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• This Is One Of The Rarest Mercedes G-Classes Ever Made, And It Just Sold For $143,000

  25-07-2026 17:00 via motor1.com
  
  This is one of just 446 500 GE V8 AMG models produced in 1993, but it has special paint, 15,070 miles, and a collector history.
  
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• New Range Rover GT: could it be the Mk2 I-Pace?

  25-07-2026 11:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Sleek new mid-sized Rangie is completely unrelated to Type 01 - but there could be a Jag linkSome people have suggested that the new Range Rover GT is an inflated Jaguar Type 01 – which is an understandable thought.
  It's the sort of thing a car company would normally do, after all: create a new platform and then have it underpin lots of new models; first that, then this.
  It's even less surprising considering that the first bit of the GT to have been fully revealed is its interior, whi
  
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• Exceptional unexceptional classics you can buy for £800

  25-07-2026 08:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Today is the annual gathering of all things weird, boring and wonderful. But what to take?The Festival of the Unexceptional (FotU), described by organiser Hagerty UK as a "celebration of the mundane motors that were once commonplace", returns to Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire, today (Saturday 25 July).
  Only cars registered between 1971 and 2001, and preferably in entry-level trim, will be eligible for entry to the display area and to the the main event, the Concours de l'Ordinaire.
  The judges
  
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• Volkswagen Golf GTI Edition 50: Our fastest FWD road test yet

  25-07-2026 07:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Most powerful series-production GTI in five decades brings special axle hardware and a clearer track focusIt comes almost as a surprise that the Golf GTI is 50 years old. So popular – so damned omnipresent – has this versatile car been on the hot hatch scene that the passing of time goes unnoticed. The Golf GTI turning 50 is almost like turning 50 yourself: faintly incomprehensible.But here we are, and to celebrate the milestone Volkswagen has seen fit to unleash a special edition.
  
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• The most reliable cars in 2025 – and the least

  25-07-2026 03:26 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Every year Autocar’s sister title What Car? carries out a survey of car-owners to help identify the most reliable cars on the market – and the least.The survey is based on the experiences of over 32,000 owners over the past two years - and is a great way to help you choose your next car if you want low hassle and low maintenance costs. Let’s take a look at the cars who came top – and bottom:Small Cars - Most reliable
  1: HYUNDAI i10 (2020+) - 100%
  The i10 is just one of ju
  
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• The best cars from British Leyland - yes, really

  25-07-2026 03:26 via autocar.co.uk
  A BL badge may not be the most hallowed in the automotive world, but let's celebrate its best cars nonethelessBritish Leyland: a reliable source of jokes for ‘Fawlty Towers’, Private Eye and anyone searching for a symbol of Failing Britain in the 1970s.
  And it was also, briefly, the second biggest car company outside the US (after Volkswagen) after it was officially formed 55 years ago, on May 13 1968. BLMC was created out of the merger between the Leyland Motor Corporation and Briti
  
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• The 39 cars that changed the world

  25-07-2026 03:26 via autocar.co.uk
  
  We look at all the cars that changed the game, one way or anotherNothing changed the world like the car.
  A car is not just a convenience, a means of carrying people and things long distances in short periods of time. For more people in more places around the world than anything else, the car is freedom. It is something that lives outside your house that will take you pretty much anywhere you like, any time you want to go there.
  In almost all cases it can be counted upon to be quiet, comfort
  
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• The 10 most reliable car brands - and the 10 LEAST

  25-07-2026 03:26 via autocar.co.uk
  We recently reported the latest results from the reliability survey from our sister magazine What Car?, highlighting the car models we believe are the most reliable - and the cars that are least reliable.In this story, we're looking at the car brands themselves, with a reliability rating for each brand. This is for cars up to five years old. We start with counting down to the most reliable brand. And then we'll countdown to the least reliable. Let's take a look:10: Citroën - 93.9%
  This is a
  
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• Supercars to make money on

  25-07-2026 03:26 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Supercars are not only for the super-rich, discovers John Evans, even in the current economic climate. Just look at these 20 gems as shrewd investments…Supercars are not only for the super-rich, discovers John Evans, even in the current economic climate. Just look at these 20 gems as shrewd investments…From the price of a new Volkswagen Golf to the price of a modest detached five-bed house in Surrey, there’s a supercar for every budget.
  You know all the usual suspects, so we&
  
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• Spy pics: All-new Audi A2

  25-07-2026 03:26 via autocar.co.uk
  
  New model will replace both A1 supermini and Q2 small crossover as Audi looks to simplify its line-upAudi has begun testing a new entry-level model that is set to indirectly replace the A1 and Q2 when they are retired next year.It will be the smallest car Audi offers, and is set to be positioned as an electric counterpart to both the A3 hatchback and Q2 crossover.Audi A2 E-tron
  Seen by Autocar photographers for the first time, the new EV looks like a smaller version of the Q4 E-tr
  
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