The new Renault Twingo has edged closer to production with the unveiling of a “90%-ready” prototype at the Brussels motor show, complete with running gear and a full, showroom-spec interior. Due in the first half of 2026 with a starting price south of €20,000 (£16,600), the 3750mm-long hatchback will be the entry point into Renault’s… Continue reading New Renault Twingo interior blends top-rung tech with 1990s nods
Author: Autocar Magazine UK
Dacia Duster 4×4 to gain hybrid with electric back axle in 2025
Dacia will introduce an all-wheel-drive version of the Duster with an electrified back axle by the end of this year. Speaking at Dacia‘s press conference at the 2025 Car of the Year final, where the Duster is shortlisted for the award, company CEO Denis Le Vot confirmed a new technological solution for the firm’s all-wheel-drive model. Le… Continue reading Dacia Duster 4×4 to gain hybrid with electric back axle in 2025
Petrol Porsche Cayenne set for update as new EV nears launch
Porsche is readying another update for the Cayenne – just one year after it launched the most recent overhaul of its big-selling SUV. The company last year confirmed that the combustion-engined version of the Cayenne will remain on sale alongside the upcoming electric model into the 2030s. A prototype has now been spotted testing in… Continue reading Petrol Porsche Cayenne set for update as new EV nears launch
New Tesla Model Y caught undisguised ahead of imminent launch
The overhauled Tesla Model Y has dropped its camouflage in a series of new images circulated on social media ahead of its imminent launch. They confirm previous reports that the electric SUV will sport a radically different design from that of the outgoing model, with LED light bars at its front and rear end. It… Continue reading New Tesla Model Y caught undisguised ahead of imminent launch
Want to take an EV on track? Go via McDonalds…
We had a change of 2024’s edition of our annual Britain’s Best Driver’s Car shoot-out. Lincolnshire’s fastest and most beautiful topographical cleft, Cadwell Park, was ours for two wonderful days, and Motorsport Vision chief Jonathan Palmer was our gracious host. Cadwell was perfect for ‘Handling Day’ in all ways save one – which, since it’s… Continue reading Want to take an EV on track? Go via McDonalds…
Car of the Year 2025: Meet the finalists
The most exceptional new car released in the European market. That’s the official line at the top of the Car of the Year statutes about what this great old award boils down to. Sure, there have been the odd eyebrows raised about some winners during the past 61 years, but democracy does such things and,… Continue reading Car of the Year 2025: Meet the finalists
Kia to sell Picanto in UK for ‘as long as we are allowed to’
Kia‘s UK boss has committed to selling the Picanto city car “for as long as we are allowed to”, hailing its role as an entry point in the brand’s wide-reaching line-up. “I think that ability to have a car as small as Picanto and as big as an EV9, with a range of four different powertrains [petrol,… Continue reading Kia to sell Picanto in UK for ‘as long as we are allowed to’
Mini Aceman
So just how much bigger than a regular hatchback does this Cooper-derived modern ‘Maxi’ feel on the inside? In some ways, not much. Entry is via a driver’s door aperture that bigger adults are likely to consider snug. With the seat slid back far enough to make room for longer legs, you will find the… Continue reading Mini Aceman
My Week In Cars: New Steve Cropley/Matt Prior podcast (ep.122)
On this week’s My Week In Cars podcast join our hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley as they talk about how much Steve liked the new Renault 5, a compact retro EV city car that also has a sporty hot hatch variant from Alpine, the A290.Pat Symonds, the engineer who’ll be instrumental to Cadillac’s upcoming… Continue reading My Week In Cars: New Steve Cropley/Matt Prior podcast (ep.122)
Rolls-Royce invests £300m at Goodwood ahead of second EV in 2025
Rolls-Royce will invest more than £300 million in an extension of its Goodwood factory in West Sussex, which will prepare it to ramp up its highly profitable customisation programmes and launch more electric models – the second of which will arrive this year. The largest investment in the firm’s UK headquarters since it opened 22… Continue reading Rolls-Royce invests £300m at Goodwood ahead of second EV in 2025