Car news

2019 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque - side - cornering

Business

No electric Range Rover Evoque planned, PHEV instead

Firm believes plug-in hybrid powertrains are the way forward, and Evoque platform not ready for full-EV

7 May 2019

No electric Range Rover Evoque planned, PHEV instead

BMW will make next-gen i8 as striking as its predecessor

Confidential

Autocar confidential: BMW's i8 successor, McLaren has to be a two-seater and more

Our reporters empty their notebooks to round up a week in gossip from across the automotive industry

7 May 2019

Autocar confidential: BMW's i8 successor, McLaren has to be a two-seater and more

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For decades car makers have confused buyers by offering models with an array of identities.

Slideshow

Good, bad & the ugly: Badge-engineered cars

Same car, different name - we explore the best and worst cases of badge engineering

6 May 2019

Good, bad & the ugly: Badge-engineered cars

2010 Mégane RS helped RenaultSport get off the ground

Used cars

Used car buying guide: Renault Megane RS

The RS Mégane 250 is a hot hatch legend and a great used buy with an array of models to suit a range of budgets

6 May 2019

Used car buying guide: Renault Megane RS

EV wheel-mounted Axial Flux motor cutaway

Technology

Under the skin: why hybrid makers love a biscuit tin

Axial flux motors are being developed as a new means of hybridising combustion engines

6 May 2019

Under the skin: why hybrid makers love a biscuit tin

These twin rows of cars don’t begin to convey the scale of the space or the extent of FCA’s Heritage Hub collection. Nearest are a Fiat Uno facelift and a Fiat Tempra (left), and behind those several examples of Fiat’s Defender-rivalling (albeit briefly) Campagnola off-roader. On the right are an Autobianchi A112 and Fiat 500 Giardinera.

Features

A fleet of Fiat Chryslers: the best of the maker's heritage collection

Turin-based collection is a vast and glorious display of Italy’s car-making history intended to inspire the company’s future

6 May 2019

A fleet of Fiat Chryslers: the best of the maker's heritage collection

Features

Under wraps: Britain's most secretive engineering firm

RML’s motorsport roots have been swapped for bespoke projects that it’s not allowed to shout about. We peek behind the curtain

5 May 2019

Under wraps: Britain's most secretive engineering firm

Andrew Mee and Derren Martin watch the used car market like hawks

Features

Inside the world of deciding second-hand car values

Who determines what used cars are worth and how is it done? We take a look behind the scenes at Cap HPI

5 May 2019

Inside the world of deciding second-hand car values

Jost Capito now heads VW's R performance division

Features

Meeting Jost Capito, the man behind Volkswagen's R division

The engineer turned high-flying car company executive has developed cars including the BMW E30 M3 and Porsche 964 RS during his stellar career in road and race car development

4 May 2019

Meeting Jost Capito, the man behind Volkswagen's R division