New product tests

Which snow foam lances are best?

Snow foam is one of the most satisfying and effective car cleaning products you can use, but there’s a bewildering variety of different snow foam guns to consider across a broad price range. We put them to the test

15 April 2024
Which snow foam lances are best?
Electric vehicles

Reports: Tesla to lay off over 10% of global workforce

The layoffs equate to around 14,000 jobs and come following a drop in car deliveries

15 April 2024
Reports: Tesla to lay off over 10% of global workforce
Dealers

Inchcape agrees £346m sale to US-based dealer group

Group 1 Automotive will add firm's 120 dealerships to its 79 existing UK franchises

15 April 2024
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Inchcape agrees £346m sale to US-based dealer group
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The drop-top EV gets 751bhp and 996lb ft from three electric motors
New cars

Maserati Grancabrio Folgore arrives as 751bhp drop-top EV

Grancabrio EV is a "status product" for its maker and will hit the UK this year priced at around £185,000

15 April 2024
Maserati Grancabrio Folgore arrives as 751bhp drop-top EV
Atomic future
Optimism of ‘atomic age’ inspired a whole new school of design
From the archive

From the archive: looking ahead to our atomic future

Radiation was being considered for use in medicine and even drinking water, but could there have been a nuclear car?

15 April 2024
From the archive: looking ahead to our atomic future
Slideshow

Ranked: the longest-living car engines

Tried and trusted engines can survive in production for decades – often far longer than the cars in which they’re fitted. These are the longest survivors

15 April 2024
Ranked: the longest-living car engines
New cars

BMW X3 prototype drive

Major overhaul in every department for Munich’s best-selling model

14 April 2024
BMW X3 prototype drive
New cars

Abarth reveals retro sports coupe based on Alfa Romeo 4C

Limited-run two-seater pays tribute to one of the Italian brand's most successful racers

14 April 2024
Abarth reveals retro sports coupe based on Alfa Romeo 4C
Features

Best of a dying breed: Ford, Lexus and Jaguar V8 showdown

The LC and F-Type's retirement leaves the Mustang as the last V8 bruiser standing. But is it the best?

14 April 2024
Best of a dying breed: Ford, Lexus and Jaguar V8 showdown
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Barrett owns a Mini Comtesse (left), SEAB Flipper (centre) and a William Cyclo (right)
Features

Welcome to the weird world of the 1970s microcar

This collector focuses on these miniature marvels and plans to drive one all over the UK. We learn more

14 April 2024
Welcome to the weird world of the 1970s microcar

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New car news

Fangchengbao Super 9 front quarter
The Super 9 was penned by Wolfgang Egger, who previously designed the Alfa Romeo 8C
New cars

BYD-owned Fangchengbao brings three new cars to Beijing show

23 April 2024
BYD-owned Fangchengbao brings three new cars to Beijing show

Motorsport news

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The full broadcasting schedule is set to be revealed in the coming weeks
Motorsport

2024 BTCC race season to be streamed live via TikTok

27 March 2024
2024 BTCC race season to be streamed live via TikTok