Charlie Martin

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Meet Korea's Defender, the Genesis X Gran Equator concept | Autocar

5 days ago | autocar.co.uk | Charlie Martin |James Attwood

Close The new Genesis X Gran Equator concept showcases the brand's intention to tap the lucrative luxury 4x4 market with a rival to the Land Rover Defender and Toyota Land Cruiser. Revealed at the New York Auto Show as an electric concept car, the vehicle has been designed to accommodate both combustion and range-extender powertrains.
BYD aims to become UK’s best-selling car brand by 2030

1 week ago | autocar.co.uk | Charlie Martin

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EU could scrap Chinese EV tariffs in favour of minimum prices

1 week ago | autocar.co.uk | Charlie Martin

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Mazda is going after the Tesla Model Y with this striking new SUV | Autocar

1 week ago | autocar.co.uk | Charlie Martin

The 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 itself due to arrive in the UK later this year.
Chinese car maker GAC will arrive in the UK 'very soon' with a rival for the legendary Mini | Autocar

1 week ago | autocar.co.uk | Charlie Martin

Close GAC, one of China’s biggest car makers and a joint-venture partner of Honda and Toyota, is gearing up for a UK launch. The Chinese state-owned firm, which sold just over two million cars last year, has confirmed it will arrive in the UK with a pair of European-designed electric cars intended to steal market share from some of the market’s biggest players. The smaller of the two is the Aion UT hatchback, billed by its maker as “China’s version of the Mini”.
US tariffs won't hurt sales, says Morgan boss | Autocar

1 week ago | autocar.co.uk | Charlie Martin

Sales of Morgan sports cars will not decline in the US despite the imposition of a 25% tariff on all foreign-built cars imported into the country, according to the marque’s managing director, Matt Hole. Speaking to Matt Prior and Steve Cropley on Autocar’s My Week in Cars podcast, Hole explained: “We gained the homologation in October last year for the Plus Four, so last year we didn't have any US Plus Four volume, it's all additional.
Volvo's best-selling model receives new look and interior updates for £49,240 | Autocar

1 week ago | autocar.co.uk | Charlie Martin |Will Rimell

The updated Volvo XC60 has gone on sale priced from £49,240, arriving later this year with a new look and upgraded interior in a bid to maintain the appeal of the brand's best-selling model. The range tops out at £69,860 in T8 Plug-in Hybrid Ultra Black Edition. Deliveries will begin in the third quarter, between July and the end of September. The big changes come visually, with the SUV sporting a new grille similar to that fitted to the new XC90, as well as darker rear lights.
Forget WEC – Super Taikyu is way cooler | Autocar

1 week ago | autocar.co.uk | Charlie Martin

Cars running in the ST-Q class aren’t awarded points, the focus instead being on putting each of their innovations to the ultimate test, but still get involved in a bit of friendly competition. You also see some big names taking part – Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda most notably, taking the helm of the GR Corolla.
Meet the new-look Renault Austral hybrid: Still want that Sportage? | Autocar

2 weeks ago | autocar.co.uk | Charlie Martin

The Renault Austral has been updated three years after its launch to bring it into line with its newer stablemates. Chief among the changes is a sharp new look inspired by the new Rafale coupé-SUV, with trapezoidal headlights, a larger, diamond-patterned front grille and new tooth-like daytime running lights. At the rear end, the ‘E’ badging after the Austral name on the bootlid has been removed and the Renault logo no longer protrudes from the surface of the car.
Hyundai's going after the BMW M3 with a track-ready super saloon, and this is your first look... | Autocar

2 weeks ago | autocar.co.uk | Charlie Martin

Hyundai has released the first image of its new Ioniq 6 N performance saloon ahead of a full unveiling later this summer. Tucked in the background of a picture showing the new look of the regular Ioniq 6, it reveals the hot saloon has twin rear spoilers: a prominent duck-tail protruding from the leading edge of the boot plus a large wing mounted higher on the hatch. It also gets a chunky diffuser that draws on that fitted to the extreme RN22e concept car.