The BMW Group is expecting a drop in deliveries this year and has lowered its profit forecast as it grapples with a braking system fault that affects more than 1.5 million cars worldwide. As recently reported by Autocar, various BMW and Mini models are fitted with a potentially faulty integrated braking system (IBS), a component designed… Continue reading BMW lowers 2024 profit forecast as 1.5 million cars await brake fix
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New Bentley Flying Spur swaps W12 for 771bhp hybrid V8
The new Bentley Flying Spur has been unveiled, ditching the brand’s legendary W12 engine for the same electrifed set-up as in the Continental GT. Its plug-in hybrid powertrain pairs a 592bhp 4.0-litre twin-turbocharged V8 with a gearbox-mounted electric motor for a combined 738lb ft and 771bhp – 145bhp more than the discontinued W12. That makes it Bentley’s most… Continue reading New Bentley Flying Spur swaps W12 for 771bhp hybrid V8
Exclusive: Adrian Newey joins Aston Martin F1 – and Autocar podcast
[embedded content] Aston Martin has appointed Adrian Newey, Formula 1’s most successful design engineer, to be its managing technical partner. He will start at the Silverstone team on 2 March 2025. Newey’s cars have taken more than 200 grand prix wins, 13 drivers’ championships and 12 constructors’ championships across three F1 teams. Of those, more than… Continue reading Exclusive: Adrian Newey joins Aston Martin F1 – and Autocar podcast
Hyundai readying Ioniq 9 as high-tech Volvo EX90 rival
The Hyundai Ioniq 9 will be revealed later this year as the brand’s answer to the Volvo EX90. The new electric seven-seater, twinned with the Kia EV9, is a development of the Seven concept shown three years ago. Although it was originally billed to be badged as Ioniq 7, Autocar understands it was renamed because… Continue reading Hyundai readying Ioniq 9 as high-tech Volvo EX90 rival
Can Prodrive win in the unpredictable last-mile van market?
The lure of the profitable van market has burned once high-flying start-ups like Arrival, but the chance to disrupt the old guard by means of electrification is still pulling in new players, who are eyeing up the ‘last-mile’ market in particular. The latest to jump in is storied engineering company Prodrive, which has formed Elm Mobility… Continue reading Can Prodrive win in the unpredictable last-mile van market?
Nissan Ariya Nismo to arrive in UK next year with 429bhp
The Nissan Ariya Nimso will hit UK roads early next year, bringing sport cars power and fitted with motorsport-derived aero. Based on the Ariya e-4orce, the first EV to get the Nismo treatment – and the first Nismo model since the 370Z – gets tuned throttle dynamics, a Nismo driving mode and a raft of more aggressive… Continue reading Nissan Ariya Nismo to arrive in UK next year with 429bhp
Skoda Elroq: 2025 EV is first to embody firm’s new design language
The new Skoda Elroq EV will be the first to embody the Czech brand’s Modern Solid design language when it’s launched later this year. New design sketches show the Volkswagen ID 3-sized electric crossover bearing the brand’s new Tech-Deck Face and fresh logo, with lettering replacing the old emblem. Based on the Volkswagen Group’s MEB platform, the Elroq will be Skoda’s second EV to… Continue reading Skoda Elroq: 2025 EV is first to embody firm’s new design language
Radical electric Audi A6 brings 463-mile range for £69,900
Order books for the new Audi A6 have opened, with the executive car priced from £69,900 in saloon form and £71,700 as an estate. It is available solely as an electric car, taking the fight to the BMW i5 and Mercedes EQE with up to 543bhp and 463 miles of range. Unlike its primary rivals, which run adjacent to the… Continue reading Radical electric Audi A6 brings 463-mile range for £69,900
Jaguar braces for ‘reset period’ between I-Pace and radical new EVs
It’s already on the record that Rawdon Glover, Jaguar’s managing director, has one of the toughest automotive jobs on the planet. His immediate task is to kill off (“sunset”) the current, mostly combustion-engine range of traditional Jaguar models and replace it from 2026 with a radical, three-tier EV line-up that lifts pricing into the realms… Continue reading Jaguar braces for ‘reset period’ between I-Pace and radical new EVs
Donuts not welcome: attending a new breed of car meet
Anyone who doubts that Cobham Services is the UK’s busiest motorway services wasn’t there on the evening of Saturday 27 July, when the queue of vehicles to get in extended to the very start of the slip roads. No, Taylor Swift hadn’t decided to hold an impromptu concert at the on-site Nando’s, but as the… Continue reading Donuts not welcome: attending a new breed of car meet