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Renault’s investment in hybrid technology shows no sign of abating. It has just given its mid-sized Symbioz crossover a powertrain update, adding the E-Tech Full Hybrid 160 system recently introduced

YOU may assume something is wrong with a car for it to be significantly updated within a year of going on sale. But that’s not the case with the Renault Symbioz. The SUV arrived last July, and althoug

OVER the course of five generations and nearly three decades, the Scenic has slowly transformed from a sensible, practical MPV into a more rakish and desirable SUV. That transition really took off wit

PLUG-in hybrid cars, depending on who you believe, are either a wasteful technological dead-end or a sensible compromise and valuable stepping stone to pure-electric vehicles. The truth, as ever, is m

FAMILY SUVs have taken over from traditional hatchbacks. Where the Ford Focus, Volkswagen Golf, Vauxhall Astra and their like once ruled the roost when it came to car sales, now it’s names like Nissan

Engineers don’t like plug-in hybrids. It’s the ‘two engines rather than one’ factor, and all that extra associated ballast. Marketing types have always liked them, though – dare I say, because they un