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We kick off with Volvo’s EX90, the electrified variant of the XC90. It’s the usual fare – chic Scandinavian style, seven seats, clever packaging – only in 450bhp twin motor guise it gets a giant 111kWh/107kWh skateboard battery (meaning a flat floor essentially) for up to 383 miles of range. If you’re in the market…

Even if your only exposure to Japanese car culture is a yearly drink-along rewatch of Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift, there’s no denying the draw of the country’s unique take on all things automotive. With that in mind, it’s sort of surprising that the Forza Horizon series, with its remit to provide dream automotive holidays…

Attention all Saab fans: a load of 9-3 prototypes that were left at the factory in Trollhättan are coming up for auction… and they’ll all be sold with no reserve. In total, seven 9-3s currently owned by NEVS (National Electric Vehicle Sweden) will be auctioned by Klaravik, with the online listings opening for bids on…

Niels van Roij, a Dutch coachbuilder responsible for many fine, interesting automotive items, has announced that he and his team are to create yet another: a modern intepretation of the one-off Ferrari Daytona Shooting Brake from the 1970s. This car, provisionally dubbed the Daytona Shooting Brake Hommage – tin, what it says on, does, etc…

BBC Studios has responded to online reports about a potential return of Top Gear TV. And this is where it all gets a bit into the Spider-verse. Speaking to TopGear.com, about Top Gear TV, a BBC Studios spokesperson – speaking on behalf of the company that traditionally makes Top Gear TV – said: “The Top…

Age, as they say, is just a number. So too is used-car mileage. Often a large and terrifying number that causes buyers to go pale. But, according to eBay, big mileage isn’t a number to be feared. New research from the world’s most stressful auction house reveals that, in the UK, there are now nearly…

Three years after it swept its way to several awards – not least TG’s own Best Electric City Car gong – the popular Jeep Avenger is getting a mid-life shake-up. Literally none of it will come as a surprise: the grille has been reworked (and is back-lit on upper trims, as per the Compass), the…

Are you a proud Yorkshire native that loves modified cars and has a spare million quid lying around? Do you already own everything that Twisted Automotive builds? Well, we’ve some good news for you, because this is t’ Talos Porsche 911 RT. Just 20 examples of this “true race car for the road” are set…

The first of Volkswagen’s MEB+ platformed cars to be driven properly. So the ID. Polo is the sensible supermini, the ID. Cross is the more practical small SUV-thing, the Skoda Epiq is the value-for-money one, leaving some space for the Raval to be Cupra’s spicy-little-tearaway. To that end, it’s a small electric five-seat, front-drive hatch…

Here’s TopGear.com’s roving correspondent, Cory Spondent, with his mostly incorrect exclusives from the world of motoring A motorist has spent five days driving around a car park looking for an empty, unobstructed parking bay, sources have told TopGear.com. The driver of a sensibly-sized hatchback has been circling his local supermarket for nearly a week in…