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New Skoda Enyaq: 5 updates that make it better for business

The Škoda Enyaq helped a lot of UK drivers discover that an electric family car could be simple, spacious and great value. Now Škoda has refined the formula. You get a sharper design, a more sustainable cabin and software that’s easier to use on the move, plus the kind of long-legged efficiency that keeps stops… Continue reading New Skoda Enyaq: 5 updates that make it better for business

Citroen e-C5 Aircross offers 421 miles of range for £33k

The Citroën e-C5 Aircross has gone on sale in the UK, offering 421 miles of range for £32,935. The relatively low price for the Long Range model is thanks to it becoming eligible for the full Electric Car Grant (ECG), becoming only the third car on sale to qualify for that larger £3750 subsidy. The larger subsidy… Continue reading Citroen e-C5 Aircross offers 421 miles of range for £33k

First look at new BMW iX4 EV, set for 500-plus-mile range

The third-generation BMW X4 is in the works as a coupé-roofed version of the new iX3 EV, set to offer a range of more than 500 miles per charge. Prototypes of the new SUV have been spotted testing for the first time ahead of its unveiling, expected to take place early next year. It will… Continue reading First look at new BMW iX4 EV, set for 500-plus-mile range

Porsche Cayenne Electric to be revealed on 19 November

Porsche has confirmed it will reveal the long-awaited Cayenne Electric next week – and it is expected to offer up to 1000bhp. Due to go on sale in early 2026, the electric SUV– which Autocar drove a prototype of in August – will join the Taycan and Macan Electric in an expanding electric line-up. But, unlike… Continue reading Porsche Cayenne Electric to be revealed on 19 November

Next Renault Megane and Scenic tipped to go hybrid

Renault could bring back petrol-powered versions of the Megane and Scenic after bosses confirmed it is readying a new multi-fuel platform that will underpin the next generation of its C-segment cars. While it has been created predominantly as an electric architecture, Renault boss Fabrice Cambolive said it has also been designed to accommodate plug-in hybrid… Continue reading Next Renault Megane and Scenic tipped to go hybrid

The EV that lost just eight miles of range after 107,000 miles

Electric cars have progressed well past the ‘early adopter’ stage, and with that has come the opportunity to measure actual battery ageing against predictions made in the past based on laboratory testing. The German Automobile Club (ADAC) recently published the results of a four-year test using a Volkswagen ID 3 Pro S Tour. It took… Continue reading The EV that lost just eight miles of range after 107,000 miles

MG’s rise, fall, and rise again: inside the brand’s rebirth

Once upon a time, back in the annals of history, there may have been an explosion of UK automotive sales greater than that of MG’s recent, towering success in this country a 620% leap from 13,000 to 81,000 cars in the four short years between 2019 and 2023. If so, no one can remember it,… Continue reading MG’s rise, fall, and rise again: inside the brand’s rebirth

Toyota Hilux Electric

We’ll go more into those compromises shortly, but there’s one thing that Toyota has no intention of compromising, and that’s its reputation. Or more specifically the Hilux’s reputation as the toughest truck on the planet. Adding batteries is no excuse for weakness and reliability and robustness were therefore at the top of the list when… Continue reading Toyota Hilux Electric

The wormholes of being a petrolhead

Cars hijack our obsessive impulses in ways that range from the amusing to the fulfilling to the potentially unhealthy. Sourcing, say, a door card from a specific model year for your Fiat X1/9 is niche behaviour but nothing unusual for people like us. Higher-calibre nerdery might lead you to seriously investigate period-correct Blaupunkt head units… Continue reading The wormholes of being a petrolhead

Author: Autocar Magazine UK