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BMW iX3 and a cyclist in a safety-systems testNewsNews

BMW expands standard safety systems: delayed door opening and braking during manoeuvres

Subaru Outback Wilderness with black trim on wheel arches, sills and bumpersNewsNews

Why do SUVs have so much black plastic on the body?

Electric BMW iX5 M prototype tested on the Nürburgring circuitNewsNews

Electric BMW iX5 M appears in testing: four motors and a possible 2027 launch

Checking the battery of an electric car in a workshopNewsNews

How long an electric-car battery lasts: degradation, warranty and costs

The Silver Cross Reef AL Giallo stroller, photographed from above on a yellow backgroundNewsNews

Lamborghini and Silver Cross launch a children's stroller in only 500 examples

White Leapmotor B10 photographed in RomaniaNewsNews

Leapmotor and FAW Group expand their partnership for electrified cars, batteries and assistance systems

Official teaser for the future Lotus Type 135 with a hybrid V8 engineNewsNews

Lotus Type 135 will have a hybrid V8 and more than 1,000 hp. Launch is scheduled for 2028

The electric Mercedes-AMG CLA 45 seen from the frontNewsNews

The new Mercedes-AMG CLA 45 is electric: 680 hp, three motors and 0-100 km/h in 2.7 seconds

Standard Porsche 911 GT3 on a circuitNewsNews

Porsche prepares the 911 GT3 Bergsport, an edition reserved for Alpine markets

Several Škoda Octavia generations and versions gathered for the 30-year anniversaryNewsNews

The modern Škoda Octavia turns 30: four generations and almost 7.9 million cars

Volkswagen ID. California Cruise prepared for campingNewsNews

Volkswagen ID. California Cruise: electric camper with a double bed and V2L power

BMW iX3 gets a system that can delay the door opening when a cyclist approachesNewsNews

BMW iX3 gets a system that can delay the door opening when a cyclist approaches

BMW Vision Neue Klasse X and Vision Neue Klasse conceptsNewsNews

BMW is taking Neue Klasse technology to 40 models by the end of 2027

A car travelling on a motorwayNewsNews

Czechia is testing a 150 km/h limit on the D3 motorway. When it can be used

Ferrari Formula 1 single-seater on trackNewsNews

Why it is called Formula 1: the origin of the name and the first rules

Hyundai Tucson seen from the front and sideNewsNews

Hyundai wants half of its North American sales to be hybrids by 2030

The new-generation Hyundai Tucson, seen from the frontNewsNews

The new Hyundai Tucson grows to 4.70 metres. Sales start at the end of 2026

Bugatti Tourbillon on the moveNewsNews

Mate Rimac believes combustion supercars will last a long time

Mazda MX-5 RF, archive imageNewsNews

Mazda MX-5 loses the 2.0-litre engine in Europe. The 1.5-litre version now has 136 hp

Porsche 911 Challenge on a circuitNewsNews

Porsche 911 Challenge: the 515 hp race car costs €208,800 excluding VAT

Porsche 911 Indecent 009 in the BTS Creativity workshopNewsNews

Indecent 009 is a Porsche 911 restored and radically converted in Italy

Volkswagen ID. Polo GTI during developmentNewsNews

Volkswagen is preparing a more powerful ID. Polo GTI Clubsport, but the project does not yet have the green light

Volkswagen ID.4, the electric SUV that will receive the ID. Tiguan nameNewsNews

Volkswagen confirms ID. Tiguan name for the electric ID.4 successor

Volkswagen employees gathered at the protest organised in WolfsburgNewsNews

More than 10,000 Volkswagen employees protested in Wolfsburg against new job cuts