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THE 2025 Auto Express New Car Awards are upon us, and we’re struggling to remember a year that proved to be so tough at the top. It’s a reflection of just how well so many car manufacturers – both new

A HOST of recent interesting stories from individual manufacturers have added up to a big picture that reinforces the brilliantly diverse nature of the UK car industry. The uncertainty over Lotus’s fu

1 FIAT GRANDE PANDA PRICE: £20,975–£23,975 The Panda was distinctly endangered for a while there (though you can still buy the old petrol one in Italy), but it’s been given a new lease of life with an

‘IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES, IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES… we had everything before us, we had nothing before us…’ The opening line from Charles Dickens’ novel A Tale of Two Cities. The 2000s promised to b

For ages I’ve been wanting to test the latest Dacia Duster 4x4, now powered by a mild-hybrid 1.2-litre petrol triple, directly against my own old-shape 21-plate 4x4 diesel. I spent a happy afternoon a

THE future of Lotus’s UK plant in Hethel, Norfolk, is under review, as its Chinese owner, Geely, takes drastic action to fix the loss-making British sports car brand. The maker is trapped in a perfect