The cheapest electric cars available in the UK
Cost-effective EVs are rare but growing in number. Here are the 10 cheapest on sale in the UK today
Electric cars come in all shapes and sizes, and the focus on battery-powered models is sharper than ever. For many drivers looking to make the switch...
Will car buyers be excited about the return of Proton?
Prior discusses how new brands can capture the attention of UK drivers with an element of familiarity
I have a dim and distant memory of two Bullseye contestants winning the darts game show’s star prize, which, perhaps or perhaps not unusually, wasn...
Used Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo 2024 long-term test
Depreciation-dodging example of Porsche’s electric estate joins the fleet
Why we’re running it: Can a cut-price approved used electric Porsche match the richly satisfying ownership experience of a new one?
Month 1 - Specs
Life with a Porsche Tayc...
Ford cancels seven-seat electric SUV in profitability push
Ford will focus on hybrid seven-seaters for the US and affordable EVs for Europe
Kia EV9 rival was due to be launched next year but failed to meet profit criteria
Ford has scrapped its plan to launch a three-row, seven-seat electric SUV next year...
New Audi RS3 is a five-cylinder swansong with improved agility
Hot hatch arrives with updated front end, interior and reworked brake torque vectoring
Audi’s signature five-cylinder engine will bow out with the updated RS3 after 48 years in production.
Making the same 394bhp as in the previous RS3, the 2.5 TFSI...
Why new cars aren’t always “better than the old one”
Matt Prior questions whether brands should be bolder with performance models as electrification takes hold
I used to think that ‘it’s better than the old one’ was one of the lazier tropes in this business.
New reviewers would get steered away from w...
Ultra-luxurious Mercedes SL is Maybach’s first sports car
Ultra-luxury brand turns AMG V8-engined two-seat drop-top into the "sportiest model in its history"
Maybach has turned its hand to the Mercedes-AMG SL, creating an ultra-luxurious sports convertible to rival the Bentley Continental GTC and Ferrari R...
Used BMW i3 2013-2022 review
Compact, upmarket and arguably revolutionary - is the BMW i3 a good used buy?
If you bought a BMW i3 when new, know that, like BMW, you were ahead of the game.This compact electric hatchback was comfortably the best contender in its class when it wa...
Change Makers Podcast: Is ‘mobility’ dead? (ep.14)
Listen to episode 14 now
Natalie Sauber talks start-ups, China and the murky future of mobility
Welcome to episode 14 of the Autocar Business Change Makers Podcast, produced in partnership with car subscription software platform Tomorrow’s Journe...
Long live the quadricycle: the Renault Twizy is back
Mobilize Duo and a cargo variant called the Bento are set to arrive next year
With the new Mobilize Duo around the corner, is there still a market for tiny EVs in the UK?
I’m pleased to see the Renault Twizy replacement will arrive in the UK, and...