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• Volvo Just Made Charging Your EV Way Easier

  21-06-2026 18:00 via motor1.com
  
  Volvo's new feature lets you leave your credit card or tap payment in your pocket. The car can do it all.
  
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• The history of horsepower - and why it doesn't work as a metric

  21-06-2026 17:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  You wouldn't want a Ferrari F80 pulling coal from a mine all day, even if it does make a huge 1183bhpHorsepower has an interesting backstory. If you're a keen petrolhead, however, I'd advise you not to read it, as I have this week. Enjoy your blissful ignorance if you can.
  There are only three things you really need to know about it, in any case. First, that celebrated Scot James Watt didn't actually invent it, he just formalised it. Second, that it's more of an idea than a measurable product of
  
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• Ford's most controversial cars

  21-06-2026 15:39 via autocar.co.uk
  
  We count the biggest troublemakers that landed the illustrious blue oval in hot waterThere are many kinds of controversy, and a car manufacturer which has been operating for 120 years, as Ford Motor Company has, will inevitably have experienced most of them.Here are 40 examples of the company’s models which have caused disputes of one kind or another. They’re listed in chronological order, and were marketed either by Ford itself or by brands Ford owned before 1950, but not ones it ac
  
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• Every General Motors V8 engine ever made

  21-06-2026 15:39 via autocar.co.uk
  
  We take a look at the highs and lows of the GM V8Whatever your motoring preferences may be, it’s difficult not to be thrilled by the roar of a V8 engine.As electrification takes over, there may not be many more of these in future, even though new ones are still being developed today. But when the last V8 goes out of production, we will still be able to look back at the great examples of the past.
  General Motors has a particularly fine  - though occasionally patchy - history of V8 engi
  
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• My 151k-mile Discovery could go pop – it's still the perfect workhorse

  21-06-2026 13:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  With 151,000 miles on the clock, it's done well so far, but there's still plenty to go wrongDan Eve is a member of Surrey 4x4 Response, an organisation formed of 4x4 owners who volunteer their time and personal vehicles to assist local authorities, the emergency services and volunteer agencies during major emergencies and severe weather.
  It explains why he owns a Land Rover Discovery 3, but for all its 4x4 capability, is it a vehicle he can actually depend on? "There isn't a good or a bad Discov
  
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• Ford Kuga used buying guide: £8000 and fun for all the family

  21-06-2026 08:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  A Kuga should be on the hit list for those hunting for an affordable family SUVKuga is now a familiar name within the Ford stable.
  The current model has been around since 2020, when it replaced the hugely popular Mk2 with a spread of new powertrains to suit almost any buyer, plus a slicker new design and a more spacious interior. It has aged well and, with early examples now available from just £8000, it's increasingly attractive as a do-it-all family hauler for those on a budget.
  If
  
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• Ultimate track toy? 525bhp Ariel Atom 4RR takes on BMW M2 CS

  21-06-2026 07:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  The newest, maddest Atom has 799bhp per tonne – enough for total sensory overloadGoing parachute jumping in a storm-force wind isn't something your author has ever done but, thanks to the Ariel Atom, I feel oddly familiar with the idea.
  To appreciate the full effect, you need a proper circuit-and quite a quick one at that. Somewhere you can get this totally tubular flyweight driver's car near the business end of its rev range in fifth and sixth gears, well beyond 100mph, just to feel what
  
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