The Goodwood Festival of Speed is one of the biggest highlights in the motoring calendar, offering the chance to see legendary cars and drivers in action alongside the industry’s hottest new metal. This year’s Festival of Speed runs from Thursday 11 July to Sunday 14 July, and it’s shaping up to be a memorable weekend. Tickets… Continue reading The hottest new cars at the 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed
Author: Autocar Magazine UK
New RS Q8 Performance becomes Audi’s most powerful ICE car
The Audi RS Q8 has received a new range-topping Performance variant, which becomes the brand’s most powerful ICE car yet, with 631bhp from a snarling twin-turbocharged petrol V8. The 39bhp boost over the standard 592bhp RS Q8 means the new super-SUV narrowly outpunches the 621bhp Audi RS6 Avant Performance estate and is only 10bhp shy of the… Continue reading New RS Q8 Performance becomes Audi’s most powerful ICE car
Kimera K39 unveiled as Lancia 037-inspired Pikes Peak racer
Italian restomod builder Kimera has released the first images of a dramatic new racer called the K39, which it claims to be the first ‘hyper retromod’ in existence. Inspired by the Group 5 Lancia Beta Montecarlo, the K39 is said to embody that car’s ‘silhouette’ construction, with bodywork that is styled to look like a… Continue reading Kimera K39 unveiled as Lancia 037-inspired Pikes Peak racer
Ford RS200 to be reborn as limited-run special for 40th anniversary
These will be made to the same technical specifications as the original cars, and will even have period-correct VIN numbers, thanks to Ford’s backing. “At least five further iconic Ford vehicles” will follow, said Boreham, without hinting at potential candidates for revival. The Capri, GT40, Sierra Cosworth and XR2i would all seem like logical candidates. The… Continue reading Ford RS200 to be reborn as limited-run special for 40th anniversary
Dacia Jogger
The Jogger’s interior doesn’t make it the most spacious, adult-appropriate seven-seater family car you can buy, but so much could generally be observed about so many compact MPVs; and the Dacia is ingeniously versatile, more than passably pleasant, and well enough appointed and prepared for the practicalities of modern life. You get a clear sense… Continue reading Dacia Jogger
What is E10 fuel and can I use it in my car?
The widespread adoption of E10 fuel is now long complete, with almost every forecourt across the UK dispensing it from the green pump. It was in September 2021 that the government announced the enhanced ethanol-mix fuel would become the new standard grade of unleaded petrol across Great Britain, citing its lower CO2 emissions compared with… Continue reading What is E10 fuel and can I use it in my car?
What is E10 fuel and can I use it in my car?
The widespread adoption of E10 fuel is now long complete, with almost every forecourt across the UK dispensing it from the green pump. It was in September 2021 that the government announced the enhanced ethanol-mix fuel would become the new standard grade of unleaded petrol across Great Britain, citing its lower CO2 emissions compared with… Continue reading What is E10 fuel and can I use it in my car?
Byton boss: Lessons from the ashes of the Tesla-ignited start-up boom
The vivid and ongoing demonstration of how brutally unforgiving the car industry can be continued this month with the bankruptcy of Fisker, the latest of the Tesla-inspired new-energy start-ups to collapse following the failure of Lordstown, Byton, Nikola and Arrival UK. In the struggling zone remain Faraday Future, Canoo, Lucid and China’s HiPhi, while questions… Continue reading Byton boss: Lessons from the ashes of the Tesla-ignited start-up boom
All you need to know about London’s ULEZ
London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) has become a key issue in the run up to the general election on 4 July. One of many clean air zones in operation around the UK in a bid to reduce roadside emissions, it requires drivers of some older cars to pay a fee to drive through the city. It was expanded… Continue reading All you need to know about London’s ULEZ
Exclusive: New 2024 Kia Sorento driven – to an active volcano
It takes no time at all to travel from Iceland’s main airport to the initial site of interest for this feature. “New car to drive. A Kia. They’ve got one available in Iceland: land of fire and ice, they say. Go and pick it up and see how close you can drive to a volcano,”… Continue reading Exclusive: New 2024 Kia Sorento driven – to an active volcano