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• Volvo EX60 tested: why it's Volvo's best EV yet

  19-08-2026 10:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Important new SUV introduces Brits to Swedish brand’s latest EV technologyVolvo’s EX60 has arrived in the UK, bringing a new electric platform, ultra-rapid charging and an enormous range of up to 503 miles. Headline-grabbing stuff, but this new electric SUV will also need to show considerable polish if it is to worry about the game-changing rivals from Germany. At the beginning of the year, the BMW iX3 made its main foes look like amateurs, but instead of having the premium med
  
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• Jeep Sends A Stock Gladiator Into The Brutal 2026 Rebelle Rally

  19-08-2026 13:30 via motor1.com
  
  Factory-stock Desert Rated hardware turns the Jeep Gladiator Mojave into a real-world test bed across 1,500 miles of Rebelle Rally stages.
  
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• Bentley’s New EV Uses 100% Merino Wool—Not Leather

  19-08-2026 13:00 via motor1.com
  
  Bentley Torcal EV pairs 100-percent Merino wool upholstery with Ombre walnut veneer and recycled paper trim to push sustainable luxury beyond familiar synthetic cabins.
  
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• Watch: Tesla Robotaxi Pushes Through Austin Bollards

  19-08-2026 12:30 via motor1.com
  
  Austin’s Model Y Robotaxi drives through curbside bollards with riders aboard, spotlighting Tesla’s unsupervised rollout and its recent impeccable safety rhetoric.
  
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• Fiat Topolino Is The Tiny EV Golf Courses Suddenly Want

  19-08-2026 12:00 via motor1.com
  
  Early US Fiat Topolino shipments target golf-cart-style buyers, using a 25-mile-per-hour low-speed setup for short local trips on select roads.
  
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• BMW Recalls 27,720 Sedans For Driveshaft Problem, Rollaway Risk

  19-08-2026 11:30 via motor1.com
  
  Owners of affected BMW 5 Series, 7 Series, and 8 Series sedans must check recall status, rely on the parking brake, and schedule free dealer repairs.
  
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• Lamborghini Revuelto SV Price Confirmed From US Order Sheet

  19-08-2026 11:00 via motor1.com
  
  A US order sheet shows the Lamborghini Revuelto SV starts at $741,172 before carbon upgrades, Ad Personam choices, and track-focused options push it higher.
  
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• Nissan Gives The Sentra A Better Gearbox For 2027

  19-08-2026 10:30 via motor1.com
  
  The updated CVT isn't the only change brought by the new model year.
  
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• Only 2,500 Made: Toyota’s 60th-Anniversary Corolla Is A Hybrid

  19-08-2026 09:30 via motor1.com
  
  Limited to 2,500 hybrid SE sedans for the US, the 2027 Toyota Corolla 60th Anniversary Special Edition leans into efficiency, style, and heritage.
  
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• Bold new look for reinvented 2027 Hyundai Tucson

  19-08-2026 09:24 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Chunky new Art of Steel design language brings Hyundai's best-selling car into its fifth generationHyundai has reinvented its best-selling Tucson crossover with a bold new 4x4-inspired look for its fifth generation.
  Revealed overnight in Korea, the new Tucson is described as "bolder and more robust" than today's car, which is one of the most popular mid-sized SUVs on sale, ranking in the UK's top ten best-selling cars for the last four years in a row, and becoming the world's seventh best-sellin
  
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• Lincoln's G-Class Rival Could Launch In 2029 For Around $70,000

  19-08-2026 09:00 via motor1.com
  
  Dealers have been asking for a Bronco-based off-road luxury SUV, and they're apparently getting it.
  
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• Chrysler Uses FML, STFU In New Pacifica Ads, Seriously?

  19-08-2026 08:06 via motor1.com
  
  Chrysler’s 2027 Pacifica leans on reimagined NSFW acronyms to spotlight sliding doors, Stow ’n Go seating, and kid-focused tech as real family perks.
  
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• UK firm's self-driving lorry ditches cab for more capacity, less weight

  19-08-2026 08:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Voltempo's coach-sized 'smart trailer', to be tested and built in UK, boosts capacity by 15%
  Electric vehicle specialist Voltempo is developing a cabless, autonomous rigid lorry that’s 15.6m long, exceeding the current maximum length for a non-articulated lorry, which the company claims will maximise space and payload.
  The prototype aims to extend a rigid truck’s proportions and capacity beyond the current maximums of 12m, 32 tonnes and four axles to 15.6m, 42 tonnes a
  
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• 2027 Hyundai Tucson Revealed With Massive Design Changes

  19-08-2026 07:05 via motor1.com
  
  Forget what you know about the Tucson because this next-generation model is totally different.
  
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• "You haven't seen the peak yet..." Gerry McGovern on life after JLR

  19-08-2026 07:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: McGovern addresses "disinformation" around his exit from Gaydon, and maps out next stepsGerry McGovern is in his element, leaning back in a comfortable chair, clad in a characteristically colourful tailored blue jacket, holding forth on the minutiae of vehicle design and smiling a lot.
  It's as if nothing has changed since his Range Rover days. We're in a large meeting room with a bunch of late-build prototypes visible through the glass wall. Just down the hall is a big design studio.
  
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• Strong sales, high costs: Why BMW needs to rethink Mini's future

  19-08-2026 06:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Oxford factory is key to Mini's image but also brings high costs
  As parent company BMW hits headwinds, Mini's resilience comes into questionAmid all the talk of cost-cutting on BMW's recent earnings call, there was a moment of awkwardness when one analyst asked whether the Mini brand should be given the chop: “It looks to me that Mini is loss-making. Is that a brand BMW really needs long term?”
  Unusually, the head of the brand was actually on the call. Stefan Richmann was fieldi
  
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• McLaren's Manual Supercar Won't Define What Comes Next: 'It Is Not A Preview Of The Future'

  18-08-2026 18:00 via motor1.com
  
  The McL 6GT revives one of Bruce McLaren’s most ambitious ideas, but the company says its radical design won’t shape future models.
  
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• McLaren's Manual Supercar Isn't A Preview Of The Future

  18-08-2026 18:00 via motor1.com
  
  The McL 6GT revives one of Bruce McLaren’s most ambitious ideas, but the company says its radical design won’t shape future models.
  
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• Jeep Just Debuted The New Cherokee. But Another One Is Already On The Way

  18-08-2026 17:00 via motor1.com
  
  The new Jeep Cherokee will enter production in late 2029 and ride on Stellantis’ new STLA One platform.  
  
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• 850,000 Jeep, Ram, Dodge And Chrysler Vehicles Recalled

  18-08-2026 16:00 via motor1.com
  
  Stellantis recall covers popular 2026 and 2027 Jeep, Ram, Dodge, and Chrysler models, with a free over-the-air camera software update rolling out to owners.
  
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• Only 100 Will Exist: Meet The Nürburgring-Born Porsche 911 GT3

  18-08-2026 15:00 via motor1.com
  
  An early tribute, since the anniversary is actually not until 2027
  
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• Keep your V12s - Porsche's Mezger flat six is my all-time favourite engine

  18-08-2026 15:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  You need only hear this legendary race-bred lump at full chat to be convincedFrom the likes of the 4.0-litre six that powers the 992 GT3 RS to the thunderous dirty dozen in the legendary 917, Porsche knows how to build a boxer engine.
  They're all brilliant in their own right, but for me the 'Mezger' flat sixes are the absolute cream of the horizontally-opposed crop - partly because of their outrageous performance but also because of the history behind them.
  Named after Hans Mezger (1929-2020), w
  
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• Did Mate Rimac Just Hint At A V16 Bugatti With A True Three-Pedal Manual?

  18-08-2026 14:30 via motor1.com
  
  Rimac outlines how a potential manual V16 Bugatti could coexist with the dual-clutch Tourbillon while today’s hypercar makers cautiously revisit three-pedal setups.
  
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• Toyota GR GT Supercar For The US Is Already Sold Out On Purpose

  18-08-2026 13:30 via motor1.com
  
  Limited to roughly 200 to 250 cars, Toyota GR GT allocation in the US is pre-assigned to known GR drivers to shut out speculators.
  
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• The Toyota GR GT Will Be Hard To Get In America. And That's Exactly The Point (Update)

  18-08-2026 13:30 via motor1.com
  
  Limited to roughly 200 to 250 cars, Toyota GR GT allocation in the US is pre-assigned to known GR drivers to shut out speculators.
  
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• Bad News: The Toyota GR GT Supercar Is Already Sold Out In The US

  18-08-2026 13:30 via motor1.com
  
  Limited to roughly 200 to 250 cars, Toyota GR GT allocation in the US is pre-assigned to known GR drivers to shut out speculators.
  
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• Government must ease electric car targets to protect UK automotive

  18-08-2026 12:53 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Nissan's Sunderland factory is a key EV hub, but the current trading environment poses a threat
  Consultation on ZEV mandate will hear arguments from both sides, but the need for change is clear – and urgentMuch of the confusion that surrounds the controversy over whether or not the government should ease the terms of the ZEV mandate stems from the fact that the arguments are very convincing, and extremely well rehearsed, on either side.
  Car makers and importers cite several years of severe
  
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• Not Dead Yet: Audi Might Save Its Five-Cylinder Engine After All

  18-08-2026 12:30 via motor1.com
  
  Despite looming Euro 7 regulations, Audi is fighting to keep the inline-five alive.
  
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• McLaren Bets Big On America As Its Top Supercar Market

  18-08-2026 12:15 via motor1.com
  
  New McLaren dealers and experience centers in key US cities aim to deepen brand loyalty, boost supercar sales, and support its wider recovery push.
  
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• Stellantis Could Scrap Brampton Plant—2,200 Jobs At Risk

  18-08-2026 11:30 via motor1.com
  
  Unifor describes verbal warnings about Brampton Assembly while Stellantis publicly stresses bargaining, capacity strategy, and future Jeep Compass production risks.
  
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