rFpro Coventry
Simulator tech is being developed to validate real-world driving data
Business

Analysis: UK firms join forces in the push towards autonomy

Roadmap lays out plans for the UK’s self-driving future, set to be realised by companies such as Arrival

2 November 2020
Analysis: UK firms join forces in the push towards autonomy
Features

Far from home – Fiat 500 vs Wales

This cutesy city car is perfectly at home in Notting Hill, but can it handle the rough stuff too?

1 November 2020
Far from home – Fiat 500 vs Wales
Nissan Figaro - front
Micra-based Figaro drips with retro appeal today and always has done
Features

Nissan Figaro at 30: plotting the retro roadster's history

We assess how well the Figaro has aged, and look back on the other quirky creations from Nissan's Pike Factory

1 November 2020
Nissan Figaro at 30: plotting the retro roadster's history
Car charging
Research suggests few operators are meeting the government-suggested 99% reliability benchmark
Electric cars

Survey reveals reliability score of electric car charge points

Data obtained by Autocar covers 12 of the UK's largest rapid operators, with one company showing 32% being out of order

1 November 2020
Survey reveals reliability score of electric car charge points
Lewis Hamilton
Nürburgring win put Hamilton level with Schumacher
Motorsport

How Lewis Hamilton became an F1 record-breaker

Ex-McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh tells us how the British driver became the most prolific in F1 history

31 October 2020
How Lewis Hamilton became an F1 record-breaker
Porsche dealer
Ian (right) and son Simon
Features

Inside the UK's oldest Porsche garage

Generations of the Parker family have steered Porsche’s oldest surviving UK dealer through good and tough times. Now a £5m new site beckons

31 October 2020
Inside the UK's oldest Porsche garage
New cars

Ford to replace Kuga PHEV batteries following system fires

Fix confirmed for firm's first PHEV, which customers have been discouraged from plugging in since August

30 October 2020
Ford to replace Kuga PHEV batteries following system fires
Business

Shell axes LPG offering in UK due to low demand

Fuel giant ends Autogas joint venture with Calor, leaving around 1900 LPG stations in the UK and Ireland

30 October 2020
Shell axes LPG offering in UK due to low demand
Business

Ford to escape EU CO2 penalties with Volvo deal

Swedish firm agrees pooling deal with rival following success in reducing fleet emissions

30 October 2020
Ford to escape EU CO2 penalties with Volvo deal
Second-hand picks

Buy them before we do: second-hand picks for 30 October

The Audi TT is no less adored now than when it arrived in 1998 and most of all in its top-rung RS version

30 October 2020
Buy them before we do: second-hand picks for 30 October

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