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The Audi e-tron is the EV that holds its value best according to Vanarama. Audi, Jaguar and Tesla took the top spots in research, with the e-tron, I-PACE and Model X, respectively in the top three places. However, the more affordable VW all-electric e-Up! is expected to drop less than £4,000 in its first 5,000 miles on the road a ...

Vauxhall today released the first pictures of the Vivaro-e, its first factory-built, fully electric van, set to arrive in the market as more and more UK cities welcome emissions-free vehicles. Built on the same line as the diesel-engined Vivaro, and available to order from June in two lengths and two body variants, the new battery electric Vivaro-e enables business users ...

What Car? has named the new Ford Puma as its 2020 Car of the Year. It took the top prize while also winning the Small SUV category, where it saw off competition from the Audi Q2 and Skoda Kamiq. Rivals for the overall Car of the Year title included the Skoda Scala, Range Rover Evoque and Tesla Model 3. The ...

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) personnel make repeated references to avoiding “difficult second album syndrome” when describing the all-new second-generation version of the Range Rover Evoque compact SUV, and with good reason. Before the first Evoque launched in 2011, effectively creating the premium compact SUV market, JLR as a whole had annual sales volumes of 144,000 cars. After the first year ...

The Corolla has returned to the UK with the aim of injecting new found sales momentum for dealers backed by a reputation for quality, durability and reliability. The Corolla is also the world’s best-selling car model with more than 40 million sold already. Toyota’s management point to the 12th generation model offering two petrol-electric hybrids (the Auris only offered one), ...

Volvo Cars has launched updated version of its flagship XC90 large SUV. The car features Volvo’s kinetic energy-recovery braking system, which offers drivers up to 15% per cent fuel savings and emission reductions in real-world driving. The new brake-by-wire system interacts with the energy-recovery system and reduces fuel consumption and emissions by recovering kinetic energy under braking. The new ‘B’-badged ...

The Kia e-Niro electric vehicle (EV) has been voted the What Car? 2019 Car of the Year. The success for an electric car could mark a tipping-point for the technology in 2019 with Audi, Honda and Mercedes-Benz, all planning to launch new electric models in 2019. Electric vehicles were high on the agenda at the awards which saw the introduction ...

Skoda has revealed a vRS performance version of its large Kodiaq sports utility vehicle. The model uses four-wheel-drive and a 240ps diesel engine, which is the most powerful production oil burning power unit fitted to a Skoda. The company is claiming 0-62 in 7 seconds and a 138mph top speed. The car is one of a number of go faster sports ...

Ford’s compact sports utility EcoSport was Britain’s fastest selling used car last month, according to data from the Indicata used vehicle management portal. It found that the EcoSport, which was recently facelifted, spent an average of 38 days on used dealer forecourts. The second placed Ford Kuga took a day longer to find buyers. However in volume terms the EcoSport ...

Ford-accredited vehicle conversion specialist Wellhouse Leisure is offering a revised range of Transit van-based camper conversions. Costing between £29,995 and £60,000 the vehicles are being sold through 20 dealers that have staff trained to market them. The Ford motor caravans are rivals to Volkswagen’s T6 van-based Californian campers which are built in house. The Wellhouse Leisure vans are either Transit or ...