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• Polestar Energy: New plans include charging stations

  19-01-2025 11:10 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Growth strategy confirmed, but accounts will remain in the red due to shrinking market and competition
  
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• LMC revolutionises camping with e:dero and MODO at CMT 2025

  19-01-2025 11:00 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Innovative lightweight caravan e:dero and modular system for trailers and the Iveco Daily
  
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• Safest cars in Euro NCAP crash tests - the 2024 ranking

  19-01-2025 10:03 via uk.motor1.com
  
  The Mercedes E-Class dominates the ranking, where there is also a Chinese electric SUV
  
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• Bürstner with new SkyLine special models at the CMT 2025

  19-01-2025 09:35 via uk.motor1.com
  
  New special editions of the Lyseo Time, Campeo and Premio presented with modern design and sustainable features
  
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• China: How emerging electric car makers are growing

  19-01-2025 09:15 via uk.motor1.com
  
  By 2024, new manufacturers such as Li Auto, HIMA and GAC Aion have exceeded 350,000 sales and are preparing for a competitive 2025
  
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• Breakfast club car meets are keeping the car community alive

  19-01-2025 09:01 via autocar.co.uk
  
  From full English to Continental, breakfast club car meets cater to all tastesI’m not sure if it was the Duke of Richmond’s people who coined the term ‘breakfast club’ for the famous enthusiast gatherings at the Goodwood Motor Circuit, but if it wasn’t, they were certainly the first to recognise and harness the power and popularity of these simple events.
  These days, they stage four breakfast clubs on Sunday mornings during the motorsport season, choosing different
  
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• Alfa Romeo 75 (1985-1992): The last real Alfa turns 40

  19-01-2025 08:56 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Long undervalued, it is now finding more and more fans
  
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• DS wants to rival Bentley and Rolls-Royce

  19-01-2025 08:15 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Alongside the presentation of the N°8 model, the head of DS design explained the brand's long-term objectives.
  
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• Love Nigel Mansell's Williams F1 car? Now you can own one

  19-01-2025 08:04 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Lego surprises us once again with a model that remains in the memory of F1 fans.
  
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• The '67 Mustang is reborn electric in the UK

  19-01-2025 07:47 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Made by British Charge Cars, 499 units will be produced
  
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• First photos of the new Volkswagen T-Roc surface

  18-01-2025 11:38 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Photos of the new Volkswagen T-Roc, expected in 2025, arrive on the net
  
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• Dacia plans for 2025 after a record 2024

  18-01-2025 11:24 via uk.motor1.com
  
  The company focuses on the C segment, always promises competitive prices and expands the offer of hybrid engines
  
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• Freedo RV: New camper brand from Poland with fresh layouts

  18-01-2025 10:57 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Affinity presents three campers with unconventional layouts and van-life inspiration at CMT 2025
  
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• Volkswagen could sell factories to Chinese manufacturers

  18-01-2025 10:44 via uk.motor1.com
  
  The leak comes from the Reuters agency, but the decision will come in February at the latest, after the German elections.
  
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• Cupra pick-up would be the 'bombshell' model of 2025

  18-01-2025 10:22 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Why not develop it from the Volkswagen Amarok?
  
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• European cars fear Trump's tariffs, EU must come to an agreement

  18-01-2025 10:05 via uk.motor1.com
  
  ACEA: 'The only alternative is an escalating tariff war in which the EU and the automotive industry have a lot to lose'
  
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• Will fake gearshifts in hybrids and EVs win over enthusiasts?

  18-01-2025 09:01 via autocar.co.uk
  
  The inbound Honda Prelude will have a 'fake' gearbox much like the Hyundai Ioniq 5 NNews that the upcoming Honda Prelude will have fake gearshifts has caused some consternation among enthusiasts in the various bits of the internet where we’re currently scattered. Quite a lot of sceptics, not much wild enthusiasm.
  In their earlier incarnations, Preludes were among the best affordable driver’s coupés on the market, with high-revving VTEC engines mated to good manual gearbox
  
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• Porsche Boxster E: The first electric sports car from Stuttgart

  18-01-2025 09:01 via uk.motor1.com
  
  This 2011 concept was ahead of its time for the Stuttgart-based company. It has up to 245 PS and can travel around 105 miles
  
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• Aston Martin denies Verstappen £1 billion offer rumour, but 2026 question marks remain

  18-01-2025 08:27 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Reports of an astronomical offer from Aston Martin for Max Verstappen were immediately denied by the team.
  
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• How to apply for apprenticeship 2025 at Rolls-Royce

  18-01-2025 08:13 via uk.motor1.com
  
  The application window will remain open until 2 March 2025 for Level 6 roles and 30 March 2025 for Level 2 and 3 roles
  
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• 79 years of innovation: Highlights from the Honda heritage hall

  18-01-2025 08:01 via autocar.co.uk
  
  You can't miss the Honda Jet...
  Honda has a history of pursuing dreams until they come true – as the prize exhibits in its Heritage Hall show.Walk in to the large, light-filled lobby of the Honda Heritage Hall and the six exhibits set out in front of you outline what makes the Japanese firm different from so many of its rivals.
  There’s a 1958 Super Cub bike, an immaculate S600 sports car, Honda’s first Formula 1 racer, its first motorbike grand prix race winner and, not to
  
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• Alpina has revealed its final standalone car - now what?

  17-01-2025 15:47 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Buchloe has been turning out belters since 1965 – but that run might now be endingWe recently road tested Alpina’s new B3 Touring ‘GT’. You won’t be surprised to learn it’s quite a good motor car, but it also sounds a death knell for the outfit that makes it.
  On 31 December 2025, ownership of the brand will transfer from the Bovensiepens to the BMW Group, ending six decades of family-run status.
  There is a possibility that things will continue more or less as
  
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• The Audi Q7 will be all-new in 2026 - here's a preview

  17-01-2025 13:00 via uk.motor1.com
  
  We take a look at the future Q7 thanks to our render. More powerful plug-in hybrid engines and a completely new look planned
  
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• First pictures of new 2025 Volkswagen T-Roc leaked

  17-01-2025 11:50 via autocar.co.uk
  
  New look includes LED light bars front and rear
  Images posted to online forums reveal a more aggressive look in line with the new TiguanThe first photos of the next-generation Volkswagen T-Roc have been leaked online ahead of its official reveal, which is expected to take place later this year.
  The pictures, which appear to have been taken from a prototype’s infotainment or instrument screens, reveal it to be a more aggressive-looking proposition than the current T-Roc. It gets a more prom
  
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• Goodbye 'bZ': Toyota changes the name of its electric cars

  17-01-2025 10:17 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Japanese manufacturer abandons 'beyond zero' and switches to a system more familiar to customers
  
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• The car manufacturers wrote this letter to Brussels

  17-01-2025 10:02 via uk.motor1.com
  
  The European Green Deal must come closer to reality and the recommendations of the Draghi report must be implemented
  
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• Car manufacturers wrote this letter to Brussels

  17-01-2025 10:02 via uk.motor1.com
  
  The European Green Deal must come closer to reality and the recommendations of the Draghi report must be implemented
  
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• New petrol Macan possible? Porsche is thinking about it

  17-01-2025 09:41 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Porsche is 'exploring the possibility of equipping some of its planned electric-only models with hybrid or ICE engines'.
  
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• Xiaomi SU7: Interior of the Chinese electric saloon

  17-01-2025 09:20 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Super high-tech, it has a 517-litre boot and very sporty, wraparound seats. This is what it looks like inside
  
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• Polestar 7 announced as new compact SUV

  17-01-2025 09:20 via uk.motor1.com
  
  It will be produced in Europe
  
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• Alpina B8 GT revealed as brand's most powerful car ever

  17-01-2025 09:17 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Starting at £191,300, the limited edition is intended to commemorate the founding of the brand 60 years ago
  
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• Updated Skoda Enyaq starts at £39,000 in the UK

  17-01-2025 09:05 via uk.motor1.com
  
  That's the manufacturer's direct price.
  
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• Vowles on what Williams has done wrong: too much change

  17-01-2025 09:04 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Williams will learn from having ‘moved things further than we can deal with in one go’ in 2024
  
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• 183 jobs and £48.7m: Jatco powers up Sunderland with new facility

  17-01-2025 09:03 via uk.motor1.com
  
  The UK government is supporting the initiative
  
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• Come April, will all pick-up drivers move into vans?

  17-01-2025 09:01 via autocar.co.uk
  
  The BIK tax 'loophole' that has driven pick-up truck sales will come to an end in springThe automotive industry’s repeated cries for ‘more carrot’ from the UK government to drive the stalling adoption of electric vehicles have so far fallen on deaf ears.
  All it has had – since the old plug-in car grant was abolished back in 2022, really – is stick.
  Fines threatened for manufacturers that don’t sell enough EVs (currently ‘under review&rsquo
  
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• Inside the race to 5.0mpkWh: the secrets to long-range EVs

  17-01-2025 08:01 via autocar.co.uk
  
  The current crop of electric cars typically averages efficiency of 3-4mpkWhManufacturers are honing every detail to close in on an efficiency goal that's transformative for electric carsScrutinise the spec of an electric car and there’s a figure in miles per kilowatt hour (mpkWh) for vehicle energy efficiency, typically an average of between 3.0 and 4.0.
  There’s no doubt efficiency is important, both for engineers, who use it as a yardstick of achievement, and for drivers, for whom i
  
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• MG aims to beat UK's biggest brands with 1/6 the workforce

  17-01-2025 06:01 via autocar.co.uk
  
  "We overestimate people's knowledge", says Pigounakis
  MG dealers are now busier than Vauxhall’s, Peugeot’s, Skoda’s or Renault’sThe whole MG Motor UK operation consists of just 68 people.
  Its head office in London includes a styling studio and a showroom but still has not just empty desks but empty floors, while the engineering team at Longbridge is just a few people tasked with setting up the Chinese company’s cars for British roads – and this is all through
  
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• MPs find state of England's local roads is 'national embarrassment'

  17-01-2025 01:01 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Local roads comprise 98% of England's total network, and many are in a terrible state
  Department for Transport is failing to take the problem 'sufficiently seriously', according to new report by MPsThe Department for Transport (DfT) is failing in its responsibility to care for local roads such that their condition is now a “national embarrassment”.
  That's according to a damning new report published by the House of Commons’ Public Accounts Committee – the group of MPs resp
  
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• BT axes EV charger scheme after installing just one out of 60,000

  16-01-2025 14:43
  
  Telecoms company hoped to convert roadside cabinets into charge points but will now shut down its sole installationBT has scrapped a plan to turn roadside green cabinets into electric car chargers, after only managing to install one.The British telecoms company had spied a chance to use the existing electricity connections to the cabinets, which usually house telephone and broadband internet equipment, to quickly install chargers. However, it will now shut down its sole charge point, in East Lot
  
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• Polestar 7 to arrive in 2027 as Europe-built compact SUV

  16-01-2025 13:16 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Swedish firm targets significant sales growth with expanded line-up led by crucial new Porsche Macan EV rivalThe new Polestar 7 will be a Porsche Macan Electric-rivalling premium SUV and the firm’s first model produced in Europe.
  The Swedish firm has confirmed early details of the new EV as part of a revised strategy, which includes a target to grow sales by 30-35% in the coming three years.
  The forthcoming 7 will essentially serve as a successor to the Polestar 2 liftback, altho
  
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• Polestar 7 confirmed for 2027 as Europe-built compact SUV

  16-01-2025 13:16 via autocar.co.uk
  
  EV firm targets significant ales growth with expanded line-up led by crucial new Porsche Macan rivalThe new Polestar 7 will be a Porsche Macan-rivalling premium SUV, and the firm’s first model that will be produced in Europe.
  The Gothenburg-based firm has confirmed early details of the new car as part of a revised strategy, which includes a target to grow sales by 30-30 per cent in the coming three years.
  The forthcoming 7 will essentially serve as a successor to the Polestar 2 crossover,
  
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• Polestar 7 confirmed as Europe-built, Evoque-rivalling SUV

  16-01-2025 13:16 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Swedish firm targets significant sales growth with expanded line-up led by crucial new electric SUVThe new Polestar 7 will be a Range Rover Evoque-sized premium SUV and the firm’s first model produced in Europe.
  The Swedish firm has confirmed early details of the new EV as part of a revised strategy, which includes a target to grow sales by 30-35% in the coming three years.
  The forthcoming 7, previously announced as due in 2027, will essentially serve as a successor to the P
  
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• The Chinese are getting stronger - but how are Audi, BMW and Mercedes doing

  16-01-2025 13:00 via uk.motor1.com
  
  The three German premium brands are losing ground, but not all equally
  
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• Alpina B8 GT revealed as firm's final and most powerful car

  16-01-2025 12:33 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Just 99 examples will be built, each priced from €225,000
  Overhauled BMW 8 Series with 625bhp V8 is final Alpina model before BMW takes full ownership of the brandAlpina has revealed the B8 GT, its final model as an independent entity.
  The company formally known as Alpina Burkard Bovensiepen GmbH + Co KG will cease to exist after 31 December 2025, with ownership of the Alpina brand transferring to BMW.
  The B8 GT is therefore the final 'proper' Alpina, following the simil
  
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• VW ID.7 Pro S manages 585 miles in one go - at 18 mph

  16-01-2025 10:41 via uk.motor1.com
  
  The second "one-litre car of electromobility" alongside the Mercedes CLA?
  
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• LMC presents exclusive 70th anniversary special models at CMT 2025

  16-01-2025 10:08 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Anniversary editions with exclusive features at a special price
  
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• Peugeot boss calls on government to "stimulate" electric car sales

  16-01-2025 09:56 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Peugeot now offers an electric version of each of its cars
  CEO Linda Jackson says "there are only so many things we can do as a manufacturer" to boost EV uptakePeugeot CEO Linda Jackson says the government should find ways to “stimulate” the market for new and used electric cars, in order to accelerate the transition from ICE to EV power.
  Speaking to Autocar at the Brussels motor show, Jackson said Peugeot’s eight-strong passenger EV line-up is the “largest of any Europea
  
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• Tuner gives BMW 7 Series carbon body kit and hubcaps

  16-01-2025 09:52 via uk.motor1.com
  
  If your 760i doesn't stand out enough
  
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• Chrysler abandons its electric SUV

  16-01-2025 09:34 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Chrysler has confirmed that development programmes for the Airflow have been halted. It was due to make its debut between 2025 and 2026.
  
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• New Nissan Leaf seen for the first time

  16-01-2025 09:33 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Spotted in San Francisco is one of the very first prototypes of the new Nissan Leaf. Expected to have a new design and a strong link to the Ariya
  
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