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Ferrari has revealed a new car. It is called the 296 GT Modificata. It is only available to a special group of Ferrari customers, is limited in its production, and is – to be frank – largely unhinged. Because this is a Ferrari born from racing – spun off the 296 GT3 Evo and successor…

There’s a new version of Volvo’s best-selling car of all time. It’s new ‘long-range’ plug-in hybrid XC60 can now travel up to 124 miles on hopes and dreams – kidding! – electricity alone. The larger XC90 has undergone a bit of marathon training too, because that big friendly family bus can now do up to…

Kia has followed up its PV5 electric van with a bigger brother. And while the Passenger variant of that aforementioned PV5 can now be specced with up to seven seats, this new PV7 can accommodate up to nine people in European markets. To make things even more confusing, an even bigger PV9 will follow in…

Hedley Studios (formerly known as The Little Car Company) is back! Yep, after some money troubles earlier in the year, the Oxfordshire-based maker of downsized classic cars has returned having been purchased by its original founder Ben Hedley, alongside a group of private investors. And it has returned with something rather exciting, because what you…

Spezi-farti what now?! What the hell’s with the name? It’s basically a direct German translation of ‘custom made’. AMG insists it’s a name with special resonance for them, but it’s also worth pointing out that the name was suggested by an engineer – which at least means AMG didn’t hose millions at a branding agency…

Twelve years ago, Formula E began with milk-float jokes and drivers changing vehicles halfway through races. Yet this summer, motorsport’s premier all-electric racing series finally had the sort of uncomplicated public moment it had spent much of its life trying to engineer. And it only took 42 seconds. During the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Formula…

This month the iX3 has taken us to Cornwall to stay with friends who’ve just bought the holiday cottage they’ve rented for the past half-dozen summers. To Dorset, for a combined fossil-hunting and glamping getaway that was our daughter’s birthday present. And then to Chester, to celebrate an uncle-in-law’s birthday at the horse races. Those three…

This is the Volkswagen ‘Mission Efficiency’. Admittedly not the most exciting of monikers, but in this era of electric mobility and cost-of-living squeeze, an exciting project: it’s an ID. Polo-based hatchback capable of nearly 500 miles of range. And as you can see, it channels the spirit – and fairings – of the brilliant little…

A chunky, almost rugged electric supermini that looks a bit like an SUV that’s been reproduced at 70 per cent scale. An interesting take, seeing as it’s based on the same bones – VW’s MEB+ platform – as the VW ID. Polo and Cupra Raval. Think of the Skoda Epiq as a Renault 4 competitor,…

Good news, an’ all that: there’s a new Dacia Spring, one that’s matured over its predecessor with a more girth to its dimensions and depth to its performance. It should be a fairly charming thing, not least because it’s based on TopGear.com’s reigning electric car champ, the fourth generation of cutesy Renault Twingo. Even better?…