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Citroen C4
MODEL TESTED: C4 PureTech 100 You! PRICE: £19,720 POWERTRAIN: 1.2-litre 3cyl turbo petrol, 99bhp 99bhp Powertrain 1.2 litre 3cyl 50 litres Fuel tank £75 fill up 10.8 seconds Performance 114mph 380 litres Seats up/down 1,250 litres YOU! is Citroen’s b
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Muddy Brilliant
Ellis_Hyde@autovia.co.uk @EllisDrives IF you were to picture a modern-day rally car, it would probably be a feral, unhinged version of some modest family hatchback, such as the Ford Fiesta or Toyota Yaris – something small and nimble, perfectly suite
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Results
IF you’re after a no-nonsense five-seat family hatchback that gets the job done with zero fuss, then the Skoda Scala is a perfect fit. Even in SE trim, it doesn’t feel like a basic model, while the driving experience edges it ahead of the C4 here. Th
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Editor: Paul Barker Editor-at-large: John McIlroy Deputy editor: Richard Ingram Chief reviewer: Alex Ingram Senior test editor: Dean Gibson Executive editor: Paul Adam Senior staff writer: Jordan Katsianis Senior news reporter: Alastair Crooks News r
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Ring Goes Flat Out To Boost Batteries With New Starters
Price: from £74.99 Contact: ringautomotive.com RING has unveiled a range of mini jump packs that can revive cars with completely flat batteries. The three-strong line-up features an Ultraboost mode, which allows the starters to be used on power packs
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Ourfleet INDEX
Audi TT Issues 1,797, 1,804, 1,822 BYD Dolphin New arrival Genesis GV70 Issues 1,814, 1,818, 1,824 Honda CR-V Issue 1,829 Hyundai Kona Issues 1,817, 1,823 Jeep Avenger Issues 1,814, 1,820 Mercedes EQE Issues 1,816, 1,823 Nissan Ariya Issues 1,819, 1,
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Local Councils Should Provide More Chargers, Says Vauxhall
Chris_rosamond@autovia.co.uk VAUXHALL is calling for councils to take more action over local on-street charger provision, saying that candidates in local-authority elections have allowed the issue to fall off the political agenda. Elections took plac
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Hyundai Kona Electric
Darren_Wilson@autovia.co.uk I’VE had very few issues with the Auto Express 2023 Car of the Year. In fact I’ve struggled to fill in the ‘We Don’t Like’ panel on the right. For the record, contenders included the alert sounds, bings and bongs that migh
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Van Life Enhanced In New VW California
Richard_Ingram@autovia.co.uk @rsp_ingram Multivan-based camper shown Broad model line-up offered THE new Volkswagen California camper has been revealed, and it carries over a number of features from the innovative concept shown last year. It’ll go on
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Used Cars
EVER since the Focus first arrived, it has stood head and shoulders above the rest of the competition when it comes to handling. The same is still the case for the current car, which also benefits from a spacious cabin and a strong range of engines.
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Fleetwatch
AFTER driving our Skoda Enyaq Coupé fleet car into central London and parking on the side of the street, web producer Pete Baiden and his family were walking to visit a museum when it suddenly dawned on him that he might have forgotten to lock it. “N
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Horses For Courses
THE original Suzuki Jimny, produced between 1998 and 2018, became something of a cult car, thanks to its diminutive proportions and giant-slaying abilities. It wasn’t great on tarmac, but if you wanted to tackle the rough stuff, the Jimny was astonis
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Provoke Or Polarise? It’s Better Than Being Boring
I DROVE a brand-new car last week that we’ll be able to tell you about soon, but it was a real contradiction of a thing, and got me thinking about how much I love cars’ ability to create some kind of reaction. They can provoke opinions that are so pe
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Ferrari 12 Cilindri Revealed To Replace 812 Superfast
Jordan_Katsianis@autovia.co.uk Available as coupé and Spider £400k, 0-62mph in 2.9 secs FERRARI might be working on its first EV, but the marque isn’t about to give up on big petrol engines just yet – and here’s the proof. The 12Cilindri is a V12 sup
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News, Deals & Events
SKODA has worked out a new way to fuel motivation at its Czech plants: coffee. Skoda’s Curiosity Fuel coffee is grown, roasted and packed specially for the manufacturer, in a sustainable way on family-owned farms in India and Tanzania. The name was c
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Power Banks
IT’S easy to run your phone flat when you’re out and about, whether through heavy app usage or lots of calls. Having a power bank means you can be up and running even though you’re away from a conventional charger. And it can be used for other gadget
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Dacia Duster
FROM £7,500 1.5 dCi Comfort 2018, 120k miles DESPITE its low purchase price as new car, the Duster has always punched above its weight in terms of equipment levels, build quality and driver appeal. Our test car was fitted with a 1.6-litre nonturbo pe
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Buying Cars
mail@autoexpress.co.uk THE T-Roc may be one of the funkiest-looking Volkswagens on sale, but the fun stops at the showroom door for owners, who rate the SUV’s ride and handling as the worst in the survey. Its engines and gearboxes are criticised, too
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Audi Q6 Prices Run From £69k
AUDI has gone pretty punchy on the positioning of its new Q6 e-tron. The firm’s electric SUV has just gone on sale priced from £68,975 – only £825 less than the new Porsche Macan, with which it shares much of its PPE platform and battery technology.
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New Car Prices
PERFORMANCE: This is the manufacturer’s claimed acceleration time for a car, and is measured from 0-60mph or 0-62mph (0-100km/h), in seconds. ECONOMY/EMISSIONS/RANGE: Combined WLTP economy in miles per gallon, emissions in grams per kilometre of CO2
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Inbox Your views
mail@autoexpress.co.uk @AutoExpress FROM: Nick Scholes I WAS very interested to read the test between the new MINI Countryman and the Volvo XC40 (Issue 1,828). However, I was shocked that both brands are discontinuing their PHEV models. I question wh
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Britain’s Best Cars To Own – As Voted By You! Order By 03/06/24
SUBSCRIBE TO AUTO EXPRESS BY 3RD JUNE TO SECURE YOUR COPY OF THE DRIVER POWER RESULTS SPECIAL ISSUE! Don’t miss the most anticipated guide to customer satisfaction in the new-car market: Driver Power! We dig deep, asking buyers and drivers for detail
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Volkswagen ID.3
Andy_Pringle@autovia.co.uk WHEN I embarked on my time with a Volkswagen ID.3, I said I felt like a learner driver all over again. I’d never run an EV on a long-term basis, so although I reckon I had the theory nailed, I still had a lot of work to do
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BMW 530e
Alex_Ingram@autovia.co.uk @AxleIngram THIS is the all-new BMW 5 Series, the eighth generation of the brand’s executive saloon. It’s a car that once again will be competing with Germany’s finest, including the latest Mercedes E-Class and an upcoming r
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Skoda Scala
MODEL TESTED: Scala 1.0 TSI 95PS SE PRICE: £22,105 POWERTRAIN: 1.0-litre 3cyl turbo petrol, 94bhp 94bhp Powertrain 1.0 litre 3cyl 52.5 litres1 Fuel tank £79 fill up 10.8 seconds Performance 119mph 467 litres Seats up/down 1,410 litres WITH the Octavi
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Jeep Grand Cherokee
Ellis_Hyde@autovia.co.uk @EllisDrives THE all-new, all-electric Jeep Wagoneer S is due to be unveiled later this year and should arrive on our shores sometime in 2025. Until then, the brand’s flagship here is the fifth-generation Jeep Grand Cherokee
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It’s Lights, Cameras And Action For CCTV Rivals
HAVING CCTV watching over your car and driveway allows you to keep an eye on them from anywhere in the world, giving you peace of mind and evidence if the worst happens. Cameras aimed at domestic users now cost less than £100, yet can automatically d
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Next Week
Our Real-World Road Test reveals the UK’s best-value supermini Does Brit brand’s latest sports car have what it takes to beat the 911? From waxes and wipes to tyres and tools, plus our Product of the Year News Drives Product tests Features & Sport on
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Is It Worth Getting A cordless Compressor?
Got a query? products@autoexpress.co.uk ANYONE who has ever shuttled in and out of the front doors plugging and unplugging a 12V compressor into a car’s cigar-lighter socket will appreciate the ease of a cordless inflator. There’s also none of the wi
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Suzuki Swift
Richard_Ingram@autovia.co.uk @rsp_ingram Running costs 64.2mpg (official) £55 fill-up THE supermini segment is dwindling. Ford’s Fiesta is no more, and fewer manufacturers are finding reasons to invest funds in small cars – looking to more profitable
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