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• Opinion: Why Stellantis could be the (re)making of Lancia

  23-02-2021 13:01 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Wide choice of platforms, especially that of new electric Fiat 500, could breathe life into classic marque
  All things considered, Lancia had a good year in 2020.
  The things to consider are that there was a pandemic (obviously), that the marque is now sold only in its native Italy and that its sole model, the Ypsilon city car, is a decade old this year. Despite which, no less than 43,081 Ypsilons found buyers – slightly fewer than the 43,165 people who bought a DS Automobiles product. And t
  
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• Check out this accurately rendered Karma GX-1 electric SUV

  28-02-2021 21:00 via uk.motor1.com
  
  If it stays true to the recent patent drawings and this rendering, then it’s going to be quite a looker.
  
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• Nissan 350Z hits German Autobahn for impressive top speed run

  28-02-2021 19:45 via uk.motor1.com
  
  The 17-year-old coupe still surprises.
  
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• Alonso will be absent from Alpine F1 launch

  28-02-2021 18:30 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Fernando Alonso will take no part in Alpine's 2021 F1 car launch next week.
  
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• VW ID Buzz design possibly previewed in commercial vehicle rendering

  28-02-2021 17:15 via uk.motor1.com
  
  It sports a spot for the self-driving sensors on the roof.
  
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• Binotto to miss F1 races to focus on Ferrari’s 2022 project

  28-02-2021 16:00 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Ferrari F1 chief Binotto is planning to skip some races once again this season.
  
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• Hyundai's Ott Tanak wins WRC Arctic rally

  28-02-2021 15:15 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Estonian driver wins five of the 10 stages to claim overall victory; Toyota secondOtt Tanak’s Hyundai career may not have always yielded the results he was hoping for when he joined as reigning champion last year, but the Arctic Rally Finland – which joined the championship at short notice after Sweden was pulled due to Covid restrictions – was as close to perfect as it got.
  “Finland is the home territory of Toyota, so to win here, on a brand new rally, feels very special
  
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• 2022 Toyota Land Cruiser's body spied naked in leaked images

  28-02-2021 14:45 via uk.motor1.com
  
  The alleged carryover chassis has been spotted as well.
  
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• F1: Saudi GP to be on calendar for at least a decade

  28-02-2021 13:30 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Formula 1 expects to have a Grand Prix in Saudi Arabia for at least 10 years, according to the executive in charge of the calendar.
  
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• Stunning Alfa Romeo saloon unofficial rendering imagines BMW 5er rival

  28-02-2021 12:15 via uk.motor1.com
  
  A report states that an E-segment saloon is coming from the Italian marque.
  
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• Rallying great Hannu Mikkola dies aged 78

  28-02-2021 11:00 via uk.motor1.com
  
  One of the legends of rallying, Hannu Mikkola, best known for winning for Ford and Audi, passed away on Friday. He was 78.
  
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• Good neighbours: an EV charging solution for owners with no driveway

  28-02-2021 07:01 via autocar.co.uk
  
  "It's all about the Charlottes"
  We meet a man who runs a home-charger sharing service that could revolutionise electric vehicle charging"It’s all about the Charlottes,” says Joel Teague, CEO of Co Charger, a new company that claims to have the answer to that rather large elephant in the EV room: how to charge your car at home when you don’t have a charger, never mind a driveway.
  According to Co Charger, at least 40% of UK residents live in properties where installing a private
  
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• Forgotten Genius: Remembering the Renault 5 GT Turbo

  28-02-2021 07:01 via autocar.co.uk
  
  You could snatch up a 5 Turbo for just £10,350 (in 1990)
  The Peugeot 205 GTi and first Volkswagen Golf GTI have been written into car folklore, so why hasn’t their Renault contemporary?Now that we’ve seen the new Renault 5 concept, one question bubbles to the surface faster than all: what took them so long? It looks so ineffably right, so informed by its past yet fixed on the future, that you wonder why they didn’t have the idea years ago.
  The answer, I suspect, is Luca d
  
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• Old-school Stellantis car factories gear up for the shock of electric

  28-02-2021 01:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant is one of many whose future lies in the hands of the merged auto giantCarlos Tavares is an unashamed petrolhead, with a rally-racing hobby that harks back to an earlier automotive age. Yet carmakers like Stellantis, which he leads, and its rivals have had to set aside affection for roaring internal combustion engines as environmental rules set the limits for the industry.Stellantis was formed in January in a €50bn (£43bn) merger between France&rsq
  
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• New Mercedes-Benz C-Class plug-in hybrid has a 62-mile electric range

  27-02-2021 22:15 via uk.motor1.com
  
  That's on the WLTP cycle.
  
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• Renault Espace F1 revival rendering says no to boring MPVs

  27-02-2021 21:00 via uk.motor1.com
  
  The V10 family hauler is back... in Photoshop.
  
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• 'All the bones are there': could a new electric vehicle be built in Australia?

  27-02-2021 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  With the right incentives, many believe Australia can still ride the electric revolution, reviving its car industry and slashing emissions at the same timeWalking around the old Holden factory site in Elizabeth, Paschal Somers points out each piece of machinery to explain what it does and how it could be brought back to life.Though the massive factory complex in suburban Adelaide closed down three years ago, General Motors abandoned most of the machines to the site’s new owners when they s
  
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• Hyundai Ioniq 5 unofficial renderings detail N Line model, saloon

  27-02-2021 19:45 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Hyundai’s sharply styled crossover gets two unique redesigns.
  
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• Cheap-looking Lamborghini Reventon replica is not cheap to buy

  27-02-2021 18:30 via uk.motor1.com
  
  A for effort. F for realization.
  
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• Four-cylinder Mercedes-AMG C63 details emerge: 2,000 kg, AWD, 550 bhp

  27-02-2021 17:15 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Those are early details.
  
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• 2022 Maserati GranTurismo spied for first time hiding under Alfa Body

  27-02-2021 16:00 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Maserati will reveal the new coupe sometime this year.
  
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• France to conduct new lane splitting study starting in June 2021

  27-02-2021 14:45 via uk.motor1.com
  
  This time, officials plan better communication with riders and drivers.
  
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• Huawei getting into the auto business, first EVs coming 2021: report

  27-02-2021 13:30 via uk.motor1.com
  
  What are you waiting for, Xiaomi?
  
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• Volvo & Polestar initiate first ever over-the-air software update

  27-02-2021 12:15 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Volvo XC40 Recharge and Polestar 2 will get more range and a DC charging speed increase.
  
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• Rally legend Hannu Mikkola dies

  27-02-2021 12:04 via autocar.co.uk
  
  1983 WRC champion and winner of 18 rallies has passed away aged 78Hannu Mikkola, who passed away on Friday night aged 78 from cancer, was one of the original ‘flying Finns’: epitomising the fearless brigade of men from the frozen north who made cars dance and rally fans dream.
  He’s probably best-known for winning the 1983 World Rally Championship with the legendary Audi Quattro, but his exploits with the rear-wheel drive Ford Escort were just as spectacular. He narrowly missed
  
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• F1 expects spectators at 'majority' of races in 2021

  27-02-2021 11:00 via uk.motor1.com
  
  F1 remains hopeful that spectators will be allowed at 'the majority' of races in 2021.
  
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• Stellantis stand-outs: the best cars from all 14 brands

  27-02-2021 07:01 via autocar.co.uk
  
  FCA and PSA each ignited quite a few bright stars throughout their respective histories. We point to the brightestLiaisons, some dangerous, some inspired and many unexpected, have long created drama in the automotive industry.
  Half a century ago, no pundit could have imagined modest, middle-class Peugeot being a lead player in an industrial combine including the mighty (it was then) Fiat, America’s third-biggest car maker (it was then) Chrysler and Opel and Vauxhall, twinned then cast off
  
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• How to configure the ultimate Porsche 911: all variants face off

  27-02-2021 07:01 via autocar.co.uk
  
  "No matter how you specify your 911, you’re getting a car of supreme ability, balance and finesse"
  The 992-generation Porsche's options list offers a wide range of choices that can make, if not break, a great 911. We go in search of the sweet spotWere you to flick through the sales brochure for the Porsche 901 – as the 911 was known in the early 1960s, before Peugeot asserted its naming rights – you’d marvel at the simplicity.
  Porsche provides quaint details such as the h
  
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• French Revolution: How Stellantis and Renault aim to transform the car industry

  27-02-2021 07:01 via autocar.co.uk
  
  A110 sports car will be last non-electric Alpine
  The PSA Group has merged with FCA while Renault is reinventing itself. Here's what to expect from both groupsThe ‘under new management’ signs – or ‘changement de direction’, if you prefer – have been up across the French car industry lately.
  Following the spectacular downfall of Carlos Ghosn, former Seat boss Luca de Meo took the helm at the Renault Group. Meanwhile, Carlos Tavares has taken control of Stellanti
  
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• Watch how the BMW 128ti performs under hard acceleration

  26-02-2021 21:40 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Is it fast enough to lure you away from that GTI?
  
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