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Audi S6 Sportback E-tron Review: $80,895 Buys a 543-HP Electric Sport Sedan That Gets It Right
The 2027 Audi S6 Sportback E-tron delivers 543 hp, 326 miles of rated range and sharp handling from $80,895. Real-world ...
Audi Poland Boss: Premium Is Democratising as Financing and TCO Reshape Buying
Łukasz Zadworny says premium has grown from 15% to 23% of Poland's car market, with financing and balloon payments makin...
Volkswagen Prepares Workers for Overhaul That Could Cut 120,000 Jobs
CEO Oliver Blume tells staff the situation is ‘more than critical’ as the group plans to halve its model range by 2035; ...
Elon Musk Teases a Tesla 'Way Cooler Than a Minivan'—With No Specs, Timeline or Official Design
Elon Musk's reply to a fan's minivan plea has set off fresh speculation about a Tesla people mover, but no details or da...
Lamborghini Design Chief on Revuelto SV: Building a 'Spaceship' Hybrid With a 1,963-Unit Cap
The Italian marque's latest V12 hybrid is its fastest production car, with 0 to 100 km/h in 2.4 seconds. Design head Mit...
Tesla Reportedly Prepares Public Cybercab Launch in Austin
Tesla is reported to be preparing a public launch of its steering-wheel-free Cybercab in Austin this month, moving from ...
Ferrari's First Electric Luce Sells for $40 Million at Charity Auction
A bespoke first-production Ferrari Luce sold for $40 million at RM Sotheby's Monterey auction, setting a record only thr...
EU Mandates Driver Attention Monitoring and Pedestrian-Sensing Brakes on New Cars From July 2026
From 7 July 2026, new EU cars must add driver attention monitoring, pedestrian-detecting emergency braking and protectiv...
Giugiaro at 88: The Fiat Panda's 50-Year, Nearly 8 Million-Sale Run
A veteran Auto Express columnist presents Giorgetto Giugiaro as the greatest current car designer, citing the Fiat Panda...
Best Electric Estates for 2026: Audi, BMW, VW, Vauxhall and More Compared
Auto Express has ranked the practical electric estate cars that aren't SUVs. The Audi A6 Avant e-tron leads, but VW, BMW...
How VinFast's VF 3 Became Vietnam's Bestselling Electric Car
The VF 3 delivered 44,585 units in Vietnam in 2025 and kept selling strongly in 2026, becoming an owner-personalized urb...
Rajesh Jejurikar: Mahindra Will Chase EV Volume, Not Mass-Market Scale
The Auto and Farm CEO explains why Thar, Scorpio and Bolero still sell close to 10,000 units a month, how GST shaped aff...
Chinese Automakers' R$465 Million Celebrity Ad Blitz Reshapes Brazil's Car Market
Chinese brands spent R$465.4 million on Brazilian advertising in two years, 44% of the sector total, using Gisele Bündch...
Pebble Beach Concours Hands Leadership to Vince Finaldi as Younger Collectors Reshape Classic-Car Elite
Sandra Button steps down Oct. 1 after 34 years steering the world's most important classic-car contest. Successor Vince ...
Chevrolet's 1994 S-10 ZR2: A $30 Million Bet on Off-Road Image
GM's ZR2 package put 31-inch tires on the S-10 and spent heavily to tame their compromises—mostly to sell an image, not ...
Lincoln Continental Edges Cadillac Seville SLS in 1995 Luxury Sedan Duel
A June 1995 Car and Driver comparison put two 32-valve American V-8 sedans through snow and Kentucky back roads, with th...
2026 VW Golf R: 328 HP, 3.9 Seconds to 60, and Euro Style Package Tradeoffs
A photo gallery shows the 2026 VW Golf R's all-wheel-drive performance, DSG behavior and the Euro Style package's cabin ...
Turkey Tightens Car Rental Rules with Licences, Fleet Limits and Deposit Caps
The Trade Ministry's new vehicle rental regulation introduces compulsory licences, stricter fleet and vehicle standards,...
Automakers Race to Reformulate Motor Oil as Middle East Disruption Triples Base Oil Prices
Volkswagen, Stellantis and Toyota are securing alternative lubricant supplies after a missile hit on a Shell Qatar plant...
Tesla Plans Long-Delayed Roadster Demo With SpaceX Cold Gas Thrusters
Tesla is preparing a remote-controlled Roadster demonstration at SpaceX's Texas test site using cold gas thrusters loud ...
France's New 'Bornistes' Bring a Human Face to Highway EV Charging
TotalEnergies and APRR are staffing busy motorway chargers with trained seasonal workers to help novice EV drivers and s...
Land Rover Reveals Limited-Edition Road-Legal Defender Dakar
Land Rover has unveiled a limited-run, road-legal Defender Dakar with a 626bhp BMW V8, derived from the D7x platform tha...
Aston Martin’s New 839bhp Valen Is a Lighter, More Aggressive Vanquish
The Q Division special pairs a 839bhp twin-turbo V12 with a 110kg weight cut, limited to 150 examples — but trades class...
Porsche Builds a One-Off 911 GT2 RS That Channels the 935 Moby Dick
A single customer car gets slantnose bodywork, Manthey aero and obsessive weight trimming — road legal and tested around...
Cadillac's V-One Concept Signals a Softer, Customer-Facing Future for V-Series
The Monterey reveal wraps the V-Series.R's 830-hp hybrid V-8 in a more refined cabin, testing demand for a Cadillac cust...
Leapmotor Exits Survival Warning After First 100,000-Vehicle Month
The Chinese EV maker says it is past its ‘most frightening period’ after July deliveries doubled to 101,267; it now need...
Gordon Murray's S1 takes the McLaren F1 formula into grand-touring territory
The 64-car GMSV S1 pairs a 12,100rpm Cosworth V12 and six-speed manual with softer suspension, active aero and a far mor...
Land Rover Defender Dakar: Dakar-Winning DNA in a Road-Legal 626bhp SUV
Land Rover has revealed a road-legal Defender Dakar at Monterey Car Week, pairing its Dakar-winning D7X-R chassis with t...
Honda Super-N vs Hyundai Inster: Kei-Car Charm vs Range and Space at a Price
At £18,995, the Honda Super-N undercuts the Hyundai Inster by £4,760, but offers 128 miles of range to the Hyundai's 223...
GAC Indonesia's GIIAS Orders Skew Toward Family EVs as Local Feedback Shapes Strategy
GAC's 2,170 GIIAS 2026 orders split sharply toward the AION V SUV, while the company says Indonesian customer feedback i...