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Fleetwatch
IF there’s one car on fleet that fits the bill as a holiday wagon, then it’s our bright-yellow ID. Buzz. So senior test editor Dean Gibson loaded up the electric MPV with five people and their luggage for a trip to Norfolk. Electric range was never g
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GWM Ora 07
Jordan_Katsianis@autovia.co.uk ONE of China’s more eccentric brands is about to land its second model here in the UK, with GWM Ora’s new four-door 07 almost ready to hit the road. But before it comes to us, we’ve had an early drive inside the brand’s
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BYD Shows Off Hot Rival For VW ID.3 GTX
THIS is the Ocean-M, a hot hatch from BYD that also previews a new five-door model that’s due to enter production later this year. The company was coy on technical info for the dramatic show car, but the Ocean-M is electric and rear-wheel drive – so
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I Need To Replace A Tyre. Is It Okay To Fit Another Make?
IT is certainly annoying if you are forced to mix brands through no fault of your own, especially if your other tyres are nearly new. Before you give up on the make you currently have fitted, try searching online to see whether you can find a retaile
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Car Hunter
AFFORDABLE coupés were all the rage in the seventies and eighties. Invariably spun off from a big-selling saloon, coupés glamorised what could otherwise be a pedestrian line-up. The nineties were also a good time for these rakish two or three-door ca
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Key Battlegrounds
TUCSON gets a powerful full-hybrid powertrain for less than the price of the mild-hybrid Tiguan. BOTH cars are roomy inside and have vast boots, but in each case the Tiguan holds a very narrow lead over its rival. TIGUAN’S otherwise soothing ride is
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Performance Wagon Leads Denza Charge
DENZA could be the next BYD brand to reach the UK, and its line-up looks set to include this dramatic electric shooting brake, the Z9GT. The premium brand’s show star is longer than a Porsche Taycan Sport Turismo; it’s likely to be available with a c
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Infotainment
Infotainment Package Plus | Key feature: Wireless apps ALONG with strong build quality, a slick user interface has been one feature that had slipped away from VW in recent years, but the Tiguan’s infotainment is the best system from the firm in a ver
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Honda CR-V
Chris_rosamond@autovia.co.uk Running costs 39.1mpg (on test) £85 fill-up Practicality Boot (seats up/down) 579/1,634 litres Performance 0-62mph/Max speed 9.5 seconds/116mph IF I were a paying customer, I’d be on our local Honda dealer’s Xmas card lis
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Rivals And Other Options
THERE’S more than one brand in the Hyundai empire, and the Tucson’s counterpart from Kia is just as appealing. The Sportage comes with an equally striking look inside and out, and shares much of its mechanical make-up with its sibling, including its
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BUYER’S GUIDE: Toyota RAV4 Mk5
CO2/tax 126-132g/km £180 Running costs 48-50mpg (hybrid fwd) £80 fill-up Performance 0-62mph/top speed 8.1 seconds/111mph TOYOTA is often credited with creating the leisure-focused compact SUV, with the original RAV4 of 1994. Suzuki might argue, beca
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DRIVEN Incredible new MG3
Alex_Ingram@autovia.co.uk @AxleIngram Hybrid powertrain develops 192bhp Range prices start from just £18,495 REACH adjustment for the steering wheel is absent, reverse parking manoeuvres are a bit jerky, and the sliding tray under the front centre ar
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Lamborghini 400 GT
Alastair_Crooks@autovia.co.uk @AllieCrooks LAMBORGHINI’S origins are well documented – an Italian entrepreneur got upset with an Italian car maker, and decided to build an entire car company out of spite. This firm went on to make some of the most co
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New MINI Aceman SUV Makes A Big Impression
Jordan_Katsianis@autovia.co.uk SQUEEZING its way between the new MINI Cooper and Countryman, the neat Aceman has found its niche and is absolutely owning it. We reported on the car last week (Issue 1,828), but among the show’s blaring press conferenc
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Next Week
Our first verdict on the latest generation of Brit motoring icon Petrol-engined budget family hatchbacks go head to head We get to grips with the star at the heart of the Defender Rally Series News Product tests Drives Features & Tests on sale Wednes
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Plug-in Lamborghini Urus SE revealed
Jordan_Katsianis@autovia.co.uk Updated Urus packs 788bhp of hybrid-assisted V8 power Subtle revisions to front and rear, plus revamped dashboard LAMBORGHINI has just revealed the substantially updated Urus, featuring a new plug-in hybrid V8 powertrai
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More Power, Extra Kit For Skoda Fabia And Karoq
SKODA has treated its Fabia supermini and Karoq family SUV to a selection of model-year tweaks designed to help them keep pace in a fast-moving market. The Fabia gets more tech, more equipment, new interior trim and a more powerful ‘EVO2 generation’
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Bargains Galore On EVs – If That’s What People Want…
FOR anyone who gets a bit geeky about UK new-car sales, it’s going to be an interesting 2024. Admittedly the regulations that have got the car industry here aren’t so interesting, but in broad terms, 22 per cent of every company’s new-car sales must
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Garage Complaints At Record High
CUSTOMER complaints about car repairs carried out by garages and workshops have reached record levels, according to the industry’s self-appointed watchdog. The Motor Ombudsman (TMO) says there were more than 1,600 cases about repairs and servicing re
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How To Take Your Dog To France
IT’S well known that pet ownership surged during the pandemic, and the new breed of dog owner seems much less inclined to disappear on holiday without their four-legged companion in tow. As a result, cross-channel carriers report a surge in demand fo
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Full Hybrid Vs Mild Hybrid
THE mild-hybrid unit in the Tiguan is hard to fault. Its strongest traits are its smoothness and refinement, and although its straight-line performance isn’t outstanding, there’s more than enough torque low down for it to never feel particularly stra
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Costs
AEB = Autonomous Emergency Braking. In red = equipment fitted to our test car. Insurance quotes for a 42-year-old living in Banbury, Oxon, with three penalty points. Residual values provided by CDL VIP Data. ■
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Final tests for Range Rover EV
Richard_Ingram@autovia.co.uk @rsp_ingram Land Rover reveals images of electric Range Rover Brand promises car will have exceptional low-grip abilities WE are used to seeing spy pictures of the latest cars undergoing testing, but Land Rover is looking
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New Car Prices
PERFORMANCE: This is the manufacturer’s claimed acceleration time for a car, and is measured from 0-60mph or 0-62mph (0-100km/h), in seconds. ECONOMY/EMISSIONS/RANGE: Combined WLTP economy in miles per gallon, emissions in grams per kilometre of CO2
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Tesla fires up 460bhp Model 3 Performance
Alastair_Crooks@autovia.co.uk @AllieCrooks Car features more power and chassis upgrades On sale now, priced from £59,990 TESLA has just revealed its new flagship Model 3 Performance – a quicker, more powerful version of the brand’s all-electric execu
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Mazda 3 e-Skyactiv X
Pete_Gibson@autovia.co.uk Running costs 42.2mpg (on test) £73 fill-up Practicality Boot (seats up/down) 351/1,026 litres WE’VE been through some highs and lows with our Mazda 3 – the latter through no fault of the car itself – but now is the time we
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REPORT 30 Years Of The Channel Tunnel
Chris_rosamond@autovia.co.uk THIRTY years ago this month Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and French President François Mitterrand arrived together in Calais on brand-new Eurostar passenger service trains, for a joint red-white-and-blue ribbon-cutting
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Used Cars
IF the Tiguan doesn’t feel quite posh enough for you, then you can step a little further up the VW Group ladder to an Audi Q5. For similar cash to the cars tested here, you can get a 2021 example with fewer than 10,000 miles. That’s powered by the 45
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High Rollers
ROLLS-ROYCE has often indicated, whether subtly or explicitly, that it believes its cars to be in a class of their own. Consider the marketing for the Phantom, for example, which included a short film with the tagline: “Unique has no rival”. Enough s
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MG EXE181 ‘Explores Speed In The EV Era’
YOU can read our round-up of the Beijing Motor Show on Page 12. But not wanting to feel left out, MG showed off its wild EXE181 concept – a homage to the ‘Roaring Raindrop’ that took a land-speed record in 1957 with Sir Stirling Moss at the helm. The
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