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Snow slouch: 2025 Mercedes-Benz CLA EV vs the Alps

The most important new Mercedes model in years is just months away – and we've been out for a ride

13 December 2024
Snow slouch: 2025 Mercedes-Benz CLA EV vs the Alps
Red Audi Q8 E tron cornering front
Audi Q8 E-tron was heavily updated in 2022
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Audi confirms plans to shut Brussels plant as sale falls through

Factory currently builds the Audi Q8 E-tron; it's successor is tipped to be produced in Mexico

13 December 2024
Audi confirms plans to shut Brussels plant as sale falls through
From the archive

The steampunk 1920s grand prix car inspired by fighter planes

Voisin cars flouted both design norms and engineering conventions; we revisit the unique Type C6 Laboratoire

13 December 2024
The steampunk 1920s grand prix car inspired by fighter planes
Renault 5 Turbo 3E front quarter
Yellow, black and white livery clearly takes inspiration from the rally car driven by Jean Ragnotti
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Renault 5 Turbo reborn as 500bhp RWD super-hatch

Rally-inspired halo model gets bespoke underpinnings; hits 62mph in under 3.5sec

13 December 2024
Renault 5 Turbo reborn as 500bhp RWD super-hatch
Slideshow

Greatest supercars that never made it to production

Supercars may be few and far between on normal roads, but you'd be even harder pressed to spot these

13 December 2024
Greatest supercars that never made it to production
Corporate

Why the global automotive business model might be dead

Stellantis's struggles to sell the same underpinnings with different shells signpost trouble ahead

13 December 2024
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Why the global automotive business model might be dead
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CUPRA Born: spontaneous electric road trip to Brighton

To celebrate CUPRA’s 100-day Love Me or Leave Me offer, we took the all-electric CUPRA Born on a road trip to Brighton see how it copes with the unexpected

13 December 2024
CUPRA Born: spontaneous electric road trip to Brighton
BYD Sealion 7 2024 Paris Motor show front quarter
Entry-level Sealion 7 gets 308bhp, enough for a 0-62mph time of 6.7sec
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New BYD Sealion 7 undercuts the Tesla Model Y at £44,990

Electric family SUV is one of six new models the Chinese giant will introduce in Europe by 2025

12 December 2024
New BYD Sealion 7 undercuts the Tesla Model Y at £44,990
merc amg suv render 2024
New car is being developed with "AMG first, EV second" mantra
New cars

Mercedes-AMG's new super SUV to pack more than 1000bhp

Electric GT SUV will use advanced tech to take on Eletre and Cayenne EVs

12 December 2024
Mercedes-AMG's new super SUV to pack more than 1000bhp
2025 seat ibiza and arona facelift
Seat has already previewed a visual refresh for its two smallest models
New cars

Seat Ibiza and Arona to gain hybrid power as brand commits to ICE

Seat will continue to offer petrol-engined small cars as more upmarket sibling brand Cupra goes electric

12 December 2024
Seat Ibiza and Arona to gain hybrid power as brand commits to ICE

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Ford Mustang GTD Nurburgring front quarter
The Mustang GTD clocked 6min 57.685sec – some 2sec quicker than the Porsche 911 GT3
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Ford Mustang GTD beats Porsche 911 GT3's Nurburgring time

10 December 2024
Ford Mustang GTD beats Porsche 911 GT3's Nurburgring time