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• Kia Is 'Seriously Studying' a Pickup Truck for America

  04-04-2025 22:30 via motor1.com
  
  The company wants to compete in the mid-size truck space.
  
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• Land Rover Discovery continues into 2026 with new special editions

  15-05-2025 01:01 via autocar.co.uk
  
  JLR treats its oldest model to some new kit to mark 35 years of DiscoveryThe Land Rover Discovery has been treated to a pair of special editions and some subtle updates in a bid to sustain its appeal as it enters its eighth year on sale. 
  The primary additions for the 2026 model year are a pair of new special-edition Discovery models that JLR says have been designed to "honour Discovery's 35-year legacy with subtle nods to the model's history in their names".
  The 'Tempest' special edition t
  
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• The Electric Volkswagen Golf GTI Will Be a 'Monster'

  14-05-2025 21:00 via motor1.com
  
  Plus, CEO Thomas Schäfer confirms the arrival of an electric Golf R.
  
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• The De Tomaso P72 Is Finally Here. And It's Stunning

  14-05-2025 17:30 via motor1.com
  
  It took six years, but the P72 supercar is finally ready for the road. Deliveries begin this year.
  
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• Right-hand-drive Renault Twingo confirmed for UK

  14-05-2025 17:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Positive reception of Renault 4 and 5, plus Nissan deal, have secured the business case for the retro city EVThe new Renault Twingo electric car will arrive in the UK in right-hand-drive form soon after its launch next year, the firm’s boss, Fabrice Cambolive, has confirmed.
  The fourth generation of the model is due on sale in mainland Europe next year with a sub-€20,000 (£16,700) starting price, but there had been doubts over whether it would come to the UK because of the
  
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• Polestar 5: 'extreme-fast charging' GT to star at Munich motor show

  14-05-2025 16:32 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Polestar has confirmed a power output of up to 874bhp for the 5
  Porsche Taycan rival to use ultra-stiff platform with brand-new battery tech for lightning-fast chargingPolestar will show the final version of its new electric super-saloon at the Munich motor show in September.
  Remaining largely true to the radical Precept concept that the brand showed in 2020, the Polestar 5 is a Porsche Taycan rival with “supercar levels” of stiffness from a British-engineered chassis, an 800V e
  
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• DS No4: new name, fresh face, option of electric power

  14-05-2025 16:32 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Hatchback continues brand's new naming scheme and design refresh that began with last year's No8 flagship SUV
  The DS 4 has been given a heavy update, bringing in a fresh look, a new name and the option of an electric powertrain for the first time.
  The C-segment hatchback has been the French brand’s best-seller in the UK since its 2021 launch, albeit with just 2300 sales. 
  While it has done much better in Europe, amassing 10,405 sales in 2024, DS is struggling, with over
  
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• Jaguar Be Damned: JLR Just Had its Best Profit in a Decade

  14-05-2025 16:03 via motor1.com
  
  Jaguar-Land Rover recorded a profit of $3.33 in its fiscal year-end results, thanks in part to the best-selling Defender.
  
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• Cloth seats and steel wheels cut Peugeot 208’s price to £20k

  14-05-2025 14:30 via autocar.co.uk
  
  New 208 Style is one of a select few cars that you can still buy brand new for less than £20kPeugeot has launched a new version of the 208 that cuts the supermini’s starting price from £24,645 to £19,995.
  Named the 208 Style, it's available only with a turbocharged 1.2-litre three-cylinder petrol engine that sends 99bhp to the front wheels via a six-speed manual gearbox.
  It's visually distinguished from its more expensive siblings by a colour-cont
  
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• The Toyota C-HR Is Back, And It's Quick

  14-05-2025 13:00 via motor1.com
  
  Toyota revives C-HR in the form of a fully electric crossover with 338 horsepower and 290 miles of range.
  
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• The Cybertruck was supposed to be apocalypse-proof. Can it even survive a trip to the grocery store?

  14-05-2025 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Thanks to poor engineering and Elon Musk, Tesla’s road rage-inducing street tank can’t even win over its core demographic: doomsday preppersThe Cybertruck answers a question no one in the auto industry even thought to ask: what if there was a truck that a Chechen warlord couldn’t possibly pass up – a bulletproof, bioweapons-resistant, road rage-inducing street tank that’s illegal to drive in most of the world?Few had seen anything quite like the Cybertruck when it w
  
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• Volvo 'empowers' China and US divisions in push for localisation

  14-05-2025 12:37 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Volvo CEO Håkan Samuelsson says the manufacturer needs to "be a local player" in every key regionVolvo is moving to a more regionalised business model that will help it better adapt to differing market demands and legislation in Europe, the US and China.
  Under the stewardship of recently re-appointed CEO Håkan Samuelsson, Volvo Cars will devolve more power to its businesses in China and the US, while "more directly" steering its European operations from its base in Sweden.
  The move w
  
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• Volvo CEO: long-range PHEVs could come to Europe

  14-05-2025 12:19 via autocar.co.uk
  
  New XC70 sits between XC60 and XC90 but uses a new REx-oriented platform
  Cars such as new XC70 could be key in European nations with less EV infrastructure, says Håkan SamuelssonVolvo CEO Håkan Samuelsson believes extended-range plug-in hybrids could play an important role in Europe's electrification transition, strengthening the possibility of the new XC70 being sold here.
  The XC70 was previewed last week as a mid-sized PHEV SUV to sit in between the XC60 and XC90, with a
  
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• Freelander due UK return as electrified 4x4 with JLR design

  14-05-2025 11:39 via autocar.co.uk
  Chery-built crossover will have range-extender and pure-EV options plus Gerry McGovern stylingThe reborn Freelander brand, which revives the famous nameplate for a new family of Chinese-made models, will arrive in the UK before the end of the decade – and the first will be a chunky but rakish crossover designed by JLR chief creative officer Gerry McGovern.
  The new brand is the result of a tie-up between JLR and its long-term manufacturing partner in China, Chery, which will engineer the ca
  
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• Alfa Romeo Won't Make a Sports Car Unless You Keep Buying SUVs

  14-05-2025 10:26 via motor1.com
  
  The 33 Stradale was approved because it was developed after hours and didn't impact daily operations.
  
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• Hot new Vauxhall Mokka GSe primed as sub-brand goes EV-only

  14-05-2025 10:08 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Racier version of small crossover is most likely to borrow hardware from its Abarth 600e cousinVauxhall is priming a hot new GSe version of its Mokka crossover, as it transitions the nascent performance-focused sub-brand to offering solely electric cars.
  The brand has yet to confirm any details, but the new model made an appearance in a teaser video posted to social media by CEO Florian Huettl announcing that it will ditch models with combustion engines such as the previous Astra GSe.
  
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• Track nights, drifting and lots of screenwash: 2000 miles in an MX-5

  14-05-2025 10:01 via autocar.co.uk
  
  How easy is it to have a convertible as your only car?Culmination is one of those words that can be used in subtly different ways. We will ignore its archaic use (the reaching of the meridian by a celestial body) and delve straight into its two most popular meanings today. 
  One definition is the highest point of something, especially as attained after a long time. The other is the point at which something ends, having developed until it reaches this point.
  Subtle differences, then. It can m
  
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• The New Gas Jeep Compass Is Strictly Front-Wheel Drive

  14-05-2025 09:08 via motor1.com
  
  Only the electric version gets AWD.
  
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• Nissan Is Pausing Work on Some New Cars to Focus on Cost Cutting

  14-05-2025 08:03 via motor1.com
  
  Thousands of people in R&D have been tasked to help the company reduce expenses.
  
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• My Week In Cars: New Steve Cropley/Matt Prior podcast (ep.140)

  14-05-2025 06:01 via autocar.co.uk
  
  This week Cropley and Prior talk about the Lotus 49 F1 car, American Subaru buyers, the VW ID Buzz and Vauxhall Combo LifeThis week Steve Cropley and Matt Prior return to the store cupboard as they discuss why liberal Americans like Subarus much more than conservatives do, Cropley tells Prior about the brilliance of the Lotus 49, and the pair discuss two vans with seats - the Volkswagen ID Buzz and Vauxhall Combo Life. There's more, too, including the Land's End Trial, the Polestar 4, the V
  
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• Mercedes-AMG E53

  14-05-2025 01:10 via autocar.co.uk
  Affalterbach ditches its beloved V8 engine for a six-cylinder PHEV system in new range-topping E-ClassThe E63 was a brash, loud, powerful super-saloon that was sacrificed as part of Mercedes' wide-ranging electrification plans. Yes, one of the most multi-faceted of AMG’s modern-day performance cars has been laid to rest with a celebrated reputation built up over a period of 16 years and three model generations. And it has been indirectly replaced by this: the six-cylinder plug-i
  
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• Another EV Startup Is on the Brink of Death

  13-05-2025 22:00 via motor1.com
  
  Bollinger Motors was placed into receivership and could soon face liquidation.
  
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• The EPA Vows to 'Fix' Your Car's Most Annoying Feature

  13-05-2025 21:00 via motor1.com
  
  The dreaded stop/start function found in most modern cars is getting a second look from the EPA.
  
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• Ford Issues Do Not Drive Order for Exactly Three Broncos

  13-05-2025 20:00 via motor1.com
  
  A trio of Broncos left the factory with suspension that could detach from the frame, increasing the risk of a crash.
  
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• Nissan Lost $4.5 Billion Last Year. Here's How It Plans to Survive

  13-05-2025 19:00 via motor1.com
  
  The company still has money in the bank, but it's going to get worse before it gets better.
  
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• Volkswagen EVs to get new platform, cheaper batteries from 2026

  13-05-2025 17:31 via autocar.co.uk
  Production version of ID 2all concept will be VW's first EV with an LFP battery
  Launch of the new ID 2 electric supermini will commence an overhaul of every electric VolkswagenVolkswagen will start moving all of its electric cars onto an updated platform from next year, ushering in a new type of battery chemistry that promises to reduce costs.
  The Volkswagen ID 2 supermini, due in 2026, will be the first model to use a lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) battery that will be cheaper than the nickel-man
  
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• New VW T-Roc due in August with Prius-style hybrid system

  13-05-2025 17:09 via autocar.co.uk
  New T-Roc is set to make its debut at the Munich motor show in September
  New powertrain – which can run on petrol, electricity or both – will also feature in the Golf and TiguanVolkswagen will reveal the second generation of its hugely popular T-Roc in August, which will be the first model to use a new full-hybrid powertrain also bound for the Golf and Tiguan.
  The next T-Roc, destined to be Volkswagen's final all-new model with a combustion powertrain, will be offered with a hybrid&n
  
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• Mazda Miata Owners Barely Drive Their Cars: Study

  13-05-2025 17:00 via motor1.com
  
  The Mazda MX-5 Miata is one of the least-driven cars in America per year, according to a study conducted by iSeeCars.
  
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• Slate Already Has an Insane Amount of Reservations for its Truck

  13-05-2025 15:40 via motor1.com
  
  In just two weeks, Slate has managed to secure over 100,000 reservations for its cheap electric pickup.
  
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• 2026 Toyota bZ Gets a New Name and Way More Range

  13-05-2025 13:00 via motor1.com
  
  The 2026 Toyota bZ gets up to 314 miles of range thanks to a new battery pack and more power than ever before.
  
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