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• First look at Alfa Romeo Tonale replacement due in 2028

  14-07-2026 13:08 via autocar.co.uk
  
  First teaser hints at fresh shape for new compact crossover, confirmed for unveiling next yearAlfa Romeo has released the first image of its replacement for the Tonale compact crossover, due in early 2028.
  The image showcases the rear flank of the car, with a new and sharper rear light design and a scalloped wing. This suggest it could have a more rakish, coupé-like roofline than the upright Tonale.
  The new car, which has yet to be named, will be one of two Alfa Romeo models in the C
  
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• You Can Still Buy A Honda Fit In Japan For Super Cheap  

  15-07-2026 19:30 via motor1.com
  
  Honda updated the fourth-generation Fit in Japan with tweaked trims and other minor styling changes.
  
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• Hennessey Tells Us The Craziest Things It's Ever Put In A Car

  15-07-2026 19:00 via motor1.com
  
  Gold, cigars, and even guns—Hennessey will do almost anything you want. Almost.
  
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• Dodge Gives You 5,500 Reasons To Buy A New Charger Sixpack

  15-07-2026 17:00 via motor1.com
  
  Dodge brought back one of its most popular cash allowances programs for the new Charger SixPack.
  
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• Alpine Swears It Isn't Cancelling Its EV Sports Car

  15-07-2026 16:00 via motor1.com
  
  The French sports car maker has an emergency plan to add an engine, but it doesn't plan on taking that route.
  
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• 'We'd Rebody The Whole Car:' Hennessey Says Anything Is Possible With Its New One-Off Division

  15-07-2026 15:00 via motor1.com
  
  Hennessey's Director of Design, Nathan Malinick, breaks down what's possible with the company’s Maverick division.
  
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• Ferrari 849 Testarossa Spider driven: a 1036bhp, top-down triumph

  15-07-2026 14:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Wind in your hair, V8 in your ears, 1036bhp at your feet… Is Ferrari's quickest cabrio also its best?You have to remark on the timing, if not necessarily read into it too much.Just a few short weeks ago, you might remember, Ferrari pulled the covers off a fairly intriguing new model called the Luce. Electric, it is, and atypically a five-seater - which caused something of a stir among the tifosi. Perhaps not to the same extent as did its wilfully controversial styling – conceived b
  
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• Ferrari Is Loving The Luce Haters

  15-07-2026 13:00 via motor1.com
  
  Ferrari’s global marketing director is ‘very pleased’ with the strong reactions to the EV.
  
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• The VW Beetle story

  15-07-2026 12:42 via autocar.co.uk
  
  As production of the latest 'new' Beetle ends, join us as we explore the Beetle’s multifaceted, long-running historyThe third-generation VW Beetle has come to the end of its life.The last one was produced today. At 81 years old, the Volkswagen Beetle has been everywhere and it has done it all.  It started life as a people’s car in Germany, it became America’s darling before heading south to put much of Latin America on wheels and it is now one of the most so
  
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• Volkswagen's New ID. Cross Is Its Cheapest Electric SUV Yet

  15-07-2026 12:01 via motor1.com
  
  It starts at 28,000 euros in Germany and goes 271 miles on a single charge.
  
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• Volkswagen ID Cross revealed as 271-mile Renault 4 rival

  15-07-2026 12:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  ‘Lounge-like’ cabin and real buttons will be key to new crossover’s appealVolkswagen has revealed the ID Cross as an electric counterpart to the T-Cross that will take on the Renault 4 and Ford Puma Gen-E in one of the industry's hardest-fought battlegrounds.
  A sibling to the ID Polo, Cupra Raval and Skoda Epiq, the ID Cross is the fourth EV based on the Volkswagen Group's new MEB+ platform - a stripped-back version of the architecture that underpins the larger ID 3 and ID 4.
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• New BMW i3 Touring estate breaks cover

  15-07-2026 11:50 via autocar.co.uk
  
  New pictures showcase electric saloon's transformation into a more practical wagonThe new BMW i3 – the electric 3 series – will be offered in Touring estate form, and Autocar's spy photographers have caught it testing for the first time.
  Although the prototype's rear end is disguised, it appears to be longer than the i3 saloon, with a sloped roofline. 
  The new images come after a silhouette of the i3 Touring was shown during the saloon's unveiling.
  "Business customers and f
  
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• Nissan Is Finally Killing The Altima

  15-07-2026 11:39 via motor1.com
  
  Nissan is reshuffling its lineup in the United States, axing two models and adding new ones, including the Xterra.
  
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• Geely EX2: China's best-selling car brings 155-mile range for £21k

  15-07-2026 11:21 via autocar.co.uk
  
  New small electric hatchback undercuts European rivals on UK market; will offer 214 miles of range for £25kGeely is hoping to usurp the likes of the Renault 5 and Volkswagen ID Polo with the new EX2, which will be priced from £20,990 in the UK.
  China's best-selling car, the EX2 is a small electric hatchback. It's the third model the Chinese brand has launched here, after the EX5 EV and Starray PHEV.
  Sales will begin next month, with three specifications on offer: Pro (&poun
  
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• The Lexus LFA Returns In 2027, Minus The V10 Engine

  15-07-2026 09:47 via motor1.com
  
  The next Lexus supercar will be all-electric.
  
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• Jeep Compass 4xe: electric off-roader isn't just a Peugeot in cowboy boots

  15-07-2026 09:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Electric version of new Jeep Compass gets the four-wheel-drive treatment for some authentic off-road abilityThis year Jeep celebrates its 85th birthday, which is a pretty big milestone by anyone’s standards.Over the decades the brand’s fortunes have waxed and waned, and no more so than in the UK, where its brash, all-American image has made it something of an outlier. 
  Yet since being subsumed into the sprawling Stellantis empire in 2021, Jeep’s fortunes on this side of th
  
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• Treasures of the Toyota museum (and it's not just Toyotas)

  15-07-2026 07:01 via autocar.co.uk
  
  The official Toyota museum in Nagoya is a must-see for all car fanatics. These are some of the highlights
  Scratch the surface of the Toyota Automobile Museum, and you'll find far more than just a collection of old Toyotas...The museum, a few miles outside of the city of Nagoya and just 100 minutes by Shinkansen (Bullet Train) from Tokyo, celebrates the worldwide history of the automobile and its culture.
  Featuring cars from Europe, the US and Japan, the attractions are displayed in a timeline de
  
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• Forgotten Cars of the 1990s

  15-07-2026 07:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  The decade marking the most significant change in car design yet seen, but some undeservedly slipped our net...The ‘90s saw a sea-change in cars.
  Out went the straight lines and sharp edges of the ‘70s and ‘80s, in came sleeker, aerodynamic and bulbous designs. And the decade also brought in widespread use of fuel injection, which greatly boosted reliability; arguably ‘most cars became pretty good’ on that front for the first time in the decade. And some got the cre
  
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• Watch: Lowdown on Toyota GR GT - 641bhp V8 supercar lands in UK

  15-07-2026 05:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Storming 200mph supercar finally heading to showrooms next year to take on AMG GTToyota has brought its new flagship V8 supercar to the UK, before it goes on sale next year a storming, 641bhp rival to the Mercedes-AMG GT and Aston Martin Vantage.
  The GR GT – named for Toyota's Gazoo Racing performance division – is described as having been conceived as a "road-legal race car". Indeed, the road-going and GT3-spec racing versions have been revealed simultaneously, reflec
  
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• Toyota pump tech could be key to hydrogen-combustion practicality

  15-07-2026 05:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  A new super-conducting pump is helping to revolutionise its hydrogen programToyota moved its hydrogen racing car programme on at the beginning of June with the TGRR GR Corolla H2 Concept and the TR LH2 Racing Prototype.
  The pair made appearances at the Fuji 24 Hours Race in Japan and prior to the Le Mans 24 Hours respectively. Both are ICE-powered but fuelled by liquid hydrogen as part of Toyota’s research into developing the use of hydrogen fuel, which has been ongoing since the FCEV-1 hy
  
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• Generation Axe: Why new wave of CEOs is chopping investments

  15-07-2026 05:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  CEOs like Stellantis’s Filosa (centre) are going back to basicsSome £26 billion of spending has been cut as CEOs look to chop new models, plants and headcounts
  The enormous number of CEO replacements at global car makers over the past year share a common thread: once installed, they have invariably started chopping.
  Between them, this new crew - let's call them Generation Axe - have written off investments worth more than £26 billion as they delete models, electric platfor
  
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• Listen To This New 1,070-hp V12 Come To Life

  15-07-2026 00:00 via motor1.com
  
  The upcoming Nilu27 boasts a 6.5-liter V12 that produces four-figure horsepower and revs to 11,000 rpm.
  
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• The Grand Tour Returns In September With Three New Hosts

  14-07-2026 21:00 via motor1.com
  
  The Top Gear trio has retired, paving the way for the Throttle House Duo. And a train guy.
  
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• A Wild New V10 Off-Road Supercar Is Coming From Rezvani

  14-07-2026 20:00 via motor1.com
  
  Rezvani teases its new Dune supercar, and all you need is a $1,500 deposit.
  
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• 'Prepare for more work', fleet bosses told as eVED is confirmed

  14-07-2026 19:36 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Changes to eVED target reduced administrative burden for operators but concerns remain ahead of 2028 introductionFleet operators are being urged to prepare for the extra workload eVED (electric vehicle excise duty) will inevitably now bring when it is introduced in less than two years’ time.
  The Treasury has confirmed fleet-focused changes to the incoming pay-per-mile tax for electric cars following warnings that the system was complex enough to risk a £260 million annual compliance
  
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• This New Engine Runs On Methanol And Could Give EVs A Boost

  14-07-2026 19:00 via motor1.com
  
  Horse Powertrains's compact D20 Methanol engine uses axial-flux motors to charge an EV battery.
  
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• Saab had 99 problems, but it never made a boring car

  14-07-2026 17:17 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Saab launched relatively few cars in 71 years – but most of them were greatAre you familiar with the American sitcom The Goldbergs? No, me neither. But there is a brilliant snippet from one episode doing the rounds on social media that resonates with me.
  As miserable teen Erica munches through a tray of brownies after being dumped by her boyfriend, her mum attempts to lighten the mood by suggesting that she go on a date with another chap called Bruce, who she says "drives a way cooler car
  
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• Alfa Romeo Teases New Crossover. No, Still Not The Stelvio

  14-07-2026 17:00 via motor1.com
  
  While owners patiently wait for a Stelvio replacement, Alfa teases a new mystery model.
  
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• The Lexus LS Refuses To Die

  14-07-2026 16:00 via motor1.com
  
  The LS may be gone here in America, but some markets can still buy the flagship Lexus sedan.
  
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• 'Unexpected' Isn't Over: Lamborghini Hints At More Sterrato Models

  14-07-2026 15:00 via motor1.com
  
  Lamborghini tells us that more Sterrato models could be on the way.
  
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