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• Future Ford models to be more region specific

  31-10-2016 04:01 via autocar.co.uk
  The 'One Ford' policy is said to have "peaked"; new models are to be more tailored to the region they will be sold in
  The ‘One Ford’ policy, under which the same basic models are sold in all regions around the world, “has peaked”, according to the company’s global design chief, Moray Callum.
  Speaking to Autocar, he said the approach isn’t being abandoned, but new models will be “more tailored to each region”. Of the One Ford policy, introduced by p
  
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• The origin story behind one of Peugeot’s prettiest cars

  15-11-2025 16:00 via autocar.co.uk
  The concept that shouldn’t have been - but became a legendIt’s a rare thing for public relations managers to perform extreme tests on their company’s products, but that was the inadvertent fate of a senior PR from Peugeot back in 2010. 
  Out very early to recce a test route before his press guests arrived, he and a colleague took an RCZ into the foothills of the Pyrenees, in north-east Spain, to check that there were no new hazards. Sometimes roadworks can suddenly appear,
  
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• Skoda CEO reveals secret to huge profits

  15-11-2025 09:00 via autocar.co.uk
  Klaus Zellmer on the difficulties of securing the brand's future while honouring its pastThe boss's people are worrying that the library in Loucen Castle looks too stuffy for a company whose design language is as modern as Skoda's. 
  But it's a wonderfully atmospheric old room and the acoustic is lovely. And given I'm recording my talk with Skoda's CEO Klaus Zellmer, into the library's comfortable armchairs we settle.
  It's almost a given that big company CEOs are straight-talkers, but Zellme
  
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• Sting in the tale: Scorpion hunting in an Abarth 600e

  15-11-2025 07:00 via autocar.co.uk
  Acid Green Abarth was perfect for Page’s scorpion hunt - hard hat was his choice apparentlyScorpions have only ever sat on small, petrol sportsters, but now they’re crawling all over an electric crossover
  Just like a bee sting, apparently; hardly anything to worry about. Just painful enough to make you swear under your breath, and you might get a bit of a swollen finger.
  Sounds fine, but I’m still not keen on riling up one of these prehistoric-looking miniature predators.
  
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• This Tiny Four-Cylinder Engine Revs to 10,000 RPM

  14-11-2025 22:37 via motor1.com
  
  It produces 324 horsepower and weighs 187 pounds.
  
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• Chevrolet Keeps the Camaro ZL1 Alive for NASCAR 

  14-11-2025 21:27 via motor1.com
  
  The race car features styling updates based on a new package for the road-going Camaro ZL1 coupe.
  
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• You Need This Atari Pole Position Arcade for Your Game Room

  14-11-2025 19:00 via motor1.com
  
  And if you don't have a game room, this is a great reason to build one.
  
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• Scrapping green subsidies is short-termist sabotage – and as usual the consumer will pay | Camilla Born

  14-11-2025 18:53 via theguardian.com
  Weaning ourselves off gas is the only way to reduce energy bills long term. Cutting support for this is exactly the ‘sticking-plaster politics’ Labour promised to endAfter years of painfully high energy bills, diminishing household budgets and stalled investment, this year’s budget, on 26 November, should be the moment when the government finally starts to confront why the UK’s energy system is so expensive. And yet, if recent briefings suggesting that Labour will dramati
  
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• Mazda's first bespoke EV spotted ahead of 2027 launch

  14-11-2025 18:01 via autocar.co.uk
  Mazda's previous EVs have been based on ICE platforms or other brands' models; now firm is going it aloneMazda has begun testing prototypes of its first bespoke electric car ahead of a planned launch in 2027 – and these first pictures reveal it could be an EV sibling to the CX-5.
  The Japanese firm is one of the largest independent car makers worldwide to not yet use a bespoke EV architecture for a production car.
  Its first EV, the MX-30 crossover, was based on the underpinnings of the
  
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• Tesla Might Actually Add Apple CarPlay to Its Vehicles  

  14-11-2025 17:30 via motor1.com
  
  Tesla, the pioneer of in-car software, may finally crack and allow phone mirroring for the first time—albeit with a twist.
  
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• A Chinese Automaker Tried—And Failed—To Copy Range Rover's Viral Stair Climb

  14-11-2025 16:29 via motor1.com
  
  Chery wanted to create its own viral moment on the steps of China's Heaven's Gate. Unfortunately, it went viral for all the wrong reasons.
  
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• A Chinese Automaker Tried to Copy Range Rover's Viral Stair Climb. It Did Not End Well

  14-11-2025 16:29 via motor1.com
  
  Chery wanted to create its own viral moment on the steps of China's Heaven's Gate. Unfortunately, it went viral for all the wrong reasons.
  
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• Why Skoda makes your perfect electrified company car

  14-11-2025 16:00 via autocar.co.uk
  Whether you’re looking for an electric car or a plug-in hybrid with generous range, Skoda’s electrified models offer wallet-friendly running costs and impressive flexibilityElectrifying. Quite a word. Conjures up all manner of good things. Synonyms include words such as exciting, thrilling, spellbinding, dazzling and captivating.
  But the word means much more to company car drivers, because not only does it signify scintillating performance, but it also means “low company car ta
  
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• duPont Registry Group Launches duPont Registry Live, Creating a New Era for Luxury Car Auctions

  14-11-2025 15:12 via motor1.com
  
  The platform is built to serve the $110-billion luxury automotive market.
  
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• New Freelander brand to reveal first car "in coming months"

  14-11-2025 14:14 via autocar.co.uk
  It will be the first of a new range of models to wear JLR's Freelander badge; they will at first be sold only in ChinaThe first new Freelander model in more than a decade will be revealed "in the coming months", JLR has confirmed.
  Set to be a tech-led, electrified, full-size SUV, it will hit road in the second half of 2026.
  As reported, the car will be the first of a new range of models to wear the Freelander badge as part of an effort by JLR to renew its
  
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• Ranked: The fastest road-legal cars

  14-11-2025 14:13 via autocar.co.uk
  The Ferrari F40 cracked 200mph all the way back in the '80s. Things have come a long way since then...While many mainstream car makers concern themselves with sales volumes, profit margins and building a portfolio of interesting electric cars, some brands put their focus on one thing: speed. 
  When the first cars hit the road in the early 1800s, they could just about reach 10mph – and that was with a strong tailwind. Fast forward to 2025, and several cars have topped a staggering 300mp
  
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• Volkswagen Golf to receive new 136bhp and 170bhp hybrids

  14-11-2025 14:01 via autocar.co.uk
  Series-parallel system, appearing first in the T-Roc, will offer plug-in-free electric driving capabilityThe Volkswagen Golf will gain new hybrid powertrains by the end of 2026, company officials have confirmed to Autocar.
  The new petrol-electric unit will initially make its debut in the second-generation T-Roc and is aimed at providing plug-in-free electric driving capability similar to that offered by the Toyota Prius.
  Volkswagen has already confirmed it will come in two po
  
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• Hot new Volkswagen T-Roc R due 2027 with 328bhp

  14-11-2025 13:00 via autocar.co.uk
  Next T-Roc R will use Golf R engine updated with mild-hybrid assistanceThe second-generation Volkswagen T-Roc R will arrive in 2027 using the same drivetrain as the latest Golf R, updated with the addition of mild hybridisation.
  The electrical element will not boost the engine’s outputs beyond the current 328bhp and 295lb ft but instead ensures its compliance with the forthcoming Euro 7 emissions regulations.
  The upgraded engine is combined with a standard seven-speed dual-clutch
  
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• Volkswagen rethinking plan to move Golf production to Mexico

  14-11-2025 11:11 via autocar.co.uk
  Delay to new EV platform, financial pressure and employee unrest could keep it at WolfsburgVolkswagen may cancel its plan to move Golf production to Mexico, Autocar has learned.
  The news comes as the company reviews key elements of its global production strategy announced last year.
  This is down to delays in the development its Scalable Systems Platform (SSP) for EVs, growing financial pressure and employee unrest.  
  A decision to transfer production of the ICE
  
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• Electric BMW M3 and X3 M Caught Testing 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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• 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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• Cupra's New 321 HP Hot Hatch Is Another Forbidden Fruit

  14-11-2025 08:53 via motor1.com
  
  The most powerful front-wheel-drive Leon ever has removable rear seats.
  
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• Aston Martin DBX S

  14-11-2025 08:53 via autocar.co.uk
  Lavishing more of everything onto their SUV worked before, so guess what Gaydon’s gone and done now…This latest halo version of the DBX - the Aston Martin DBX-S - seeks to redistribute a few bragging rights among the owners of top-ranking super SUVs. And we’d be naive to imagine those were unimportant.Using new enlarged twin-scroll turbochargers taken from the Valhalla hypercar, the Mercedes-AMG-sourced V8 in this car now tiptoes beyond the 715bhp headline power output o
  
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• My 500bhp, £400k Brabus is atrocious – but I'll never sell it

  14-11-2025 07:00 via autocar.co.uk
  The ride is horrendous and the steering doesn’t really do anything,” says Tom
  This £400k behemoth might be thirsty and uncomfortable but owner Tom loves it"I could drive it to the moon and back and run over everything on the way,” says Tom Exton about his Brabus Mercedes G500 4x4², also known as the G500 Squared. I don’t doubt it.
  In addition to the ‘regular’ Squared’s gains over the standard G500 (more than twice the ground clearance, thanks
  
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• How I'll get Vauxhall back on track: new boss tells all

  14-11-2025 06:00 via autocar.co.uk
  Vauxhall is a very different company to when Steve Catlin was last there; he aims to return it to the glory daysVauxhall is a very different place from the one that new managing director Steve Catlin left back in 2015.
  Then, as retail sales director, he worked for parent company General Motors at the sizeable Griffin House in Luton, not far from the Vauxhall manufacturing plant and once home to a staff of over 2000. Ten years later, the plant has been shut and Griffin House sold and demolished.
  
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• Hardcore Bentley Continental Supersports brings 657bhp and RWD

  14-11-2025 02:30 via autocar.co.uk
  Supersports returns as lightest Bentley since 1940; adds swathes of carbonfibre and ditches four-wheel driveThe Bentley Continental Supersports has returned as a 657bhp V8-powered, two-seat, rear-wheel-drive tourer that is said to be the most dynamic car Crewe has produced to date.
  The new limited-run flagship will go on sale in March priced at around £400,000, a significant increase from the current range-topping GT Speed’s £237,000 starting point. Bentley will build 500 examp
  
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• Bentley Continental GT Supersports Revealed: A 657-HP, Rear-Drive Masterpiece

  14-11-2025 02:30 via motor1.com
  
  The new Supersports model sends 657 non-hybrid horsepower straight to the rear wheels. It's the most bonkers Conti yet.
  
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• GM Tells Suppliers: Steer Clear of Chinese Parts

  13-11-2025 22:30 via motor1.com
  
  Geopolitical tensions are forcing automakers like General Motors to rethink their supply chains.
  
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• The best-selling cars in the UK: Ford Puma rockets ahead

  13-11-2025 21:24 via autocar.co.uk
  The small crossover, which was crowned 2024's best-seller, tops the charts after a strong JuneAs 2025 draws to a close, one car continues to dominate Britain’s roads.
  The Ford Puma remains the UK’s best-selling car, comfortably maintaining its lead in the sales charts. Should it hold this position through to year’s end, it will secure its crown for a second consecutive year - a remarkable achievement in such a competitive market.
  After all, the industry remains volatile as manu
  
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• TVR Is Back Again—And It Could Go Electric

  13-11-2025 19:54 via motor1.com
  
  A company called Charge Holdings has taken ownership of the TVR name with plans to revive the Griffith with an ‘electrified’ powertrain.
  
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