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• The $20,000 Car Is Officially Dead in America

  23-12-2025 20:15 via motor1.com
  
  With Nissan ending production of the Versa this month, the sub-$20,000 category dies with it.
  
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• Audi Made a Stop-Motion Holiday Video With Die-Cast Cars. It's Awesome

  23-12-2025 18:30 via motor1.com
  
  With RS6s, Quattros, and Q8s galore, Audi’s stop-motion holiday video is filled with holiday cheer.
  
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• The Alpine A110 Could Still Come to America: 'We Need To Go to the US' 

  23-12-2025 17:00 via motor1.com
  
  Alpine will likely sell its A110 sports car alongside a high-volume SUV.   
  
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• The final F-Pace has been built marking end of Jaguar's ICE era

  23-12-2025 13:50 via autocar.co.uk
  UK sales of the SUV ended last November, but it continued to be sold in other marketsThe final Jaguar F-Pace has rolled off JLR’s production line in Solihull, officially marking the end of the British brand’s combustion models.
  UK market sales of the SUV ended last November, but it continued for markets including the USA, Australia, China, Europe and more.
  It means that, officially, Jaguar now no longer makes any models for any markets anywhere in the world. 
  This F-Pace is also
  
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• No dice... Car testers must shun attachments for detachment

  23-12-2025 12:00 via autocar.co.uk
  Cosmetic add-ons give a car a personal touch that road testers are deniedDo people still put eyelashes on their cars? It's been a while since I've been in the accessories aisle to check.
  The latest thing seems to be those cat stickers put in rear windows that make the rear wiper look like a little tail (what a shame that the artist formerly known as the Ora Funky Cat doesn't have a rear wiper).
  I saw a Volkswagen T4 Transporter van the other day, the back of which looked like a mobile anthology
  
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• Tesla’s EU sales slump continues as Chinese rivals thrive

  23-12-2025 10:11 via theguardian.com
  Elon Musk’s brand sold 12,130 new cars across the EU last month, down from 18,430 in November 2024Business live – latest updatesTesla continued a run of weak sales in the EU in November, with new car registrations of Elon Musk’s brand down a third, while Chinese carmakers’ sales soared.Tesla sold 12,130 new cars across the EU last month, down from 18,430 in November 2024, shrinking its market share from 2.1% to 1.4%, according to data from the European Automobile Manufact
  
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• The Lotus Emira is a thrill if you've got the skill

  23-12-2025 10:00 via autocar.co.uk
  It turns out a Lotus sports car is the perfect detox from a modern worldIn a world of huge SUVs and an increasing dependence on technology, a sports car from Hethel was the detox I needed.
  Hydraulic steering, a manual gearbox and a roaring 400bhp supercharged 3.5-litre V6 behind my head. Phwoar. And all of this encased in one of the best-looking bodies currently on sale.
  The Emira's rawness surprised me. It was fidgety, tracked quite aggressively and shifted its weight heavily if I sent too much
  
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• America's Last Volvo Wagon Is Dying As Buyers 'Overwhelmingly' Want SUVs

  23-12-2025 09:35 via motor1.com
  
  Order books for the V60 Cross Country will close in late January.
  
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• Top 10: World’s longest road tunnels

  23-12-2025 08:30 via autocar.co.uk
  Top 10: World’s longest road tunnelsTunnels are used to carry traffic through some of the most extreme terrain on the planet and they help ease journeys with reduced travel time.
  While most tunnels offer a short underground burst of driving, some are much longer. Here are the world’s 10 longest road tunnels that use cutting edge technology to make their construction possible and to keep drivers alert while passing through their extended subterranean length.Ryfylke Tunnel, Norway &nda
  
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• The road to self-driving cars that think and behave like humans

  23-12-2025 08:00 via autocar.co.uk
  Bosch and VW Group's software arm have partnered to develop autonomous tech with "cognitive" abilityIt’s hard to read anything these days without coming across the term ‘artificial intelligence’ or ‘AI’, and there’s certainly plenty of noise being made about it in the automotive industry.
  One huge investment in AI is being made by supplier Bosch and the Volkswagen Group’s software arm, Cariad. These partners formed the Automated Driving Alliance in 2022
  
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• Driving the 330bhp, £375,000 carbon-bodied Elise

  23-12-2025 08:00 via autocar.co.uk
  HPE's super-lightweight, Honda-powered R500 is a single-seater in drag
  “I want to say the R500 is not a scary car to drive,” says Dan Webster, the earnestness in his Brummie tone entirely betrayed by the glint in his eyes. “But it probably will be scary the first time you drive it.”
  The deadpan delivery makes me laugh out loud, then quietly look inward. I get that Webster, who races an Elise and is the master engine tuner turned overhaul specialist behind Bromsgrove-based
  
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• Renault concept goes 626 miles on a charge at motorway speed

  23-12-2025 07:00 via autocar.co.uk
  ... And still has enough charge left in its 87kWh Scenic battery to take it past 700 milesRenault's radical Filante concept has driven 626 miles in 10 hours, achieving 8mpkWh at an average speed of 63mph - "showing that this level of range is achievable in motorway-like conditions".
  The Filante is a futuristic single-seat EV concept designed to set efficiency records, using the same 87kWh battery as the Renault Scenic SUV - primarily to achieve more than 620 miles at realistic motorway speeds.
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• Good gravy! Hunting Scotland's best festive food in the epic M3

  23-12-2025 06:00 via autocar.co.uk
  We go in search of some Christmas dinner staples with the help of a BMW M3 CS TouringWhile Autocar's road testers exchange exotic key fobs over Christmas lunch at some richly upholstered ale house at the crowded end of Britain, there's no such indulgence for those of us in Scotland.
  Here, the mountain must visit Muhammad, because photographer Max Edleston and I have been tasked with sourcing every ingredient of our own, three-course Christmas feast - plus refreshments - direct from its maker nor
  
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