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Toyota MR2 render 2026

Autocar rendering shows how the new MR2, influenced by the FT-SE, could look on the road

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Reborn Toyota MR2: Full story on mid-engined sports car for 2028

Mid-engined model primed with 2.0-litre engine that could offer as much as 600bhp

Reborn Toyota MR2: Full story on mid-engined sports car for 2028

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Volvo pledges long-range PHEVs that can be “used as intended”

Volvo pledges long-range PHEVs that can be “used as intended”

Electric cars

First look at Suzuki e-Sky: sub-£20k EV due in UK next year

First look at Suzuki e-Sky: sub-£20k EV due in UK next year

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Electric cars

'Catalyst', '16V', '800V'? Bring obscure boot badges back for the EV age

'Catalyst', '16V', '800V'? Bring obscure boot badges back for the EV age

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Exclusive: Mercedes boss on why car fans will love its future EVs

Exclusive: Mercedes boss on why car fans will love its future EVs

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MOT price hike: why it's worth paying more to your mechanic

MOT price hike: why it's worth paying more to your mechanic

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Used cars

Why you need a used Honda Civic Type R – even if it costs £40k

Why you need a used Honda Civic Type R – even if it costs £40k

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People have been complaining about noisy cars for 115 years

People have been complaining about noisy cars for 115 years

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I kerbed a wheel – but are car designers really to blame?

I kerbed a wheel – but are car designers really to blame?

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Home improvement: The mechanics turning your drive into a garage

Home improvement: The mechanics turning your drive into a garage

New cars

Aion to Zenvo: Every new car coming to the UK in 2026 and 2027

Aion to Zenvo: Every new car coming to the UK in 2026 and 2027

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Inside the new tests making ADAS systems you'll actually want to use

Inside the new tests making ADAS systems you'll actually want to use

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New cars

GM reviewing plans to relaunch Cadillac in UK

GM reviewing plans to relaunch Cadillac in UK

Electric cars

Tesla Semi: 1073bhp, 325-mile electric lorry confirmed for Europe

Tesla Semi: 1073bhp, 325-mile electric lorry confirmed for Europe

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CUPRA Raval: How it spices up the small electric car formula

CUPRA Raval: How it spices up the small electric car formula

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Volvo EX60

Important new SUV introduces Brits to Swedish brand’s latest EV technology

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CAR REVIEW

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Straight-six SUV aims to banish memory of four-cylinder plug-in hybrid

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MG 4 Urban

MG switches to a next-gen front-drive platform for its latest value EV

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CAR REVIEW

Vauxhall Astra Electric Sports Tourer

Quiet British success story continues with a fresh look and bigger battery for EV version

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Vauxhall Astra Electric Sports Tourer

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CAR REVIEW

Vauxhall Astra

Plug-in hybrid version of British family stalwart gets a fresh look and a longer electric-only range

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Audi Q7

The third-generation Audi Q7 gets more tech, more luxury and more practicality

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Mazda 6e

Mazda enlists Chinese help to finally build a long-range EV – can it take the fight to Tesla?

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Chery Tiggo 4

Chery bids to make up on lost time against other Chinese budget brands with a particularly low-budget hybrid SUV

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CAR REVIEW

Lexus ES

Lexus's eighth-generation ES becomes its one and only big executive saloon – and goes all-electric to boot.

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CAR REVIEW

Porsche 911 Turbo S

Celebrated giant-killing ‘super-Porsche’ enters the electrified era

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First look at Suzuki e-Sky: sub-£20k EV due in UK next year Read more

Boxy kei car will rival the Renault Twingo and Honda Super-N as the brand's entry-level EV

First look at Suzuki e-Sky: sub-£20k EV due in UK next year

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Keep your V12s - Porsche's Mezger flat six is my all-time favourite engine Read more

You need only hear this legendary race-bred lump at full chat to be convinced

Keep your V12s - Porsche's Mezger flat six is my all-time favourite engine

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How long will the battery last in my electric car? Read more

Should you be worried about the battery life of an electric car? Not if you pay close attention to our guide

How long will the battery last in my electric car?

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Chinese car makers take a fifth of the UK market – can they keep growing?

Affordable electrified vehicles power a huge surge in Chinese car sales, as legacy firms struggle to stay competitive

Chinese car makers take a fifth of the UK market – can they keep growing?

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Hyundai expects to sell 20,000 Ioniq 3 EVs in Europe by the year's end

Hyundai pins hopes on new models after European sales slide

Hyundai pins hopes on new models after European sales slide

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Aston Martin's cars are the best yet - why aren't its finances?

Aston Martin's cars are the best yet - why aren't its finances?

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How BMW plans to cut costs without shutting plants

How BMW plans to cut costs without shutting plants

Discovery line up

JLR names new Discovery boss as brand gears up for reinvention

JLR names new Discovery boss as brand gears up for reinvention

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Home improvement: The mechanics turning your drive into a garage

The RAC is one of many firms offering services at home or a place of work, and the idea is catching on

Home improvement: The mechanics turning your drive into a garage

Exclusive: Mercedes boss on why car fans will love its future EVs

Exclusive: Mercedes boss on why car fans will love its future EVs

Tesla about to rear end the target car

Inside the new tests making ADAS systems you'll actually want to use

Inside the new tests making ADAS systems you'll actually want to use

Opinion

'Catalyst', '16V', '800V'? Bring obscure boot badges back for the EV age

Cars once shouted about their tech spec – in such a fast-moving era, we should return to gratuitous badging

'Catalyst', '16V', '800V'? Bring obscure boot badges back for the EV age

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I kerbed a wheel – but are car designers really to blame?

I kerbed a wheel – but are car designers really to blame?

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MOT price hike: why it's worth paying more to your mechanic

MOT price hike: why it's worth paying more to your mechanic

Used cars

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Why you need a used Honda Civic Type R – even if it costs £40k

It's still £40k, and for maybe the zenith of hot hatches worth every penny

Why you need a used Honda Civic Type R – even if it costs £40k

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Cape Crusader: This MG ZR rally car conquered Africa and won't quit

Cape Crusader: This MG ZR rally car conquered Africa and won't quit

An SUV you can buy with heart and head: get a Mazda CX-5 for £6k

An SUV you can buy with heart and head: get a Mazda CX-5 for £6k

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People have been complaining about noisy cars for 115 years

"Unsuitable devices for unnecessarily intensifying the volume" of cars have been around for a century

People have been complaining about noisy cars for 115 years

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Small but mighty Multipla could seat six

A six-seat mini MPV? Remembering the oddball original Fiat Multipla

A six-seat mini MPV? Remembering the oddball original Fiat Multipla

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Why women were blocked from Le Mans for decades

Why women were blocked from Le Mans for decades

NEW CARS 2026

Your handy guide to every new car coming in 2026

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NEW CARS 2026

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Autocar honours the very best people and cars from the past 12 months

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PROMOTED: AUDI E-TRON

Video | Audi RS e-tron GT: the ultimate all-electric hot lap

We head on-track at Goodwood in Audi’s game-changing all-electric grand tourer

PROMOTED: AUDI E-TRON