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• The Mercedes-AMG E53 Wagon Is Coming To America

  08-04-2025 21:40 via motor1.com
  
  And it's bringing all 604 horsepower with it.
  
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• You'll Have To Wait Longer for the Dodge Charger Sixpack

  22-05-2025 18:51 via motor1.com
  
  Dodge told dealers earlier this year that it'd go on sale by this summer, but now it won't be here until later in the year.
  
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• This Company Is Building a Hypercar Inspired By the SLR Stirling Moss

  22-05-2025 17:30 via motor1.com
  
  It's called the Engler Mosslr, and you can supposedly get it with a 986-horsepower V-8 engine. But, it's still just a prototype.
  
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• BMW M4 CS review

  22-05-2025 17:01 via autocar.co.uk
  Rather than cranking the dial up to 11 as the CSL did, this car aims for a perfect 10BMW’s recent appetite for extra-special versions of its mainline M cars shows no sign of letting up, and the latest derivative to arrive in the UK is this: the wild-looking M4 CS.This is a model its maker says exists in the “broad space between racetrack experience and soul-stirring road performance”, and there’s certainly evidence to back up that sentiment. The car’
  
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• The New Dodge Charger Sedan Is Here. And It's Powerful

  22-05-2025 16:34 via motor1.com
  
  We’ve been waiting for Dodge’s new four-door muscle car—and it arrives with a whopping 670 horsepower.
  
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• UK government set to raise £40k 'luxury car tax' threshold for EVs

  22-05-2025 16:25 via autocar.co.uk
  
  All cars costing more than £40k are charged the Expensive Car Supplement, but the average EV costs around £50kThe UK government is considering raising the 'luxury car tax' threshold for electric cars in a bid to drive uptake.
  Currently, the Expensive Car Supplement (ECS) applies to all cars – including EVs as of 1 April 2025 – priced above £40,000, adding £425 annually in additional vehicle excise duty (VED) from years two to six after purchase.
  In c
  
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• Lexus's First EV Has Fake Shifts

  22-05-2025 15:00 via motor1.com
  
  With a synthesized powertrain that sounds like a porpoise, Lexus borrows from Hyundai's playlist by adding analog thrills to an EV's anodyne driving experience.
  
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• Trump’s tax bill to cost 830,000 jobs and drive up bills and pollution emissions, experts warn

  22-05-2025 13:00 via theguardian.com
  Bill will unleash millions more tonnes of planet-heating pollution and couldn’t come at a worse time, say expertsA Republican push to dismantle clean energy incentives threatens to reverberate across the US by costing more than 830,000 jobs, raising energy bills for US households and threatening to unleash millions more tonnes of the planet-heating pollution that is causing the climate crisis, experts have warned.A major tax bill passed by the Republican-held House of Representatives on Th
  
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• Lotus Emira could swap V6 for more potent V8

  22-05-2025 10:50 via autocar.co.uk
  
  V8 power is being considered as its supercharged V6 won't pass Euro 7 emissions testsLotus is poised to offer a V8 option for its Emira sports car as the company looks to expand the appeal of its sole combustion-engined model.
  The Geely-owned company is committed to offering a higher-powered version of the Emira, CEO Feng Qingfeng told investors on the company’s recent earnings call. “We are currently investigating the feasibility of the V8,” he said.
  Currently, Lotus offe
  
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• The 2026 Toyota RAV4 Has Less Power In Europe. Here's Why

  22-05-2025 10:29 via motor1.com
  
  Both the hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions are stronger in America.
  
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• Game Over: Porsche Is Ending Gas Boxster and Cayman Production

  22-05-2025 09:00 via motor1.com
  
  The sports cars have entered their last months of production.
  
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• Cupra Tavascan long-term review

  22-05-2025 08:01 via autocar.co.uk
  
  2000 miles in Cupra's sporty VW ID 5 rival has left us yearning for a simpler lifeA friend recently got in touch because his wife was looking for a new car.
  She is currently running a Volkswagen ID 4, the Ronseal of electric cars – by which I mean an EV that works well as an EV but without being showy. 
  She loves the thing, my friend told me, but it was time for an upgrade and she wanted something a bit different this time round. .
  That’s quite a question, because the list of po
  
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• BYD Dolphin Surf

  22-05-2025 08:01 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Chinese giant's latest EV is meant to allow buyers on a budget to go electric without making any compromisesIt was always expected that truly cheap cars would be the most difficult to electrify. Some people even feared that it might be impossible. And indeed, while 60% of E-segment cars sold in Europe at present are electrified, just 9% of A-segment cars are. The new BYD Dolphin Surf is billed as the car to end that discrepancy.Given we’re talking about the world’s leading maker of
  
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• Testing ramps up ahead of Porsche Cayman EV's 2026 launch

  22-05-2025 07:01 via autocar.co.uk
  
  New electric coupé is due next year, six months after Boxster EV drop-topPorsche is stepping up testing of its 718 Cayman EV as it readies its first electric sports cars for next year.
  Autocar understands the German car maker will pull the covers off the 718 Boxster EV roadster first, with the Cayman coupé due to be shown, as with previous model generations, six months after that.
  It’s expected that the first debut will come in early 2026, given that Boxster mules have been f
  
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• After the relief, UK car industry anxiously awaits US tariff details

  22-05-2025 06:01 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Many UK car makers still remain in the lurch as crucial details have yet to come to lightThe relief that followed the government’s announcement that the UK was first to agree a deal with the US to lower the worst of president Donald Trump’s tariff hikes on imported cars has been tempered by concern in the industry that the details are still hazy.
  The so-called US-UK economic prosperity deal agreed that the tariffs of 27.5% on UK cars imported to the US would be cut to 10% o
  
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• Another State Just Passed a Law to Protect Japanese Mini Trucks

  21-05-2025 23:06 via motor1.com
  
  Advocates across the country are fighting—and winning—to align state regulations with federal law.
  
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• Elon Musk to Remain Tesla CEO 'Unless I Die'

  21-05-2025 22:30 via motor1.com
  
  In a video call this week, the Tesla CEO announced he plans to lead Tesla for at least five more years.
  
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• Fiat’s First Three-Wheel EV Is This Super Cute Delivery Truck

  21-05-2025 21:30 via motor1.com
  
  It has a 12-horsepower electric motor and a 1,190-pound payload capacity.
  
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• Porsche Shifts Course, Leans Into Hybrids Instead of EVs

  21-05-2025 21:00 via motor1.com
  
  Porsche planned to go almost all-in on EVs. Customers had other ideas.
  
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• Toyota Considering Small Pickup for the US to Rival Maverick

  21-05-2025 20:30 via motor1.com
  
  The small pickup segment is booming. And Toyota wants to be involved.
  
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• Here's the 2026 Ford F-150 Lobo Totally Undisguised

  21-05-2025 19:53 via motor1.com
  
  Ford brought the street truck back with the Maverick Lobo. Now it's giving the F-150 the same treatment, spy shots show.
  
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• The Silverado EV Trail Boss Has Enough Range for Real Off-Roading

  21-05-2025 19:30 via motor1.com
  
  With up to 478 miles of range with the Max pack, you should have no qualms about getting lost.
  
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• Toyota Is Making a Cheaper RAV4 Plug-In. But America Can't Have It

  21-05-2025 19:00 via motor1.com
  
  The 2026 RAV4 will get a front-wheel drive plug-in hybrid variant... but it'll only be sold in Europe and Japan.
  
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• The best first cars for new drivers 2025 - driven, rated and ranked

  21-05-2025 18:50 via autocar.co.uk
  Step this way to discover our favourite frugal and reliable starter carsLooking for your first car but don’t just want a boring, middle-of-the-road econobox runaround? Then this list is for you.
  We’ve put together the best starter cars that are cheap to insure, reliable and abundantly easy to find on the second-hand market, yet still manage to have bags of personality and good looks.
  After years of driving, testing, scanning classifieds, and clicking through insurance quotes, we rate
  
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• WATCH: Tesla Model Y 'Juniper’ review: best-selling EV less annoying than ever

  21-05-2025 18:06 via autocar.co.uk
  The Tesla Model Y has been the best-selling electric car for several years, and the company has now updated it with fresh styling, an upgraded interior and more comfortable suspension. Is it still the electric car to buy?
  
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• The Weirdest Factory Porsche 911 Could Make a Comeback

  21-05-2025 17:00 via motor1.com
  
  Porsche has filed new trademarks for the "flachbau" name. Could this mean a return for the famous "Slantnose?"
  
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• Electric vehicle sales hit two-year low in Australia as hybrid cars boom

  21-05-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com
  Plug-in hybrid sales nearly double in first three months of national efficiency standards for new carsAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe number of battery electric vehicles sold in Australia has fallen to its lowest level in two years as Australians continue buying traditional internal-combustion cars or turn to conventional and plug-in hybrids, according to the nation’s peak motoring body.There were 17,914 new battery
  
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• Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles CEO leaves firm after 25 years

  21-05-2025 13:30 via autocar.co.uk
  Carsten Intra, CEO of VWCV since late 2020, has stepped down from his role for personal reasonsWelcome to Movers and Shakers, an Autocar Business feature covering the latest job moves from across the automotive industry.
  This page is updated regularly with all the biggest transfers, promotions and departures in the sector, covering everything you need to know.
  Name: Carsten Intra
  Company: Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
  Role: CEOThe CEO of Volkswagen's van-making division, Carsten Intra
  
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• The New Toyota RAV4 Plug-In Hybrid Has a Huge Total Range

  21-05-2025 12:30 via motor1.com
  
  The electrified SUV proves there's life after diesel.
  
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• The New Nissan Micra Is Actually a Reskinned Renault 5

  21-05-2025 09:25 via motor1.com
  
  The electric supermini will even be built by Renault.
  
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