• Stellantis Confirms Tiny Fiat Runabout For United States

    Stellantis Confirms Tiny Fiat Runabout For United States
    Fiat has confirmed that it will be bringing the Topolino to the United States, just days after the White House announced a desire to see more ultra-small cars on American roads.
    The vehicle’s announcement coincided with the unveiling of an art car, painted by pop artist Romero Britto, at Miami Art Week. "Our one-off collaboration with Britto makes perfect sense. Together we have joined two iconic brands with global influence that represent color and happiness, bringing a smile to people&rs
  • Best Garage Work Lights: Bright Stuff

    Best Garage Work Lights: Bright Stuff
    Top 8 Best Garage Work LightsIt’s a safe bet that most DIYers are grateful to the wrenching deities for the democratization of LED illumination – especially when talking about work lights. Your author used to toil under cars and in tight spaces with incandescent work lights that heated themselves to approximately the surface of the sun, as I’m sure you all did as well.This invariably led to skin-searing hilarity when one had the temerity to accidentally move their arm or leg ne
  • Citroën mulls sub-£15k EV to replace C1 city car

    C1 first arrived in 2005 but was pulled from sale in 2020
    New 'E-car' rules would pave the way for Citroën's return to the A-segment – but it's not a 2CVCitroën could replace the C1 with a new sub-£15k urban EV if EU law makers sign off the new ‘E-car’ category for small cars – and it would have the spirit, but not the look, of the 2CV.
    The E-car category is a proposed framework to ease the financial pressures on making small, affordable cars by loose
  • Citroën mulls sub-£13k EV to replace C1 city car

    C1 first arrived in 2005 but was pulled from sale in 2020
    New 'E-car' rules would pave the way for Citroën's return to the A-segment – but it's not a 2CVCitroën could replace the C1 with a new sub-£13k urban EV if EU law makers sign off the new ‘E-car’ category for small cars – and it would have the spirit, but not the look, of the 2CV.
    The E-car category is a proposed framework to ease the financial pressures on making small, affordable cars by loose
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  • Citroen mulls sub-£15k EV to replace C1 city car

    C1 first arrived in 2005 but was pulled from sale in 2020
    New 'E-car' rules would pave way for Citroën's return to the A-segment - but it's not a 2CVCitroën could replace the C1 with a new sub-£15k urban EV if EU law makers sign off the new ‘E-car’ category for small cars - with the spirit, but not the look, of the 2CV.
    The E-car category is a proposed framework to ease the financial pressures on small, affordable cars by loosening some of the restrictions they m
  • Stop Guessing: Our 3-Step Mod / Part Retrofit Framework for VW

    Stop Guessing: Our 3-Step Mod / Part Retrofit Framework for VW
    In this episode we put our 3-step retrofit framework to work on real-world VW/Skoda/Audi upgrades—so you can tell at a glance what’s truly plug-and-play and what needs wiring or coding. We are also showing how we used the process to complete 6 different mods to our VW ID.4s. This framework can be used with other VW cars or different brands. Some modifications we discuss would be possible in other VW cars, that share same/similar components - such as Golf and Tiguan. These are not val
  • Our Last Meet-up before Winter -- SPARE PARTS Vlog

    Our Last Meet-up before Winter -- SPARE PARTS Vlog
    Join the MARS crew as we take our classics out for a chilly fall drive up to Holland, MI, for the GRM meet-up at Eclectic Motorworks. With clear skies, cold temps, and salt-free roads, it was the perfect excuse to stretch the legs on our cars.We kicked things off with a stop at a small coffee shop in Dorr, MI, before cruising north to meet a bunch of new faces, check out an awesome mix of builds, and wander through the eclectic workshop itself. From quick chats in the lot to walking the shop flo
  • Citroen rethinks small cars with tiny six-seat supermini

    New 4.1m-long ELO concept is a versatile and bold vision of the firm’s intentCitroën has previewed a potential return to making MPVs with the dramatic new ELO concept – a tiny six-seater described by the brand as a "house on wheels".
    It is an electric car that measures just 4.1m long yet hosts a novel three-by-three interior configuration with a McLaren F1-style central driving position.
    The driver's seat features its own suspension, in the form of foam block
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  • Exclusive: Rimac developing solid-state battery for Bugatti

    New battery tech and lightweight, potent powertrains could transform EVsRimac Technology, the Croatian car maker’s stand-alone engineering division, will “build Rimac out from its position as a start-up” by revolutionising the EV world with solid-state batteries, more power-dense packs, high-performance powertrains and more, its chief operating officer, Nurdin Pitarevic, has told Autocar.
    A company that was spawned from its Rimac namesake in 2022 following the deal with the Vol
  • Ford to use Renault platform for two affordable EVs in Europe

    Blue Oval pledges its Renault-based EVs will look and drive like Fords
    Ford taps Renault 5 platform as basis for a pair of entry-level EVs, including a Fiesta replacement in 2028Ford has announced a landmark strategic partnership with Renault, setting it up to launch at least two new electric cars based on the French firm’s Ampr EV platform - including a Fiesta successor.
    The first of these new “affordable” EVs will arrive in early 2028 and is expected to be a su
  • How Chinese brands' influence over Europe could shrink

    "Brainpower is the new horsepower" in China, but the logic doesn't necessarily apply in EuropeA visit to the Guangzhou motor show recently threw up an important question: does China's accelerated development point to the future of automotive globally or merely its own? 
    China is leading on battery tech but its gung- ho, bitterly fought and highly cash-intensive battle to appeal to local customers in other areas is widening the gulf to Europe's car industry. 
    Many of the new models
  • QOTD: Favorite Holiday Car Commercial?

    QOTD: Favorite Holiday Car Commercial?
    The slew of holiday ads has begun and continues to roll on as we move deeper into December.What's your favorite one? We know all the big players over the years -- Lexus December to Remember, Happy Hondadays, et cetera.Which one, either from this year or previous years, is your favorite?I don't think I have one -- though I got pretty tired of the General Motors "I Love It" campaign. Maybe we'll ask you for your least favorite later this week.You know what to do from here. Go ahead and sound off b