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Smart's Fortwo successor is coming this year - and this is what it will look like
7+ hour, 5+ min ago (570+ words) Smart has released the first images of the Concept #2, which will be unveiled on Wednesday, previewing a successor to the Fortwo city car. Sketches of the concept reveal a look that stays true to the 1998original Smart carand even appears to…...
The seven-seat Tesla returns to the UK - your next family bus?
2+ week, 3+ day ago (374+ words) Tesla is taking the fight to the new Mercedes GLB EQ, Skoda Peaq and Peugeot E-5008 with a new seven-seat option for its best-selling Model Y crossover. The US brand offered the Model Y with three rows of seats for a…...
Record revenues but tiny profits: Seat and Cupra margins battered by tariffs and capex costs in 2025
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (444+ words) Autocar Seat SA sold a record number of cars last year for its best annual revenues yet - but posted just a "1 million profit as trade tariffs, heavy EV investment programmes and intense market competition decimated its margins "Our results are…...
Review: Kia's answer to the VW ID Buzz has a futuristic aesthetic and a bargain price
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1557+ words) How we test cars Kia put the global new car market on notice when it showed a trio of what it called Platform Beyond Vehicle concepts back in 2024. Having updated its passenger car EV lines, it fixed its crosshairs squarely…...
Chinese cars could be built in the UK at Nissan and JLR plants " but there are risks
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (463+ words) Chinese cars could be built in the UK at Nissan and JLR plants - but there are risks'Autocar Chinese car makers could be on the verge of manufacturing in the UK in deals with JLR and Nissan to use their facilities…...
BMW i4 tested: The driver's choice of electric saloons
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1118+ words) How we test cars The BMW i4 might well have gone underneath the radar of a great many EV buyers when it first appeared back in 2021, when premium car makers were mostly busy producing zero-emissions SUVs. BMW's own electric hopes were…...
Wolfsburg's long-lived family repmobile forges in petrol- and PHEV-engined, estate-only form
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1336+ words) How we test cars There is no longer-serving Volkswagen model than this one: the trust Volkswagen Passat. Having made hay in the days when, some thirty years ago and more, mid-sized saloons ruled the sales charts, it has now survived…...
Aston calls it the Vanquish Volante, I call it. .. Utterly divine
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (178+ words) When I wrote the'review back in July, I nearly ran out of superlatives to describe Gaydon's most powerful and expensive roadster. I don't understand Ferrari's current design language and Mc Laren supercars still have a whiff of IT department about…...
How a tiny 4kg box from Basingstoke could double the power of your next car
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (494+ words) Supercapacitors, also known as ultracapacitors, have been hovering around the edges of electrification for a long time, but, despite their simplicity, their use in production has been limited, a notable example being the Lamborghini Si'n. Now Basingstoke firm Allotrope Energy…...
Why not bag a bargain with one of these brilliant used electric cars
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (1864+ words) There's no denying the used electric car market is in turmoil at the moment. Continuing uncertainty over future legislation over the sales of new EVs is giving consumers cold feet - and this is impacting the values of used models, which…...