November 4, 2026
The Bovensiepen family, founders of legendary German BMW tuning house Alpina, have launched their own coachbuilding business with the unveiling of a new 600bhp super-GT at the Villa d’Este Concorso d’Eleganza. With Alpina now owned by BMW itself, the family is shifting its focus to become “a manufacturer of outstanding automobiles that embody the ambition
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“We could take a Renault Australe and try and make it simpler to make a Dacia Bigster, but you would have all the spec still. We don’t have an ‘A’ brand, and try and then make that car into a ‘B’ brand. “If you look at the Jogger against its rivals, they are all 250kg
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We will start at the back of the e-5008, because it’s the space and versatility that’s really going to sell this car. The boot release is hidden in an inconveniently small crevice in between the bootlid and bumper, which can make your fingers very mucky when you’re opening the boot. Inside, though, it’s a happier
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In many ways, the #5 could not be further removed from the snack-sized Smart cars of yore, but its designers claim to have taken inspiration from the Fortwo’s innovative packaging – loftily referred to as the ‘body space index’ – to maximise roominess. And so it proves: with the wheels pushed right to the corners
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Drive flows through an eight-speed automatic gearbox from ZF, which then feeds an electronically controlled limited-slip differential between the rear wheels. The front-rear torque split is constantly changing, though in the default ‘4WD’ it still overtly favours the back axle, and does so to an even greater extent in ‘4WD Sport’. At the back of
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The relief that followed the government’s announcement that the UK was first to agree a deal with the US to lower the worst of president Donald Trump’s tariff hikes on imported cars has been tempered by concern in the industry that the details are still hazy. The so-called US-UK economic prosperity deal agreed that the tariffs
READ MOREThe Tesla Model Y has been the best-selling electric car for several years, and the company has now updated it with fresh styling, an upgraded interior and more comfortable suspension. Is it still the electric car to buy?
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Toyota has lifted the covers off the sixth-generation RAV4, with the family SUV bringing a striking new look and a generational upgrade in on-board tech. The car’s dramatic styling is said to reference the off-road credentials of earlier RAV4s, with a boxier – almost Land Cruiser-like – silhouette and chunkier wheel arches. The new hammerhead lights
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Despite the Polo GTI’s impressive on-paper performance credentials, it’s not really the sort of car to shout about its sporting abilities on a visual front. As with the exterior, the approach taken to its cabin errs on the side of conservatism. In fact, it’s largely similar to that of a regular, yet generously equipped, standard Polo.
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At the 1999 Geneva motor show, even while Volkswagen’s W12-engined Syncro supercar was still on the cards, Bentley revealed an 8.0-litre W18 supercar of its own and Bugatti the EB218 concept, a saloon version of the EB118. The intention was for the brand to return to the market position it had enjoyed in its original pre-war form,
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BMW has released the first images of a new model set to be revealed at the upcoming Villa d’Este Concours, seemingly fusing last year’s Skytop concept with the famed ‘Clownshoe’ Z3 M Coupé. Images posted to social media show the silhouette of a model with the same rear lights as the Skytop, a rakish open-top
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“That’s for limited mileage, and only 1000 miles at that, but that’s adequate for us as we don’t go very far from home,” says Ed. “And although the premium will rise once he’s passed his test, it will still be far cheaper than for a modern car.” Why a Morris Minor? “Well, my grandfather had one,” says Ed,
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Some modifiers and restomodders of original Land Rover Defenders make similar mistakes, fitting weird LED headlight units, modern paint finishes and wheels that look far, far too big. The ‘Stronger than the 1980s’ G-Class is our old gent slipping back into his brogues and tweed. He looks right again. I feel like we’ve talked around
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I’m excited to give it a go but, allowed such dizzying freedom of expression and a hypothetical bottomless pit of money to spend on options, I find myself racked by a paralysing sense of indecision. Whiling away your lunch break on a configurator can be a relaxing exercise in escapism but, even allowing for the
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Inside, the MS-RT uses the same pleasantly car-like collection of materials that give an aura of quality with long-life durability. The sporty front seats, similar but different in design from the Raptor’s, have exaggerated side bolsters and are faced with a combination of suede and ‘non-animal leather’, which works fine. The central touchscreen is reminiscent
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We’ve driven both a standard Chiron and a later Super Sport, both on the road only, so there are only so many things we can tell you about the performance, but our first go was in a place where – how to say this? – we could take a certain number of liberties with its
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The e-Hybrid’s engine appears rather measly on paper, and with a 0-62mph sprint of 10.9sec, it won’t be winning any sprint races. But it’s torquey off the line, bolstered by an E-Boost feature that adds 40lb ft of torque for an extra push in acceleration. It also feels gutsier than the figures suggest in the
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Aston Martin has become the first manufacturer to offer the second generation of Apple’s in-car smartphone mirroring system. Apple CarPlay Ultra dramatically expands the amount of screen space that the Apple interface can occupy, entering the car’s instrument display as well as its infotainment screen. This means users can display maps or media alongside the rev counter and speedometer. They will
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The Land Rover Discovery has been treated to a pair of special editions and some subtle updates in a bid to sustain its appeal as it enters its eighth year on sale. The primary additions for the 2026 model year are a pair of new special-edition Discovery models that JLR says have been designed to
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Peugeot has launched a new version of the 208 that cuts the supermini’s starting price from £24,645 to £19,995. Named the 208 Style, it’s available only with a turbocharged 1.2-litre three-cylinder petrol engine that sends 99bhp to the front wheels via a six-speed manual gearbox. It’s visually distinguished from its more expensive siblings by a colour-contrasting black grille and steel
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Move inside and you might mistake the Inster for an SUV: its concave roof means there’s plenty of head room for adults front and rear, while leg room in the back is practically limo-like. You can’t escape how narrow the car is, however, so taller and broad-shouldered passengers might not find it all that roomy up front.
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The Audi E-tron GT has gained a new entry-level variant priced from £88,555, offering 577bhp and a range of up to 387 miles. Named the E-tron GT Quattro, it completes the line-up of variants of the electric grand tourer, which was overhauled last year. Its 97kWh (usable capacity) battery can be recharged at up to 320kW, completing a 10-80%
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Discussing Yasa’s rise from a University of Oxford PhD project to a supplier to some of the world’s most prominent supercar manufacturers, founder and technology chief Tim Woolmer told Autocar: “Ferrari said to us: ‘We cannot find a supplier on the planet that can fit a motor in the space [65mm] we have, because the engine
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VW’s claim to have added cabin quality to this car seems very much to be defined in a predictably modern, digital sense. Because what makes it different from the outgoing Tiguan isn’t the solid, expensive look and feel of the mouldings and materials or the hefty feel of the switchgear. For that kind of built-in perceived
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Eyebrows were raised when an Aston Martin engineer, speaking at the Austrian launch of the new Roadster, suggested the spring and damper rates had been carried over wholesale from the coupé unaltered. For something without a proper carbonfibre tub, this would be irregular. When you lop the top off a coupé, the body often then
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The updated Skoda Enyaq vRS has been unveiled with a radical new look and faster charging speeds. The electric SUV retains its dual-motor, four-wheel-drive set-up, putting out a combined 335bhp and 402lb ft. This yields a 0-62mph time of 5.4sec. More powerful brakes with two-pot calipers are fitted up front in line with the extra performance, and Skoda’s
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Skoda has given the Enyaq a more comprehensive standard equipment list for this generation. There’s a new-look steering wheel that, along with the front seats, is heated as standard, and you get tri-zone climate control straight out of the bag. On top of this, the upholstery has more of a focus on sustainability than before.
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One of his focuses – and a key reason for the green-lane test drive initiative – is for Jeep to “play to our strengths”. He adds: “There are too many brands that are too similar. I’m always saying ‘be less beige, be more Jeep’.” Cholmondeley has commissioned a series of ‘campfire tales’ booklets for dealerships
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The design boss of Slate Auto, the American start-up backed by Amazon that plans to launch a bare-bones, £20,000 electric pick-up truck in 2027, believes “people deserve to have a car that they can afford” and the concepts of desirability and affordability should be “inseparable”. Speaking to the Autocar Meets podcast from the Car Design Event in
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Affalterbach looks to a new high-performance PHEV powertrain for the replacement for the much-loved E63 super saloon The Mercedes-AMG E63 was a brash, loud, powerful super-saloon of a kind that isn’t easily forgotten and that only Affalterbach could make. To the dismay of a generation of dyed-in-the-wool performance car enthusiasts, it’s no longer in production.Sacrificed as
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In response to the news, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders boss Mike Hawes said: “The agreement to reduce tariffs on UK car exports into the US is great news for the industry and consumers. “The application of these tariffs was a severe and immediate threat to UK automotive exporters, so this deal will provide
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Technical specifications (and therefore power and range) are still to be confirmed, but it’s thought the brand may use Nio’s swappable battery packs. GAC Nationality: Chinese Parent company: Guangzhou Automobile Industry Group GAC is perhaps one of the largest car makers you’ve never heard of. It’s a joint-venture partner of Honda and Toyota owned by the Chinese state, and it’s
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Anyone stepping out of the relatively minimalist cabin of the previous A3 and into this new one will be in for a shock, albeit mostly a pleasant one. There is a wider variety of materials and a dashboard that is, to a degree, split in two, with a more driver-focused design. Audi acknowledges that this generation of
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The Musso’s turbodiesel four-pot makes the slightly gruff, crotchety first impression you might expect of it on start up and at low speeds; but it soon settles down to an acceptable standard for cruising refinement, considering the territory we’re in here. Our six-speed auto test car’s engine had some clatter and thrash about it, but
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More than 2000 Jaguar I-Pace electric cars are set to be converted into autonomous taxis at a new factory in the US. The EVs will be converted in Arizona by manufacturer Magna as part of a push by Alphabet-owned autonomous vehicle firm Waymo to expand its services. Already completing more than 250,000 autonomous taxi trips each week in Austin, Los
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Audi has added a plug-in hybrid variant to its new A6 range, bringing up to 69 miles of electric-only driving. Joining the recently launched Audi A5 plug-in hybrid, it is one of 10 new PHEVs to be launched by the German brand across its line-up in 2025. The PHEV powertrain, which it shares with the A5, is
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Its design was a collaborative effort across various global studios but was led by Jeep’s team in Turin. “Turin is one of those cities that exemplifies the European lifestyle, and European cities are almost like urban jungles – the way people park and run over stuff – so what works in the woods also works
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Remember those separate single-DIN equaliser units with sliders in ’80s and ’90s cars? What a waste of space those were. When sensibly implemented, touchscreens can make a limited amount of dashboard space much more useful by giving the driver quick and easy access to a multitude of functions while keeping the peripheral stuff out of sight.
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But they seem to be pretty durable too, making a 100k-plus odometer reading something to be less fearful of than it once was. That said, noisy gearboxes are a potentially expensive hazard. One reason why these Minis wear well is that they are not your average supermini. This was the first premium supermini (Lancia’s Ypsilon is
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Say what you like about my Cooper S’s gratuitous John Cooper Works- avoured bodykit, racing stripes and fruity exhaust note, but there’s no mistaking it for a common-or-garden Cooper C. And so I suppose I find myself writing something of a eulogy. The hot supermini is a type of car that has contributed more than
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The 5 gets two power options in the UK; 148bhp and 121bhp. The 4 will only receive the most powerful option. As much as 85% of the demand for the 5 in the UK is for the 148bhp version, and Renault is banking on the same for the R4. Like with most EVs, power isn’t
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Just as I watched the last episode of Reacher and feared my television well was running dry, a new series of Bosch: Legacy arrived to make going to the gym less boring. So begins another series in which the star bounds around saving the day, breaking a few rules/laws/bones as necessary, and ultimately gets paid
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There are two ways of doing this: via USB connection or wirelessly. Firstly, ensure your car is compatible with Android Auto. You can consult Android’s guide to every car compatible with the system here. Using USB If you’re using a USB connection, make sure your phone is in range of your mobile data network and
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Next year’s Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship will retain the same 10 events next year but it will undergo a minor reshuffle because of football’s FIFA World Cup. The 2026 calendar for Britain’s leading motorsport championship has been revealed less than a week after the season-opening event for the 2025 season, held at Donington Park.
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On the move, both the Turbo’s hybrid powertrain and its clever suspension have enormous potential to surprise and impress, and in a variety of different dimensions. The system is the same in both the Turbo and the Turbo S; it’s simply that the V8 engine can work so much harder in the faster version, to
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Pedestrians hit by SUVs and pick-ups are significantly more likely to be killed than those hit by lower-riding hatchbacks and saloons, according to a new study. Conducted by Imperial College London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the review compared data from collisions involving SUVs and ‘light trucks’ (pick-ups and small vans)
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The event included a number of speakers, including talks and interviews from: Sarah Windrum, head of cluster development at Horiba MIRA; Volvo Car UK managing director Nicole Melillo Shaw; Diane Miller, director of the Parts Distribution Centre at Ellesmere Port for Stellantis; Lorraine Bishton, managing director of Subaru UK; and Renee Knott, head of project
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Aston Martin has also significantly reduced the weight of the DBX S by up to 47kg compared with the 2245kg 707. The slimming measures include a new optional carbonfibre roof, which forgoes roof rails and saves 18kg of mass as well as lowering the centre of gravity. There are also optional 23in magnesium wheels, which
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You don’t worry about it like you do with the Range Rover (the £130k price difference will do that to you), but there’s never quite the level of faith that tyres/brakes/clutch will do what you need when you need (the car’s 68-year-old age will do that to you). Where the Jeep does feel happier is
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Since space is the primary objective for anyone looking to buy this type of car, let’s deal with that first. Boot space with all five seats in place is still above average for the class at 551 litres; this is 91 litres more than the equivalent E300e Estate but 21 litres down on the 530e
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Volkswagen is preparing a second facelift for the five-year-old ID 3 as part of efforts to keep the electric hatchback fresh until it is replaced by the electric Golf in 2028. Set to be launched in the UK in 2026, the upgraded ID 3 is planned to adopt a bolder front-end design and higher-quality interior trims
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“It opened up the series to those who didn’t want to spend huge amounts on getting their cars homologated,” continues Gow. “The prevailing direction for road car firms at the time was 2.0 litres, and that’s why that option was chosen. It simplified everything, it cleared the way for manufacturers to enter and, as a
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“We need to know how to react to changes in the market,” explains Willoughby. “We have to be a bit diversified and understand how our skillset maps into the market, and where it has value.” As he speaks, Willoughby is forced to raise his voice over the deafening growl of a Gordon Murray V12 that’s
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Chinese upcoming brand Omoda has revealed a radical new compact crossover aimed at the MG4 and Kia EV3. The Omoda 3 will be officially launched in October ahead of a global rollout including the UK starting late in the year or early 2026 and will be offered with an electric drivetrain as well as plug-in
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Already it’s off sale in many markets, including the UK, where it no longer meets the latest safety or emissions regulations, and within months it will go out of production entirely. There is no imminent replacement. And that, I get the impression, is fine by the Japanese. I could be wrong, of course. They could be more
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Porsche looks to be readying a Le Mans car for the road, which it could unveil at the famous 24-hour race in June. A shadowy teaser image released by the German brand shows a side profile of the 963 hypercar (below) that currently competes in the World Endurance Championship (WEC). During the announcement, Porsche heavily referenced the
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Volvo is now building its EX30 electric car in Ghent, Belgium, in a strategic move to assemble key models closer to the markets where they sell best. The small SUV was previously assembled solely in Zhangjiakou, China, before being shipped across the globe. However, Volvo decided in October 2023 that adding production capacity for the model in the
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The BMW 1 Series will return for a radically reinvented fourth generation within the next three years, as the German brand goes against its rivals in committing to its entry-level model. As Mercedes-Benz prepares to retire the A-Class for good at the end of its current generation and Audi winds down production of the A1 and
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The hot vRS version of the new Skoda Elroq will be priced from £46,560 when it arrives in the UK this summer. The vRS brings a number of changes over the standard Elroq, including a 52bhp bump in power to 335bhp, a stiffened chassis and a series of visual additions. The extra reserves are supplied by the same dual-motor
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Home charging for company car drivers is more complex, owing to the need to prove how the energy has been used. However, drivers can claim 7p per mile for business trips in electric vehicles, which is the easiest way to avoid administrative headaches. Home wallbox costs It’s possible to use the factory-supplied three-pin plug charger
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MG has taken to the Shanghai motor show to reveal a rugged, boxy SUV concept that previews the second model in its fashion-focused Cyber line-up. The Cyber X is a bold, two-box, 4×4-inspired crossover measuring 4.3 metres long – making it roughly the same size as the Land Rover Defender 90 and slotting it in below
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Volkswagen has unveiled a trio of concept cars ahead of the Shanghai motor show, previewing a dramatic expansion of its offerings in the crucial Chinese market. Developed in collaboration with the firm’s joint-venture partners SAIC and FAW, plus its sub-division headquartered in Anhui, the new cars form the backbone of a 30-model line-up that’s due in China
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Mercedes-Benz will launch its first car equipped with by-wire steering next year – allowing it to replace the traditional steering wheel with a yoke. The system replaces the mechanical connection between the steering and the front wheels with an electronic connection – the ‘wire’ – that is said to provide a quicker responses and a greater
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The steering wheel is a non-adjustable leather Momo thing, the gearshift throw is perhaps the shortest in production, and the simple dials and toggle switches are pifflingly easy to acquaint yourself with. There’s a heater and a 12V socket, and even though the suspension design takes up more room than older systems, there’s still a boot, mohair-lined.
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Scott bought the car from a bloke in California. At the time, he was looking for an engine cover for his 1990 Testarossa coupe, a left-hand-drive car he’d bought from the Netherlands. (Seven of his Ferraris are left-hookers.) There he was, surfing the web, when up pops this four-year-old ad for an unfinished Testarossa spider
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Nissan has now finished testing autonomous cars on UK roads, as its EvolvAD project has come to a close – the last part of an eight-year scheme. This bit was to see whether a self-driving Nissan Leaf could operate outside of cities and in less connected areas, on residential and single-track country roads, to discover what types of
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“Until the next morning, that is, when a huge storm blew in, resulting in the single worst ferry journey I have experienced.” David Vivian “Two enterprising guys – I forget their names – had travelled to Germany to buy an Amphi-Ranger, a sizeable, angular amphibious 4×4, with a view to marketing the vehicle in the UK.
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We tested three ‘cheaps from the old Bloc’ in November 1990… We go back to the 1990s and re-discover which budget Soviet brand was the best Europe was changing. We’d experienced the revolutionary Autumn of Nations in 1989, which began in Poland and soon spread like wildfire behind the Iron Curtain. By the end of
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What really sets everyday cars apart, prices aside, is design. The reason one person falls in love with the Jeep Avenger may well be why another orders an Alfa Romeo Junior instead, despite their identical specs. Lancia has always been a design brand and, in this coming era of increasing mechanical and technical similarity, going
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Fortunately, the interior handle and door card on the driver’s side of Scott Chivers’ left-hook Testarossa spider is secure. Pull the handle on the passenger side and it comes off. I am driving Ratarossa, a Ferrari Testarossa well-known by the internet. The car derives its name from the ‘recycled automotive transport’ exemplified by rusty Type
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On the road the XM never feels quite as enjoyably rapid as you’re expecting, which is manifestly un-M. But the comparative lack of practicality, the obstinately ugly aesthetic and the punchy asking price are all okay, because the XM redrafts the dynamic rulebook for fast SUVs, with M5 CS genes palpable in its very DNA,
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Horse, the engine-making joint venture of Geely and the Renault Group, has revealed a hybrid powertrain designed to be retrofitted into electric cars. It contains the internal combustion engine, electric motor, gearbox and related electronics in a single unit that, Horse said, can be squeezed into the same space as an EV’s main drive motor. This means manufacturers
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The Volvo S90 has been updated with a fresh face, upgraded interior technology and extra electric range for the plug-in hybrid version. Visual changes include a new front grille, which matches those on the revised XC90 and XC60 SUVs, as well as sharper-looking lighting signatures front and rear, bringing it into line with the new
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Subaru is planning to offer performance models in its future full electric line-up – which could include new sports cars in the vein of the Impreza STI and BRZ. The brand gained a huge cult following for its rally-honed performance machines in the early 1990s, and also enjoyed success with the BRZ sports car that
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Lexus will go after the BMW i5 and Audi A6 E-tron with a bold new generation of the ES saloon, to be revealed at the Shanghai motor show next week. Expected to gain the option of electric power for the first time, the new Lexus ES is described as a “global flagship model”, confirming that
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Audi says it has taken inspiration from its past for the new A6 saloon. The ICE model has gained a wide-reaching overhaul for its sixth generation and become a curvier proposition with a drag coefficient of just 0.23, which makes it the most slippery combustion-powered Audi to enter production. Most notably, in pursuit of improved
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When Mario Illien and the late Paul Morgan founded Ilmor Engineering in 1983, neither could have dreamed what part of their company would be doing 40 years later. Based at Brixworth, the firm was formed to develop methanol-fuel Indycar engines but soon branched into Formula 1 and eventually sold its F1 division to Mercedes-Benz. Today,
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Did this old-school coupé worm its way under our skin? Let’s find out Keeping up with the Mercedes model range has tested even the most studious price list observers over the past few years. The CLE is a great example of how things have changed, as Mercedes has slimmed down its range of combustion-engined cars
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Best for: Value Is it an estate? Is it an MPV? Is it an SUV? It does have seven seats and a mildly raised ride height, but we reckon the Dacia Jogger is an estate – and a really good one too. Given the rampant rise in the cost of living that we’ve experienced in
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And when we were asked to score these cars on charm, well, that’s such a subjective thing, but I found the Cupra lacking on that one. It’s so capable. So appealing. But is it charming? Not really. Not in my book, anyway. Maybe we’re back to the styling again, which I like, but it is
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For the interior, Skoda has done the usual sporty car thing of replacing most of the fabric and leather of the standard car with ‘microsuede’ (Alcantara, to you and me) and perforated leather. You can add normal black leather back in as an option. Otherwise, the vRS’s cabin is the same as on every other
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I was about four years old when I first laid eyes on a Peugeot 205: an Alpine White 1.9-litre GTi. Even then I knew it was special, and its clean-cut, Pininfarina-penned lines etched themselves onto my brain as the genesis of what would become my hot hatch infatuation. Later, I was shuttled to and from
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Land Rover is gearing up to launch a long-mooted and highly anticipated smaller entry level Defender as a crucial new model in its electric car portfolio. The rugged, compact 4×4 is rumoured to have been on the cards for several years but has never officially appeared in JLR’s product roadmap presentations. But Autocar spy photographers
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Dimples – those of the “aww, isn’t he cute, Granny” variety – may be the easiest way to tell a Swace from the Toyota it’s related to. The Suzuki has little cut-outs at the lateral extremes of the front bumper that look like they should route cooling air to the brakes, but are actually just
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There is a “renaissance of retailers” happening in the industry according to the boss of Polestar, who credits the firm’s recent increase in sales with having more physical retailers and people selling its cars. Polestar started as an online-only brand with limited physical presence but CEO Michael Lohscheller, who took the top job last October, is overseeing
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The Mazda EZ-60 has been revealed in China and could be sold in the UK as an electric counterpart to the existing CX-60. As with the Mazda EZ-6, which is due in UK showrooms early next year as the Mazda 6e, it has been developed in collaboration with Chinese firm Changan. As such, the EZ-60 uses the
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Styled by Egger, the shooting brake is 5180mm long and 1990mm wide but sits just 1500mm high. Air suspension is standard, with a double-wishbone set-up at the front and a multi-link arrangement at the rear. While Denza has yet to confirm European specifications, the Chinese-market electric version features a 308bhp motor on the front axle and a pair of 322bhp
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Caterham will use a new engine from Horse Powertrain, a joint venture of Renault and Geely, in its Academy race cars from next year. The new HR13 1.3-litre four-cylinder turbo petrol engine, producing 130bhp and 130lb ft at 5150rpm, has been drafted in to replace the retired 1.6-litre Ford Sigma unit, which has powered the Caterham Academy series since 2008. No financial
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German tuner Brabus has got it hands on the new Smart #5 SUV, pumping it with 637bhp and giving it the acceleration to match a Range Rover Sport SV. The flagship variant of the largest car Smart has ever produced is described as the “pinnacle” of the Geely-owned brand. It stands out from the standard #5 with a small
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Think of endurance racing and your mind probably turns to the World Endurance Championship, in which bespoke hypercars rub wings with some of the world’s ultimate sports cars. It makes for stellar viewing but, given the sheer cost and complexity of the cars involved, can feel a bit samey once you’ve followed it for a
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It will follow up the revamped ZEV mandate with the unveiling of a “modern industrial strategy” in the summer, “which will help British businesses realise the potential of industries of the future”. The government is still attempting to negotiate a new trade deal with the US in a bid to neutralise the impact of the
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This may well say more about my own lack of reflection on the subject than anything else, but the job of a road tester seems to me to be quite particular and the skills that it requires a little, shall we say, non-transferable. I’ve always imagined that I personally would be ill-matched to the corporate
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The hydrogen fuel cell could be one of the most highly developed and rigorously tested automotive technologies never to reach mainstream production, but that doesn’t mean it won’t. The FIA Extreme H World Cup, a new off-road motorsport championship due to kick off later this year, aims to demonstrate just how capable the technology is.
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TV’s Graham Norton got wind of the new calendar and featured it on his show. Within weeks, 100,000 copies had been sold around the world. It spawned other calendars, including ‘Best of British Roundabouts’ and ‘Roundabouts of the World’, plus books devoted to them – one of which Beresford now hands me, autographed by no less a
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We will have to wait to see how much this matters, because while it feels significant, it might be just online fuss that passes. Loads of people buy things from companies or places they don’t like, knowingly or otherwise, all the time, and saying you’re not going to is about the easiest thing you can
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The UK government is poised to relax its mandated electric car sales targets next week, in a bid to help manufacturers contend with the impact of the US’s newly imposed car import tariffs. According to The Telegraph, prime minister Keir Starmer will accelerate the changes that are being made to the framework of the UK’s zero-emission
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The Grandrive facility features a reasonable mix of high-speed straights and bends, along with some sections emulating bumpy and uneven road surfaces, but a few laps of a test track offered no chance to judge that promised fuel economy improvement – likely to be the key selling point of the upgraded hybrid to potential Qashqai
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Ten minutes and 26 seconds into our conversation, the bombshell drops: “What I can say now is that we will merge Forseven and McLaren. It will all exist under a McLaren umbrella.” We had speculated as such in our reporting of Forseven previously, but to hear the words come out of the mouth of Forseven
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Hyundai will launch its next generation interior next year – and bosses promise to keep physical buttons. The move, confirmed to Autocar by vice president of design Simon Loasby at the Seoul motor show, could also result in the size of the infotainment display being reduced and the software for the touchscreen made simpler in an
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The new Honda Prelude hybrid sports coupé has now been shown in full, following the unveiling of its interior. It draws heavily on the Civic hatchback on which it’s based, borrowing that car’s 9.0in infotainment touchscreen, digital instrument display and climate control switchgear. However, several key changes reflect its sportier positioning. The steering wheel has a rally-style line stitched
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Hyundai has reimagined its new Inster small electric car as a futuristic hot hatch with aggressive styling and a stripped-out interior, taking inspiration from video gaming. Named a portmanteau of ‘Inster’ and ‘steroid’, the Insteroid follows last year’s RN24 Concept, which was described as a ‘rolling lab’ for future hot Hyundai EVs. It wears a wide-hipped, box-arched bodykit,
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Getting into the R1T provides a reminder of how digital this car is: you can use the phone app to lock and unlock the doors and control a lot of other key functions. At one level, the interior has a Tesla-esque feel: there are minimal physical controls, with almost everything run through a big (15.6in)
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A final model-year change is the addition of a one-pedal driving mode, for those who prefer to drive EVs without using the brake pedal much. That’s very welcome – but there’s a delay to the retardation kicking in, which makes it harder to control precisely than it ought to be. Not that one-pedal driving is
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It produced something similar for the 1998 show, called the Rocket, again using that Korean V8 but with styling more akin to a pre-war Auto Union grand prix racer – although “we won’t go too near the stand, because these cars often disappoint when you get close”. If they had been unconventional in the 1990s, Sbarro
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The ZR-V departs more from the template set by the Civic mostly on the inside – if only a little. The dashboard has the same design, featuring a horizontal strip of air vents – and the clicky physical buttons and dials for the climate control are as welcome as ever. The 9.0in touchscreen for the
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So Stellantis gives credibility to Leapmotor in the form of brand recognition and a dealer network, but that’s about where the Stellantis involvement ends. The T03 isn’t a cut-down Vauxhall Corsa: it’s a pure Leapmotor development. There’s a battery under the floor, a motor in the front and, like many Chinese cars, a design that
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Zagato insists that his firm will embrace new technology, rather than fear it. He cites artificial intelligence and 3D stamping as beneficial for its small-scale projects, explaining: “You don’t have to invest thousands of euros in moulds or tooling, because you can quickly build the parts to create one-off and few-off cars. We’re already building
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Vauxhall Luton has built its final vehicle, a Vivaro van, bringing to an end 120 years of production at the plant. The decision to close the historic commercial vehicle factory was announced by Vauxhall owner Stellantis in November 2024. All of the company’s UK van production will be moved its site in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. Former Stellantis chief Carlos Tavares announced
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This year has started very badly for the prospects of hydrogen as a potential future fuel for cars. In Germany, hydrogen company H2 Mobility announced at the start of March that it was shutting 22 fuel stations focusing mainly on cars, citing a strategic shift towards goods vehicles. In California, meanwhile, Shell is reportedly set to
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Porsche is synonymous with performance and quality, but which is the best from each model group? Owning a Porsche is quite a boast. But with so many models on sale, how do you choose the best for your driveway? Ever since Ferdinand Porsche released the 356 in 1948, the Porsche brand has become synonymous with performance
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Brand snobbery follows Vauxhall around, perhaps best articulated by the suggestion of: ‘Why don’t they just make them Opels?’ It’s true that this badge-swapping relationship is problematic when Opel-Vauxhall is trying to market one brand as German and another as British. I’ve watched a CEO flounder in handling the ‘what about Vauxhall, then?’ follow-up question after
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Incoming Nissan CEO Ivan Espinosa has vowed that “driving excitement will always be at the heart” of the firm, hinting that halo cars such as the Z and GT-R will remain a key part of the brand’s future – and be offered worldwide. The current R35-generation GT-R will finally be discontinued shortly, having been in
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Peugeot will launch a GTi variant of the e-208, new boss Alain Favey has confirmed, with the hot hatch set to spearhead an effort to “nurture the reputation of the brand for driving sensations”. It will be the first GTi model since the previous-generation Peugeot 308 went off sale in 2021 and Peugeot’s first sporty electric car. Speaking to media today, Favey
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Renault will continue to tap into its back catalogue with plans to revive iconic “Fast and Furious cars” of the 1990s and early 2000s. Speaking at the launch of the new Renault 5 Turbo 3E, group design chief Laurens van den Acker said he believes there is “a window of opportunity” for more desirable retro revivals,
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A new mild-hybrid diesel Toyota Hilux has gone on sale in the UK, priced from £49,640, with the brand claiming it offers the same capabilities as its regular counterpart plus better refinement and responsiveness. It uses the same 2.8-litre turbo diesel four that was already offered in the Hilux but adds an electric motor-generator and a 48V lithium
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UK deliveries of the Smart #5 – the brand’s biggest car yet – will begin in October. An EV that will attempt to win over buyers of large SUVs with its hardy character, it will be underpinned by an 800V electrical architecture and major on in-car technology. It sits on the same Geely SEA2 platform as the
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After decades of ubiquitous grey, black and cream interiors, car makers are finally experimenting with more adventurous combinations of colours and materials. The new Fiat Grande Panda pairs a blue dashboard and seat upholstery with yellow mood lighting; Mini is stitching bold, brightly coloured patterns into the Aceman’s dashboard and door linings; and Volvo is using
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Within 30 minutes of arriving at the track I realise I have thoroughly underestimated the amount of faffing and form filling required to actually get moving. I only achieve five laps out during daytime. And they were a bit of a blur to be honest. I didn’t manage to pick a quiet time and it
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But there’s also a need for vans, minibuses and pick-ups, which, being four-wheel drive and much more rugged, can travel further towards the front lines than road-biased ambulances. But while Brake has a solid and trusted source for ambulances, “it’s harder to find reliable pick-ups”, he told us. “At the moment, we’re buying them at
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The AA today is a wide-reaching organisation whose services range from insurance and breakdown cover to giving driving lessons and general advice. It’s perhaps hard to believe, then, that this trusted body has its origins in a law-dodging activist group. The story begins in the pages of Autocar, dated 25 March 1905, with a delightfully sardonic
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BYD perceives the Yangwang U9 as a rival for the likes of Ferrari’s SF90 BYD has grown its sales almost tenfold in five years – now it’s aiming for world domination Just five years ago, BYD posted its third straight decline in annual sales. The 530,000 cars it sold in 2018 dropped to 470,000 in 2019
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Our next-door neighbours, with their 7383 miles of smooth, free-flowing highway linking the outer reaches of their pretty countryside to the ring roads of their major towns, provide valuable lessons in inter-urban road transportation. France’s first motorway – or autoroute – was opened in 1941. Called the A13, it was the result of a two-decade-long study into
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How long do Tesla batteries last? Tesla claims its batteries last between 300,000 and 500,000 miles. For a Tesla Model 3 Long Range with a 436-mile WLTP range, that makes for between 700 and 1500 battery charge cycles. We have experience running used Teslas on our fleet, including a four-year-old used Tesla Model 3 that had covered roughly 40,000 miles.
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Aside from ride, the 770 Ultimate’s enhanced stiffness is most obvious during turn-in. With the regular DBS, there’s a faint call-and-response effect as you guide the steering wheel and then, after a delay, the nose starts to swing. It’s just a whisper of hesitation but it’s there – and it isn’t in this car. What
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Before driving the Purosangue I’m gently asked whether I’ve driven an Aston Martin DBX, a Lamborghini Urus or a Rolls-Royce Cullinan. But I’m assured – as each of those companies would also try to persuade me – that the model operates in a sphere of its own, with no direct rivals. They’re curious sorts of
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Audi may no longer launch its final ICE car in 2026 as originally planned and will use this year to decide a new timeline for phasing out ICE cars. Audi previously announced that it would launch its final ICE car in 2026 – expected to be the next-generation Q7 – and remove it from sale in
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For a long time, Honda’s interiors were a mess of lines, slashes, different kinds of plastics and a horribly outmoded multimedia system. When it launched in 2022, this Civic followed the HR-V in offering something much more restrained and stylish. The interior features clean lines and an air-vent grille that runs the width of the
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Ionity has launched an EV charge card with discounted rates for fleets as part of an effort to attract time-sensitive business drivers to its fast-growing network of rapid-charging hubs. The manufacturer-backed network is installing 500 additional chargers in the UK this year, more than doubling the 379 already operating across the country. Each of its hubs
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Rather bluff nose aside, this is a good-looking car to my eyes, with the neatly resolved rear in particular a big step forward over the slightly ungainly old RX. And it’s made all the more handsome by the sharp F-Sport Design addenda, which brings us full circle, back to the subject of driver appeal. This
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In-car sleeping is an advertised feature of Xpeng’s G6, not just a theoretical possibility Have you ever noticed that there are regional market trends for seat adjustment mechanisms? I never had, until a wise colleague some years ago pointed one out. “Japanese and Korean cars very often have lever-style adjusters for seat recline,” he said,
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The food was more Yucka than Yuma in the end, but it’s the thought that counts. An Australian mate told me he loves the UK so much because you can travel only a few miles and end up in a totally different landscape. The Sonoran Desert is the complete opposite of that – a bit like the
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A sleek styling update means the Enyaq should remain competitive in the world of long-range electric SUVs. Its new face includes updated LED headlights, while aerodynamic improvements have bolstered its range by a single mile, from 358 to 359. Read more about the new Skoda Enyaq Skywell Q The follow-up to Chinese EV maker Skywell’s BE11 crossover,
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The ID 4’s interior shares many hallmarks with the other cars in the ID range. That of the Volkswagen Golf loosely inspires the dashboard topography but, as with the ID 3, the cockpit is even more minimalistic. The conspicuous lack of buttons and switches might even seem quite shocking to someone coming from, say, a
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The CLA EV can be rapid-charged at rates of up to 320kW, thanks to its 800V electrical architecture, allowing for a 186-mile top-up in just 10 minutes. In addition to the 85kWh battery, a 58kWh lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) pack will be added to the line- up shortly after launch. This will almost certainly bring a significant
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Spacious but compact MPV has posh interior and surprisingly good dynamic ability MPVs are a bit thin on the ground at the moment. But the BMW 2 Series Active Tourer proves they still have a place in today’s car market.The 2 Series Active Tourer is essentially a taller, more family friendly version of the BMW
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Having arrived as part of the current fourth-generation A8 range back in 2020, the S8 (which comes in short-wheelbase form only) offers a similar blend of big-hitting turbo-petrol V8 performance, top-level refinement, uncompromising luxury and understated performance styling as that for which so many of its predecessors have been known. But it offers even more
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Does the introduction of four-wheel-drive and an estate bodystyle dilute the lineage? And which really makes the M3 more usable? This, for the first time in history, is a BMW M3 with four-wheel drive. It’s also the very first M3 to be available as a Touring estate model. So if you thought performance cars were in full
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The exterior’s retro theme extends to the interior, where the designers have carefully cherry-picked classic design elements and combined them with 21st-century tech to create something that is instantly recognisable as a Renault 5, yet also original, modern and easy to use. The passenger side of the dashboard, with its ribbed stitching, clearly takes inspiration
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Volkswagen has yet to confirm further details of the ID Golf, but design chief Andreas Mindt did confirm to Autocar that his team is working on the model. “I was involved in the design of the Golf Mk6 and Mk7, and right now I’m deep into the story of the Golf,” he said. “I see
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Step into the iX1 M Sport’s modern and spacious interior and it’s hard not to be impressed. It’s especially roomy for the class, with lots of storage, hooks and cubby holes, with a floating centre console. It certainly out-competes the Volvo EX40 and Audi Q4 E-tron, with aluminium seen throughout the cabin and pleasantly soft
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A Nissan-led project has brought autonomous driving “one step closer to reality” in the UK, with specially equipped EVs trialled for the first time on the country’s residential and single-track rural roads. Part-funded by the government’s £100m Intelligent Mobility fund, the EvolvAD scheme was part of a wider project to ready the country for autonomous vehicles (AVs).
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The functioning of a lightweight and efficient car with a revolutionary propulsion system should be described in its shape; and lines that work attractively at the front of a car should be echoed and resolved on the sides and rear. Spowers, especially, felt one common fault was the students’ tendency to propose shapes that were fuller, and
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Although the Tayron feels well-built inside, it’s not a haven of plush materials. Some softer plastics and fabrics are present on the doors and dashboard, but there are still a few too many glossy and scratchy surfaces throughout. There’s a clear feeling that Volkswagen didn’t want its newest SUV to cross over too much with
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Performance, practicality, ride and handling balance: Legacy GT-B nails them all After 36 years, Subaru Legacy production is about to end. We reflects on the lineage’s diverse appeal The turbulence of this transforming new car market has already claimed some notable victims. Who would have imagined a world without Mondeos and Fiestas just a handful of
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A rounded rear end promotes air swirling and creating little eddies, almost clinging to the body and adding drag. That car designers go to the trouble of aerodynamically sculpting rear light clusters shows how it’s worth making even small improvements here. Especially with EVs, in which aerodynamics play a bigger part in the overall efficiency than in ICE
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In a free and exclusive bonus podcast episode Autocar’s Editor, Mark Tisshaw, meets Rawdon Glover, Jaguar’s managing director, to talk all things Jag: its present, its electric future, and the feedback on that teaser video. Make sure you never miss an Autocar podcast. Subscribe to our podcasts via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts or via
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The Ioniq 5 N revealed itself to be a highly engaging and deeply rewarding driver’s car, showcasing that performance EVs can be fun. Its various driving modes, fake gearshifts and engine note all took a bit of getting used to, but once familiar with them it is incredibly absorbing on road and track. The gears helped to
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The SQ5 comes with air suspension as standard. Some petrolheads sound like broken records when it comes to Audi suspension, repeating old lines about shattered teeth, largely associated with S Line cars of a decade ago. But the SQ5’s set-up is lush. Even in its firmest setting, I could use it day-to-day. It all feels
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Bell said the SPA3 is “a big step from a mechanical perspective, but from a software electronics perspective, it’s a straight evolution”. He added: “All the work we’re putting into the EX90 will go directly into the SPA3 cars as well. It’s basically the same software stack. “SPA3 is designed from the beginning to be much
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Volkswagen describes the ID Every1 as a four-seater and says it also offers a 305-litre boot – a substantial increase on the 251 litres offered by the Up. The interior of the ID Every1 features a simple design with a prominent-looking dashboard. While the dash is dominated by a centrally mounted touchscreen, it is notable that there are
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Customers of early versions of the new Volvo EX90 will be offered a complimentary hardware upgrade to give it the more powerful computing system from the new ES90. The new ES90 gets two Nvidia Drive AGX Orin processors to run the car’s hardware and software, whereas the EX90 has one Orin processor alongside an older
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On the interior, Glover said Jaguar won’t be “bombarding the driver with technology”. “Most importantly, it’s got to be an amazing place to be in. The technology is there when you need it,” he said. “Jaguar is not going to win by having the best technology. That’s not a strategy. “It’s a bit like the
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Dominik Voogdt, head of overall vehicle engineering for the GLC EV, describes this new braking system as a “game-changer” for overall efficiency. The Galtispuoda Pass: a test of grit and grip For my first drive of the GLC EV, Mercedes has brought me to the Galtispuoda mountain pass, just outside Arjeplog in Sweden’s Arctic north.
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In 2020, Matt Prior discovered as much when he drove the D8 GTO, the model that makes way for the wilder F22. It was “blindingly quick” and “thoroughly sorted” but also on another level to anything by Caterham in terms of weekend-away ability. The catch? An eye-widening price. On the way here, quite naturally, I
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Japan’s nascent electric hypercar company has wasted no time in staking its claim to the title of ‘world’s quickest car’. It is without question one of the fastest cars ever built. It set two world records in 2023, completing an eighth of a mile at an average speed of 192.03mph (309.02kph) and the quarter mile at
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You can do this too, without actually leaving the road. Organisations involved in using and maintaining places you can freely take your 4×4 are quite keen to make a distinction about this. Using Britain’s network of byways, colloquially known as green-laning, is not off-roading. These are highways just like the M1 is a highway, subject
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It combines superbly well with a torque-converter gearbox that itself winds up like some kinetic snatch tow rope to twang the drive through, multiplying it usefully at low revs. You seldom need more than 2500rpm to get where you intend in this car – and, thanks to the new electromechanical power steering system, it’s so
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Jeep played a blinder with its Harrison Ford Super Bowl commercial – but not with its in-car ads Jeep has had quite the few weeks. Initially things went rather well for it, because it convinced Harrison Ford to star in its Super Bowl half-time commercial, which not surprisingly was received very fondly. Ford teased himself
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Lexus has always gone above and beyond European luxury class norms in pursuit of a particular kind of material richness, tactile appeal and weighty perceived quality. The new RX is evidence that the firm continues to – and with apparent success in terms of how hefty- and solid-feeling are the car’s cabin fittings, and how
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Volkswagen will bring back discontinued names, such as the Scirocco, only if the intended vehicle is “true to the genes” of the original model. Brand CEO Thomas Schäfer said: “The Scirocco is a very special model. I can name a few others, but if it doesn’t reflect the DNA of the original car in a really strong sense,
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The Kia EV2 will arrive next year as one of the brand’s smallest and most affordable electric cars yet. Previewed by the EV2 concept, the small SUV will be priced from around €30,000 (£25,000), positioning it as a rival for the Renault 5 and Renault 4 siblings and the Vauxhall Corsa Electric. Technical details remain under wraps, but the
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This car’s broad array of powertrains lends it the configurability to suit a range of different roles and briefs, and makes it quite a versatile choice. You can have simple, everyday, longer-distance efficiency for a reasonable price in the GLE 300d, or that bit more torque for effortless towing, hauling, climbing and motorway driving from
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Just 78,012 vehicles rolled off UK lines in January Close 2 mins read 27 February 2025 UK vehicle production fell again in January as the sector faced – and continues to face – an array of global headwinds. These challenges are the result of softening demand for cars in key export markets, which has led manufacturers to slow
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“I think this is very important,” Rawlinson says, “because if you look at the amount of electricity it takes to mobilise cars, I don’t think that’s an issue. The average person may travel about 20-30 miles a day, because not everybody is doing long commutes. “Lucid can do five miles per kilowatt hour now [on the
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Used electric cars are representing better value to second-hand buyers, as their prices undercut some combustion-engined equivalents. Cox Automotive, which owns Manheim Auctions, has reported a “stabilisation” in used vehicle prices, especially for EVs, which are now typically cheaper to buy than equivalent diesels and free of the economic volatility that dogged them earlier in the decade.
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You’ve guessed it: the interior is exactly the same as the old XC40 Recharge’s. This is a good thing, meaning it avoids falling into the hands-free, overly-minimalist approach of the EX30 and EX40. While there’s no ignition or starter button in here (get in, select drive and off you go), there are still several buttons and
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Ferrari fits a folding hard top to its V12 grand tourer The Ferrari 12Cilindri is a more relaxed-feeling car than the 812 Superfast that preceded it because of the existence of the SF90. That’s true in Coupe form and now is our chance to try it as a convertible, or the Spider in Ferrari-speak.The 12Cilindri
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Once you’re off and rolling at almost any speed, like all modern Ferraris, it has a direct steering ratio that picks up pace only just off-centre, and here, as in any of the firm’s models, that takes some getting used to. But when cornering quickly, the Roma rolls appreciably less than the Portofino and is
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“In the past, if firms were building a cheap car, they would use the cheapest chip they could. “For medium cars they would use a medium-price chip, and for high-end cars they would use an expensive chip. Then Tesla put high-performance chips in all their cars and focused on software,” he explains. “With a software-defined
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It would be reasonable to assume that motorised commercial vehicles came some time later than cars, considering how puny the very first cars were. Take the Benz Viktoria of 1893, for instance: its single cylinder put out just 3hp. But you would be dead wrong: that very car was used to create the first combustion-engined
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This visionary, this deal maker, this man who had come close to death was ready for them – and made an offer they couldn’t refuse. “My big idea to give something back to Taunton was to open a car museum in the centre of the town, and I knew just the place: a failing food
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The electric Mercedes-Benz G-Class I reviewed recently is an intriguing car. Tell me that loading your new 4×4 with four big blokes would take it over its gross vehicle weight and normally I’d tell you that I’d rather drive a 40-year-old Suzuki SJ 410 for the rest of my days than give it the time of day. And I
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Electric car production at Mini’s Oxford plant has been delayed for an unconfirmed amount of time, with the worldwide slowdown of EV sales blamed. The decision was confirmed to Autocar this evening by Mini parent company BMW Group. The German firm previously announced all non-Chinese market production of the electric Mini Cooper and Mini Aceman would move to Oxford from China
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The headline change for the world’s best-selling electric car is its freshly redesigned exterior, differentiated from the current car by wraparound light bars at the front and rear and subtly reshaped bumpers. The SUV’s immense commercial success makes it Tesla’s most important asset and the American EV maker will look to leverage it in an attempt
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New architecture includes slimmer batteries, more efficient motors and clever tech New electric powertrain technology will allow BMW Group to launch electric cars at a cheaper price but while offering more range and better efficiency than today’s cars. The first to use the ‘Gen6’ platform will be the next BMW iX3, which will be unveiled in
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The MG 3 has gained a pure-petrol engine that drops its starting price by £2000, making one of the UK’s cheapest cars yet more affordable. The new naturally aspirated 1.5-litre four-cylinder unit puts out 114bhp and 109lb ft of torque and is mated to a five-speed manual gearbox. This combination allows the supermini to complete the 0-62mph sprint
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The Gordon Murray Group has launched a new Special Vehicles division to accommodate demand for bespoke models. The company said the new division will operate independently of Gordon Murray Automotive, with its own engineering staff. Its cars will range from limited-edition variations of the T50 and T33 supercars to one-off productions built on a new platform. It will also
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Best for: big, bold styling Another marque here that might need some explaining. Created by Chery, one of China’s largest car makers, Jaecoo is the sister brand of Omoda. Jaecoo sees the 7 as a bit of cut-price Range Rover Evoque and is offered in both petrol and plug-in hybrid guises. Opening the range is the 1.6-litre
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Rolls-Royce has introduced new levels of customisation with the Black Badge Spectre. One option enables buyers to fit the illuminated grille with a backplate that lights up in one of five colours. This theme continues inside, where the treadplate can also be illuminated, this time in 10 different colourways. The cabin houses the same luxuries
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The Renault Group has developed a fire suppression system for electric cars that promises to drastically reduce the time and water needed to extinguish blazes – and it is now opening it up to other vehicle manufacturers. The Fireman Access system – fitted to all electric and plug-in hybrid Renault Group models – is said
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Can this hybrid compete with the best superminis? Here’s our verdict What am I, Autocar’s supermini correspondent? I’d be quite happy with that, actually, having previously run a generally fabulous Renault Clio E-Tech hybrid and then an endearingly honest petrol Dacia Sandero on our test fleet. Now I’m trying the new MG 3 – a
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Best for: Off-road ability and family-friendly utility When upscale family SUVs break £50,000 with little effort expended on the options list, many short of a mechanical link between front and rear axles, the £60,000 entry-point of Land Rover Defender 110 ownership suddenly doesn’t feel unreasonable. Factor-in the lack of on-road refinement of its few rivals that can
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Some of them, though, have very nice engines. As does the T50. It would be remiss of me not to mention the bespoke 4.0-litre V12, because it sounds so very, very good. “The carbonfibre airbox is basically tuned to give a resonance based on throttle angle, and the noise that we experience is all linked
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“Nothing to get excited about if you want a vehicle to transport sheep or hay bales but more than adequate for a vehicle that might be called on to rescue a sheep from a snowy hilltop,” we concluded. The Jeep Laredo (CJ-7) was a mixed bag: “It coped well with conditions on the farm, traversing our
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Not only did it score top marks in our road test, it also won our Britain’s Best Affordable Driver’s Car contest ahead of the VW Golf GTI and Honda Civic Type R. The GR Yaris represented a high-water mark for fast road cars, offering exceptional levels of grip in both wet and dry conditions, thanks
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It doesn’t matter that, as it stands, it requires considerably more CO2 emissions to make a zero-emissions car than it does a pure-ICE one, nor that micro-volume cars are typically driven such small distances annually that it could take decades, if ever, for one to reach the point where a BEV would have been better
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Peugeot is considering reviving the Peugeot 208 GTi as a hot EV, new boss Alain Favey has said. Favey said bringing the GTi moniker back was “a question I’ve been asking myself very much” since taking over the role of Peugeot CEO from Linda Jackson as part of a wide-reaching Stellantis management shake-up just 10 days
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There’s something fascinating about French cars – this intangible quality that’s able to turn a humdrum machine into something rather compelling. It’s a tricky one to pin down, but if one is to tap the source of that famed va-va-voom anywhere, it’s surely Rétromobile. Held on the outskirts of Paris, down the road from Parc
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More visual tweaks come in the form of a new splitter and a gloss black treatment for the front grilles, making the car look even wider than it is, as well as a carbonfibre bonnet and carbonfibre front wings. They feature cavernous air outlets behind the front wheels, and there’s a different rear spoiler with
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Grünitz outlined the importance of bringing such a car to market: “You need a smaller car that’s affordable for the broader customer base. That’s why we’re going for €25,000 for the ID 2all and we’re invested in the development phase for a vehicle below €20,000. That’s Volkswagen. “We have to go in that direction to convince our
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The Subaru Forester enters its sixth generation this spring with this revised model, which picks up where the previous, closely related predecessor left off. The new car, improved in a wide variety of ways, was launched to dealers and press alike in the UK in the first days of February, and first cars will flow to dealers
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