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A pure electric car is the ideal choice for a fifth of new car buyers today, according to new research, Analysis of the daily mileage, driving habits and vehicle requirements for more than 8,400 users of What Car?’d What Fuel? Calculator revealed that 19.2% of drivers could use a fully …

Volvo is offering UK car buyers one year’s free electricity to charge their new plug-in hybrid car. The offer is available across Volvo’s full range of seven PHEV cars purchased from now until 30 June 2020. Reimbursement will be made at the end of the 12-month period, with the amount …

A mint Aston Martin DB7 Volante first registered to Sir Elton John is for sale on Auto Trader – and it could be yours for £34,990. Only 66 manual DB7 Volantes were built, making this car especially rare. This particular example has been finished in metallic Toro Red with a …

Van theft across the UK has soared by 45% over the last four years with more than 30,000 stolen since 2015, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has revealed. Almost 10,000 thefts have been recorded in the last year alone, according to official police statistics Of the 9,371 van thefts reported in the …

New research has revealed that nearly a third of UK drivers have written a car off – and 7% have done so more than once. The survey of more than 2,000 UK drivers, carried out for InsuretheGap.com, a leading provider of GAP (Guaranteed Asset Protection) insurance for new and second-hand …

Ford has released the first design sketch of its new Mustang-inspired, all-electric SUV. The reveal of the “game-changing”vehicle, which will have a targeted pure-electric driving range of some 370 miles, will be livestreamed from a location in Los Angeles at 03:00 CET on November 18th. It will then be on …

The Bloodhound Land Speed Record (LSR) team has unveiled the car aiming to claim a supersonic first next year in South Africa. Seen for the first time in ‘desert spec’, Bloodhound is taking part in a series of high-speed tests in the Hakskeenpan desert, Northern Cape, South Africa. The car …

Jaguar has revealed a unique photograph created by the iconic British fashion and style photographer, Rankin. ‘Rooms by Rankin’, a special collaboration between Jaguar and Rankin, celebrates key models from Jaguar, and the legendary Mk 2 is the latest subject. Launched in 1959 at the Earls Court Motor Show with …

Jaguar has become first manufacturer to offer thrill-seekers an all-electric RACE eTAXI experience around the epic Nürburgring Nordschleife. Fans can now experience the sports car performance of the I-Pace SUV at the most demanding race circuit in the world with a professional driver behind the wheel. The zero-emissions model can …

Giant veg grower Kevin Fortey has teamed up with Vauxhall Motors to create the UK’s biggest fruit and veg stall. The gargantuan groceries on display at RHS Garden Hyde Hall in Essex were transported from around the UK using Vauxhall’s smallest van, the Combo Cargo. Proving that no job is …