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From the archive: The failed domination of the UK car industry

In 1896, the cover of Autocar carried an advert that was nothing more than a threatening message. But why?

14 May 2020
From the archive: The failed domination of the UK car industry
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Virtual tour: Treasures of the official BMW museum

Continuing our series of virtual tours of the greatest car museums, we take a trip to Munich

13 May 2020
Virtual tour: Treasures of the official BMW museum
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Price (mis)match comparison: Alpine A110 vs. McLaren 570S

An A110 costs one third of the price of a 570S and has less than half the power, but is the McLaren better to drive?

13 May 2020
Price (mis)match comparison: Alpine A110 vs. McLaren 570S
Best hot hatches heroes: Autocar's top 5
Modern hot hatches dwarf older models, as our convoy shows
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Best hot hatches through the ages: Autocar's top five face off

Which of these hot hatch heroes – from an old-school Peugeot 205 GTI to the Mk7 Volkswagen Golf GTI – is the greatest?

13 May 2020
Best hot hatches through the ages: Autocar's top five face off
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Bertone’s cars: The great and the glorious

Let’s forget the present, and take a look at the past glories of Bertone, one of Italy’s most interesting and innovative design houses

12 May 2020
Bertone’s cars: The great and the glorious
GIlbern Invader
Invader followed the GT, Gilbern's first car
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TVR’s revival: a history lesson from the last Welsh car manufacturer

Gilbern built composite sports cars in Wales 25 miles from where reborn TVR plans to do exactly the same. We visit old and new in a Gilbern Invader

11 May 2020
TVR’s revival: a history lesson from the last Welsh car manufacturer
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The world’s best-selling cars

We recently told you about the top-selling cars in every market, but this story explains what the world’s best-selling cars were in 2019

11 May 2020
The world’s best-selling cars
Mercedes-Benz W124 - hero front
W124 was top of the world in 2008. Now, 12 years later, have things changed?
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Still a class apart? Driving the W124 Mercedes E-Class

We once called the W124-series E-Class the best used car on the planet. We subject the car to 2020 vision to see if that's still true

10 May 2020
Still a class apart? Driving the W124 Mercedes E-Class
Race track that might have been
Prior imagines a track that might have been
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Ghost tracks: The best airfield-based circuits that never were

Silverstone, Goodwood, Thruxton, Snetterton, Castle Combe… All of these famous tracks were built as wartime airfields. We visit some of the RAF layouts we missed out on

10 May 2020
Ghost tracks: The best airfield-based circuits that never were
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50 years of Range Rover: Mk1 prototype meets latest generation

The ancestor of today's Range Rover has a very special history. We climbed onboard to celebrate the model's half-century

9 May 2020
50 years of Range Rover: Mk1 prototype meets latest generation

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