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A tastefully coloured Five Series, fat hamper and a view - for what more can the picnic-lover ask?

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Festive road trip: Christmas hamper hunting in a BMW 520d Touring

Christmas hampers can be a minefield of culinary disappointment. So we decided to build our own by way of a national road trip in an everyday all-rounder

21 December 2019

Festive road trip: Christmas hamper hunting in a BMW 520d Touring

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It’s all too easy to get caught up in how quick a car can accelerate, but it’s brakes that bring you safely back home.

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Ranked: The fastest stopping cars ever made

Many of us know what the world's fastest cars are, but do you know which ones stop the quickest too? Time to find out

19 December 2019

Ranked: The fastest stopping cars ever made

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Autocar has been formally roadtesting cars for over 90 years.

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The best new cars of 2019

We take a look at all the highest-rated cars Autocar has roadtested this year

17 December 2019

The best new cars of 2019

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Car manufacturers have for long sought a compromise between performance and refinement.

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World’s best V12 engines – and the great cars they powered

The days of the V12 may be numbered, but that won't stop us celebrating the configuration's finest examples

16 December 2019

World’s best V12 engines – and the great cars they powered

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Forty years ago, in March 1980, the Audi Quattro made its public debut at the Geneva motor show.

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40 years of the Audi Quattro

As a big birthday approaches, Autocar tells the story of the technology and the car that put Audi on the map

15 December 2019

40 years of the Audi Quattro

Rover and BMW developed the new Mini; it was built in its then little-known Cowley factory

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How Mini's Cowley factory came into existence

The first example of a Mini Adventure, the maker's well-known ad line, took place inside its Oxford plant. We tell the story

15 December 2019

How Mini's Cowley factory came into existence

Supra is the result of a Toyota-BMW tie-up

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Is time running out for Japan's car industry?

The land of the rising sun once led the car world but looks to have stalled. We ask whether a new dawn awaits Japan’s car makers

15 December 2019

Is time running out for Japan's car industry?

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Replica, continuation, recreation or restomod.

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Old becomes new: the finest re-created classic cars

Autocar looks at the boom in recreating the best cars from the past, and selects some of the best

12 December 2019

Old becomes new: the finest re-created classic cars

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The Chrysler 300C created a splash when it first arrived in 2004.

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The enduring appeal of the Chrysler 300C

Now 15 years old, we investigate how the 300C initially succeeded – and how it’s still on sale today

11 December 2019

The enduring appeal of the Chrysler 300C

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Chrysler has spent its life in the shadow of its two larger Detroit rivals, General Motors and Ford.

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What has Fiat Chrysler ever done for us?

Ahead of its planned merger with France’s PSA, we take a look at all the innovations and inventions first seen on a car from Fiat, Chrysler, and its various brands

10 December 2019

What has Fiat Chrysler ever done for us?