Autocar

Autocar is a British car magazine that comes out weekly, produced by Haymarket Motoring Publications Ltd. It made its debut in 1895 and proudly claims to be "The World's oldest car magazine." Today, it has several international versions available in countries like China, India, New Zealand, and South Africa.

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Volvo has confirmed the electric XC60 will arrive early next year | Autocar

3 days ago | autocar.co.uk | James Attwood |Will Rimell

The Volvo EX60, the electric equivalent of its XC60 best seller, will arrive early next year, Volvo has confirmed. The electric family SUV will be a crucial model in the Swedish firm’s electric push, given the popularity of its XC60 twin. Before the arrival confirmation in a social media post on Tuesday, Volvo had already previewed the car as an almost fully covered clay model during the launch of the new Volvo ES90 saloon.
Driven: this strange, Japan-exclusive Nissan might just be the future of motoring | Autocar

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

Shortly after setting off from Nissan’s global headquarters in Yokohoma, I pass a children’s museum dedicated to the hugely popular cartoon character Anpanman, of whom there is an enormous statue outside. Yet somehow a superhero with a head made from a red bean paste-filled pastry isn’t as cute as the car I’m driving. That’s because I’m behind the wheel of a Nissan Sakura, a tiny and boxy EV built to Japan’s kei car regulations for affordable entry-level vehicles.
Summer car events, venues and road trips you should try in 2025 | Autocar

6 days ago | autocar.co.uk | John Evans

Close Now that you’ve got your used car for the summer, where are you going to take it? Fortunately, the UK is blessed with no end of excuses for a drive, ranging from must-see museums and events to must-tour roads. In recent years, they have been joined by a growing roster of weekend and weekday-evening pub meets and cars-and-coffee gatherings. A great source of information for these less well-publicised events is carevents.com, on which you can search by date, city and car event.
Who needs a city car when you can rent a golf buggy? | Autocar

1 week ago | autocar.co.uk | John Evans

Close Bus, bike and underground are just three of the ways you can travel around London – and now there’s another: golf cart. There are currently 10 of the yellow electric buggies, operated by Yo-Go and scurrying around Hammersmith and Fulham, as part of a trial launched in September 2024. The idea sounds bonkers, but once you’ve driven one, it soon makes sense. Each buggy can carry two people plus their luggage.
Tyre makers developing EV-specific rubber to boost ranges, minimise wear | Autocar

1 week ago | autocar.co.uk | John Evans

Enso’s new EV-specific tyres are marketed as such (although they can be used with other fuel types), but many new tyres coming to market today are touted by their makers as suitable for EVs, hybrids and even ICE vehicles. Chris Staincliffe, senior marketing manager at Micheldever, a leading tyre wholesaler, said: “The reason is that the EV tyre market is still small, so they would rather design a tyre for all applications.
This tyre-roasting Mercedes supercar was once £142,000 – now it's a £12k bargain | Autocar

1 week ago | autocar.co.uk | Richard Bremner

An autumn day in 2003. The job was a good one: compare a Bentley Continental GT with a Mercedes-Benz CL65 AMG. I must confess I went into it carrying something no road tester should: prejudice. Not nationalistic prejudice, or brand prejudice - more a suspicion that this rakish new Bentley, with its W12, all-wheel drive, and beautiful cabin, would be the better car. The Merc, I thought, would be just another blinged-up AMG sledgehammer. The torque figure should have given me pause. 738lb ft is a lot.
"You can test the whole car in the digital world" – how software is supercharging the development of new models | Autocar

1 week ago | autocar.co.uk | Mark Tisshaw

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New keyless car theft law 'won't stop the criminals'

1 week ago | autocar.co.uk | John Evans

Close A new law intended to counter the UK’s rise in keyless car thefts won’t solve the problem, a leading figure in vehicle security has said. Last year, more than 61,343 vehicles were reported stolen, the third-highest figure in the past decade and double the 2015 total. And around 40% of those were stolen without their keys, by methods including relay attack, which tricks a car into believing the owner’s key is present.
Mitsubishi eyes UK return – but only if it has the right cars | Autocar

1 week ago | autocar.co.uk | Nick Gibbs

Mitsubishi’s “preferred” plan is to return to the UK as part of a broader strategy to rebuild its business in Europe, its European boss has told Autocar. The Japanese brand left the UK in 2020 amid the Covid-led sales collapse that forced a fundamental rethink across its global markets, including Europe. However, Mitsubishi has since returned to most of its former European markets with the aid of new models sourced from Alliance partner Renault.
Dacia's secrets to success: how it makes its cars so cheap

1 week ago | autocar.co.uk | Richard Lane

You wouldn’t think an electrically powered tailgate could be the topic of engrossing chatter, because 99.9% of the time it can’t. But then you find yourself in a room with Denis Le Vot, and suddenly it’s as if Walter Röhrl is explaining that the next Porsche 911 is going to get a V12. Le Vot, an engineer by training, is the CEO of Dacia. He’s one of those fascinating, shrewd execs who’s been around the corporate block.