Confidential

Autocar confidential: VW's long-term manuals, Vinfast's Holden hold-on and more

Our reporters empty their notebooks to round up a week in gossip from across the automotive industry

24 March 2020
Autocar confidential: VW's long-term manuals, Vinfast's Holden hold-on and more
New cars

New Aston Martin V6 hybrid will be brand's most powerful engine

Aston details its new, in-house V6, set to be introduced in the mid-engined Valhalla in hybrid form from 2022, with plug-in hybrids also on the cards

24 March 2020
New Aston Martin V6 hybrid will be brand's most powerful engine
Gordon Murray Design T.50 rear official render
Official image shows the T50's prominent rear-mounted fan
New cars

Gordon Murray T50: hypercar's V12 revs to 12,100rpm in new video

Cosworth-designed three-cylinder test engine shows the T50 will have the highest power density of any road-going, naturally aspirated V12

23 March 2020
Gordon Murray T50: hypercar's V12 revs to 12,100rpm in new video
Building ice cream vans
The company’s tech secrets are coveted by other van makers
Features

Behind the scenes at Britain's ice-cream van HQ

We find out why Whitby Morrison is a world leader in ice cream van manufacturing and a true British success story

23 March 2020
Behind the scenes at Britain's ice-cream van HQ
Features

Mazda RX-7 revisited - driving the rotary-engined king of spin

As Mazda plots the revival of its legendary rotary wankel motor, we try out one it made earlier

23 March 2020
Mazda RX-7 revisited - driving the rotary-engined king of spin
Toyota Celica - hero front
The Celica’s 1.8 VVTL-i engine, codenamed 2ZZ-GE, also powers versions of the Lotus Elise and Exige
Used car buying guides

Used car buying guide: Toyota Celica

The Toyota Celica T Sport and GT had a variable valve timing engine that gave them a revvy nature that still appeals today. We find out more

23 March 2020
Used car buying guide: Toyota Celica
Jaguar J-Pace render 2021 - static front
"The J-Pace will have a luxurious interior and avant-garde styling"
New cars

Jaguar Land Rover to invest £1bn in three new UK-built EVs

New XJ, J-Pace SUV and ‘Road Rover’ will be fruits of investment into Castle Bromwich plant as specialist electric production centre

23 March 2020
Jaguar Land Rover to invest £1bn in three new UK-built EVs
Technology

Under the skin: How wheat can cut your car's CO2

Plants absorb CO2 when growing which counteracts combustion emissions - at least, in theory

23 March 2020
Under the skin: How wheat can cut your car's CO2
Vauxhall Zafira - stationary front
Zafira will be going to a different yard, but equally deathly
Features

Final destination: One car's end-of-life journey to the scrapheap

What happens when a car eventually reaches the end of its life? We drive a Vauxhall Zafira to the crusher and wince at its last moments

22 March 2020
Final destination: One car's end-of-life journey to the scrapheap
Features

Shift work: 10 of the greatest manual cars

As the manual gearbox enters its autumn years, we celebrate its finest hours by picking 10 of the greats where manual labour is a labour of love

22 March 2020
Shift work: 10 of the greatest manual cars

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