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• Volume Up: BMW Is Already Testing The Next M3 With An Inline-Six

  17-07-2026 11:56 via motor1.com
  
  The new gas-fueled M3 is still a couple of years away.
  
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• Listen To Ford's New Race Car Fire Up For The First Time

  17-07-2026 19:02 via motor1.com
  
  Featuring hybrid V8 power, the Ford Racing Hypercar will make its debut for the 2027 WEC race season.
  
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• Geely EX2

  17-07-2026 17:13 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Geely's European domination plans continue with a Renault 5-rivalling electric superminiGeely, the mothership of Volvo, Lotus, Smart and a bunch of others, is serious about becoming a mainstream player in the UK.Despite its first two models, the EX5 and Starray SUVs getting less-than-glowing reviews, it’s making good headway, having already sold over 6000 of them since the start of the year.Now it’s launching a third car, the Geely EX2, a small electric hatchback that’s m
  
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• Toyota Removed The RAV4's Buttons. Now It Might Bring Them Back

  17-07-2026 17:00 via motor1.com
  
  Toyota is evaluating customer feedback on the RAV4’s redesigned cabin.  
  
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• Honda Pulls The Plug On Its Last EV

  17-07-2026 16:02 via motor1.com
  
  The Prologue is gone, leaving Honda without a production EV in the US as the automaker pivots back to hybrids.
  
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• Fiat 500e price cut to £17k after qualifying for Electric Car Grant

  17-07-2026 15:42 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Retro city car becomes UK's third-cheapest EV, while Abarth 500 hot hatch now starts from £24kThe Fiat 500e has become one of the UK’s cheapest cars after being approved for the top band of the Government’s Electric Car Grant (ECG).
  The ECG provides either £1500 or £3750 off the price of a new electric car based on several factors, including the emissions from the production of its battery and the full vehicle, as well as several warranty requirements. 
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• Jensen's Reborn Sports Car Will Be Just For The Track

  17-07-2026 13:00 via motor1.com
  
  The track-only Interceptor GTX will precede and preview future road-legal production models.
  
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• Next petrol BMW M3 breaks cover – and it could offer a manual 'box

  17-07-2026 11:59 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Super-saloon will be offered with both electric and combustion power – and a manual is still on the cardsThe combustion-engined version of the next-generation BMW M3 has surfaced in tests at the Nürburgring – and the super-saloon could continue to offer a manual gearbox.
  Speaking to Autocar at last week’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, BMW M boss Frank van Meel said the division's petrol performance cars will offer manuals for “as long as possible”.
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• Volvo Gears Up For The 'Most Ambitious Product Plan In Its History'

  17-07-2026 10:39 via motor1.com
  
  Two new models are debuting soon, with even more on the way.
  
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• Bugatti Reveals Its Final W16 Hypercar Before The V16 Era Begins

  17-07-2026 08:48 via motor1.com
  
  The last Mistral signals the demise of Bugatti's long-running quad-turbo 8.0-liter engine.
  
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• Peugeot kicks off seven-car blitz with radical E-208 next year

  17-07-2026 08:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Autocar rendering imagines how the Polygon will translate into a production car
  Peugeot will draw from heritage for a pair of era-defining concept cars and its next-gen superminiPeugeot is priming a new platform, design language and interior treatment for seven new models that it will launch by 2030 as part of a push to dramatically increase its sales volumes.
  The French brand aims to increase global sales from 1.1 million last year to 1.5m in four years' time - a huge 36% increase. An onslaught
  
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• The delights of the official Honda museum

  17-07-2026 07:42 via autocar.co.uk
  
  The official Honda museum in Motegi is a must for both automobile and motorcycle fansSituated about two hours north of Tokyo in the rolling hills and forests of Tochigi province is the Honda Collection Hall.Located at the Motegi Twin Ring complex, which can be a bit tricky to get to, the museum is a delight for all automotive fans. Built in 1990, the site includes impressive oval and road course race circuits, a hotel, go-kart track, hiking trails and camping areas as well the museum.
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• Exclusive pics: Aston Martin's mad V12 4x4 makes real-world debut

  17-07-2026 07:35 via autocar.co.uk
  
  New Dreadnought 4x4 melds V8 Vantage looks, V12 power and – hang on, is that an airstrike button...?Aston Martin has revealed a wild new military off-roader as a virtual concept for the new Call of Duty videogame - but Autocar has been up close with the reeal thing. 
  Making its debut at a gaming convention in New York, the Dreadnought is named for a revolutionary British warship from the early 20th century - which tallies with its hulking, functional design and battle-ready conception
  
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• The important cars that helped to save the company

  17-07-2026 06:59 via autocar.co.uk
  
  A surprising number of car firms have been saved by a single model - these are the most famousMany car companies have come perilously close to the edge of financial ruin or reputational death only for a single model to save the day.Some of those cars have attained legendary status, while others have become staples of our motoring landscape.
  The roles these cars played in saving their respective manufacturers from bankruptcy, obscurity, mundanity or all three cannot be understated. Here, we name
  
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• Is brand loyalty dead? 80 car makers do battle as customers break habits

  17-07-2026 06:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Sticking with only one car maker could cost you a fortune – but there are benefits, tooA rule of business is that it is cheaper to keep a customer than find a new one.
  It's also a rule today's car manufacturers and their dealers ignore at their peril, especially now there are so many new car brands tempting previously loyal customers to switch. Not long ago, motorists stuck to one brand for almost their entire lives - motorists like David Franklin, who in 2022, and at the age of 84, b
  
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• Genesis GV90 eyes Range Rover with cinema screen, coach doors

  17-07-2026 05:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Flagship SUV due imminently with Rolls-Royce-style doors, wooden floor and huge cinema screenGenesis's upcoming Range Rover rival will have Rolls-Royce-style coach doors as it makes a statement about the brand's luxury intentions.
  The GV90 is just weeks away from launch and will become the flagship for the Hyundai sibling brand on the premium side of its model range.
  It will arrive at a similar time to the GV60 Magma, the first in a series of high-performance models that will perform a simi
  
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• Driving the £2m Alfa Romeo: 33 Stradale is a V6 masterclass

  17-07-2026 05:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Maserati donates MC20 chassis and V6 for a limited-run Alfa that drives as sweetly as it looksAs I write I have just stepped out of a room in which I have been fantasy-specifying an Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale. It's something all of this model's 33 customers have done: the level of personalisation available is at the 'if you want it and it's feasible, they'll do it' level. But they won't tell me how much one costs at the end of it.
  The 33's 'few-off' production run was sold out not before the car was
  
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• A Mercedes Executive Reportedly Said The Electric GT 'Shouldn’t Exist'

  16-07-2026 23:00 via motor1.com
  
  Even the people at the top of Mercedes don’t want EVs right now. Big yikes.
  
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• This Clever New EV Drive System Achieves Incredible Efficiency  

  16-07-2026 21:00 via motor1.com
  
  The 16-in-1 Intelligent Electric Drive measures less than 13 inches tall and weighs 166 pounds.
  
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• Aston Martin Built A Badass V12 SUV For The New Call Of Duty Game

  16-07-2026 20:02 via motor1.com
  
  Meet the Dreadnought.
  
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• Nissan Debuts A Luxurious New Minivan You Can't Have

  16-07-2026 19:00 via motor1.com
  
  Maybe this new people carrier will make the quest across the Pacific Ocean and come to America. We can dream.
  
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• Shelby's New F-150 Super Snake Spits Venom At The Ram Rumble Bee

  16-07-2026 18:30 via motor1.com
  
  Ram's 777 horsepower truck is no match for Shelby's 810 horsepower one.
  
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• Listen: Ford fires up new V8 for 2027 Le Mans hypercar

  16-07-2026 18:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Ford tested the engine at chassis-builder Oreca's facility in France
  Ford channels spirit of GT40 as it returns to take on Ferrari in top class at La Sarthe with a V8 hypercarFord is edging closer to readying the new hypercar with which it will bid for its first outright Le Mans 24 Hours victory in 58 years.
  Ford announced last year that it would enter the FIA World Endurance Championship with an LMDh hypercar in 2027, and confirmed earlier this year that it will use the 'Coyote' engine fro
  
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• Hyundai's Spiciest EV Just Got A Massive Price Cut

  16-07-2026 17:00 via motor1.com
  
  The 2026 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N is $6,300 cheaper than before.
  
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• Aston Martin builds mad 4x4 with V12 power

  16-07-2026 16:15 via autocar.co.uk
  
  New Dreadnought 4x4 melds V8 Vantage looks, V12 power and – hang on, is that an airstrike button...?The Dreadnought has been revealed as Aston Martin’s take on a high-performance, military-style off-roader.
  Designed for the new Call of Duty videogame but revealed as a full-sized physical model last week in New York, the Dreadnought is named for a revolutionary British warship from the early 20th century - which tallies with its hulking, functional design and battle-ready conception.
  
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• Infiniti Is Delaying Its 600-Horsepower Escalade-V Rival

  16-07-2026 16:00 via motor1.com
  
  The sportier QX80 isn't ready yet. Infiniti wants its high-power SUV to be 'worth the wait.'
  
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• Electric Bentley Torcal to replace V8 soundtrack with drums

  16-07-2026 15:35 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Autocar rendering showcases how Torcal will draw on the EXP 15 concept
  Call it Charlie Watts: the first electric Bentley plays the drums rather than faking engine noteBentley’s first electric car will replace the roar of a large-capacity combustion engine with an orchestral soundtrack that uses musical instruments to mimic the character of a V8.
  Rather than synthesise an engine noise like the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N or amplify the actual sound of its EV motors like the Ferrari Luce, the new
  
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• Aston Martin's Single-Seat Supercar Sounds Glorious On The Track

  16-07-2026 13:00 via motor1.com
  
  Aston's one-off supercar likely has the hybrid V12 from the Valkyrie making 1,200 horsepower.
  
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• Electric BMW M3 Will Have More Power Than The Gas Car, Without Going Overboard

  16-07-2026 11:21 via motor1.com
  
  It's technically possible to extract 1,000 horsepower, but BMW M's boss deems it excessive.
  
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• New Jensen Interceptor GTX to be wild track-only special

  16-07-2026 10:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  First all-new model from JIA will preview a more comprehensive range of new Interceptors to comeThe famed Jensen Interceptor will return as a track-only supercar, the company behind its revival has announced.
  Oxfordshire-based Jensen International Automotive, which has previously created a series of restomods of the original Interceptor and FF, said the GTX is an all-new creation.
  It will effectively serve as an extreme statement of intent for a range of other derivatives of the new In
  
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