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• Lepas L8 driven: is this £35k PHEV more than a posh Jaecoo?

  29-07-2026 14:03 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Yet another Chery brand arrives in the UK, this one with sub-£35k plug-in hybrid family SUVChinese car giant Chery should give itself a pat on the back. Eighteen months ago most UK car buyers had never heard of it, but since the launch of its Jaecoo and Omoda brands, it has rocketed up the sales charts, most notably with the Jaecoo 7.It's now confident enough to have a go at a slightly higher-priced premium brand. It's called Lepas – a portmanteau of 'leopard' and 'passion' &nd
  
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• Another State Is Raising Speed Limits To 75 Miles Per Hour

  24-08-2026 20:46 via motor1.com
  
  Missouri joins the growing list of states raising highway speed limits, but drivers will have to wait for MoDOT to decide which roads qualify.
  
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• Lamborghini Isn't Worried About China... Yet

  24-08-2026 18:00 via motor1.com
  
  Lamborghini CEO said in an interview that the automaker doesn’t see China’s latest supercars ‘as a threat.’ 
  
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• Volvo Wants Its PHEVs To Drive Like EVs

  24-08-2026 16:41 via motor1.com
  
  Volvo is doubling down on plug-in hybrid production with new models touting up to 100 miles of EV range.
  
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• First look at Suzuki e-Sky: sub-£20k EV due in UK next year

  24-08-2026 15:35 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Boxy kei car will rival the Renault Twingo and Honda Super-N as the brand's entry-level EVSuzuki has taken the wraps off its e-Sky, a new electric city car that is coming to the UK next year as a rival for the Renault Twingo and Honda Super-N.
  It is Suzuki’s first electric kei car, meaning it has been developed according to the Japanese class’s strict limits on size. This has resulted in a boxy upright shape, which is designed to maximise occupant space in a minimal fo
  
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• Mitsubishi Pajero Is Back September 2, Returns With Ladder Frame

  24-08-2026 14:54 via motor1.com
  
  Body-on-frame construction, S-AWC hardware and likely hybrid power aim to push the new Mitsubishi Pajero back into serious off-road territory.
  
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• The Suzuki e Sky Is A Tiny Electric Car That Does More With Less

  24-08-2026 13:48 via motor1.com
  
  Suzuki's diminutive EV has a small battery to keep the car as lightweight as possible.
  
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• You Don’t Need Speed To Feel A Thrill, Science Explains Why

  24-08-2026 13:44 via motor1.com
  
  Castrol research with Brainbox tracks brain waves, heart rate, skin response and eye movement to pinpoint when driving feels thrilling instead of scary.
  
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• Tesla’s Steering-Wheel-Free Cybercab Hits Austin September 3

  24-08-2026 12:56 via motor1.com
  
  Tesla’s two-seat Cybercab without a steering wheel joins existing Model Y Robotaxis in Austin while regulations and wider public access still lag behind.
  
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• Cadillac's UK Relaunch On Ice After Just 20 Sales

  24-08-2026 12:06 via motor1.com
  
  Shifting EV demand, thin right-hand-drive sales, and new gas-powered Cadillac sedans all collide to muddy the brand’s next UK move.
  
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• BMW Is Killing Buttons Because Young People Would Rather Talk To Their Cars

  24-08-2026 11:58 via motor1.com
  
  In BMW’s vision, voice and touch commands are the future, while physical controls are becoming a thing of the past.
  
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• Volvo pledges long-range PHEVs that can be “used as intended”

  24-08-2026 11:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Volvo set to expand line-up of PHEVs as EV adoption slows, warning that the ZEV mandate needs a “reality check”Volvo will double down on long-range plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) in the UK over the coming years, in response to slower than expected demand for pure-electric models. 
  Speaking to Autocar, Volvo UK boss Nicole Melillo Shaw said PHEVs will continue to serve as a “stepping stone” for buyers who aren’t yet ready to take the leap into an electric car.&nbs
  
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• 3.2 Million US Cars Told To Park Outside Over Fire Risk

  24-08-2026 10:57 via motor1.com
  
  Escalating park-outside recalls now cover millions of mixed gas, hybrid, and EV models as always-on electronics raise the risk of fires while parked.
  
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• 3.2 Million US Car Owners Told To Park Outside Over Fire Risk

  24-08-2026 10:57 via motor1.com
  
  Escalating park-outside recalls now cover millions of mixed gas, hybrid, and EV models as always-on electronics raise the risk of fires while parked.
  
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• Volkswagen Previews Next Amarok, SUV Version Possible

  24-08-2026 10:30 via motor1.com
  
  Still camouflaged, the new generation goes hybrid when it launches in 2027.
  
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• Ford To Build Next European SUV On Chinese Platform In Spain

  24-08-2026 10:06 via motor1.com
  
  A new Ford-Geely joint venture in Valencia will build a GEA-based crossover from 2028, reshaping Ford’s electrified SUV strategy for European drivers.
  
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• Ford To Build Next European SUV On Chinese Platform

  24-08-2026 10:06 via motor1.com
  
  A new Ford-Geely joint venture in Valencia will build a GEA-based crossover from 2028, reshaping Ford’s electrified SUV strategy for European drivers.
  
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• The Volkswagen Tukan Is A New Small Truck The US Can't Have

  24-08-2026 09:47 via motor1.com
  
  The VW Tukan is the successor to the Saveiro and debuts in single- and double-cab versions.
  
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• Mercedes Boss Felt Like A 'Born-Again Christian' After Driving Electric AMG

  24-08-2026 09:14 via motor1.com
  
  Källenius calls it the "best V8 I’d ever driven."
  
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• Porsche Denies It's Killing The Taycan, 2030 End Date Still Unclear

  24-08-2026 09:07 via motor1.com
  
  Porsche says the Taycan nameplate stays for now as it streamlines variants and weighs future overlap with the Panamera lineup.
  
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• US–Canada Trade Deal Collapses As Trucks Trigger 50% Tariffs Shock

  24-08-2026 08:10 via motor1.com
  
  Automakers on both sides of the border now face 50% tariffs on roughly $20 billion in Canadian exports after light and heavy vehicle rules split negotiators.
  
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• 'The Situation Is More Than Critical:' VW Boss Warns Staff

  24-08-2026 07:55 via motor1.com
  
  Volkswagen is undergoing massive restructuring to slash costs.
  
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• Reborn Toyota MR2: Full story on mid-engined sports car for 2028

  24-08-2026 07:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Autocar rendering shows how the new MR2, influenced by the FT-SE, could look on the road
  Mid-engined model primed with 2.0-litre engine that could offer as much as 600bhpToyota is poised to relaunch the MR2 and Celica as part of its transformation of the GR sporting arm into a full stand-alone performance brand.
  The GR division is effectively Toyota's equivalent of BMW M or Mercedes-AMG and has its roots in the Gazoo Racing motorsport outfit that created Toyota's most recent crop of sports cars:
  
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• 'Catalyst', '16V', '800V'? Bring obscure boot badges back for the EV age

  24-08-2026 07:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Cars once shouted about their tech spec – in such a fast-moving era, we should return to gratuitous badgingI spotted a badge on the back of a new car the other day that took me right back to the good old days, when car manufacturers assumed that owners cared enough about the technology in their products that they would actually advertise it a bit. Two badges, actually, both wonderfully incomprehensible.
  The Denza Bao 5, newly arrived in Britain, is a tough-looking, Chinese-made,
  
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• People have been complaining about noisy cars for 115 years

  23-08-2026 17:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  "Unsuitable devices for unnecessarily intensifying the volume" of cars have been around for a century"The Commissioner of Police thinks it advisable to call upon all owners and drivers of motor vehicles to do what is in their power to reduce the annoyance caused, especially at night, by the use of unsuitable devices for unnecessarily intensifying either the timbre or volume of the sound emitted."
  Anyone who has ever been woken at 3am by the droning and banging of a modified Audi RS3 or somesuch
  
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• Home improvement: The mechanics turning your drive into a garage

  23-08-2026 10:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  The RAC is one of many firms offering services at home or a place of work, and the idea is catching onIn most jobs, gratification is rooted in hard metrics: leads, customer conversions, sales and such. But for the RAC's army of mobile mechanics it comes from something altogether more tangible.
  Sean Kimberlin, the RAC's mobile mechanic of the year and guest speaker at the Autocar Drivers of Change awards, says the true marker of a job well done is, in fact, whether the customer offers tea and bis
  
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• Why you need a used Honda Civic Type R – even if it costs £40k

  23-08-2026 07:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  It's still £40k, and for maybe the zenith of hot hatches worth every pennyIn 2022, jaws dropped when Honda announced the starting price of the 'FL5' Civic Type R as £46,995 - £15,000 more than the 'FK8' had cost six years earlier.
  It was an example of supply economics: numbers were limited in Europe due to CO2 emissions regulations (the Type R emits 186g/km), so even at that inflated price demand outstripped supply.
  Even now, used cars start from around £35,000, or simila
  
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• The Genesis G70 Is Losing Its Best Engine

  22-08-2026 18:00 via motor1.com
  
  A government website indicates that the V6-powered sport sedan is dead for 2027.
  
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• I kerbed a wheel – but are car designers really to blame?

  22-08-2026 10:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  I feel bad, but I wasn't being careless - are car design trends putting wheels needlessly at risk?I have kerbed a wheel. Quite notably. This is something that deeply irritates and embarrasses me from a point of professional pride: not to blow my own trumpet, but I’m pretty good at parking cars. You probably are too, or you certainly would be if you had to shuffle them around a tight office car park as much as your Autocar correspondents do. 
  I wasn’t good on that morning, though
  
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• MOT price hike: why it's worth paying more to your mechanic

  22-08-2026 07:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  The Independent Garage Association has called for MOT prices to rise to £95 – and it makes perfect senseI know what you’re thinking: motoring hacks get paid too much. What other credible reason could there be for one of their number (me) supporting a rise from £54.85 to £95 – or 72.7% – in the price of a standard annual MOT car test. 
  This dramatic move is about to be proposed in all seriousness by the Independent Garage Association when it holds ta
  
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