Features

Inside the UK’s busiest car factory at Christmas

Nissan’s two-week Christmas shutdown provides vital breathing space to upgrade and improve its Sunderland plant

24 December 2024
Inside the UK’s busiest car factory at Christmas
Electric vehicles

Official: Honda and Nissan confirm merger plans

The two Japanese firms are in talks to join forces in new holding company that could also include Mitsubishi

23 December 2024
Official: Honda and Nissan confirm merger plans
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Where we're going, we don't need roads
Features

Ariel Christmas miracle: Extreme winter trek in new Nomad 2

A century ago, a Scottish explorer brought the first Christmas tree a remote Scottish island. We reprise her adventure with the help of an Ariel Nomad 2

23 December 2024
Ariel Christmas miracle: Extreme winter trek in new Nomad 2
Features

Just in time: brilliant car events you can still attend in 2024

Get into your car and away from the Christmas mess with our guide

23 December 2024
Just in time: brilliant car events you can still attend in 2024
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New aero kit from Manthey makes track-focussed GT3 RS even more extreme
Technology

How Manthey gave the 911 GT3 RS 1000kg of downforce

Manthey and Porsche produced an extreme aero kit for the 911 GT3 RS

23 December 2024
How Manthey gave the 911 GT3 RS 1000kg of downforce
Nearly new buying guides

Nearly new buying guide: Audi A3 saloon

Audi's usefully practical, fine-quality baby saloon finally gets the recognition it deserves

23 December 2024
Nearly new buying guide: Audi A3 saloon
New cars

Nio's budget EV brand Firefly launches £16,000 hatch that's bound for Europe

Dubbed the “small smart, high end electric car”, it is positioned as a rival to the BYD Dolphin and Renault 5

21 December 2024
Nio's budget EV brand Firefly launches £16,000 hatch that's bound for Europe
From the archive

What sports car track tests looked like in the 1960s

The Foreign Car Test in the '60s was the equivalent to our Britain's Best Driver's car contest

21 December 2024
What sports car track tests looked like in the 1960s
New cars

Volkswagen to cut 35,000 jobs by 2030

German car maker says decision is part of comprehensive restructuring plan to save up to €4 billion

20 December 2024
Volkswagen to cut 35,000 jobs by 2030
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Citroën C4 successor, here imagined by Autocar, will take inspiration from the Oli concept
New cars

Value-focused Citroen C3 platform set to underpin C4 successor

“No limits” to scaling up Smart Car architecture, boss says, as bigger cars “don’t need to be full of technology”

20 December 2024
Value-focused Citroen C3 platform set to underpin C4 successor

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