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Audi Q3 Sportback returns for second generation from £39,800
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3000 miles in Cupra's 328bhp super wagon
Time’s up with this understated hot wagon. Will we miss it? You bet Back in the gloomy days of Covid lockdowns, when most of our exposure to car company executives came courtesy of Skype or Zoom, we would occasionally be invited to fire up our laptops and join then Seat CEO
Mercedes-AMG GT XX smashes electric car distance record
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Cars can share platforms but be completely different
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How London's iconic black cabs will survive the Uber age
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