The futuristic Xpeng X9 MPV and G9 SUV will join the G6 crossover in UK showrooms from next year, as the Chinese brand works to build a five-strong UK line-up of fast-charging premium EVs by 2028. Solihull-based importer International Motors has added Xpeng to its portfolio alongside GWM, Isuzu and Subaru and will start delivering the G6 to customers this spring,… Continue reading Xpeng to bring seven-seat X9 ‘starship’ and G9 to UK in 2026
Author: Autocar Magazine UK
Inside Stellantis’s peace mission to defuse wrath at Tavares
Stellantis is mending fences in the aftermath of the stormy leadership of Carlos Tavares, which delivered incredible profits but also badly damaged relationships with unions, dealers, politicians and suppliers. “Those are areas where clearly I think we need to build back trust,” Stellantis chief financial officer Doug Ostermann told a banking conference in December. The… Continue reading Inside Stellantis’s peace mission to defuse wrath at Tavares
Suzuki Vitara
We regularly find cause to praise the standard of Suzuki’s chassis tuning and, happily, the Vitara offers us another chance to do so. Much like the Suzuki S-Cross, mostly everything the car does exudes a basic level of mechanical competence that puts many of its heavier, more ‘sophisticated’ ‘B-SUV’ rivals to shame. Certainly, owners of anything previously… Continue reading Suzuki Vitara
Genesis GV60 gets new look and refreshed interior
The Genesis GV60 has been updated with a sportier look and reworked interior technology. The most prominent changes come on the exterior of the electric SUV. Up front, the vents around the lower grille area have been made more prominent, and the headlights use a new micro-lens array construction. The wheel arches and skirting are now finished in… Continue reading Genesis GV60 gets new look and refreshed interior
Kia UK boss calls for clarity on hybrid sales after 2030
The boss of Kia UK has welcomed the UK government’s new consultation on the zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate as the firm seeks clarity over what types of hybrid cars it will be allowed to sell after 2030. According to current legislation, sales of new cars powered purely by internal combustion engines will be banned in 2030,… Continue reading Kia UK boss calls for clarity on hybrid sales after 2030
Your handy guide to the 155 new cars launching in 2025
This year is shaping up to be crucial for the car industry, as major manufacturers battle through what is perhaps the most challenging period they have ever faced. They will have to grapple with the need to slash their carbon outputs amid slower-than-expected growth in electric car sales, without compromising their business through heavy discounts. Indeed, that slowdown, coupled with an assault of new (and cheaper)… Continue reading Your handy guide to the 155 new cars launching in 2025
On the boil: how Toyota is paving a new hydrogen path
Hydrogen development today tends to focus on more prosaic transport, such as delivery vehicles, but Toyota’s projects err to the exciting. Back in the 2021 Fuji 24 Hours race, it fielded a Corolla Sport powered not by a hydrogen fuel cell but by a specially developed H2 version of the three-cylinder GR Yaris combustion engine,… Continue reading On the boil: how Toyota is paving a new hydrogen path
Quack on: Bringing Jeep Ducking to the UK with a Wrangler
Given the challenges of travelling at the height of the Covid pandemic, she made the 1000-mile-plus trek in her beloved Jeep Wrangler. But at a petrol stop shortly after entering Canada, then under strict social-distancing restrictions, the Alabama plates on her car attracted the ire of a man, who verbally abused and shoved her, telling… Continue reading Quack on: Bringing Jeep Ducking to the UK with a Wrangler
Why we finally love the Toyota Supra – just as it gets the axe
With a limited-run Final Edition special, the Toyota GR Supra is about to depart this earthly realm, nearly six years after it was launched early in 2019 at the Detroit motor show. It doesn’t seem like six years to me, even though Toyota had been talking about building a new Supra since 2012, we saw prototypes… Continue reading Why we finally love the Toyota Supra – just as it gets the axe
Private buyers bought fewer new cars last year than Covid-hit 2020
The number of new cars bought by UK private buyers last year was fewer than in 2020, when the country was in the midst of the Covid pandemic. Around 746,000 cars were sold to private buyers in 2024, some 1000 fewer than five years ago, when car buying was temporarily halted by lockdowns. It was also down 8.7% on… Continue reading Private buyers bought fewer new cars last year than Covid-hit 2020