Cox's most optimistic outlook puts UK registrations up nearly 16% on 2023 Cox Automotive forecasts up to 2.2m registrations, but low-margin fleet sales and ZEV penalties are retail headwinds Industry giant Cox Automotive predicts the UK new car market will exceed two million registrations in 2024. The firm, which owns a suite of automotive...

Linear accelerator scans the crashing vehicle from above Mercedes' system can generate 1000 images a second, detailing how materials deform - crucial for in-car safety Witnessing the sheer violence of a crash test in a closed facility for the first time is a sobering experience. The colossal energy release and the noise it makes last only...

The Land Rover Defender rival is a sibling to the fabled Wrangler Hardcore off-roader to get removable doors and 373-mile range in EV form, but unlikely to be pure-ICE The Jeep Recon off-roader could be offered with a hybrid powertrain as well as an electric one when it arrives in 2025, according to new brand boss Antonio Filosa. The Land...

Does an extra 67bhp and a host of dynamic upgrades give Mercedes' new two-door the edge over rivals? Serving as an indirect successor to the E53 Coupé, the hot new CLE 53 Coupé wears the AMG badge but isn’t quite a full-bore, Affalterbach-made model. A new CLE 63 is on its way, but it remains to be seen what it will power it; the C63 saloon fell...

American makers were told to clean up their V8 motors Makers were forced to slash emissions by 70% in three years, wreaking havoc among the industry and public The car industry’s reaction to the UK’s new zero-emission vehicle mandate hasn’t been positive, not least as some makers are unable to comply – and here we can hear echoes from early-1970s...

Even April showers can’t dampen our feelings about the Clio 1.0 TCe Prior drives a standard Renault Clio, which ends up being better than the market's most expensive machines Diminishing returns is something I used to understand well with cars. It was a simple concept to grasp and it largely held true: the more you paid for a car, the better...