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First Drive

Audi Q4 E-tron 50 Sportback Edition 1 2021 UK first drive

Most elaborate version of Audi’s first foray into the electric family crossover market arrives in UK

25 June 2021

Audi Q4 E-tron 50 Sportback Edition 1 2021 UK first drive

Entry-level Taycan is superb – and not just because of its range

Opinion

Steve Cropley: No hyperbole is enough for the Porsche Taycan

Our man thinks the EV is genuinely the best thing he's ever driven

23 June 2021

Steve Cropley: No hyperbole is enough for the Porsche Taycan

First Drive

Renault Arkana E-Tech 145 RS Line 2021 UK first drive

All-new compact coupé-SUV announces that the Renaulution will be hybridised

16 June 2021

Renault Arkana E-Tech 145 RS Line 2021 UK first drive

A 500e joined the Cropley clan’s own 500 this week

Opinion

Steve Cropley: My week in a Fiat 500e was electric

Cropley spent a fascinating few days with Fiat's latest EV and was impressed by everything except the range

16 June 2021

Steve Cropley: My week in a Fiat 500e was electric

If Range Rover put this on a hot wash, it would have at least one buyer

Opinion

Steve Cropley: Where are all the truly refined small cars?

Our man wants a fairly tall, four-metre-long hatchback car - basically a mini Range Rover

9 June 2021

Steve Cropley: Where are all the truly refined small cars?

RPJ credited Autocar with being first to understand his view that customers would respond to better-driving cars

News

Autocar Awards 2021 Lifetime Achievement award: Richard Parry-Jones

Few industry figures have been more deserving of a lifetime achievement award than the late ‘RPJ’. We remember him

8 June 2021

Autocar Awards 2021 Lifetime Achievement award: Richard Parry-Jones

"There’s very little time for self-satisfaction. Life is a lesson, and you’ve learned it when you’re through."

News

Autocar Awards 2021: Polestar's Thomas Ingenlath wins Sturmey Award

Having played a key role in its premium revolution, Volvo’s chief designer was given control of an all-new brand – and created something very special

8 June 2021

Autocar Awards 2021: Polestar's Thomas Ingenlath wins Sturmey Award

"Our focus has always been to become an innovative mobility company that’s beloved and trusted by our customers"

News

Autocar Awards 2021: Hyundai Chairman Euisun Chung wins Issigonis Trophy

A key force behind the rise of Hyundai and Kia even before he became the group’s chairman, Chung is a visionary leader with a talent for being ahead of the curve

8 June 2021

Autocar Awards 2021: Hyundai Chairman Euisun Chung wins Issigonis Trophy

News

Autocar Awards 2021 Outstanding UK leaders: Alison Jones

Alison Jones has helped Stellantis UK withstand Brexit, the shift to electrification and a pandemic. We meet her

8 June 2021

Autocar Awards 2021 Outstanding UK leaders: Alison Jones

99 Autocar Young Hillclimb series 2021 hero

News

Autocar Vauxhall Corsa-based hillclimb series holds first session

Six young drivers took part in a test run before the series, created in partnership with Shelsley Walsh, gets underway in earnest next month

7 June 2021

Autocar Vauxhall Corsa-based hillclimb series holds first session

"Aston stands for beauty, but maybe we lean too much on that. We’re a performance brand as well"

News

I'll let the cars do the talking: Tobias Moers on running Aston Martin

The new CEO has quietly been overhauling “a company in trouble” since taking over at Gaydon. A year on, it’s ready to unleash a new generation of Astons

5 June 2021

I'll let the cars do the talking: Tobias Moers on running Aston Martin