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• Electric BMW M3 And X3 M Caught In New Spy Video

  14-11-2025 10:02 via motor1.com
  
  The first electric M models were caught alongside the next-generation 3 Series with combustion engines.
  
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• The Porsche 911 GT3 Just Got Better With Custom Pirelli Tires

  09-12-2025 23:00 via motor1.com
  
  The new P Zero R and P Zero Trofeo RS tires were custom-made to meet the dynamic needs of the GT3.
  
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• These Cars Are Destined To Become Future Classics

  09-12-2025 21:00 via motor1.com
  
  Hagerty's 2026 Bull Market List predicts that prices for these vehicles are likely to climb. So, get them while you still can.
  
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• Citroen mulls sub-£15k EV to replace C1 city car

  09-12-2025 20:06 via autocar.co.uk
  C1 first arrived in 2005 but was pulled from sale in 2020
  New 'E-car' rules would pave way for Citroën's return to the A-segment - but it's not a 2CVCitroën could replace the C1 with a new sub-£15k urban EV if EU law makers sign off the new ‘E-car’ category for small cars - with the spirit, but not the look, of the 2CV.
  The E-car category is a proposed framework to ease the financial pressures on small, affordable cars by loosening some of the restrictions they m
  
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• Luxury Sedan Sales Are Dropping Across Europe. And There's a Reason

  09-12-2025 17:52 via motor1.com
  
  Rather than the standard sedan, consumers and fleet buyers are fleeing to crossovers and SUVs instead.
  
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• Watch: Travis Pastrana's Final Gymkhana Is a Full-Throttle Aussie Spectacle

  09-12-2025 15:00 via motor1.com
  
  Behind the wheel of his 670-horsepower Subaru Brataroo, Pastrana pulls off some of the craziest Gymkhana stunts we've ever seen.
  
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• Pete Davidson Is a Minivan Guy. We Talked to Him About Dad Life and His Custom Honda Odyssey

  09-12-2025 15:00 via motor1.com
  
  With help from eBay and famed tuner Tony Angelo, Pete Davidson made the uncool… cool.
  
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• Western carmakers ‘in fight for lives’ against Chinese rivals, says Ford boss

  09-12-2025 14:18 via theguardian.com
  Jim Farley’s comments come as US manufacturer and Renault announce deal to make two smaller electric carsBusiness live – latest updatesThe boss of Ford has said western carmakers are “in a fight for our lives” against Chinese competition as the US manufacturer agreed a new partnership with France’s Renault.The two companies said on Tuesday that they would work together on two smaller electric cars, with the first to go on sale as soon as early 2028. They will also l
  
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• Citroen rethinks small cars with tiny six-seat supermini

  09-12-2025 14:00 via autocar.co.uk
  New 4.1m-long ELO concept is a versatile and bold vision of the firm’s intentCitroën has previewed a potential return to making MPVs with the dramatic new ELO concept – a tiny six-seater described by the brand as a "house on wheels".
  It is an electric car that measures just 4.1m long yet hosts a novel three-by-three interior configuration with a McLaren F1-style central driving position.
  The driver's seat features its own suspension, in the form of foam block
  
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• New BMW Boss Takes the Wheel Just Before a Product Blitz

  09-12-2025 12:38 via motor1.com
  
  Around 40 cars will be launched by the end of 2027.
  
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• Exclusive: Rimac developing solid-state battery for Bugatti

  09-12-2025 11:00 via autocar.co.uk
  New battery tech and lightweight, potent powertrains could transform EVsRimac Technology, the Croatian car maker’s stand-alone engineering division, will “build Rimac out from its position as a start-up” by revolutionising the EV world with solid-state batteries, more power-dense packs, high-performance powertrains and more, its chief operating officer, Nurdin Pitarevic, has told Autocar.
  A company that was spawned from its Rimac namesake in 2022 following the deal with the Vol
  
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• The Lotus For Me Is the Weird Name of Brand's First Plug-In Hybrid

  09-12-2025 10:06 via motor1.com
  
  The Eletre gets a gas engine with double duty, but that's not the most interesting part.
  
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• The First Lotus Plug-In Hybrid Has a Very Strange Name

  09-12-2025 10:06 via motor1.com
  
  The Eletre finally gets a gas engine, but that's not even the most interesting part.
  
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• Scrambling for Cars, Ford Will Sell Models Developed and Built by Renault

  09-12-2025 08:33 via motor1.com
  
  The first two cars will go on sale in early 2028.
  
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• Ford Will Sell Cars Developed and Built by Renault

  09-12-2025 08:33 via motor1.com
  
  The first model will go on sale in early 2028.
  
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• Ford to use Renault platform for two affordable EVs in Europe

  09-12-2025 07:00 via autocar.co.uk
  Blue Oval pledges its Renault-based EVs will look and drive like Fords
  Ford taps Renault 5 platform as basis for a pair of entry-level EVs, including a Fiesta replacement in 2028Ford has announced a landmark strategic partnership with Renault, setting it up to launch at least two new electric cars based on the French firm’s Ampr EV platform - including a Fiesta successor.
  The first of these new “affordable” EVs will arrive in early 2028 and is expected to be a su
  
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• How Chinese brands' influence over Europe could shrink

  09-12-2025 06:00 via autocar.co.uk
  "Brainpower is the new horsepower" in China, but the logic doesn't necessarily apply in EuropeA visit to the Guangzhou motor show recently threw up an important question: does China's accelerated development point to the future of automotive globally or merely its own? 
  China is leading on battery tech but its gung- ho, bitterly fought and highly cash-intensive battle to appeal to local customers in other areas is widening the gulf to Europe's car industry. 
  Many of the new models
  
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• Tesla Is Dead Last In Long-Term Reliability: Study

  08-12-2025 19:30 via motor1.com
  
  According to Consumer Reports, the EV maker has the worst rating for long-term reliability. But it's not all bad.
  
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• Company car tax ‘easement’ creates loophole for luxury PHEVs

  08-12-2025 17:51 via autocar.co.uk
  Plug-in hybrids that emit more than 50g/km could be reclassified as emitting 1g/km under Treasury's new systemThe Treasury’s "easement" protecting plug-in hybrid drivers from incoming company car tax hikes has opened a loophole for the highest-emitting and most luxurious models, Autocar has learned. 
  New Euro 6e-bis emissions rules came into force across the EU on 1 January, including a new way of calculating CO2 emissions for PHEVs. 
  It assumes their electric driv
  
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• Toyota Won't Even Sell the GR GT at Its Dealerships

  08-12-2025 17:30 via motor1.com
  
  The brand's new flagship will command a high price where buyers except an exceptional sales experience.
  
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• Want a New STI? Let Subaru Know

  08-12-2025 16:30 via motor1.com
  
  With enough interest from fans, Subaru says it may consider bringing a new STI model to market.
  
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• A car like the Bugatti Veyron may never happen again

  08-12-2025 14:00 via autocar.co.uk
  Record-breaking hypercar set the standard for all-out performance in the early 2000sTwo decades ago, Autocar drove the Bugatti Veyron for the first time – and it blew us away.
  “The noise – a peculiar cacophony that sounds a bit like two TVRs on full reheat plus an industrial-strength air hose – is accompanied by mind-bending, heart-stopping acceleration, the like of which has never been felt before in a road car,” gushed our tester.
  And yet they didn&rsquo
  
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• Lotus Eletre PHEV set for huge power output and 220-mile EV range

  08-12-2025 11:20 via autocar.co.uk
  PHEV will have a slightly more open grille than the EV, pictured
  Filing with Chinese officials suggests 'Hyper Hybrid' powertrain will be borrowed from the Zeekr 9XTechnical specifications for the new plug-in-hybrid Lotus Eletre have been revealed in a Chinese government filing.
  The electric SUV swaps its 108kWh battery for the smaller 70kWh unit from Geely sibling brand Zeekr’s 9X luxury SUV.
  This yields an electric-only range of up to 220 miles between charges – although this figur
  
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• Smart's First Sedan Is Also Its Biggest Car Ever

  08-12-2025 11:13 via motor1.com
  
  It's nearly as long as two original ForTwos.
  
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• Smart #6 unveiled as plug-in hybrid saloon to rival BMW 3 Series

  08-12-2025 10:57 via autocar.co.uk
  New model is Smart’s first ever saloon and only its second PHEV – and it could be offered in the UKSmart has unveiled the #6, a sleek new plug-in hybrid saloon that becomes its biggest model to date.
  The #6 is Smart’s first ever saloon and only its second model to offer a PHEV drivetrain after the #5 SUV launched in China earlier this year. A fully electric #6 will follow next year.
  The #6 PHEV - badged EHD for Electric Hybrid Drive – joins the existing #1, #3 and #5
  
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• Ciao, belter: why I'm selling my Lancia Delta Integrale after 24 years

  08-12-2025 10:00 via autocar.co.uk
  After 24 years of ownership, Richard Webber is parting ways with his Delta Integrale Evo
  Why we become so emotionally attached to our cars – and how to say goodbyeIn opening my garage for a recent visitor, he reacted with a frenzied wonder that suggested the electric door had risen to reveal a live tiger. What lay within was merely 10 cubic metres of metals, plastics, paints, fabrics and leather.
  But those materials were cast, stamped, welded, moulded, sprayed, crimped and stitched into th
  
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• Exclusive: Hyundai to resurrect petrol-powered i30 N

  08-12-2025 09:44 via autocar.co.uk
  Sporty model to return again with a petrol engine, potentially with a hybrid boostHyundai is preparing to resurrect the petrol-powered i30 N hot hatch, filling the gap left by the recent demise of the Ford Focus ST and Honda Civic Type R, a well-placed source has told Autocar.
  The original i30 N was launched in 2017 as the first model from Hyundai’s N performance brand. A close rival to the Volkswagen Golf GTI, it was based on the third-generation i30 but was a highly bespoke proposition u
  
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• 2026 Mercedes GLB Revealed: Seven Seats, Three Screens, Two Trunks

  08-12-2025 09:29 via motor1.com
  
  ...and plenty of stars.
  
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• New seven-seat Mercedes GLB brings ICE and 392-mile EV

  08-12-2025 00:01 via autocar.co.uk
  Priced from around £41k, new SUV shares its underpinnings with the CLA saloonMercedes has revealed the new, second-generation GLB as the chunky, seven-seat SUV sibling to the CLA.
  Familiar on the surface but all new underneath, the GLB is the second model to use Mercedes' new MMA architecture for compact cars, which accommodates both pure-electric and hybrid powertrains.
  The new GLB is also the largest MMA-based model, with the smaller GLA crossover set to slot in underneath it next year.
  
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• Can E-rallying in an Alpine live up to the Monte Carlo dream?

  07-12-2025 17:00 via autocar.co.uk
  e-Rally cars are production EVs
  E-Rally is gaining traction as a more relevant form of motorsportA British Isles crew kept up the best traditions of entente cordiale on the recent FIA e-Rallye Monte-Carlo as they twirled a pretty, French blue Alpine A290 GTS around some of the world's most famous rally stages.
  Richard Crozier and co-driver Craig Parry joined forces for the first time to dive into the oldest, most prestigious and best-established eco rally, and they emerged with tired smiles, a c
  
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