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• Car of the Year 2025 shortlist announced

  15-11-2024 09:01 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Sixty jurors from 23 countries have selected seven cars each to form a longlist of 42 eligible vehiclesThe Car of the Year (CotY) shortlist for 2025 is dominated by small electric cars.
  Among the seven shortlisted models are the Alfa Romeo Junior, Citroën ë-C3, Hyundai Inster and Renault 5. The shortlist is completed by the Cupra Terramar, Dacia Duster and Kia EV3.
  The winner will be announced at the Brussels motor show on 10 January.
  Sixty
  
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• New BMW iX3 leaks via patent photos

  16-11-2024 11:57 via uk.motor1.com
  
  It will arrive in 2025, will be based on the Neue Klasse platform and will be different from the combustion X3
  
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• The Fiat barchetta coupé you've never seen

  16-11-2024 11:32 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Many Fiat icons, some never seen before, are on display at the Stellantis Heritage Hub from 15 November 2024 to 4 May 2025
  
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• Hyundai electric cars for China to feature AI

  16-11-2024 10:43 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Battery-powered cars from the land of the dragon will feature more advanced autonomous driving than Tesla's.
  
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• What is the smallest and cheapest car from Audi, BMW and Mercedes

  16-11-2024 10:25 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Audi A1, BMW 1 Series and Mercedes A Class are the three least expensive cars of the German brands, with prices starting from £24,075
  
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• Porsche 911 Turbo from Romeo Ferraris reaches 880 PS

  16-11-2024 09:53 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Romeo Ferraris presents the Velos kit for the Porsche 911 Turbo: mechanical and aesthetic modifications to make it more aggressive than ever.
  
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• Audi A5L (2025) revealed: Long version with notchback for China

  16-11-2024 09:28 via uk.motor1.com
  
  In Guangzhou, Audi is also showing the AUDI with capital letters and a Q6L e-tron ...
  
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• The finalists for the Car of the Year 2025 award

  16-11-2024 09:13 via uk.motor1.com
  
  The Alfa Romeo Junior is also on the list of seven cars competing for the Car of the Year 2025 award.
  
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• Citroën designed a car in the shape of a pyramid in the 1980s

  16-11-2024 08:49 via uk.motor1.com
  
  At the Paris Motor Show at the time, the French manufacturer presented the Karin.
  
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• F1 warns resale tickets for London O2 event will not be valid

  16-11-2024 08:41 via uk.motor1.com
  
  First-ever livery launch event sold out in 45 minutes due to huge demand with those who missed out warned off buying from resellers
  
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• Hill departs Sky F1 punditry role after 13 years

  16-11-2024 08:30 via uk.motor1.com
  
  The 1996 Formula 1 world champion has been part of Sky's presenting line-up since 2012
  
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• I love planes, but driving is just better

  16-11-2024 08:01 via autocar.co.uk
  
  The irritations of flying makes it more appealing to drive to and from Europe, argues PriorSteve Cropley recently said he’d rather have driven than flown home from an event, even though it would have taken longer. He absolutely, resolutely, talked my language.
  As I write I’m on an aeroplane. I love planes, enjoy being in the air and think modern aviation is one of humankind’s greatest achievements, shrinking the planet, letting us share knowledge, culture, you name it, like nev
  
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• Past masters: the best used British bargains on the market today

  16-11-2024 07:01 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Bag yourself a slice of greatness for less. John Evans explains howFrom luxury saloons, to blue-blooded V8 sports cars, the British car industry has been the birthplace of some of the finest cars ever made.
  And the good news keeps on coming because you can now bag a slice of British greatness for as little as £500. 
  Here, then, are the best British bargains you can buy today. 
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  For flying the flag and showcasing British production at its best, these five cars are ha
  
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• Benefit-in-kind reporting for company cars to be phased out

  15-11-2024 17:03 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Starting with the 2026/27 tax year, employers must collect any tax at the same frequency as employees are paidHM Revenue and Customs is phasing out annual benefit-in-kind reporting for company cars.
  The reforms come into effect from 6 April 2026 and, with draft legislation not due until 2025, many fleets are facing short deadlines to comply with those changes.
  Starting with the 2026/27 tax year, employers must report the value of any workplace benefits (anything provided in addition to salaried
  
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• Fancy tuning the new Dacia Duster?

  15-11-2024 10:44 via uk.motor1.com
  
  CP Performance has some ideas up its sleeve ...
  
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• M as in maximum: BMW M2 with 728 PS and carbon body kit from Manhart

  15-11-2024 10:36 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Almost 250 PS more and XL wings for the Bavarian performance coupé
  
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• Volkswagen accelerates electric car, joint venture with Rivian

  15-11-2024 10:11 via uk.motor1.com
  
  The two groups will work towards a full range of software-defined cars: high efficiency and advanced autonomous driving
  
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• Nobody wants Audi's Belgian factory - total closure imminent

  15-11-2024 10:01 via uk.motor1.com
  
  The Volkswagen Group has not found a buyer for the Audi plant in Brussels. Now it will be necessary to negotiate with the 3,000 employees
  
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• Bugatti W16 Mistral: Now the fastest open-top car in the world

  15-11-2024 09:41 via uk.motor1.com
  
  The insane roadster reached well over 250 mph
  
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• Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron: Interior of the SUV with the 'tail'

  15-11-2024 09:40 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Lots of technology and attention to materials for the Q6 Sportback e-tron. Here's how the roominess changes with the 'low' roof
  
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• £150,000 Land Rover Defender Octa hits record pre-orders

  15-11-2024 09:38 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Despite its price, the twin-turbo V8-powered SUV is already a sales hit.
  
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• Goodwood’s 82nd Members’ Meeting to run on green fuel in 2025

  15-11-2024 09:35 via uk.motor1.com
  
  This will not be the first time the event promotes sustainable fuels.
  
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• Fallows steps down as Aston Martin F1 technical director

  15-11-2024 09:31 via uk.motor1.com
  
  Fallows was expected to report to incoming Aston Martin CTO Enrico Cardile, but is now leaving his role this month.
  
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• Tesla's Cybercab is coming to the UK

  15-11-2024 09:29 via uk.motor1.com
  
  The robotaxi is going on a European tour and will be exhibited in select cities. Here's where to see it.
  
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• Lexus RC F Ultimate Edition

  15-11-2024 08:50 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Lexus's line of V8 hotrods ends with a fiery-sounding feast of carbonfibreThe Lexus F-brand performance car as we’ve come to know it – that superbly left-field, one-fingered salute to German performance car hegemony – might now finally be a spent force. With both the IS F and GS F super-saloons fading in the memory, the subject of this road test – the Lexus RC F Ultimate Edition – is a V8-engined full stop of a sort.For the past 20 years, these cars have been like
  
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• Why the Suzuki Swift is the perfect detox to modern motoring

  15-11-2024 08:01 via autocar.co.uk
  
  The business case is tough for affordable cars, but we're glad some car makers still serious about themFor the past few years, I’ve compiled a feature looking at the year’s road test stats in one of the Christmas double issues of our magazine.
  It was quite striking in 2023 how the average star rating had gone down from four to 3.5, and there were no five-star verdicts. Not a great vintage, then, 2023.
  When 2024 immediately started serving up some really good cars (Dacia Duster, Hyund
  
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• Hyundai names chief operating officer Jose Muñoz as new CEO

  15-11-2024 07:41 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Hyundai hails Muñoz's contribution to profitability as he steps up to lead its global operationsHyundai has named chief operating officer Jose Muñoz as its new global CEO, taking the reins on 1 January from Jaehoon Chang, who has been promoted to vice chair of the company's automotive division.
  Born in Spain, Muñoz will be the first non-Korean to lead Hyundai Motor Company since it was founded in 1967. 
  Joining Hyundai in 2019, Muñoz was appointed global chi
  
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• Can European car makers counter China by “working smarter”?

  15-11-2024 01:01 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares says that although Chinese enjoy cost advantages, “they work harder and faster”Penny for the thoughts of Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares when the bombshell news broke of the Volkswagen Group’s decision to close factories in Germany for the first time. 
  The seismic VW restructure is the result of slowing demand for electric vehicles, coupled with a spiralling cost base. In its development of electric vehicles, VW has chosen to create dedicated ar
  
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• Finally: First pictures of 2026 electric Jaguar super-GT revealed

  14-11-2024 16:01 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Prototype for Jaguar's £100k Taycan rival gives a long-awaited first look at the firm's new design languageThe first car of Jaguar’s new era has finally broken cover as it begins road testing for a 2026 launch, just two weeks before the firm unveils a concept that will set the tone for the design of all its upcoming models.
  The first all-new Jaguar since the I-Pace was launched in early 2018, this striking four-door GT is the first of three upcoming electric cars due to arrive b
  
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• The super Jaguar of the future shows itself on the road

  14-11-2024 16:00 via uk.motor1.com
  
  It will be a coupé or shooting brake saloon at least five metres long.
  
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