New cars

Industry calls for car tax rethink as private EV sales miss targets

Electric car sales climbed 42% year on year in January but still lagged well behind ZEV mandate targets

5 February 2025
Industry calls for car tax rethink as private EV sales miss targets
New cars

Aston Martin reveals Valkyrie LMH racer for Le Mans 2025

British entry is the only Le Mans Hypercar based on a road-going model and the only one with a twelve cylinders

5 February 2025
Aston Martin reveals Valkyrie LMH racer for Le Mans 2025
New cars

Sub-£25k Dacia Bigster hits UK roads ahead of imminent deliveries

Whole Bigster range comes in at less than £30k as firm aims to steal a chunk of Europe's biggest segment

4 February 2025
Sub-£25k Dacia Bigster hits UK roads ahead of imminent deliveries
Audi S6 Avant E Tron rear badge
Combustion-engined A7 was thought to be on the way to accompany new electric A6
New cars

Audi abandons split model names for ICE and EV models

Under now-scrapped strategy, EVs wore even–numbered designations and combustion cars odd-numbered ones

3 February 2025
Audi abandons split model names for ICE and EV models
NEW C3AIRCROSS REVEAL4
At 4390mm, the new C3 Aircross is considerably longer than its predecessor
New cars

New Citroen C3 Aircross goes on sale at £21,005 with seven seats

Second-generation family crossover is larger and more practical than before; EV starts at £22,990

3 February 2025
New Citroen C3 Aircross goes on sale at £21,005 with seven seats
Dacia Sandero front quarter turning
Sandero's 268,101 sales saw it take top honours by a wide berth
New cars

Official: Dacia Sandero is Europe's best-selling car by a wide margin

Sandero outsold the second-placed Renault Clio by more than 50,000 cars; Golf completes the podium

3 February 2025
Official: Dacia Sandero is Europe's best-selling car by a wide margin
Aston Martin Valkyrie front tracking
Vibrations from Valkyrie's V12 engine could be simulated in future Aston EVs
New cars

Aston Martin EVs could get vibrating bodies for V12 feel

New Aston boss outlines plan to make future EVs as thrilling to drive as current combustion cars

3 February 2025
Aston Martin EVs could get vibrating bodies for V12 feel
Autocar Aston Martin EV render
Aston's first EV – here imagined by Autocar – was previously planned for 2027
New cars

Aston Martin to launch first EV by 2030 after hybrid model blitz

New boss Adrian Hallmark outlines plans for the future, including mid-engined investment

3 February 2025
Aston Martin to launch first EV by 2030 after hybrid model blitz
New cars

Polestar gets rally-ready with beefed-up versions of 2, 3 and 4 EVs

Off-roading makeover for Polestar's electric cars brings a suspension lift, studded tyres and ski racks

30 January 2025
Polestar gets rally-ready with beefed-up versions of 2, 3 and 4 EVs
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Tesla's sales dropped from 1.81m in 2023 to 1.79m last year
New cars

Tesla to launch ‘more affordable models’ by the summer

New cars will take elements from Models 3 and Y as well as a next-generation platform

30 January 2025
Tesla to launch ‘more affordable models’ by the summer

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