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• Better value than a Golf? How to bag a VW ID 3 from £9000

  08-08-2026 15:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Volkswagen's electric alternative to the Golf has a lot going for it now there are used examples aplentyThe ID 3 arguably had bigger shoes to fill than any car has ever had: it was charged with spearheading the 'third age' of Volkswagen - just as the Beetle had led the first and the Golf the second.
  VW's self-proclaimed third age was about electrification and the ID 3 was launched in 2019 as the flag-bearer for a new family of bespoke EVs with a fresh design language and digital-first interiors.
  
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• Porsche's GT boss: why future 911 GT3s will keep getting better

  08-08-2026 09:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Andreas Preuninger has overseen Porsche's GT arm for 25 years – so what's next for the fabled model line?There's a sell-out crowd at the Porsche Experience Centre at Silverstone, host of the Sunstede Festival celebrating 75 years of Porsche in the UK.
  To the attendees, as the brand's biggest enthusiasts, Andreas Preuninger is a rock star akin to a Glastonbury headliner given the number of hits he has overseen as head of Porsche's GT division.
  After our sit-down he's straight off into the c
  
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• Tiny car, tiny country: Fiat Topolino vs the Vatican City

  08-08-2026 07:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Fiat's microcar push has been approved at the highest level - but is the Topolino the perfect Vatican runaround?Should Pope Leo ever find himself bored, the roads that wind through the Vatican City Gardens would make for a fantastic rally stage. It would be quite a short stage, admittedly, given that the sacerdotal-monarchical city state measures just 0.19 square miles, making it around the same size as London's Regent's Park and comfortably the world's smallest country.
  Still, in that confined
  
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