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Stunning 'continumod' of 1970s icon is new from the ground up and has blistering performance potential British engineering firm Boreham Motorworks has revealed its £300k Ford Escort RS 'continumod' in production form for the first time - and claimed it will be "one of the most focused lightweight performance cars of the modern era". Unlike a conventional restomod, Boreham's super-light Escort is
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Ninth-generation pick-up truck arrives with fresh design and mild-hybrid diesel power The face of low-budget regime changes, the Toyota Hilux, has received a makeover.The incoming ninth-generation Hilux sports a rather swanky new front, as part of a redesign that Toyota calls ‘all-new’, although the word ‘all’ is doing heavier lifting here than even the load bay is able to.To recap, the famously
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'Flat storage' system doesn't intrude into cabin space and enables iX5 to be built on same line BMW has moved its fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) development on another step with the new ‘BMW Hydrogen Flat Storage’ system – a new method of storing compressed hydrogen on board vehicles. This new approach overcomes a major barrier because it’s modular and fits into the same space in the iX5 as th
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Firm has developed a string of electric demonstrators in recent years but will now pivot back to ICE Ford Racing will continue to develop a line of high-performance 'Demonstrators' that are intended to push technology – but will broaden them out beyond EVs. The firm has developed a string of electric Demonstrators in recent years, including the Supervan 4.2, an F-150 Lightning Supertruck and a Mu
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These are the best EVs on sale in the UK today in our view – each with its own trump card Electric cars have come a long way in such a short period that there's now no doubting their credentials as genuine, do-it-all transport. Only a few years ago, EVs fell way short of the mark, with high price tags, limited real-world ranges and lacklustre charging speeds discouraging drivers from making the
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From a frugal 1.0-litre to a mighty 3.9-litre V8, here’s a list of the overall winners of the International Engine of the Year trophy Start your engines. In 2021, Autocar picked 50 of our favourite road-going engines, including the Ford small-block V8, Lotus twin-cam and Porsche air-cooled flat-six. In truth, we could have selected twice as many, but we had to draw the line somewhere. Here, we’r
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Next Astra will be built in Germany on new platform; could become a crossover but will keep estate The Vauxhall Astra will be reinvented for a new generation by the end of the decade, morphing into a less "traditional" shape as it aims to maintain market share in the face of soaring SUV demand. Vauxhall-Opel has confirmed the new Astra is one of "at least" four new models it will launch by 2030,
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The Skoda Superb has reclaimed its crown as What Car?’s Estate Car of the Year. Here’s why it’s so hard to beat... There’s a particular kind of satisfaction that comes from a car doing exactly what it says on the tin – superbly. The Škoda Superb Estate has been doing precisely that for years, delivering class-leading space, a refined and comfortable ride and tremendous value, and the the judges a
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After years of dismissing synthetic gearshifts as "gimmicks," Porsche has been won over by the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N This week my brain dredged up Dr Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham. In it the unnamed narrator insists to Sam-I-am that the titular dish disgusts him, only to eventually try it and, sure enough, love it. For green eggs and ham substitute an electric car with synthetic gearchanges, and for our
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Everyone loves a fast wagon - and in this story we're rounding up the very best you've ever been able to buy What’s the difference between an estate and a shooting brake? A lot has been lost in the mists of time and marketing, but the latter has to have some sass to its styling. Practicality isn’t the overriding concern of most shooting brakes, but added load space is certainly handy. Here’s ou
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Nissan, Honda and Mitsubishi are among the Japanese firms to look to other global markets for growth Nissan’s announcement that Jaecoo owner Chery is ready to take over one of the two production lines at its underutilised Sunderland plant neatly illustrates a wider trend: that Japanese car companies are facing an existential crisis in Europe as their fingertip hold on a difficult market is now st
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Volkswagen's MQB is among the most prominent platforms, spawning a variety of models The word is commonly used in automotive circles, yet its meaning isn't widely understood – and is highly variable One thing the car industry is renowned for is jargon – and the problem with jargon is that terms can be interpreted differently depending on who's using them. Electric vehicles' traction motors are
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