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1 week ago | 
carmagazine.co.uk | Jake Groves
► The Favorit supermini is reborn!► Design study a crucial car for the brand► Should it make production? Skoda’s design team have dug deep into the brand’s modern history, reimagining the Favorit supermini as an electric car. The Favorit hatchback was originally launched in 1987, and helped transform Skoda from Eastern Bloc minnow to the VW Group-owned European powerhouse it is today.
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2 weeks ago | 
carmagazine.co.uk | Jake Groves
► Hyundai’s EV strategy is working► Is it making cars people want? ► The EV N cars we’re excited aboutAfter a genuinely fun electric car for the enthusiast? No one does it better right now than Hyundai. Want interesting and attractive car for the family, fitted with clever details and ‘I hadn’t thought of that’ touches? Call Hyundai. How about a brand that’s smartly playing the field when it comes to powertrain options, instead of putting all its eggs in the battery-electric basket?
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2 weeks ago | 
carmagazine.co.uk | Jake Groves
► Saving the small car – mission impossible? ► Stellantis and Group Renault call for regulation rethink► Dacia boss Denis Le Vot weighs in on what’s nextLighter. Cheaper. Simpler. More efficient. That’s the kind of cars what Europeans want and need, according to both Group Renault and Stellantis.
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3 weeks ago | 
carmagazine.co.uk | Jake Groves
► Dacia boss on brand’s varying EuroNCAP star ratings► ‘Passive’ safety is the focus more than ADAS► Le Vot points to older cars still being worse in crash safetyDacia CEO Denis Le Vot has told CAR that the brand ‘is not chasing EuroNCAP stars,’ when questioned about the brand’s crash safety ratings.
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3 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Jake Groves
1 day agoChina: Car salesman swept away when wind blows advertising boardHebei, China - May 01, 2025 This is the hilarious moment a car salesman was swept away when a strong gust of wind blew an advertising board. Dashcam footage shows two sales agents stepping out of a BYD electric vehicle dealership building to secure a large display banner in a parking area in Hebei, China.
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3 weeks ago | 
carmagazine.co.uk | Jake Groves
► CAR explores drive-by-wire technologies► Steering, throttle, shift and braking without physical connections► Which car makers want it, and which ones don’t? What do cars like the Tesla Cybertruck, a Lexus RZ and most of Ferrari’s line-up have in common? They’re all production cars that use ‘drive-by-wire’ technology – engineering and software that enables control of a car’s movement without the need for a physical engineering.
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3 weeks ago | 
carmagazine.co.uk | Jake Groves
► Re:Nissan plan announced► 20,000 jobs and seven plants shuttered► Freeze on projects until after 2026Nissan has announced its 2024 financial results, and they are even worse than the ailing company had projected. The company announced a net loss of £3.4bn over the course of 2024 and says 2025 isn’t looking any rosier.
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3 weeks ago | 
carmagazine.co.uk | Jake Groves
► Up close with Harman’s new ReadyAware technology► Car-to-X awareness without the need for infrastructure► Tech can be integrated into existing and new connected carsHarman, the wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung, seems to have solved one of the biggest problems with car-to-X technology – the need for expensive hardware – with its ReadyAware system.
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1 month ago | 
carmagazine.co.uk | Jake Groves
► CAR tests Hyundai’s X-Ble Shoulder tech► Wearable robotics tech designed to aid manual jobs► Tech will go on sale later in 2025‘Transformed Into A Cyborg!’ sounds like some sort of B-movie sci-fi thriller you’d watch at a drive-in theatre. But engineers at Hyundai have crafted robotic technology that isn’t far off that, making such a thing no longer the imaginative ramblings of a science fiction novelist. This is the X-ble Shoulder, a wearable vest equipped with braces around your arms.
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1 month ago | 
carmagazine.co.uk | Jake Groves
► Aston Martin DBX S revealed► More power than a 707; less weight► The new flagship DBX modelThe curious case of SUV one-upmanship continues as Aston Martin launches its new DBX S flagship. With 717bhp, the new all-out SUV manages to be ever-so-slightly more powerful than a Ferrari Purosangue. Aston Martin says the DBX S is the latest in a long line of S cars which started with the DB3 S in 1953. Tenuous link to history aside, the new performance SUV sounds like a tasty mix to take on the Ferrari.
