Vehicle manufacturing

£460m in fines for car makers that agreed to not compete on recycling claims in advertising

Manufacturers and trade bodies hit with hefty anti-competitive fines by both British and European authorities

1 April 2025
Autocar Business
£460m in fines for car makers that agreed to not compete on recycling claims in advertising
Merc and BMW
We’ve gathered all the information you need to know to make sense of VED
Advice

UK car tax 2025: everything you need to know about VED

Our guide answers all your questions about vehicle excise duty, also known as car tax or road tax

1 April 2025
UK car tax 2025: everything you need to know about VED
Hyundai Insteroid front quarter
Insteroid name is a portmanteau of 'Inster' and 'steroid'
New cars

Hyundai Inster gets wild race-ready rework

Korean brand's city car gets a makeover with rally-style bodywork and stripped-out interior

1 April 2025
Hyundai Inster gets wild race-ready rework
How much of a fire risk are electric vehicles?
Damage can cause lithium ion batteries to catch fire
Electric cars

How much of a fire risk are electric vehicles?

We look at why EV fires are so hard to extinguish, how fire services are handling it and how to minimise risks

1 April 2025
How much of a fire risk are electric vehicles?
Vauxhall Grandland Electric Ultimate front quarter tracking
Vauxhall Grandland Electric in Ultimate trim previously cost £40,495 – putting it over the ECS threshold
Consumer

Vauxhall drops prices to swerve new 'luxury car tax' on EVs

Average new EV exceeds the threshold triggering an extra £2125 in VED over first six years of its life

1 April 2025
Vauxhall drops prices to swerve new 'luxury car tax' on EVs
gkn liam butterworth interview factory
GKN's last UK automotive parts plant closed in 2021
Manufacturing

Job-hit automotive suppliers brace for a very different future

Headwinds including electrification and China are forcing a number of prominent suppliers to restructure

1 April 2025
Autocar Business
Job-hit automotive suppliers brace for a very different future
Insights

Webinar: How a fresh approach to gauging risk will make modern cars insurable

Sign up to learn about the huge changes to UK car insurance and how they will affect you

31 March 2025
Webinar: How a fresh approach to gauging risk will make modern cars insurable
Corporate

Seat and Cupra CEO steps down after four years

Wayne Griffiths departs Spanish company "at his own request", having taken CEO role in October 2020

31 March 2025
Autocar Business
Seat and Cupra CEO steps down after four years
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New MINI Aceman: 6 reasons why it's a proper MINI

From its iconic design to its playful handling, we explain why this all-electric crossover is every bit a proper MINI

31 March 2025
New MINI Aceman: 6 reasons why it's a proper MINI
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The best value used cars

We bring you 10 of the most sensible, well-priced and genuinely fun used cars on the market today

31 March 2025
The best value used cars

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