Jaguar Land Rover will enter the Defender brand into the 2026 Dakar Rally series. The British marque will operate under a works team into the off-road endurance race, using Defender’s “extreme durability and capability in the most demanding motorsport competition on earth”. Further details on its entry in the “Everest of motorsport” will be revealed… Continue reading Defender to enter Dakar Rally in 2026
Author: Autocar Magazine UK
Work has started on next Celica, says Toyota
Toyota’s vice president has confirmed the Japanese brand is readying the next Celica, 18 years after production of the sports car ended. Discussion on reviving the model name has been rife for years and Autocar was told last year that a reborn Celica was being considered as part of a new-era of electric Toyota sports cars… Continue reading Work has started on next Celica, says Toyota
“On a lap like this…it doesn’t matter if the car doesn’t come back”
What hits you is the spooky matter-of-factness. The unadorned delivery of a stunning observation before moving on indifferently. Very demure, very mindful, very German racing driver. “The thing is,” says Jörg Bergmeister sotto voce, sitting at a side table during the recent launch event for the updated Porsche 911 GT3 at Hockenheim, “that on a lap… Continue reading “On a lap like this…it doesn’t matter if the car doesn’t come back”
AC Cobra GT Roadster
It’s 1.98m across the body but only 4.23m long, with a 2.57m wheelbase. For what it’s worth, I think it looks terrific, just short of caricature, almost as if AC had never stopped developing the Cobra – and crucially, given how many makers of replicas there are, it won’t be mistaken for one of those.… Continue reading AC Cobra GT Roadster
Has Alpine’s new hot hatchback struck a chord with enthusiasts?
I’ve just spent some minutes talking to Autocar’s road testers about the Alpine A290, the quick version of the new Renault 5 EV. What’s great is that we weren’t talking about where the charge port was or how far it could go or whether the driver assistance systems were infuriating. Instead it was an old-fashioned chat about… Continue reading Has Alpine’s new hot hatchback struck a chord with enthusiasts?
Has Alpine’s new hot hatchback struck a chord with enthusiasts?
I’ve just spent some minutes talking to Autocar’s road testers about the Alpine A290, the quick version of the new Renault 5 EV. What’s great is that we weren’t talking about where the charge port was or how far it could go or whether the driver assistance systems were infuriating. Instead it was an old-fashioned chat about… Continue reading Has Alpine’s new hot hatchback struck a chord with enthusiasts?
Has Alpine’s new hot hathback struck a chord with enthusiasts?
I’ve just spent some minutes talking to Autocar’s road testers about the Alpine A290, the quick version of the new Renault 5 EV. What’s great is that we weren’t talking about where the charge port was or how far it could go or whether the driver assistance systems were infuriating. Instead it was an old-fashioned chat about… Continue reading Has Alpine’s new hot hathback struck a chord with enthusiasts?
Lion kings: the Peugeot 508 PSE meets the 505 GTi
Committed cornering in this Peugeot feels like it resembles those wild pictures that fill the 1980s Autocar road testing archive and yet it’s all without loss of control or momentum. Crucially, you will be having a ball at speeds markedly below the 60mph single-lane limit, which no modern performance car – even a lot of… Continue reading Lion kings: the Peugeot 508 PSE meets the 505 GTi
Skywell BE11
One benefit of its size in comparison with its competitors is the amount of interior space on offer, and as this is the sort of car you will buy for its size, let’s start there. For rear occupants, the BE11 excels. There is a limousine-like spaciousness back there that is missing in most of its… Continue reading Skywell BE11
Mercedes-Benz CLE 300e Coupe
It will take upgrading C-Class owners only seconds to recognise the ‘squircle’-style air vents and rounded transmission tunnel console of their old saloon here. The CLE’s cabin layout, specification and finish are very much, and rather apparently, C-Class-derived. That’s perhaps marginally more likely to disappoint those giving up an old E-Class Coupe for it than… Continue reading Mercedes-Benz CLE 300e Coupe