Used Car of the Day: 2001 Lamborghini Diablo

Alfa Romeo, Alpine, Cupra, Mini and MG – which takes the fun EV crown?
Electric motoring doesn’t have to be boring. Which of the latest fun-to-drive EVs gets our road testers’ vote?It’s more than 18 months since we first collected a field of affordable electric cars together along with a similar number of Autocar road testers.
The aim was to perform some proper back-to-back testing and decide if any – or perhaps how many – of the former could be considered gen

Rather than create a highly exclusive, limited run car, Tolman perfects the original with delicate engineeringI was about four years old when I first laid eyes on a Peugeot 205: an Alpine White 1.9-litre GTi.
Even then I knew it was special, and its clean-cut, Pininfarina-penned lines etched themselves onto my brain as the genesis of what would become my hot hatch infatuation.
Later, I was shuttled to and from school in one, and 20 years on it’s still part of the family, albeit currently r

A portion of this week's TTAC podcast was given over to discussing the throwback paint schemes that NASCAR drivers were running at Darlington last weekend. Matthew Guy and I had our favorites -- now I want to hear yours.Was it the Lotus look from the Wood Brothers? Kyle Larson's car? The Jeff Gordon throwback? Joey Logano's tribute to Cale Yarborough?Or another car?You know what to do. Go ahead and sound off below.[Image: NASCAR]Become a TTAC insider. Get the latest news, features, TTA

Editor Mark Tisshaw meets VW Group UK MD Damien O'SullivanIn a bonus podcast, this week Autocar Meets Damien O'Sullivan, the managing director of the UK's biggest car company, the Volkswagen Group.
In his first interview since taking the role last December, O'Sullivan meets Autocar's Editor, Mark Tisshaw, to discuss the state of the UK car market, how he juggles the management of so many brands and, although this pod was recorded before the government revised the rules around the zero emissions

Dodge is now offering heavy discounts on the all-electric Charger Daytona. Dealer bulletins have indicated that the brand is discounting the model by $6,500. This is despite the Daytona being the brand’s new halo vehicle and comes after we’ve seen numerous dealer markdowns to address a lack of demand and Stellantis offering employee discounts to the public.
News of the discounts stems fromCarsDirect and pertains to the 2025 model year. However, the deals available on 2024 model year

Ford's best-seller finally gets an all-electric powertrain
It feels like the Ford Puma Gen-E was needed a couple of years ago, really.With the likes of the Renault 5 now hitting showrooms, plus the (recently price-cut) Jeep Avenger and VW ID.3, the Skoda Elroq, MG S5, Volvo EX30, Smart #1 and all of Stellantis’ other forthcoming sub-£30k electric cars shouldering in, never mind the ever-pressing ZEV mandate regulations, Ford desperately needs an affordable electric car.The good news

2025 Subaru WRX tSPowertrain2.4-liter turbocharged horizontally-opposed "boxer" four-cylinder (271 horsepower @ 5,600 RPM, 258 lb-ft @ 2,000-5,200 RPM)Transmission/Drive WheelsSix-speed manual, all-wheel driveFuel Economy, MPG19 city / 26 highway / 22 combined (EPA Rating)Fuel Economy, L/100km12.4 city / 9.0 highway / 10.9 combined (NRCan Rating)Base Price$45,705 (U.S.) / $47,795 (Canada)As-Tested PriceN/A / $50,385 (Canada)Disclaimer: Prices include N/A destination charge in the United States

At next week’s New York International Auto Show (NYIAS), the Subaru brand will unveil an all-electric crossover-type vehicle – one bearing an entirely new nameplate.
Details are scanty, other than a teaser photo released today by the company which shows the back hatch area of a vehicle named ‘Trailseeker’. An appropriate amount of mud and dirt is splattered over the space, as you would when promoting a new Subaru, along with a ‘Limited’ badge which suggests th

Cadillac saw itssales successes escalate for the entirety of the Sixties, as it absolutely dominated the domestic luxury car market. Faced with lackluster competition from the likes of the conservative and upright Imperial (fuselage design arrived in 1969) or the aging Continental lineup from Lincoln, buyers flocked to Cadillac in droves. Only at the end of the decade did Lincoln get it together when it offered the Mark III as an alternative to the Eldorado and debuted a new (cost-cut) Continent

It's Friday, and we're podcasting!This week on the TTAC podcast, we tackle tariffs with Robby DeGraff from AutoPacific. There's a lot of moving parts and unpredictability, but we do our best to make sense of it all.As usual, TTAC contributor Matthew Guy and I chat about products we use and NASCAR. This week, it's all about locking pliers with a slide hammer and NASCAR's throwback weekend at Darlington.You can find us wherever you get your podcasts or by clicking here. Be sure to leave a rev

Today we're going old-school with a car I lusted after when I was still a wee lad -- this 1991 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4. These cars, and their platform-mate, the Dodge Stealth, looked cool as heck back during the grunge years. This one appears to be in good condition and there are about 107K miles on the clock -- and yes, it's a manual. It's mostly stock but the turbos are upgraded and the owner uses synthetic oil and K&N filters. The owner did replace the struts and brakes recently.The paint,

The Jeep Easter Safari has long been an event that gives the brand an opportunity to show off forward-looking concepts and designs, and while this year largely follows that format, the vehicles on display all look back to some of Jeep’s golden glory days.Jeep is bringing seven concepts to the event, which takes place between April 17 and 18 in Moab, Utah. Vehicles include:Convoy Concept: Military-inspired Jeep GladiatorBug Out 4xe Concept: Carbon fiber Wrangler with ultralight camping and

Nikola Motors declared bankruptcy earlier this year, but the formerly promising automaker’s assets aren’t going to waste. Lucid Motors recently announced that it acquired some of Nikola’s assets, including a factory, and said it would work to employ more than 300 of the facility’s workforce.In a statement, Lucid said, “Lucid Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: LCID), maker of the world’s most advanced electric vehicles, today announced it has reached an agreement to acquire

The LC 500 is peak style served up to the tune of a growling 5.0-liter V8, delivering 471 hp and 398 lb-ft of torque. With a sporty cabin and 10-speed automatic transmission, the LC 500 is a worthy competitor, offered in coupe and convertible forms. The four-seater can hit 60 mph in 4.4 seconds, and as tested this model costs $105,000.
Lexus used to have a frustrating touch pad infotainment system, but the LC 500 was updated in the last model year with a touchscreen, cleaning up the driver

Due to its U.S.-heavy oper Add Anchor text here ations, Tesla is expected to weather the tariff storm better than other automakers, but reciprocal actions from the Chinese government have caused some headaches for the American company. Tesla recently stopped taking new vehicle orders for the Model S and Model X in China, a move that follows China’s announcement that it would enact 125 percent tariffs on imported U.S. goods starting April 12.President Trump announced a 90-day pause on many

How Autocar predicts the new 'Defender Sport' will look
SUV could be positioned as indirect successor to Freelander 2 and replace Discovery Sport in line-upLand Rover is gearing up to launch a long-mooted and highly anticipated smaller entry level Defender as a crucial new model in its electric car portfolio. 
The rugged, compact 4x4 is rumoured to have been on the cards for several years but has never officially appeared in JLR’s product roadmap presentations. 
But Autocar spy p

Boxy-looking SUV will be unveiled at the Shanghai motor show as a follow-up to the Cyberster roadsterMG has previewed its upcoming CyberX, a new SUV that will be the second model in the brand's Cyber line-up, which was established last year by the Cyberster roadster.
These early images suggest MG’s latest electric SUV will receive a more upright, boxy and rugged silhouette than its existing models and be positioned more towards lifestyle-minded buyers.
It also appears t

Premium brand from Chinese giant BYD is heading to Europe with this intriguing Porsche Panamera rivalChinese giant BYD doesn’t really do modesty, but then its remarkable growth (founded just 22 years ago, it’s now the world's sixth largest vehicle manufacturer) has earned it the right to carry a bit of swagger.Even so, when BYD executive vice-president Stella Li describes Europe-bound premium sub Denza’s products as “10 times better than the competition&rd

Volvo is killing the China-built S90 because of tariffs.So, what other car models could die due to Trump's tariffs?My guess would be, given the latest tariff news, China-built models would be the most likely to be on the chopping block. But the 25-percent tariff on cars build in other overseas countries remains in place -- so perhaps some European-built models could be in trouble?You know the drill -- go ahead and sound off below.[Image: Volvo]Become a TTAC insider. Get the latest news

Today we're featuring some cheap wheels with this 2011 Suzuki SX4. This one runs but needs a transmission -- it has gone out. The transfer case, tie-rods, and control arms are new.The seller says that except for the transmission, the car is in good shape, with 136,000 miles on it.There's not much more to the ad copy, unfortunately.You can click here to see more -- but perhaps if you need a cheap car and can replaced the transmission, this could the ride for you.The asking price for this North Ca

A recent survey from AutoPacific has suggested that drivers aren’t terribly pleased with some of the technology that’s being installed into modern vehicles, particularly the features that are designed to police behavior.
The study was said to comprise 500 respondents and yielded a few interesting takeaways. While drivers don’t necessarily despise all of the tech found in today’s cars, some of the more invasive features have some stiff opposition. AutoPacific told Automoti

The talking heads at investment group Goldman Sachs have slashed forecasts for the total number of new vehicles sold in America this year by about 1 million units.
The yo-yo which are this country’s on-again-off-again threats of tariff taxes are not just taking a toll on the stock markets, it is also impacting just how many new vehicles are likely to shuffle off American car lots this year. According to estimates released by the crew at Goldman Sachs, the market could take a hit to the tun

Researchers at the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) have introduced an airless tire that dynamically adjusts its stiffness, paving the way for next-generation mobility solutions. Unlike conventional tires, this cutting-edge morphing wheel changes shape in real time to conquer a variety of terrains. Watch thevideo at Your Future Machine.
Inspired by the fluid properties of water droplets, the design features a flexible outer ring supported by adjustable wire spokes. By altering t

Companies love to tout their American-made products, especially after President Trump and company’s recent tariff announcements. Stellantis, a company with brands that most probably assume are 100 percent American-made, recently ran into trouble with an ad campaign promoting its U.S. roots because of advertising rules stating that products wearing the “American-made” tag should “contain no – or negligibly – foreign content.” The nonprofit Truth in Advert

Automakers are approaching their responses to President Trump’s trade war from all angles, with some considering price increases and production cuts to cope. Volvo, a Swedish company with Chinese owners, imports a significant portion of the vehicles it sells in the U.S., making it more vulnerable than others. As part of its response to the tariffs, the automaker said it would discontinue the S90 sedan. The China-built S90 only sold 1,364 units in 2024, so the loss won’t put a big hol

For years, Tesla avoided advertising, but the automaker finally relented a couple years ago. Now facing a tidal wave of challenges, the company is trying a new approach with ads that mirror CEO Elon Musk’s edgelord persona on social media.The edgy social media admin angle has been tried before by Wendy’s and other national brands, but they felt more organic than Tesla’s approach, which uses paid X accounts owned by the company to create painfully cringeworthy posts. One, which

Some 12,000 Polestars were sold in Q1 up from 6975 in the same period of 2024; one in four were sold in the UKThere is a “renaissance of retailers” happening in the industry according to the boss of Polestar, who credits the firm’s recent increase in sales with having more physical retailers and people selling its cars.
Polestar started as an online-only brand with limited physical presence but CEO Michael Lohscheller, who took the top job last October, is overseeing

British team's racing arm will take on Ferrari and Aston Martin in the endurance classic
McLaren will return to the Le Mans 24 Hours with a new hypercar programme in 2027, when it will take on Ferrari and Aston Martin in a bid to claim its first outright win in the event since 1995.
The much-rumoured return to the endurance classic was confirmed by the Formula 1 squad with a preview video showing a hypercar outline on Instagram and tagging in both the Le Mans organisers and the FIA Wor

Second Mazda model from joint venture with China's Changan is an electric CX-5 alternativeThe Mazda EZ-60 – which could come to the UK as an electric counterpart to the existing CX-60 – has been revealed in China.
As with the Mazda EZ-6 that’s due in UK showrooms early next year as the Mazda 6e, it has been developed in collaboration with Chinese firm Changan. As such, the EZ-60 uses the same underpinnings as the Changan Deepal S07, a Tesla Model Y rival that is itsel