for decades, a proper four-seat, high-performance supercar capable of seating four two-meter adults in comfort with room for luggage. The idea traces back to his childhood, when he first saw his friend's father's Lotus Excel. According to von Koenigsegg, the Gemera itself began taking shape in the mid-2000s, long before its eventual reveal. It first broke cover in 2020 with three electric motors and a tiny twin-turbo three-cylinder engine, and we’ve followed the story from its evolving design phase to its first driveable prototype testing phase in 2022. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Christian von Koenigsegg (@heycvk) The production-spec hybrid version was revised in 2023 to employ Koenigsegg's single Dark Matter motor, lifting output to 1,400 horsepower, and news that the V8 variant was on the production line surfaced earlier this year in March. Production of the Gemera is capped at 300 units, a ceiling set at the car's original 2020 unveiling. Koenigsegg has confirmed all 300 build slots are already accounted for. Original pricing started from $1.7 million, though the industry estimates have placed fully specified V8 examples well above $2 million. For a company that has built its reputation on low-volume, two-seat hypercars, the four-seat Gemera represents a significant departure, one that doesn’t compromise on the brand’s core principles of high-performance speed and design details like the signature dihedral synchro-helix doors, now being offered in a more usable package as a Mega GT. View All Koenigseggs For Sale Images: @Koenigsegg

McLaren W1 First Drive: Ferocious Hypercar Transcends the Track

You know things are getting serious when McLaren rolls-out the ‘1’ suffix. The origin story is, of course, the very first road car McLaren ever built, the F1. Designed by visionary Formula 1 aerodynamicist and engineer Gordon Murray, it arrived in 1992 and rendered all other supercars obsolete. The tiny, lightweight F1 embraced carbon-fibre material technology, adopted a radical centre seat driving position with two passengers set back and either side and was powered by a 6.1-litre V12 engine from BMW that might as well have been passed down directly from the Gods. Game-changer? That doesn’t even come close to describing its impact, even if at the time sales didn’t come easy… The P1 was very different. Rather than a unique side project from the Formula 1 team, it was instead a statement piece for McLaren Automotive, a new road car division still in its infancy. It arrived in 2013 and was a wild-eyed showstopper. It traded the long-legged gait and supple suspension of the F1 for a weaponized hybrid system capable of delivering 903bhp and huge blue flames from its drainpipe exhaust. In Race mode, it lowered by 2-inches and its massive concave rear wing extended into the sky. The P1 was all about aerodynamic downforce, crazed acceleration and a snorting, angry soundtrack that mixed venomous twin-turbocharged V8 with the manic whirr of electric motors. Not so much a car as a force of nature. And now there’s this: The W1. It’s a true successor to the P1 with a similar brief and, on the face of it, it evolves rather than radically reinvents McLaren’s vision for the ultimate hypercar. This is not a criticism. How could it be when the result is this dramatic and has such staggering, other-worldly potential? The W1 has 1258bhp delivered to the rear wheels. It’s capable of 0-124 mph in 5.8-seconds, the quarter mile in 9.6-seconds at 167 mph and produces 2205lbs of downforce at 174 mph. The active aerodynamics – particularly a rear wing that extends way out beyond the rear of the car – are pure performance art and deliver massive aerodynamic efficiency. The result, aside from looking extremely cool, is that the W1 is McLaren’s fastest road car around a racetrack. Ever. Their benchmark circuit is the breath-taking Handling Track at the Nardo proving ground in southern Italy, where the W1 beats their previous benchmark, the flyweight McLaren Senna, by three seconds per lap. Or “a lifetime” as they call it in racing. Maybe two lifetimes! Core to the W1’s performance is the new ‘Aerocell’ carbon fibre tub. With integrated seats and a raised footwell to allow for inboard pushrod-operated front suspension – which in turn gives air a clean path to the huge underbody diffuser – it’s light, stiff, space efficient and has been instrumental in McLaren realising a full ground-effect concept. Just like last year’s F1 cars, which were the fastest ever made. There is also an active front wing and the aforementioned complex rear wing dubbed ‘Active Long Tail’. All of which is very admirable. But the ‘anhedral’ or gullwing doors and the fantastically shirnked-wrapped feel to the minimalist, highly-focussed interior are a pretty good side effect. The W1 feels special. Those fixed seats are perhaps a shade more upright than expected, and the driving position is less obviously racecar than, for example, the Aston Martin Valhalla or Ferrari F80. However, once you’ve adjusted the pedals (they move on a slider) and the delicate, slim-rimmed and alcantara-trimmed steering wheel, there’s an overwhelming sense of purpose. The cabin is so tightly tailored and imparts a sense of lightness and agility before you so much as start the all-new 4.0-litre twin-turbocharged V8 engine, which makes 916bhp all on its own and revs to 9200rpm. Reach up to a roof-mounted control panel to find the starter button. Maybe this fighter plane trope is a little corny, but somehow you feel thrilled rather than manipulated. The W1 has a sense of humour as well as all that motorsport-derived sophistication. There’s a short delay, but when the engine does fire it’s instant – as the high-powered hybrid system negates the need for an old-school starter motor. A sharp flare of revs tells you that this engine is hyper-responsive and angry. On some deep level your brain and body have been sent all the signals required to prepare for something new and intense. Ahead of us, an empty Mugello racetrack, so press and hold the blue button next to the red starter to select Race mode. The centre display graphic shows the W1’s transformation in real time as it lowers by 37mm at the front and 17mm at the rear whilst simultaneously undocking all that active aero goodness. Race mode is not road legal and is geo-locked. You can show your friends and neighbours the aero dance, but it won’t allow you to select a gear to actually drive unless you’re at a circuit. Incidentally, the rocker switches either side of the display binnacle allow further options now: Toggle up the Handling control on the left for Race+ (for F1-spec super smooth tracks) or stick to Race for gnarlier ones. On the right toggle select ‘GP’ for sustained performance over a stint or ‘Sprint’ to unleash all 1258bhp for a time attack. There’s also a DRS and Boost function on the steering wheel. But I guarantee you won’t have the mental capacity to use them… Exit the pitlane, pin the throttle and W1 takes maybe a millisecond or two to gather its might (the gearing stretches to around 60mph in first, nearly 100mph in second, primarily to aid traction), but then lunges at the first turn with incredible ferocity. It instantly feels light, almost like inertia is no longer a thing. McLaren really does prize lightweight engineering, and at 3084lbs (dry) the W1 has a 278lbs advantage over the Ferrari F80. Plus, Ferrari uses figures for cars fitted with every single carbon fibre option. In reality, the gap is probably wider still. The impression of agility and stunning control continues as the track is unravelled at startling pace. The electric motor mounted to the side of the new 8-speed dual-clutch transmission is good for 342bhp and 324lb ft and it boosts any low rev lethargy the new flat-plane crank V8 might have (spoiler alert: It doesn’t appear to have any), so the W1 just feels massively, almost impossibly powerful at any revs. Even so, there’s real reward for wringing it out to 9200rpm and the power curve feels superheated but organic, too. In Race mode the steering – still hydraulically powered – has less assistance and it is noticeably heavier than other McLarens. However, that resistance is welcome as it gives you something to push against and imparts so much information about the front grip level. New Pirelli Trofeo RS tyres with a bigger front footprint than P1 or Senna really help. The front-end feels incredibly secure and the rear-axle follows with perfectly-aligned precision. The whole car feels super-stiff, completely locked into the surface and inspires confidence, but there’s an inherent agility and adjustability that means you’re quickly confident to push at its limits and really impose yourself on the chassis. It’s such a complex car but the driving experience is intuitive, and the driver feels a key contributor rather than just amazed (or terrified) observer, holding on for dear life. Every dynamic ingredient really is shockingly effective and yet has a subtlety and lightness of touch. From that delicious steering to the incredible brakes, the W1 just feels so mission-focussed, so hooked-up. Only the new 8-speed gearbox is a slightly disappointment. It’s fast and punchy, but after the scintillating energy of the Ferrari F80 ’box it feels competent rather than inspired. Other quibbles – it’s okay to quibble when the starting price is $2.1-million before tax and destination charge. Well, that new twin-turbocharged V8 sounds tightly wound and aggressive but if you have a P1 tucked in the garage you’ll miss the snorting, Darth Vader-style soundscape and all the drama that goes with it. Ferrari does this better, too. The F80 sounds deathly dull from the outside but is a riot of turbochargers, electric motors and all sorts of mechanical fury within the cockpit. Even so, the W1 is wildly entertaining on track, and the rear-drive configuration makes it more of a challenge and more satisfying than the F80 when chasing lap times or just sliding around for fun. In the Ferrari, you must second-guess what the front e-axle might do, whereas in the W1 it’s all on you. There are plenty of tools to help, including the ingenious Variable Drift Control, but somehow the W1 is more heroic. Or at least fools you into feeling more heroic – which is surely the point! On the road? Nimble, loaded with feel and sublime response. The ride is noticeably tougher than, say, a 750S but the control is ramped-up too, and with a bit more speed the whole car finds a delicious rhythm. Sport mode for the drivetrain brings some nice turbo whooshes and chirps, but the noise remains high-quality rather than extreme excitement. It is perhaps the one area the W1 feels just a little too tame. Of course, there’s nothing tame about the raw performance… which is genuinely shocking and literally hurts your neck muscles after a few hours. How McLaren has given the W1 such immense traction through just two driven wheels is beyond me. So, is it worthy of that ‘1’? I think so. Perhaps we won’t be talking about $25-million auction results for the W1 in 30 years from now, as we are for the F1. Perhaps it doesn’t quite have the amazing presence and jaw-dropping star quality of the simply gorgeous P1. But it is such an intense experience and the way it marries stunning track performance with delicate poise and entertainment on normal roads is something akin to magic. Maybe not ‘the one’ but definitely a searing, outrageous addition to McLaren’s fiercest family line. Just 399 W1’s will be built and they’re all sold. I’m not surprised at all. View All McLarens For Sale Images: McLaren Automotive

What $55 Million Looks Like On Fort Lauderdale's Waterfront

There's something to be said about luxury living in South Florida, where year-round sunshine, waterfront views, and a lifestyle built around the outdoors have made it one of the world's most desirable places to call home. From massive estates along the Intracoastal to modern penthouses overlooking the beaches, it's a market where exceptional homes are part of everyday life. Recently completed, finding its space in Fort Lauderdale’s exclusive Sunrise Intercoastal gated community, 513 Middle River stands out as one of those incredible properties, listed by the team at Charles Rutenberg Realty FTL and now available on dR Realty for $55,000,000. GALLERY-EMBED Built by Prestige Homes on an oversized waterfront lot with 145 feet of frontage, the home immediately commands attention with clean, modern architectural lines, expansive glass, and uninterrupted views across the water. A newly constructed seawall and private dock make it just as appealing for boaters as it is for car collectors looking to enjoy the South Florida lifestyle. Privacy also plays a major role in the property's appeal. In addition to being located inside a gated community with dedicated police patrol, the residence sits behind its own private gates, creating a secluded, resort-style retreat with the convenience of nearby dining, shopping, and marinas. GALLERY-EMBED Inside, the focus shifts toward luxury, entertainment, and everyday comfort. The residence takes shape as a fully integrated smart home, giving owners the ability to manage lighting, climate, security, cameras, and entry systems through its own network. In addition to all the tech, the home's amenities mirror those of a private resort. A collector-focused eight-car garage flows directly into a stylish club room and lounge, while a custom 4K laser theater, professional-grade fitness center, spacious entertainment areas, sauna, and dedicated wellness spaces offer an environment for hosting guests or enjoying quiet weekends away. GALLERY-EMBED The outdoor spaces are where the home truly embraces the South Florida lifestyle. Centered around an 85-foot custom mosaic swimming pool with cascading waterfalls, the backyard is more like a five-star resort overlooking the water. Multiple lounge areas encourage indoor-outdoor living, while the rooftop entertaining space provides another vantage point to take in the views. It's a thoughtful touch that supports the property's focus on experience as much as its architecture. For buyers looking for a modern South Florida waterfront estate that offers privacy, smart tech, luxury amenities, and exceptional design, Prestige Homes’ 513 Middle River raises the bar for Fort Lauderdale’s waterfront living. Discover on dR Reality GALLERY-EMBED

Koenigsegg's First V8 Client Gemera Breaks Cover at the Aurora Concours in Sweden

McLaren W1 First Drive: Ferocious Hypercar Transcends the Track

What $55 Million Looks Like On Fort Lauderdale's Waterfront

Koenigsegg's First V8 Client Gemera Breaks Cover at the Aurora Concours in Sweden

McLaren W1 First Drive: Ferocious Hypercar Transcends the Track

What $55 Million Looks Like On Fort Lauderdale's Waterfront

Koenigsegg's First V8 Client Gemera Breaks Cover at the Aurora Concours in Sweden

McLaren W1 First Drive: Ferocious Hypercar Transcends the Track

What $55 Million Looks Like On Fort Lauderdale's Waterfront

By Khris Bharath – September 27, 2026

Genesis Details Pop-Up Cinema Display and New Pleos Connect System on the GV90

Just over a month ago, Genesis unveiled the all-new GV90, the South Korean automaker’s new all-electric flagship SUV aimed squarely at the top end of the luxury car market. In Neolun form, the SUV gets rear-hinged coach doors, while a flat floor and swiveling front seats help turn the cabin into a space closer to a private lounge. Those ideas trace back to the radical Neolun concept Genesis showed in New York in 2024. Now the Korean automaker has detailed another part of that approach, a pop-up Cinematic Display and new infotainment system designed to change how occupants use the GV90 when parked. The highlight is a 24.6-inch OLED display that rises out of the dashboard at the press of a button. While driving, the screen sits in a 23.6-inch configuration. Once parked, it lifts 90 millimeters to reveal the full display, increasing the viewing area by roughly 1.7 times. The screen measures about 23 inches wide and 8.6 inches tall, with a resolution of 3840 x 1440. Once fully extended, it switches to Media Home mode, where occupants can access streaming services and live channels much like they would on a smart TV, depending on service and regional availability. However, making the screen move created a separate engineering challenge. The motor, gears, and guide rails added weight and raised the risk of vibration. Genesis tackled that by mounting the display directly to the cowl crossbar, a structural component that helps resist chassis flex. Engineers put the mechanism through more than 100,000 test cycles. Genesis says operating noise stayed below 40 decibels across low, ambient, and high-temperature conditions. Senior Research Engineer Jongkyo Ahn also tested it inside a chamber cooled to minus 22 degrees Fahrenheit. The screen automatically retracts once the GV90 starts moving, and not simply for convenience. At full height, the display could interfere with deployment of the front passenger airbag. <- Gallery -> The GV90 also becomes the first Genesis to use Pleos Connect, Hyundai Motor Group’s next-generation infotainment platform. Its wide-format interface can display driving information, navigation, and another app at the same time, while menu bars on both sides give the driver quick access to navigation, climate, and apps, and the passenger separate climate as well as heated-seat controls. Pleos Connect also introduces Gleo AI, an onboard assistant that can control vehicle functions, search for information and carry out tasks using natural-language voice commands. A 25-inch head-up display handles speed, navigation, ADAS information, estimated range and drive mode. The HUD, center display and instrument functions share a single control unit, which directs more computing resources toward driving functions on the move and entertainment when parked. Genesis has retained physical shortcuts, too. Real-glass crystal buttons sit below the screen, including a vehicle-settings button that opens a Quick Control page, while a dedicated APPS button provides direct access to the app menu. The Center Knob Display controls functions including volume, temperature, and fan speed, while a 25-speaker Bang & Olufsen Premier 3D audio system completes the theater-like setup. The GV90 also arrives as Genesis prepares to introduce 22 all-new or significantly enhanced vehicles in the U.S. and Canada between 2026 and 2030. View All Genesis for Sale Images: Genesis

By Tyler Rampersaud – August 20, 2026

Genesis Reveals New GV90 Flagship Luxury Electric SUV

Just over a decade into its existence as a manufacturer, Genesis has already shown the ability to create excellent and highly popular luxury vehicles, including sumptuous and sporty sedans, as well as practical and glamorous SUVs, and highly innovative electric vehicles. This year, the brand has not only achieved impressive success in the luxury automotive market, but has expanded its reach, taking on the top class of endurance racing with Genesis Magma Racing, and introducing the roadgoing GV60 Magma performance EV. Now, Genesis is reaching even higher in terms of luxury by revealing the new GV90, an all-electric, full-size, flagship luxury SUV. Unveiled at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, the new GV90 is based on the NEOLUN concept that was showcased in 2024. The concept envisioned an all-electric flagship SUV from Genesis, with ample space and opulent design, and the new GV90 continues to embody that ethos. It’s built on an eMP platform made exclusively for Genesis’ flagship lineup, and sets out to define a new chapter for the manufacturer’s flagships, with incredible safety, driving dynamics, ride comfort, and technology. Two variants of the new Genesis GV90 will be made, the Neolun, whose “Neolun Arch Gate” offers the world’s first independently opening and closing hidden B-pillar coach-style doors, and the standard GV90, which features conventional doors. Some of its groundbreaking features include the world’s first roof airbag, a 123.5-kWh battery, multi-chamber air suspension, a pop-up center OLED Cinematic Display, a 25-speaker sound system from Bang & Olufsen, and many more. <- Gallery -> With the Neolun Arch gate, the front and rear doors can swing open, hiding the B-pillar to reveal an expansive entry way, emphasizing Genesis’ philosophy of generous hospitality. The effect is achieved with a newly-developed dual-motion hinge mechanism. Before completely opening, the rear doors slide slightly outward, so that when they do open, they don’t impede the front doors. In the absence of a B-pillar, the structure of the vehicle features high-strength steel beams to maintain rigidity. The 127.8-inch wheelbase of the new Genesis GV90 allows for an impressively spacious interior, especially with a flat floor and a slim cockpit design. In the Neolun, the front seats have a motorized swiveling function, which allows them to swing 180 degrees while parked with the push of a button to facilitate conversation. Meanwhile, the high-tech battery features the largest capacity seen in Hyundai Motor Group's electric vehicles, with a range of approximately 310 miles for the 7-seater GV90, and the ability to fast charge from 10 to 80 percent in as little as 22 minutes with 350-kW fast charging. With dual-motor all-wheel drive, the combined system output of the new Genesis GV90 is an impressive 657 horsepower and 590 lb/ft of torque. Providing impressive dynamics for the new Genesis GV90 are a multi-chamber air suspension and rear-wheel steering, while comfort is further enhanced by the use of world-leading acoustic glass and other painstaking noise reduction efforts. An innovative luxury driving experience in the new GV90 eliminates the start button. Instead, the driver pulls the door handle, which powers on the vehicle and closes the door automatically. Then, the column shifter moves from 12 o’clock to 2 o’clock, the Crystal Sphere Controller rotates, and the tweeter covers move to reveal the speakers, indicating that the vehicle is ready to drive. Pressing the brake pedal starts the vehicle. An OLED Cinematic Display with an impressive 23.6 inches in size is complemented by a 25-inch Head-Up Display instead of an instrument cluster, displaying navigation prompts, speed, and other information across a wide projection space. A heated windshield, used for the first time for Hyundai Motor Group, efficiently removes frost and condensation. GV90 Neolun Executive Suite features a four-seat configuration with opulent features like a heated wood veneer floor, a partition between the rear seats and the cargo compartment, roll blinds, and a glass roof with six zones for modulating transparency. Semi-Aniline leather upholstery is standard, and other amenities include a second-row tower console, a refrigerator, and integrated tables. Other touches of opulence in the cabin include crystal buttons that use real glass, motorized air vents, trims in wood, stone, or wool cashmere, and more. Interior configurations for the new GV90 include Veiled Indigo with Puglia Green, Folio Brown with Batiste Blue, Vault Black with Shadow Gray, Tyrian Purple with Travertine Beige, and Saddle Brown with Shadow Gray. The GV90 Neolun offers exclusive interior palettes, like Regal Navy and Majestic Purple, Quince Brown, Vault Black and Shadow Gray, Tyrian Purple and Travertine Beige, and Saddle Brown and Shadow Gray. The exterior design of the new Genesis GV90 is inspired by Korean tradition, specifically the moon jar. As such, it combines minimalism with elegant proportions and jewel-like details. 16 distinctive exterior colors are available, including 13 glossy finishes and three elegant matte colors. The new Genesis GV90 Neolun First Edition is an ultra-exclusive limited release that caters to the brand’s elite clientele. It features the Executive Suite configuration, a two-tone exterior, and 24-inch wheels finished in the body color. Inside, wool cashmere trims come standard, and the first edition logo is engraved in the Crystal Sphere controller. The three available color combinations for the First Edition include Jaipur Rose and Seychelles Beige with a Quince Brown interior, Vik Black and Baena Green with a Veiled Indigo and Puglia Green interior, and Vik Black and Sonoran Navy with a Majestic Purple and Regal Navy interior. With opulent details, elegant, uncompromising design, and industry-first features, the all-electric Genesis GV90 is not only redefining Genesis’ luxury potential, but shaking up the full-size luxury SUV market as a whole. View All Genesis For Sale Image Source: Genesis Motor North America

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