“This is our company. We’re throwing down the gauntlet and saying ‘come and get it’. We’re comfortable putting everybody else on notice. I’ll take track time in a Mustang GTD against any other auto boss in their best road car.” Designed and engineered in partnership with motorsport outfit Multimatic, which built the Ford GT supercar,… Continue reading Wild 800bhp Ford Mustang GTD headed to UK at £315,000
Author: Autocar Magazine UK
Reinvented Volkswagen Golf GTI goes on sale from £38,900
Volkswagen is gearing up to launch the new Golf, revealing prices and specification details for the hot GTI and GTE and more frugal eHybrid variants. The stalwart family car has been given a comprehensive overhaul in its 50th year on sale, and the hatchback is now priced from £27,035, while the estate is slightly pricier, at £28,400. The… Continue reading Reinvented Volkswagen Golf GTI goes on sale from £38,900
Volvo V60 and V90 return to UK in shock estate comeback
Volvo is bringing its estate cars back to the UK, having taken them off sale last year to focus on SUVs. Autocar has found details of new UK-bound variants of the Volvo V60 and Volvo V90, which are due back on sale imminently, due to a resurgence in demand for estate cars. Their saloon equivalents,… Continue reading Volvo V60 and V90 return to UK in shock estate comeback
BMW: ICE cars on sale alongside EVs for “foreseeable future”
While there will be an electric BMW 3 Series based on the Neue Klasse platform in 2025, combustion-engined and hybrid versions with the same look will remain – but they will be built on an updated version of the current mixed-energy rear-wheel-drive platform. Product boss Bernd Körber said BMW will retain its natively front-wheel-drive and… Continue reading BMW: ICE cars on sale alongside EVs for “foreseeable future”
New Audi E-Tron GT RS is firm’s most powerful car with 912bhp
Audi has given its E-tron GT sports saloon a new look and a round of substantial technical updates to bring it into line with its recently upgraded Porsche Taycan sibling. Many of the changes mirror those on the Porsche, with which the E-tron GT shares its J1 platform, and include significant upgrades to the battery… Continue reading New Audi E-Tron GT RS is firm’s most powerful car with 912bhp
Is it really worth trying to do major mechanical work yourself?
I’m sure I or a nearby shop have something to convert one to the other. I don’t. The shops don’t. So I go online. A few days pass. Then everything connects. Within three seconds the nut is undone. Per hour of operation, the air gun is currently costing £180,000. The clutch pack itself comes apart… Continue reading Is it really worth trying to do major mechanical work yourself?
Jeep Renegade to be reinvented as £20k EV crossover by 2027
Jeep will launch an all-new electric version of its Renegade small SUV globally by 2027, with a starting price of less than £20,000. Jeep will use a lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) battery to bring the cost of the small SUV down, Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares told journalists on a call. “It has to use LFP technology” to get… Continue reading Jeep Renegade to be reinvented as £20k EV crossover by 2027
UK election: What is each party’s plan for the future of motoring?
Reinstating EV incentives, bringing back the 2030 ICE ban, mending potholes and scrapping ULEZ zones are just some of the headline automotive policies put forward by the UK’s political parties ahead of the general election on 4 July. The Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats and other parties have each positioned the automotive industry and the future of motoring as… Continue reading UK election: What is each party’s plan for the future of motoring?
Jaguar F-Type production ends after 87,731 examples built
The final Jaguar F-Type has rolled off the firm’s Castle Bromwich production line, ahead of the brand’s transition into a maker of low-volume electric luxury cars. The last F-Type was assembled exactly 50 years after the final E-Type, with its specification referencing its ancestor – a Giola Green convertible with a tan leather interior and a… Continue reading Jaguar F-Type production ends after 87,731 examples built
Radical new Fiat Panda revealed with EV and petrol power
Previously released sketches suggest the brand has completely rethought its approach to cabin design, with upcoming cars due to adopt a minimalist, futuristic new look that heavily references the old Lingotto factory. Ovals will be a prevailing theme, in a nod to the 1920s building’s famous rooftop test track, and efforts to reduce the weight and… Continue reading Radical new Fiat Panda revealed with EV and petrol power