• Final Alpine A110 produced as firm gears up for electric successor

    Final Alpine A110 produced as firm gears up for electric successor
    Renault-engined sports coupé bows out a week before new A110 EV breaks cover at GoodwoodThe Alpine A110 has ended production after nine years, as the French firm gears up to launch its long-awaited electric successor.
    The last of 28,701 A110s rolled off the line at Alpine's factory in northern France today, specified in a commemorative 70th-anniversary trim. 
    Overall, Dieppe has produced more than 35,000 A110s, including the original iteration – Alpine's first production c
  • Fiat considering petrol Panda successor alongside new sub-£15k EV

    Fiat considering petrol Panda successor alongside new sub-£15k EV
    Panda was pulled from UK sale in 2024 but survives in Italy as the Pandina
    Italian brand is mulling the hallowed name for its new city car but 'won't abandon the ICE Panda population'Fiat is committed to offering an affordable combustion-powered successor to the current Panda alongside its future affordable city car project.
    While the current Panda, which dates back to 2012, is no longer sold in the UK, due to the ZEV mandate, it remains the best-selling car in Italy and accounted
  • Urus SE Performante revealed as Lamborghini's hottest SUV yet

    Urus SE Performante revealed as Lamborghini's hottest SUV yet
    Plug-in hybrid SUV packs 800bhp and Lambo's latest 6D chassis tech
    Lamborghini is vying for the performance SUV crown with the new Urus SE Performante, the hottest derivative yet of its exuberant family hauler.
    Its plug-in-hybrid powertrain pairs the venerable 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 with a single electric motor, boosted to combined outputs of 800bhp and 737lb ft. This represents an increase of 11bhp, thanks to a free-flowing exhaust set-up and reworked engine management software.
    A new Akrapovi
  • Geely EX2 due in UK this summer as Renault 5 rival

    Geely EX2 due in UK this summer as Renault 5 rival
    New small electric hatch will be instrumental in brand's plan to hit 100,000 sales in the UK by 2030China’s best-selling car, the Geely EX2, will go on sale in the UK in August.
    It will be the third model the Chinese brand has launched here, after the EX5 EV and Starray PHEV.
    The EX2 is a small electric hatchback sized to compete with the forthcoming Hyundai Ioniq 3 and Volkswagen ID Polo, with seating for five.
    In China, where it's known as the Xingyuan, it's powered by a single rear
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  • The finest mid-engined marvels

    The finest mid-engined marvels
    It's well over 60 years since the first mid-engined road car was made, so let's celebrate the bestIt would have been all too easy to fill a gallery of mid-engined cars with Ferraris, Lamborghinis and other assorted exotica.But mid-engined doesn't have to mean unattainable, so here we bring you some of the landmark mid-engined cars since they first arrived in the early 1960s. Sure, there are a few exotics in here, but you'll also find affordable sportsters, intriguing rarities, a few total duffer
  • The best performance cars from the 2000s

    The best performance cars from the 2000s
    During the 2000s, we received some of the best cars ever produced by their respective manufacturers.From hot hatchbacks to hypercars, and everything in between, some of the best cars of all time graced showroom floors during the period, whether because of their beauty, outstanding driving dynamics or just downright craziness.
    Join us as we take a look at 25 of the very best in alphabetical order, as well as 5 bonus cars that had the potential to join such esteemed company, but for one reason or
  • The brilliant cars you need to drive at least once

    The brilliant cars you need to drive at least once
    Andrew Frankel picks 50 legendary cars, from the humble to the exotic, he thinks you simply must drive at least onceEvery petrolhead has their ‘list’ of cars they want to drive.
    Whether it comprises Porsches or Ferraris, Jaguars or Fords, everyone has their reasons.
    Here, Andrew Frankel counts down his list of cars he believes everyone should drive at least once:
    50: BMW M3 (E46)
    Not quite the best M car perhaps, but almost certainly the best M car bargain out there.
    The last such ca
  • New tribute to wild Alfa Romeo 155 DTM brings 740bhp

    New tribute to wild Alfa Romeo 155 DTM brings 740bhp
    SGT Automobili's debut model pays reverence to legendary race car using Giulia Quadrifoglio underpinningsNew firm SGT Automobili has revealed its debut model as a tribute to the Alfa Romeo 155 that won the DTM racing series in 1993.
    Based on the current Giulia Quadrifoglio, the 5S-SGT has a carbonfibre body that faithfully recreates the famed race car – but remains road-legal. 
    SGT claimed the car is “neither a replica nor a restomod”, but instead its vision of what the wi
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  • The best SUVs 2026 – driven, rated and ranked

    The best SUVs 2026 – driven, rated and ranked
    The modern SUV now spans the whole car market and blends a varied mix of qualities. These are our favourites
    The exponential rise of the SUV has been nothing short of an automotive phenomenon, with sport utility vehicles dominating UK sales charts. 
    Ten years ago, there was just one high-riding model in the top 10 best-selling cars list; in 2026, the same list contains seven SUVs, another indicator of this segment’s extraordinary ascension. 
    When you consider their clever mix of
  • Porsche Cayenne & Cayenne Coupe Electric

    Porsche Cayenne & Cayenne Coupe Electric
    Stalwart luxury SUV gets an electric double for its next generation – with an astonishing peak output of 1141bhpThe all-electric, fourth-generation Porsche Cayenne has now landed on UK roads. Before the summer is out, we should have Autocar’s very own set of benchmark measurements and numbers, a full set of impressions, and a definitive UK verdict on what might be Zuffenhausen’s most important and interesting electric model yet.For now, we’ve tested the Porsche Caye
  • VW Golf dropping diesel is a blow – but EVs can go the distance now

    Diesel engines were revered for mega-mileage potential, but they're a niche case now
    Diesel was long the fuel of choice for big MPG motorway work, but it's losing its place in the worldThe eternal straw man argument around electric car reticence is that hypothetical scenario wherein someone might have to leave the house at the drop of a hat and whizz 600 miles to the tip of the country without stopping. 
    "Could an EV do that? No, didn't think so," argue the sceptics, who so often cite
  • Diesel's demise nears as Volkswagen axes diesel Golf after 50 years

    Diesel's demise nears as Volkswagen axes diesel Golf after 50 years
    Golf was a diesel frontrunner for decades, but the fuel's market share has all but evaporatedThe diesel car has moved one step closer to extinction with the announcement that Volkswagen has taken the diesel Golf off sale in the UK.
    The Golf was one of the first mainstream cars available with a diesel engine. It was initially offered as a powertrain option in 1976, just two years after the model's launch. For many in the UK, the Golf was the car in which they had their first experience of this in
  • Land Rover Discovery nears retirement with new Landmark edition

    Land Rover Discovery nears retirement with new Landmark edition
    Uniquely specified Discovery Landmark reprises a name used by previous run-out modelsLand Rover has revealed a high-spec new edition of the Discovery – which could be the final version of the nine-year-old seven-seater before it comes in for a dramatic reinvention.
    The new Landmark model reprises a name previously used for run-out editions of the Discovery 2, 3 and 4 in their final months of production – suggesting that the end could finally be near for the fifth iteration.
    The new &
  • Dacia Spring EV reclaims UK's cheapest car crown at £11,990

    Dacia Spring EV reclaims UK's cheapest car crown at £11,990
    Baby hatchback can now be had for £1000 less than the Leapmotor T03 – and £3000 less than the SanderoDacia has trimmed the price of its Spring city car to just £11,990 – undercutting the similarly sized Leapmotor T03 to become the UK's cheapest car.
    The move comes a day after Leapmotor slashed the entry price of its own tiny EV to £12,995, giving the T03 the cheapest car crown for just 24 hours. 
    The cheapest Spring, though, is the entry-level Expression
  • Hyundai Ioniq 3 prototype

    Hyundai Ioniq 3 prototype
    Hyundai's entry-level electric hatchback is designed and engineered to crack the European market. Will it?Ceci n’est pas un hatchback. According to its maker, at least.The Hyundai Ioniq 3 is also not a traditional supermini, nor a tiny crossover, but rather an ‘aero hatch’, which is to say it’s a low-slung, compact family runaround in the vein of the i20 but with a rakish, wedgy design that seeks to spear through the air as cleanly as possible for maximum cruising e
  • Hyundai Ioniq 3 driven: £25k hatch could be another Fiesta moment

    Hyundai Ioniq 3 driven: £25k hatch could be another Fiesta moment
    Hyundai's entry-level electric hatchback is designed and engineered to crack the European market. Will it?Ceci n’est pas un hatchback. According to its maker, at least.The Hyundai Ioniq 3 is also not a traditional supermini, nor a tiny crossover, but rather an ‘aero hatch’, which is to say it’s a low-slung, compact family runaround in the vein of the i20 but with a rakish, wedgy design that seeks to spear through the air as cleanly as possible for maximum cruising e