Business

Jonathan Reynolds SMMT summit

Corporate

New industrial strategy brings sunny outlook for UK automotive

Strategy targets annual production of 1.3 million by 2035, almost 50% up compared with today's levels

18 July 2025

New industrial strategy brings sunny outlook for UK automotive

Range Rover production Solihull

Corporate

JLR cuts 500 UK jobs following 11% drop in sales

US import tariffs and end of Jaguar production saw JLR's global sales drop last quarter

17 July 2025

JLR cuts 500 UK jobs following 11% drop in sales

BYD Dolphin Smart 1

Electric vehicles

Chinese EVs set to be excluded from UK's Electric Car Grant

Other EVs manufactured in Asian countries, such as in Korea or Japan, are also expected not to qualify

17 July 2025

Chinese EVs set to be excluded from UK's Electric Car Grant

Lotus Ben Payne

Corporate

Lotus creative chief: design 'must remain' in UK

UK expertise and brand identity will be instrumental in Lotus's future success, says Ben Payne

17 July 2025

Lotus creative chief: design 'must remain' in UK

GWM pick up teaser front

Preview image shows headlights, grille and roof bars that match those on the Australian-market Cannon

New cars

China's GWM primes new pick-up for UK market

Cannon pick-up looks on course to arrive this September as an Isuzu D-Max rival

16 July 2025

China's GWM primes new pick-up for UK market

Opel Vivaro e hydrogen front quarter

Technology

Stellantis gives up on hydrogen due to poor infrastructure, high costs

Medium and large hydrogen fuel-cell vans cancelled as firm refocuses efforts on hybrids and BEVs

16 July 2025

Stellantis gives up on hydrogen due to poor infrastructure, high costs

Corporate

Renault Group appoints Brit Duncan Minto as interim CEO

Chief financial officer Minto takes the helm following departure of Luca de Meo

15 July 2025

Renault Group appoints Brit Duncan Minto as interim CEO

range rover phev 2025 front quarter tracking

Car sales

Can the world's hottest growth market supercharge UK automotive?

A new trade deal has potentially unlocked India but barriers remain

15 July 2025

Can the world's hottest growth market supercharge UK automotive?

Skoda Enyaq Cargo front quarter static

New cars

Skoda Enyaq gains Cargo variant with 359-mile range

New van version swaps back seats for a big load bay and is aimed at company fleets

14 July 2025

Skoda Enyaq gains Cargo variant with 359-mile range

eBay Lounge Exploded View 1 Matt Howell

All the parts for the restoration were sourced from eBay sellers

Features

When the McLaren F1 designer made a Ford Transit

Peter Stevens is all about the camper van life – and his Mk1 Transit is quite the machine

13 July 2025

When the McLaren F1 designer made a Ford Transit

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