If you are launching a new car brand, subtlety is probably a luxury you cannot afford. Saudi Arabia’s Ceer has made its entrance with the Exobot: an electric saloon and SUV that look determined to…
Nine concept cars. That is Stellantis’ opening bid for the Paris Motor Show, and I approve of the ambition. Give designers a stage and let them get a bit carried away. A motor show ought…
There is something wonderfully excessive about taking a family-sized electric Volkswagen to 92 countries. You could prove it works with a trip to the supermarket. Rainer Zietlow chose a rather longer errand. Good. Cars need…
Thirteen new Volvos sounds like a marvellous excuse to build a bigger showroom. It also sounds like an excellent way to bury the car you actually want beneath a mountain of model names. The interesting…
How much is half a second worth? On a qualifying lap, quite a lot. Between two electric executive saloons taking you to the office, considerably less. Mercedes has added the C 300 4MATIC Electric to…
Volkswagen has spent 50 years teaching us that a GTI should make ordinary journeys feel mildly conspiratorial. The shopping still fits in the boot, your neighbours see a sensible hatchback, yet the driver knows there…
Britain’s electric-car argument has spent years obsessing over charging stops, winter range and whether anyone really needs a screen to open the glovebox. The Tesla Semi makes all of that feel rather small. Here is…
Vans have spent a century growing more comfortable for the person behind the wheel. Stellantis has now skipped to the obvious conclusion: get rid of the person altogether. Its BOW concept — short for Box-on-Wheels…
Electric vans often arrive wrapped in the language of disruption, then reveal themselves to be familiar boxes with a battery and a touchscreen the size of a chopping board. The Kia PV7 is more interesting…
Electric cars have spent years swaggering into the room with ever larger batteries, ever sillier power figures and kerbweights best discussed in hushed tones. Volkswagen’s Mission Efficiency arrives with a more interesting boast: what if…
