• General Motors Thinks Just-In-Time Delivery Is Dead

    General Motors Thinks Just-In-Time Delivery Is Dead
    It is equal parts awe-inspiring and terrifying to watch tens of thousands of microscopic plastic clips, wiring harnesses, fasteners, and stamped metal brackets dance in precision sync to spit out a functional 5,000-pound SUV every 60 seconds.
    Which brings us to General Motors.According to a recent Securities and Exchange Commission filing reported byBloomberg, the General is formally abandoning the holy grail of post-war manufacturing—Just-In-Time (JIT) delivery—in favor of building
  • Building a Cheap BMW M5 — The Insane Transformation

    Building a Cheap BMW M5 — The Insane Transformation
    We complete the rebuild of our E60 BMW M5 by reassembling it after paint, refreshing and upgrading the suspension and brakes, and test fitting 3 different sets of wheels on it to see which one we (and you) like best. Speed Academy is a website and YouTube channel based on making things go fast and enjoying cars. Peter Tarach and Dave Pratte are the forces behind Speed Academy.The TTAC Creators Series tells stories and amplifies creators from all corners of the car world, includin
  • Question of the Day: Do You Want Old and Slow or Old and Loud?

    Question of the Day: Do You Want Old and Slow or Old and Loud?
    Every year at this time two automotive world’s crash. Fortunately no one is hurt and no repairs are necessary as the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and the Woodward Dream Cruise get automotive fans around the world to focus on two points in the United States: Michigan and California.The Pebble Beach Concours shows some of the rarest — and priciest — old cars from around the world. Millions of dollars historic old cars adorn the lawn at renown Pebble Beach golf course w
  • Listen: Why Gerry McGovern left JLR, and what he's doing next

    Listen: Why Gerry McGovern left JLR, and what he's doing next
    McGovern joins the Autocar podcast to set the record straight on leaving JLR – and tell us what comes nextGerry McGovern has spoken exclusively to Autocar for the first time about his shock departure from JLR – and pledged to return to car design in the future.
    In his 24-year stint at the British firm, during which he rose to the role of chief creative officer, McGovern led the design of the reborn Defender and several generations of Range Rover and Discovery models. H
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  • Where should I charge my electric car? We tried UK's top 10 fast chargers

    What are EV charging sites really like? We test some of the best to find your next pit stopThere are more than 30,000 rapid and ultra-rapid EV chargers in the UK, across more than 7000 locations.
    Capable of delivering up to 480kW of power, they're key to the uptake of electric cars, but what are they like to use?
    To find out, I visited 10 charging stations, a mix of large 'hubs' near major routes and one or two smaller ones, whose operators tend to favour more local sites. I wanted to know
  • Our 205 GTi survived 10 years outside – but what do we do with it?

    Our 205 GTi survived 10 years outside – but what do we do with it?
    It cost £150 and spent a decade in the elements; now it's time to decide this iconic hot hatch's futureWhen you’ve left a car under a sheet on a driveway for a decade, you will probably assume that peeling back the cover will reveal an unsalvageable heap of metal. 
    Happily, this wasn’t the case last weekend when my dad and I uncovered his cherished Peugeot 205 GTi, parked outside a friendly neighbour’s house since 2016.
    He bought it back in 2003 for the grand su
  • Beaulieu exclusive: Funding feud behind National Motor Museum exit

    Beaulieu exclusive: Funding feud behind National Motor Museum exit
    National Motor Museum eyes move to better-placed site before 2030 amid row over future at Montagu estateThe future of one of Britain’s best-known motoring attractions has been thrown into uncertainty after the National Motor Museum announced plans to leave its long-time home at Beaulieu, with behind-the-scenes tensions over funding, governance and the museum’s long-term future emerging.
    The National Motor Museum Trust this week confirmed it has begun searching for a new home as
  • Why factory robots can't completely replace humans

    Why factory robots can't completely replace humans
    Rear axles are one of the most complex assemblies in a Porsche – and still require a human touchHow cars are assembled may not be the first thing that springs to mind when entering a car showroom but it might further down the line if unreliability strikes.
    Robots have played a part in production since the early 1970s and ad agency Collett Dickenson Pearce broke new ground in the UK in 1979 with what became a famous TV commercial for the Fiat Strada, rejoicing in the tagline: 'Handbuilt by
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  • British firm WEVC to build car and van at new factory in Qatar

    British firm WEVC to build car and van at new factory in Qatar
    Cornish firm's innovative PACES platform to underpin pair of Qatar-bound EVs, developed in UKWatt Electric Vehicle Company (WEVC), winner of Autocar’s 2026 Innovation Award, has struck a deal with JTA, a major Qatari-based investor, to build two models in Qatar’s first dedicated EV manufacturing plant.
    The new factory will initially build a new passenger car and a medium-sized delivery van along the lines of WEVC’s own recently developed eCV1. It is expected to b
  • The best estate cars 2026 – driven, rated and ranked

    The best estate cars 2026 – driven, rated and ranked
    Our list of the very best load-lugging wagons you can buy new today, with something to suit all budgetsSeven of the 10 best-selling cars in the UK are SUVs, and their dominance over the UK car buying public only looks set to continue. 
    But what if there was an alternative that meant you didn't have to bow down to current automotive trends – another type of car that offered the same level of versatility and family capability?
    Step forward the estate car. While their popularit
  • Mercedes-AMG priming "insane" new AMG GT Black Series

    Mercedes-AMG priming "insane" new AMG GT Black Series
    Mercedes CEO offers his guarantees that Autocar readers will love new hardcore V8 AMGThe forthcoming Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series will offer "insane" performance, according to Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius - who has given his personal guarantee that Autocar readers will love it.
    Due to be revealed next year before going on sale in 2028, the new supercar is a road-legal twin of the next-generation Mercedes-AMG GT3 racer, likely to be powered by a highly tuned version of the firm's new flat