Slideshow

The world’s most controversial car engines

Engines can be good, bad, or somewhere in between. But others are hard to put in a set box, for a variety of reasons…

29 January 2025
The world’s most controversial car engines
Government and legislation

UK will not achieve 2030 ZEV targets without help, says new Renault UK boss

Car makers must achieve an EV sales mix in 2025 of 28%, rising to 80% by 2030, or face heavy fines

28 January 2025
Autocar Business
UK will not achieve 2030 ZEV targets without help, says new Renault UK boss
BMW iX 2025 xDrive 60 M Sport front qtr tracking
New line-up comprises 402bhp 45, 536bhp 60 and 659bhp M70 models
New cars

BMW iX facelift brings 426 miles of range for £92k

Extensive revisions give flagship EV up to 659bhp and a big range boost

28 January 2025
BMW iX facelift brings 426 miles of range for £92k
Electric cars

Listed: The cheapest electric cars available in the UK

Cost-effective EVs are rare but growing in number. Here are the 10 cheapest on sale in the UK today

28 January 2025
Listed: The cheapest electric cars available in the UK
New cars

Reborn electric Fiat Panda on sale in spring for less than £21,000

New Grande Panda undercuts its Citroën ë-C3 sibling to become one of the UK's cheapest EVs

28 January 2025
Reborn electric Fiat Panda on sale in spring for less than £21,000
From the archive

Chaos and anger at the first-ever World Rally Championship event

The championship's inaugural event in 1973 was far from auspicious, with most crews ending up disqualified

28 January 2025
Chaos and anger at the first-ever World Rally Championship event
Genesis GV80 front quarter tracking
GV80 is available from stock only – while supplies last
Consumer

Genesis ends ICE sales in the UK - for now

Brand goes EV-only in the UK as it ends sales of pure-ICE cars, but hybrids are due in the coming years

28 January 2025
Genesis ends ICE sales in the UK - for now
Renault Rafale E Tech 4x4 300 hp Atelier Alpine 1
Range-topping Rafale is destined to remain Renault's only plug-in hybrid
New cars

Renault bets big on full hybrids as rival firms invest in PHEVs

CEO says flagship Rafale makes sense as a plug-in hybrid, but smaller cars will either be full hybrid or electric

28 January 2025
Renault bets big on full hybrids as rival firms invest in PHEVs
New cars

Lexus drops LS from UK line-up after 35 years on sale

Luxury saloon was first launched here in 1990, but homologation and legislation issues have led to its withdrawal

27 January 2025
Lexus drops LS from UK line-up after 35 years on sale

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