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In what was by far the worst-ever post-war year for the car industry, Volkswagen’s global sales fell a relatively slight 15.1%. PHEVs and EVs accounted for 12.4%, up from just 2.3% in 2019
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Leading the charge: How VW's boss is starting an EV revolution

Ralf Brandstätter is masterminding Volkswagen’s electric-led transformation. But making EVs is only just the beginning, he tells us

22 May 2021
Leading the charge: How VW's boss is starting an EV revolution
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How insurers can miss write-off histories

Thousands of used cars are being advertised as never having been written off when the opposite is true, due to inconsistencies within insurance databases

19 May 2021
How insurers can miss write-off histories
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Autocar's Great Women podcast: Stellantis's Alison Jones

In the first of our Great Women podcasts, we chat to Stellantis boss Alison Jones about the world’s newest car manufacturer, her career, and why a 6:30am start helps

17 May 2021
Autocar's Great Women podcast: Stellantis's Alison Jones
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We haven’t done a twin test yet, but expect a close race
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Ami, myself and I: Life with Citroen's 28mph urban EV

Who better to examine the daily driver credentials of Citroën’s titchy 8bhp electric city car (sorry, quadricycle) than 6ft 4in Jim Holder?

16 May 2021
Ami, myself and I: Life with Citroen's 28mph urban EV
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The 3 Series’ diesel four is a motorway dream
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Writer’s block: Autocar's favourite car engines

As we’ve just been reminded, by no measure are all engines equal. Here, the Autocar team wax lyrical about their favourites

16 May 2021
Writer’s block: Autocar's favourite car engines
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ICE age relics: The best used combustion engine bargains

Not yet ready to enter the electric era? We dig out 10 used bargains that offer unique and characterful engines

15 May 2021
ICE age relics: The best used combustion engine bargains
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Mercedes AMG pot is one of the iconic ICEs
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A life well lived: Tracing 120 years of the combustion engine

Hard though it is to fathom, the internal combustion engine could soon be a thing of the past. We eulogise 120 years of engineering progress

15 May 2021
A life well lived: Tracing 120 years of the combustion engine
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Back to the future: Driving the first ever rechargeable EV

The very first rechargeable EV was made by Gustave Trouvé all the way back in 1881. We have a replica built to recreate the 140th anniversary of its maiden drive

9 May 2021
Back to the future: Driving the first ever rechargeable EV
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Prototype gave us a tantalising taste of Evija
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How Matt Windle is putting Lotus back on the map

After a long period in the doldrums, Lotus is being revitalised with an all-new line-up. We meet the man presiding over Hethel's dramatic transformation

9 May 2021
How Matt Windle is putting Lotus back on the map
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"For almost all of its long life, the S-Class has been Stuttgart’s special halo model"
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The cream of the crop? Bentley Flying Spur vs Mercedes S-Class

But is the car of choice for chauffeur-driven owners still the best in the world? We aim to find out

8 May 2021
The cream of the crop? Bentley Flying Spur vs Mercedes S-Class

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