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Volkswagen revises Golf Mk8 line-up, bringing in fancy lighting, a faster GTI model… and better infotainment

Published 23 January 2024
By Matt Robinson
The venerable Volkswagen Golf turns 50 this year, and so the company has decided to celebrate by updating and refreshing the current model.
UK motorists hit by "hellish" petrol and diesel price rise

2035 petrol and diesel car ban: 12 things to know

The ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars has been pushed back to 2035. What does the mean for used cars and their value?
Published 21 September 2023
McLaren Artura powerslide drift

McLaren Artura review: Woking's wonder hybrid

Will Dron drives McLaren's first series-production hybrid supercar, and finds it reaches parts most cars can't reach.
Published 15 June 2022
Kia Sorento PHEV plug-in hybrid review 2021

Five of the best plug-in hybrid SUVs in 2022

Car buyers can't get enough of SUVs but these types of vehicle don't half get a tough time from anti-car lobbyists and green campaigners.
Published 12 April 2022
Uptake of pure-electric cars affected by reduction in government grant

Electric car sales affected by grant reduction

The uptake of electric vehicles has slowed following the reduction to the government's Plug-in Car Grant (PiCG).
Published 05 May 2021
Ford Mondeo production to end after 28 years

Ford Mondeo production to end

Ford has confirmed that the Mondeo saloon is to be phased out from March 2022 as the company ramps up its electrifications plans.
Published 26 March 2021

Clarkson: Don't go green with the Audi Q5 plug-in

Jeremy Clarkson says the plug-in Audi Q5 does nothing to change his mind about electric and hybrid cars.
Published 02 February 2020
Sales of new plug-in cars surge by more than a fifth in 2019

Electric car sales surged in 2019

2020 is already being heralded as a breakthrough year for electric cars, after new figures showed plug-in demand surged in the last 12 months.
Published 15 January 2020

Audi's big electric and plug-in hybrid push

Audi has kept most of its expansive electric car plans under wraps. Now, though, we have a clear idea of just what the car maker has on the way.
Published 05 October 2019
Traffic jam

Petrol & diesel cars could be banned in UK by 2035

Transport secretary Grant Shapps has suggested the government could soon accelerate plans to ban new petrol and diesel cars in the UK.
Published 01 October 2019
London city night scene, Blackwall tunnel

MPs: drivers must give up cars to hit CO2 targets

UK motorists may be encouraged to stop using their cars so the UK can meet its emissions targets, cross-party MPs have suggested.
Published 26 August 2019
Jeremy Clarkson: the hybrid Mercedes-Benz S-Class is like a private jet with number plates

Jeremy Clarkson on the Mercedes S-Class PHEV

For his latest Sunday Times review, Jeremy Clarkson has tested a humble-by-JC-standards hybrid car: the plug-in Mercedes-Benz S-Class limousine.
Published 11 August 2019

Plug-in London taxi now comes as a panel van, too

The London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) is no longer exclusively a manufacturer of London's iconic black cab — it now makes a panel van, too.
Published 18 June 2019