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How Renault Nailed The Art Of Reinvention. With a Little Help From An Unexpected Source.
Renault’s electric 4, 5 and Twingo prove that automotive nostalgia doesn’t have to mean recreating the past.
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Growing Into An Old Merc | Why Don’t We Build Cars Like The Mercedes-Benz W124 Anymore?
Why there will never be another W124 – and why it took me years to understand what made it special.
The Latest
Fresh from the Journal. New machines, old favourites and insights into an industry in constant motion.
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Paris Motor Show 2026: The new Citroen 2CV is about more than nostalgia
Categories: IndustryCitroen’s new 2CV might look like another retro revival, but there’s more going on beneath the familiar silhouette.
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Review: Geely EX2 | This is China’s Favourite Car. And Now It’s Available In The UK.
Categories: ReviewsChina’s most significant export in 2026 isn’t a supercar, luxury SUV or some technological showpiece. It’s this – the EX2. Last year it was China’s most popular car. And now it’s coming to Britain. It might tell us more about the future of the car than anything else arriving this year.
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Review: Renault Twingo First Drive | Less Car, More Renault.
Categories: ReviewsThe Twingo is back. It’s electric, it was developed at breakneck speed with the help of China, and it’ll land in the UK by the end of the year. More than the 4 and 5, this is the machine that proves Renault can still build fabulous small cars.
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Review: BMW iX3 First Drive | Why The Second Neue Klasse Matters So Much
Categories: ReviewsThe latest iX3 isn’t just an electric BMW. It’s the first proper glimpse at what the company thinks a car should be when the engine is no longer the centre of everything. That’s a pretty big deal for a brand whose entire identity has been built around engines.
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Why Chinese Cars Finally Matter. And How This Year’s Festival of Speed Proved It.
Categories: IndustryIf you’d told someone ten years ago that the Goodwood Festival of Speed would be the launch pad for cutting-edge EVs from China, the response would probably have been somewhere between scepticism and laughter. It’s all the proof you need that Chinese cars matter.
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Review: Lepas L8 First Drive | When Did Chinese Cars Get This Good?
Categories: ReviewsChery’s latest brand wants to take on the premium SUV market. The interesting thing about the Lepas L8 isn’t that it’s any good – it’s how quickly we’ve reached the point where it’s no longer surprising.
Latest Car Reviews
Driven and considered. The latest cars, considered and put into context – beyond the numbers on the spec sheet.
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Review: Geely EX2 | This is China’s Favourite Car. And Now It’s Available In The UK.
Categories: ReviewsChina’s most significant export in 2026 isn’t a supercar, luxury SUV or some technological showpiece. It’s this – the EX2. Last year it was China’s most popular car. And now it’s coming to Britain. It might tell us more about the future of the car than anything else arriving this year.
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Review: Renault Twingo First Drive | Less Car, More Renault.
Categories: ReviewsThe Twingo is back. It’s electric, it was developed at breakneck speed with the help of China, and it’ll land in the UK by the end of the year. More than the 4 and 5, this is the machine that proves Renault can still build fabulous small cars.