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Whilst we at Car Articles love our sports models, we also praise vehicles for a wide variety of reasons. One of those is practicality and another is good design. The 2015 Volvo XC90 is the safest that the iconic Swedish marque has ever produced. That’s quite some claim considering that the original XC90 only had […]
We have, the general public, been led to believe that when a car reaches the magic number of 100,000 miles that two things happen: It becomes completely worthless It will go severely wrong For the record, that’s simply not the case anymore. Engines are finely tuned things and have an excellent lifespan. Equally, bodywork is extremely […]
European safety organisation Euro NCAP is introducing a new test that will check how well vehicles autonomously detect and prevent collisions with pedestrians. With new vehicles offering more autonomous driver assist systems, Euro NCAP’s Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) Pedestrian tests will make it simpler for consumers and manufacturers to find out which systems work best. […]
When you think of a supercar, what comes to mind? Speed? Luxury? Head turning looks? A terrifying price tag? Futuristic design? This is what makes a supercar exactly that – there are so many different attributes that it can be hard to pin down a definitive rationale for what a ‘super’ car is. With that […]
From the searing heat of Arizona to the icy wastes of the Arctic, from design studio to the crash lab, Ford Motor Company is revealing the behind-the-scenes story of the all-new Focus RS. “Rebirth of an icon” shows the development of the latest generation of an automotive icon through a “warts and all” video documentary […]
Kia Motors has today revealed details of the intensive hot weather development tests for the all-new Kia Sportage – as part of the most extreme and rigorous vehicle testing programme ever devised by the company. The all-new Sportage made its global debut at the 2015 Frankfurt International Motor Show earlier this month, and will go […]
In this video, Henry Catchpole of evo takes a good look at the Bugatti Vision Gran Turismo Concept car at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Initially a ‘virtual’ only racer, it has now become metal – and my word what a car it is. This concept is very likely to translate in to the successor for […]
SEAT has targeted another niche in the car market – a jacked up three door sports performance car named the Leon Cross Sport. Whilst it is being labelled as a concept ‘crossover’ I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw this rolling out of showrooms sooner rather than later. For our money here at Car Articles, […]
More than three quarters of parents (78%) claim that having kids forced them to buy a new car. And nearly four in ten (37%) say that children go on to influence decisions to buy their next car. These were the key finding of research carried out for Auto Trader, the UK’s largest digital automotive marketplace, […]
Jaguar Director of Design Ian Callum has been named among the first inductees to the Scottish Motoring Hall of Fame at a prestigious ceremony held aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia and hosted by His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent. The Association of Scottish Motoring Writers’ Scottish Motoring Hall of Fame, presented by Bridge of […]