Software

How will Audi reimagine itself in a software-led era?

CEO Gernot Döller says Audi needs "a new interpretation”, but a software-based agenda brings tough challenges

5 April 2024
Autocar Business
How will Audi reimagine itself in a software-led era?
Consumer

How to clamp down on roadside rubbish

Prior reckons we shouldn't feel as much shame about the state of the UK's road as we do

1 April 2024
How to clamp down on roadside rubbish
Prior opinion
What would Colin Chapman, Lotus's founder and whose signature adorns the service's badge, have thought?
New cars

Why Chapman Bespoke is right for the times

Our editor-at-large wouldn't dare say whether Colin Chapman would have 'approved' of the service or not

30 March 2024
Why Chapman Bespoke is right for the times
Business

Industry digest: is business politeness becoming too cliché?

Some email cliches have become so over-used that they can now make the sender appear like an inexperienced communicator

26 March 2024
Autocar Business
Industry digest: is business politeness becoming too cliché?
Matt Prior column
Now there’s a rare sight: two traffic police cars in the same place
New cars

The problems with outsourcing police work to cameras

Prior riffs on the cutbacks made to UK police forces and why outsourcing their services only leads to more trouble

25 March 2024
The problems with outsourcing police work to cameras
Adrian Hallmark
Adrian Hallmark last year drove Bentley to its second-best financial performance to date
Corporate

Why Hallmark appointment is a huge coup for Aston Martin

Adrian Hallmark has, remarkably, left Bentley after six successful years to head Aston Martin

22 March 2024
Why Hallmark appointment is a huge coup for Aston Martin
Car sales

Personalisation pushes up profits at Bentley

Demand for luxury cars flatlined last year but the British marque's profits were its second highest to date

22 March 2024
Autocar Business
Personalisation pushes up profits at Bentley
Matt Prior
The Raptor may be seen as a performance car, but 50mph is its limit here
New cars

Why UK speed limits are confusing for pick-up drivers

A confusing mess of speed limit types leaves some vehicles with an unusual exception - Matt Prior explains

16 March 2024
Why UK speed limits are confusing for pick-up drivers
tesla model 3 road test review 20 24 01 cornering front
Should the Model 3's steering wheel indicators disqualify it from being sold in the UK?
New cars

Finally: new safety rules recognise that buttons beat touchscreens

Controls that have migrated away from physical buttons and onto touchscreens has left Matt Prior in despair

7 March 2024
Finally: new safety rules recognise that buttons beat touchscreens
Government and legislation

The government is making its own EV target impossible to hit

Omission of any EV incentives from the spring budget wasn't a surprise, but car makers have reacted furiously

7 March 2024
Autocar Business
The government is making its own EV target impossible to hit
Matt Prior opinion
Mandatory driving refreshers could cure lane hogging
New cars

Should UK motorists have to take driving licence refresher courses?

Some questionable driving standards make Prior vexed, prompting him to talk mandatory refresher courses

2 March 2024
Should UK motorists have to take driving licence refresher courses?
2024 Geneva motor show Renault stand
Renault dominated the Geneva headlines with the unveiling of the production 5
Corporate

2024 Geneva motor show was small but worthy

This year marked the return of one of the industry's biggest events – and proved motor shows still have their place

27 February 2024
Autocar Business
2024 Geneva motor show was small but worthy

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New car news

honda saloon render 2024
New line-up will be inspired by Zero Saloon concept shown at CES earlier this year
New cars

Honda primes radical saloon to rival Tesla Model 3 by 2030

17 May 2024
Honda primes radical saloon to rival Tesla Model 3 by 2030