Automotive
Autocar UK
I fitted a jet engine to my Ford pick-up
A jet engine is not that much different from an internal combustion engine in that it pushes the air in, squeezes it, ignites it and pushes it out.\" Simon Lipscombe’s idiot-proof explanation of the jet engine's basic operating principle would surely have delighted Sir Frank Whittle, inventor of the jet engine. That he knows how one works is because he bought one, like you do...
3 min |
August 27, 2025
Autocar UK
LEXUS DROPS SECOND HINT ABOUT ELECTRIC SUPERCAR
Production version of new Sport Concept could join forthcoming V8-engined 'LFR'
1 min |
August 27, 2025
Autocar UK
Testing, testing
The government has a big road safety bill in the offing.
3 min |
August 27, 2025
Autocar UK
SKODA ELROQ
We can hardly contain our excitement about this new, er, grey crossover
4 min |
August 27, 2025
Autocar UK
POLESTAR 3
Tech for tech's sake: some of this EV's functions feel like backward steps
3 min |
August 27, 2025
Autocar UK
TESLA MODEL Y
Where Tesla went, all others followed. Has it raised the EV bar yet again?
10+ min |
August 27, 2025
Autocar UK
PORSCHE CAYENNE ELECTRIC
Crucial all-new version of luxury SUV promises enormous performance, delectable handling, a long range and off-road capability all at once
6 min |
August 27, 2025
Autocar UK
How to make a car in two years
Renault has developed the Twingo in just 100 weeks - half the time it took to do the Clio. JAMES ATTWOOD explains how
6 min |
August 27, 2025
Autocar UK
CHARGING GULLIES FUND TO BOOST ELECTRIC CAR UPTAKE
It should enable more to charge at home - but critics say it's not viable
2 min |
August 27, 2025
Autocar UK
BMW 1 SERIES
Entry-level version of sporting hatch divided opinion while it was here
3 min |
August 27, 2025
Autocar UK
Matt Prior
Oh, mate. I had no idea. I had read about the Rocket, of course – the tiny sportster designed by Gordon Murray and made by the Light Car Company in the early 1990s. When it was new and I was a skinny teenager, I would have devoured every word and remembered every statistic from Autocar's Rocket review and performance test.
3 min |
August 27, 2025
Autocar UK
Britain halts flood of Japanese imports
Chinese brands are now voraciously gobbling up market share in the UK: from 5% in 2024, they’ve already stomached 8% in 2025. This has caused much anxiety and even antagonism, and some people have called for restrictive measures to be taken against China’s car industry.
3 min |
August 27, 2025
Autocar UK
VAUXHALL GRANDLAND
Vauxhall moves its bigger SUV firmly into single-car-household territory
7 min |
August 27, 2025
Autocar UK
What's in a number?
Morgan's Supersport and the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N are as disparate a pair as could be conceived. Or are they? VICKY PARROTT finds common ground
7 min |
August 27, 2025
Autocar UK
THE NEW TYRE WITH 70% SUSTAINABLE INGREDIENTS
TYRES CAUSE QUITE the headache when it comes to environmentally friendly end-of-life disposal.
2 min |
August 27, 2025
Autocar UK
Y WOULD YOU BUY A NEW ONE?
There's an even stronger case for a used example of Tesla's crossover
2 min |
August 27, 2025
Autocar UK
Why I love... HALF-LIT PROVING GROUNDS
Motoring journalism can take you to some exotic places, but few feel quite as special as a proving ground in the half-light.
2 min |
August 27, 2025
Autocar UK
Damien Smith
Three weekends to go and the British Touring Car Championship promises yet another nail-biter in a title battle that should go to the wire. The series will pitch up at Donington Park this weekend, then head to Silverstone next month before the traditional Brands Hatch climax in early October.
3 min |
August 27, 2025
Autocar UK
VOLVO EX30
The verdict’s in: ‘a brilliant car’ and ‘the best in 58 years of motoring’
2 min |
August 27, 2025
Autocar UK
RENAULT 5
The little EV is stylish, fun and a worry for Mini dealers
3 min |
August 27, 2025
Autocar UK
“Driving pleasure is what matters most”
Manfred Harrer’s role is to develop all of Hyundai Motor Group’s global output. MARK TISSHAW meets the man with motoring’s longest to-do list
8 min |
August 27, 2025
Autocar UK
Steve Cropley
MY WEEK IN CARS
2 min |
August 27, 2025
Autocar UK
MORE MILES PER CHARGE OR TANK FOR NEW PEUGEOT 308
THE PEUGEOT 308 has gained a dramatic new look and more efficient powertrains as part of its midlife update.
1 min |
August 27, 2025
Autocar UK
CHURCHILL'S SERIES 1 LANDIE REVIVED AS 400BHP SPECIAL
JLR HAS REVEALED a limited-run edition of the original Land Rover Defender with a 400bhp V8, a near-£300,000 price tag and influence from Winston Churchill's Series 1.
1 min |
August 27, 2025
Autocar UK
XIAOMI TO SELL CARS IN EUROPE IN NEXT TWO YEARS
Ambitious tech titan sets sights on global EV market
2 min |
August 27, 2025
Autocar UK
JEEP AVENGER 4XE
Baby Jeep finally gets a 4WD system - but a highly unconventional one
4 min |
August 27, 2025
Autocar UK
STARK WARNING ISSUED ABOUT EV INSURANCE
EV drivers told premiums will rise until battery repairs are more feasible
2 min |
August 27, 2025
Autocar UK
LANDMARK SUV STARS IN 10-CAR PORSCHE REVAMP
Radical line-up rethink includes new EVs, extending model cycles for ICE cars and an all-new junior SUV
7 min |
August 27, 2025
Autocar UK
FIRST CLUES TO SKODA'S NEW LOOK FOR OCTAVIA ESTATE
SKODA HAS GIVEN new details of the car that previews the next-generation Octavia estate, its Vision O concept.
1 min |
August 27, 2025
Autocar UK
BIGGER, BOLDER NEW T-ROC IS VW'S FIRST FULL HYBRID
Second generation of Golf-based crossover also set to be final combustion VW – for now
4 min |