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Old meets new: does the CLE 53 capture some of the CLK's magic?
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Affalterbach battle: Can a CLE 53 keep up with a CLK Black Series?

Despite their different briefs and eras, there are many similarities between the CLE and CLK

Affalterbach battle: Can a CLE 53 keep up with a CLK Black Series?
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The new electric cars coming in 2025

The new electric cars coming in 2025
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Get your kicks on Route 66: why American road trips rule

Get your kicks on Route 66: why American road trips rule
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MWIC Bonus Episode 2: Autocar meets Bentley CEO Frank Walliser

MWIC Bonus Episode 2: Autocar meets Bentley CEO Frank Walliser
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New motor, new battery and great aero yield 492 miles and 5.0mpkWh
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Mercedes rethinks electric cars with game-changing 492-mile CLA

Mercedes rethinks electric cars with game-changing 492-mile CLA
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Bold new iX3 will take its lead from the BMW Neue Klasse Vision X concept
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Bold new 2026 BMW iX3 confirmed for September reveal

Bold new 2026 BMW iX3 confirmed for September reveal
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UK ban on new hybrid car sales from 2030 to be relaxed - report

UK ban on new hybrid car sales from 2030 to be relaxed - report
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Mercedes-AMG CLA 45 to return as 500bhp EV with axial-flux motors

Mercedes-AMG CLA 45 to return as 500bhp EV with axial-flux motors
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Great British Sports Cars Zero review

Great British Sports Cars Zero review
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Arrival of BMW's next-gen Neue Klasse cars will start in September with the iX3 SUV
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BMW to launch 40 new or updated models by 2028

BMW to launch 40 new or updated models by 2028
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Why China won’t come to the aid of European car manufacturing

Why China won’t come to the aid of European car manufacturing
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Skoda Octavia EV to be previewed with concept in September

Skoda Octavia EV to be previewed with concept in September
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The Americans have transformed F1 into a pop culture icon

The Americans have transformed F1 into a pop culture icon
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El-Born was to be Seat's debut EV before it was rebranded as the Cupra Born
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Seat won't launch an EV until 2030s, confirms CEO

Seat won't launch an EV until 2030s, confirms CEO
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Lexus RZ

Lexus enters fast-filling premium electric SUV club with jazzed-up Toyota bZ4X

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Volkswagen ID 4

Can Volkswagen's most popular electric car still stand out against its advancing rivals?

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Mercedes-Benz C43

Newly amped-up C-Class begins AMG’s transition to electrified four-cylinder power

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Used Audi Q8 and SQ8 E-tron 2022-2025 review

New name but not a new car, instead a range-boosting update to the E-tron electric SUV

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Yangwang U8 review

The maker of the Seal and the Dolphin produces a car that can actually swim

Yangwang U8 review
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CAR REVIEW

Great British Sports Cars Zero review

GBS Zero is a minimalist roadster on a Caterham-like theme

Great British Sports Cars Zero review
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Dacia Sandero

Britain’s cheapest car suddenly looks a whole lot more appealing – but is it?

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BMW 2 Series Active Tourer

Spacious but compact MPV has posh interior and surprisingly good dynamic ability

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Mercedes-AMG G63

The iconic G-Class silhouette shrouds a wholesale update that now makes the mighty and capable G63 a proper super-SUV

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Maserati GranCabrio Folgore

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Why China won’t come to the aid of European car manufacturing

​Chinese firms will build cars in Europe but not necessarily in a way that will fill the region’s ghost plants

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UK ban on new hybrid car sales from 2030 to be relaxed - report

UK ban on new hybrid car sales from 2030 to be relaxed - report
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Volkswagen sets out 10-year plan to become global tech trailblazer

Volkswagen sets out 10-year plan to become global tech trailblazer
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Car makers back plan to relax EU CO2 rules – but Volvo 'flabbergasted'

Car makers back plan to relax EU CO2 rules – but Volvo 'flabbergasted'
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Jaguar rebrand 'played out' despite 'frustrating' response
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Features

New Merc vs Old Merc 2024 ME 48
Old meets new: does the CLE 53 capture some of the CLK's magic?

Affalterbach battle: Can a CLE 53 keep up with a CLK Black Series?

Despite their different briefs and eras, there are many similarities between the CLE and CLK

Read more
Affalterbach battle: Can a CLE 53 keep up with a CLK Black Series?
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Designer Callum (left) and Riversimple boss Spowers cast a keen eye over every model

The shape of things to come: the next generation of car designers

The shape of things to come: the next generation of car designers
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Performance, practicality, ride and handling balance: Legacy GT-B nails them all

An enduring Legacy: farewell to one of Subaru's greatest hits

An enduring Legacy: farewell to one of Subaru's greatest hits

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Bentley continental GT american road trips WIL column

Get your kicks on Route 66: why American road trips rule

A 372-mile journey from Phoenix to California in a Bentley Continental GT is no hardship

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Get your kicks on Route 66: why American road trips rule
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The Americans have transformed F1 into a pop culture icon

The Americans have transformed F1 into a pop culture icon
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How aerodynamics have moved cars forward in the past 25 years

How aerodynamics have moved cars forward in the past 25 years

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The Range Rover Evoque drew heavily on style as a selling point, but also possesses the substance to back it up

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Used Seat Ateca 2016-2020 review
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Going recklessly into the Sahara desert, 98 years ago

It took a brave soul to go into a desert in a 1920s car. No satellite phones, either

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