Spy Shots

Maserati’s road to electrification has begun, and here’s your first glimpse at the company’s first fully electric vehicle, the GranTurismo Folgore. The Folgore was spotted winter testing recently, but it is still some time away. The automaker will roll out the fuel-powered GranTurismo before the electric version, which means the EV might debut next year and arrive in 2024.

The 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQE was launched at the 2021 IAA Mobility Show, and then, a few months later, we caught the first prototype of the EQE SUV out testing in the snow. We also found that there will be an AMG version for the next electric SUV.

But now, thanks to our spy photographers, we also get a clear look at the next EQE SUV. During a visit at a test facility outside of Mercedes hometown, Stuttgart, they stumbled into the electric EQE SUV being loaded into a truck.

BMW has been offering the current generation M5 since 2017, so a new generation was expected to come out soon. First, rumors about the next M5 started to surface in 2020 when we learned for the first time that the sports sedan could be hybrid. Then, back in January 2022, we had the first spy shots that confirmed those rumors: the next M5 will indeed be a hybrid car!

Now, BMW continues to test the next M5, and our spy photographers were able to catch a prototype playing in the snow around Sweden.

We’ve heard the first rumors about a possible Peugeot SUV Coupe in early 2022. The model is, of course, in its very first stages of development, and for now, there are a lot of rumors about a possible name for it. Monikers like 308 SUV, 3008 Coupe, or 408 are just a few of them. However, no matter what it will be christened, the new SUV Coupe will take on models like the Renault Arkana.

The 2023 Lamborghini Aventador has been spotted on the road for the first time, and while it’s been photographed at quite a distance, there’s still a lot we can make out from this unique Aventador prototype. This specific Aventador prototype was spotted wearing the traditional black and white camo, but the most notable thing outside of the design changes are the yellow stickers posted on nearly every body panel. These stickers serve as a warning to emergency response teams that this is a hybrid electric vehicle in the event of a tragedy but also serve as a warning to us that this is an Aventador hybrid.

It looks like Mercedes-Benz is very serious about hybridizing its future lineup, including all its AMG models too. it seems that the last model to follow this path is the AMG version of the next generation E-Class.

Our spy photographers caught what seems to be the future AMG E53e out for a first testing session in the cold winter conditions of the Arctic Circle.

The current-generation Mercedes GLC-Class was unveiled back in 2015 as a replacement for the GLK-Class and as an SUV equivalent to the C-Class. Now, almost seven years later, the GLC is getting ready to enter its second generation.

A prototype was first caught testing in August 2021, then again playing in the snow back in January 2022, and now it looks like the testing continues. But, next to the usual very camouflaged prototypes, our spy photographers were also able to catch a GLC prototype being loaded into a truck without any camouflage, giving us a close look to the side of the SUV.

Updated 03/08/2022: Our spy photographers caught a new Mercedes-Benz GLC prototype out for some more testing in the snow. This new prototype drops the usual camouflage in favor of a new, more "marketing" one with all the Mercedes stars on the car. It also offers us a very good view of the shape of of the grille

Mini is working hard preparing the new generation of its models. For the next Cooper, for example, Mini decided it will offer both, a gasoline-powered version built in Oxford, U.K., and an all-electric version built in China. The next Countryman, on the other hand will be moved to a new platform and will grow in size.

The first prototypes were caught testing back in November 2021, then again in February 2022, and now, a new prototype was caught testing again during cold winter conditions near the Arctic Circle.

Now that Mercedes is done with the new generation SL roadster, the company will focus its attention on a new generation AMG GT. The second generation AMG GT will be built on the same platform as the new SL and will be a serious competitor for the new generation Porsche 911. The only problem: the next AMG GT will only be offered as a coupe, as the Roadster will be replaced by the new SL.

Our spy photographers caught the future AMG GT out for a new testing session in the cold winter of Scandinavia.

The Nissan GT-R is a name that really needs no introduction, does it? The current-gen R35 is a little long in the tooth and fans of Godzilla have been asking for a new one forever now. Here’s Mat Watson from Carwow giving us a run down and what he thinks the next generation GT-R could look like.

You should know by now that Volkswagen not only killed the Passat in the States in an attempt to focus on SUV and electric cars, but also killed the Passat sedan altogether all across the globe. The new-generation Passat will only be offered as a station wagon. A few prototypes were already caught testing during cold winter conditions, and now, our spy photographers caught a new prototype out for a testing session in Scandinavia.

We knew already that Maserati will offer a cabriolet version for its MC20 sports car. The company had dropped some official spy shots images at the end of December 2021.

Now, two months later, the first prototype was caught testing during cold winter conditions near the Arctic Circle.

Its been almost a year since Hyundai announced the Ioniq 5 for the first time, and less than two months since, it was put on sale. But, it can never be too soon to offer you more good news when it comes to the Ioniq 5.

We already knew that Hyundai has big plans for the future. By 2025, the company wants to have 23 EVs in its lineup, and it looks like one of these 23 electric cars will be an N version of the Ioniq 5.

We’ve already seen a series of spy shots revealing the production body of the future Ferrari Purosangue - a model referred to as an FUV (“Ferrari Utility Vehicle”), because it definitely doesn’t have the actual shape of an SUV.

Now, the FUV was caught testing once again, wearing the same heavy camouflage, but this time it was playing in the snow.

We already knew that Porsche is working towards updating the entire 911 lineup. Prototypes of facelift versions of the 911 Coupe, 911 Convertible and 911 Turbo have been spotted out in the cold for months now.

Today, however, our spy photographers caught an interesting-looking 911 facelift prototype: one wearing hybrid stickers! These spy shots confirm the previous rumors suggesting that Porsche will add a hybrid powertrain to its 911 lineup.

Despite the fact that Polestar is now only producing one model: the 2, after the 1 was discontinued just three years of its official announcement, the company has big plans for the future. In a previous statement Polestar announced that 3, 4, and 5 will arrive in the next few years, and today, we have the first mule of what appears to be the next Polestar 4 Coupe SUV.

The current generation X1 was launched back in 2015 and there’s no secret that it was never a very successful car. No wonder BMW is preparing big updates for the next model set to arrive in 2022. In a recent press release, the company confirmed that the next X1 will be offered with "both a combustion engine and a fully-electric drivetrain."

The model will also receive the same treatment as the recently launched 1-Series and 2-Series: An X1 M35i version that will pretty much replace the usual M version you get with cars like the X3 and the X4.

Updated 02/28/2022: The upcoming BMW X1 M35i was caught testing once again in cold winter conditions in Northern Sweden. The prototype is still wearing lots of camouflage, so it is still very difficult to see what it will look like, but we all know it will not be an actual M car; so you should only expect a sportier X1.

The E-Tron Sportback is a relatively new model on the market: it was launched in 2020, a year after the standard E-Tron went on sale. But, despite being a relatively new model, Audi is trying its best to keep it fresh, and they are already preparing a facelift version for it.

The first prototype was caught testing back in November 2021, and then back again at the beginning of February, and now a new prototype was caught testing again in North Scandinavia.

It looks like 2022 will bring a facelift version for pretty much every model in the Mercedes-Benz lineup, and the A-Class is no exception. The facelift A-Class was caught testing for the first time back in December 2021 and it was shortly followed by the facelift version of the AMG A35.

Now, it is the AMG A45’s turn to go out for a testing session in the snow of Scandinavia.

The Mercedes-AMG G4×4² has been anticipated for a very long time now. The Mercedes-Benz G4×4² came out many years back, but this has been due. For the uninitiated, it is an off-road-oriented version of the legendary G-wagon. In short, it lies somewhere between the standard G-wagon and the 6x6 model. It has been spotted many times in the past, but the beast has been spied in its 2022 avatar with minimum skin.

Updated 02/24/2022; A new Mercedes-AMG G4×4² prototype was sent out for testing around the the Arctic Circle. Unlike the previous prototypes, the new one wears a cool red paint and has the grille very well camouflaged, meaning that it is indeed wearing the updated grille we heard so many rumors about.