Universal EV platform will first be used for new electric pick-up truck priced from £22,000 Ford will launch a new range of affordable electric cars based on a new EV platform. Claimed to be as revolutionary for the company as the arrival of the Model T, the Ford Universal Electric Vehicle Platform

Korean brand refreshes its hatchback line-up in preparation for arrival of EV4, EV2 and combustion-engined K4 Kia has slimmed down its Picanto line-up, added a new range-topping Xceed model and ended production of the Ceed and Ceed SW as part of a major line-up reshuffle. The Picanto – the Korean brand’s second best seller,

Stricter enforcement on eyesight is being primed as part of wide-reaching reform on road safety rules The UK government is poised to introduce mandatory eye tests for drivers aged above 70 as part of the first official road safety strategy in more than a decade. Under a proposal reported by the BBC

Hoping, waiting, praying - there is nothing more unbearable than taking your wheels for its MOT test I’d be a hopeless sports coach. I don’t just suspect that’s the case, I fairly well know it, having spent a season ‘managing’ the Pear & Partridge FC, my local pub’s football team, 20

The InNature Sleep Pack features a fold-out bed, a double(ish) mattress and a tent If a recently married man tells people he’s going to be sleeping in his car that night, concern, it seems, is the immediate reaction. “No,” I tell them, “this is for fun.”  Little do they know that

These fine straight-six diesels make a strong case for buying an oilburner in 2025 Lusty premium turbo diesels were once the order of the day, but now they’re a dying breed May 2025 marks a slightly unorthodox anniversary: that of a 20-year-old Jenson Button being caught speeding on his way

Steve Cropley sits down with the two generations of Ford family tasked with its move to electrification In this bonus podcast, Autocar editor-in-chief Steve Cropley meets the Fords. Yes, those ones, whose name is above the door at Ford Motor Company. Ford remains the only major car maker to have been led and