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• Honda's Popular Mid-Size Sedan Is Getting 'Pretty Major' Design Changes

  08-06-2026 17:30 via motor1.com
  
  A tougher Passport SUV with 'more testosterone' is also on the way.
  
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• Toyota's Fake Manual For EVs Might Be Too Real

  08-06-2026 23:07 via motor1.com
  
  Toyota has filed a patent that simulates an engine stall in an electric vehicle.  
  
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• Ford Defends Killing Sedans: It 'Absolutely' Was The Right Decision

  08-06-2026 21:00 via motor1.com
  
  It allowed the company to invest in the Maverick and Bronco Sport while expanding the Raptor and Tremor lineups.
  
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• Honda Popular Mid-Size Sedan Is Getting 'Pretty Major' Design Changes

  08-06-2026 17:30 via motor1.com
  
  A tougher Passport SUV with 'more testosterone' is also on the way.
  
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• Nissan Says The V6 Isn't Going Anywhere: 'We’re Too V6 To Quit'

  08-06-2026 16:00 via motor1.com
  
  According to Nissan, the V6 engine gives it a distinct advantage over its competitors.
  
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• 'Off-Roading Is In Our DNA:' Nissan Talks Frontier Sport, Xterra, And What's Next

  08-06-2026 15:00 via motor1.com
  
  Motor1 sits down with Nissan’s Senior Manager of Product Planning, Brent Hagan, to discuss the Frontier Sport and all things off-roading.
  
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• Every winner of the Engine of the Year award

  08-06-2026 14:35 via autocar.co.uk
  
  From a frugal 1.0-litre to a mighty 3.9-litre V8, here’s a list of the overall winners of the International Engine of the Year trophyStart your engines.In 2021, Autocar picked 50 of our favourite road-going engines, including the Ford small-block V8, Lotus twin-cam and Porsche air-cooled flat-six. In truth, we could have selected twice as many, but we had to draw the line somewhere. Here, we’re looking at the best engines of the past two decades, according to the judges of the annual
  
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• New Vauxhall Astra confirmed by 2030 with less "traditional" shape

  08-06-2026 14:20 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Next Astra will be built in Germany on new platform; could become a crossover but will keep estateThe Vauxhall Astra will be reinvented for a new generation by the end of the decade, morphing into a less "traditional" shape as it aims to maintain market share in the face of soaring SUV demand.
  Vauxhall-Opel has confirmed the new Astra is one of "at least" four new models it will launch by 2030, alongside the next-generation Corsa, a new SUV co-developed with China's Leapmotor, and an as-yet unna
  
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• Revealed: New Peugeot e-208 GTi is now ready for showrooms

  08-06-2026 14:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Electric hot hatch – which reprises famous GTi badge – goes from concept to production with very few changesPeugeot has revealed the new e-208 GTi in production form, ahead of its public debut at the Le Mans 24 Hours later this week.
  The electric hot hatch was unwrapped in concept form at La Sarthe last year, but this is the finished product - ready for showrooms in the coming months with a design that Peugeot says "is incredibly close" to the original show car.
  The first new Pe
  
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• Why the Skoda Superb Estate is the best estate car you can buy

  08-06-2026 13:30 via autocar.co.uk
  
  The Skoda Superb has reclaimed its crown as What Car?’s Estate Car of the Year. Here’s why it’s so hard to beat...There’s a particular kind of satisfaction that comes from a car doing exactly what it says on the tin – superbly. The Škoda Superb Estate has been doing precisely that for years, delivering class-leading space, a refined and comfortable ride and tremendous value, and the the judges at our sister title What Car? clearly haven’t tired of
  
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• Listen To Audi's New Supercar Race Around Monaco

  08-06-2026 12:25 via motor1.com
  
  Tired of the modern car's busy design? Audi has a cure.
  
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• Audi Nuvolari Hits Monaco With New Design Built On 'Absolute Simplicity'

  08-06-2026 12:25 via motor1.com
  
  Tired of the modern car's busy design? Audi has a cure.
  
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• Toyota Stuffed Two Engines Into A Seven-Cylinder Camry With 700 HP

  08-06-2026 10:02 via motor1.com
  
  It has the GR Corolla's three-pot up front and a new four-cylinder turbocharged engine in the back.
  
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• If Porsche's GT boss likes virtual gearshifts, you can too

  08-06-2026 09:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  After years of dismissing synthetic gearshifts as "gimmicks," Porsche has been won over by the Hyundai Ioniq 5 NThis week my brain dredged up Dr Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham.
  In it the unnamed narrator insists to Sam-I-am that the titular dish disgusts him, only to eventually try it and, sure enough, love it. For green eggs and ham substitute an electric car with synthetic gearchanges, and for our presumptuous unnamed narrator Porsche.
  The rise of the virtual gearbox: Why EV sports cars are faking
  
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• If Porsche's GT boss likes virtual gearshifts - you can, too

  08-06-2026 09:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  After years of dismissing synthetic gearshifts as "gimmicks," Porsche has been won over by the Hyundai Ioniq 5 NThis week my brain dredged up Dr Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham.
  In it the unnamed narrator insists to Sam-I-am that the titular dish disgusts him, only to eventually try it and, sure enough, love it. For green eggs and ham substitute an electric car with synthetic gearchanges, and for our presumptuous unnamed narrator Porsche.
  The rise of the virtual gearbox: Why EV sports cars are faking
  
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• Subaru Is Putting A Manual Gearbox In Three New Cars

  08-06-2026 08:40 via motor1.com
  
  One of them will be an affordable hatchback.
  
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• The best ever shooting brakes

  08-06-2026 07:44 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Everyone loves a fast wagon - and in this story we're rounding up the very best you've ever been able to buyWhat’s the difference between an estate and a shooting brake?
  A lot has been lost in the mists of time and marketing, but the latter has to have some sass to its styling. Practicality isn’t the overriding concern of most shooting brakes, but added load space is certainly handy. Here’s our run-down of the best conversions and factory-fitted fast-back wagons:Aston Martin DB
  
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• What actually is a car platform, anyway?

  08-06-2026 07:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Volkswagen's MQB is among the most prominent platforms, spawning a variety of models
  The word is commonly used in automotive circles, yet its meaning isn't widely understood – and is highly variableOne thing the car industry is renowned for is jargon – and the problem with jargon is that terms can be interpreted differently depending on who's using them.
  Electric vehicles' traction motors are an example. Are those that avoid the use of permanent magnets separately excited synchronous
  
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• Setting sun: Japan's car makers deprioritise Europe as China races in

  08-06-2026 07:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Nissan is the latest car maker to dial down its European focus
  Nissan, Honda and Mitsubishi are among the Japanese firms to look to other global markets for growthNissan’s announcement that Jaecoo owner Chery is ready to take over one of the two production lines at its underutilised Sunderland plant neatly illustrates a wider trend: that Japanese car companies are facing an existential crisis in Europe as their fingertip hold on a difficult market is now starting to crumble in the face of
  
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• This One-Of-A-Kind Koenigsegg Could Fetch $10 Million

  07-06-2026 18:00 via motor1.com
  
  This Koenigsegg One:1 is looking for a new owner. It’s one of six examples built, with 1,360 hp and just 2,630 miles on the odometer.
  
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• The finest cars of Buick

  07-06-2026 08:24 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Buick: the story of America’s oldest auto firm still runningSmall to large.By a small margin, Buick is the oldest North American company still building cars today, was the first to be incorporated into General Motors, and marked its 120th birthday in 2023.
  To have survived so long, Buick has clearly been doing something right for the last 120 odd years, which is as good a reason as any for us to delve into its history:The founder
  David Dunbar Buick (1854-1929) was born in Arbroath on
  
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• The rise of the virtual gearbox: Why EV sports cars are faking it

  07-06-2026 08:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Simulated sequential 'boxes, pioneered by Hyundai, are the hottest new trend in high-performance EVsThe sign of any great new technology is how quickly it smoothly slips into your life.
  When was the last time you actively thought about making a contactless card payment? The speed at which I defaulted to using the faux gears of the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N's N e-Shift system after making first acquaintance with it - even keeping it murmuring away in the background, mimicking a dual-clutch automatic 'box
  
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• My 1992 V8 Range Rover only costs me £100 in repairs each year

  07-06-2026 08:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  It's rare to find a Mk1 Range Rover used as intended, but this one is"It's a genuine Chelsea tractor," says Mike Hurst, pointing to the Chelsea & Kensington parking permit on the windscreen of his 1992 J-reg Range Rover 3.5 V8 Vogue SE auto, finished in Ardennes Green.
  It's not his permit: it was there when he bought the car 19 years ago, unbelievably from a chap at the roadside.
  Mike recalls: "He said it was knocking from somewhere and he wasn't happy. I drove it round the block. It just ne
  
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• Inside the Leapmotor-Stellantis deal that's changing the car world

  07-06-2026 07:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Stellantis and fast-moving firm Leapmotor joined forces three years ago – what's next?European manufacturers have faced significant disruption and challenges in recent years, but the rapid expansion of Chinese firms into the region presents the biggest existential threat to their survival yet.
  How can legacy car firms, already struggling with the cost of electrification and ever-shifting legislation, combat aggressive rivals who are out to rapidly grow market share through being leaner, fa
  
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• The world’s coolest police cars

  06-06-2026 19:37 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Cop a load of these...Not all drivers appreciate the sight of a police car behind them, but at least these will get your attention for the right reasons…Imagine how much more interesting it would be if the roads were patrolled by Porsche 911s, or Audi R8s, or Honda NSXs?
  Or a hot-hatchback like the Ford Escort RS Cosworth, pictured, which saw service in the UK? Well, the police in one part of the world or other have used all these cars, and a whole lot more, so take a
  
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• How the Daewoo Matiz began life as a Fiat concept

  06-06-2026 17:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Originally pitched as a variant of the Fiat Cinqeucento, this cute city car was an unlikely successIt probably wasn’t the outcome that Paolo Cantarella had banked on.
  Back in 1991, Fiat Auto’s car enthusiast boss launched a design competition especially for Italian coachbuilders. The idea was that they would produce an assortment of concept cars based on the then new Fiat Cinquecento, the neatly squared-off version released that year.
  Cantarella’s aims were multiple. The design
  
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• 21 controversial models from famous car manufacturers

  06-06-2026 08:30 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Unreliable, ugly or both, these cars stood out in the worst possible wayEven the most successful car companies miss the mark.We can think of many instances in which car firms (usually cash- or time-strapped) fumbled as they attempted to replace a popular model. Sometimes they got ahead of themselves by trying to fill a niche that didn’t exist yet – and that, in some cases, was never created. The resulting models asked more questions than they answered and they stood out like a puddle
  
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• How the RAF helped make Britain a sports car mega-power

  06-06-2026 08:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  What else to do with an abandoned airfield but make a world-class GP circuit or test track?Why are the British so good at making sports cars?
  It's a question put to me in an interview recently, to which a previous interviewee had said that, in times gone by (maybe even now), only the British would be barmy enough to stand in a small, cold shed and decide that a world-class small sports or racing car might roll out of the doorway.
  I think there's a bit more to it than that, and that in creating w
  
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• Exclusive: Testing Renault's top secret new cars - with the firm's boss

  06-06-2026 07:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  We join for the most important day in Renault's calendar, as all the bosses check out what's coming nextWhen François Provost, a distinguished Renault Group director of vast experience but low profile, suddenly succeeded Luca de Meo as CEO in July last year, there was no suggestion that he would be bothered about trying to mirror de Meo's well- chronicled star quality or instinct for headlines.
  Whereas de Meo was a kind of troubadour car boss who has specialised in orchestrating car
  
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• Honda Racing Boss: 'Look Forward' To A More Hardcore Civic Type R

  05-06-2026 23:00 via motor1.com
  
  The Honda Civic Type R HRC Concept is debuting this year, according to HRC President Koji Watanabe.
  
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