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Our spies captured the third-generation Dacia Duster during testing while hiding its completely redesigned body, which seemed larger compared to today's model. Read full article

Skoda Kushaq Onyx Edition launched – Now in pictures Read full article

Skoda has been celebrating the very best of its UK dealer network at a glitzy ceremony for its retail partners. The Czech brand handed out gongs in Read full article

Verstappen was fastest in FP1 for Red Bull, despite a spin, and Alonso was quickest for Aston Martin in a rain-impacted FP2.Australian Grand Prix FP1 results: Verstappen fastest from HamiltonClaDriver LapsTimeGapIntervalkm/h1 Max Verstappen 17 1'18.790  Read full article

Jeep built a bunch of custom concept rigs for Easter Jeep Safari, ranging from an all-electric Wrangler to a sweet 1978 Cherokee with plug-in hybrid power. Read full article

A childhood autograph collection of motorsport heroes has inspired a new book of original artworks Read full article

Watch a BMW 760Li with the twin-turbocharged 6.0-liter V12 engine blast down the German Autobahn at its top speed.  Read full article

Sunak hails Britain joining Indo-Pacific trade bloc Rishi Sunak has hailed the UK’s acceptance as a member of a major Indo-Pacific trade bloc, saying it Read full article

The traditional NSU brand, celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2023, represents transformation. This is best exemplified in the 1950s by the compact NSU Prinz. In 1955, NSU was the largest employer in the Neckarsulm region and the industry leader as the world’s largest manufacturer of two-wheeled vehicles. But demand for motorcycles was in decline: As prosperity grew, so did people’s desire for a “roof over their heads” – they wanted to drive cars. So NSU reinvented itself, launching a successful comeback as a car manufacturer with the NSU Prinz in 1958. In this first episode of the history of NSU, Audi Tradition presents “the Prince”. Read full article

A parade of classic Lotus cars will take to the track at this year’s Goodwood Revival to celebrate the marque’s 75th anniversary Read full article

BMC went up in the world with the opulent Vanden Plas 4 litre R, with Rolls-Royce power bringing it up against Jaguar’s everyman S-type 3.4 Read full article

Chief of which are flag-to-flag races thanks to dynamic weather, ranked online events and a social media feed within the career mode. Flag to flag races debutA much-requested feature, dynamic weather makes its first appearance within MotoGP video games. Unlike MotoGP 22, for example, in MotoGP 23 you will see races start dry before it then rains, forcing a pitstop and a  Read full article

Final phase of winter testing for the new BMW i5 Read full article

BMW is betting on efficient design and recycling to bring down battery costs and is steering clear of investing in mines, its finance chief said on Friday, setting it apart from some competitors digging deep into the supply chain. Read full article

Gabriel Bortoleto claimed pole for Trident in the final moments of Formula 3 Qualifying. The Brazilian left it late to take the top spot after a number of last-gasp improvements Read full article

After hints that Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen are developing a tense rivalry, Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner has said there is “no reason” why their relationship should sour in the future. Read full article

Max Verstappen finished at the top of the timesheets in the first practice session at the Australian Grand Prix, ahead of Lewis Hamilton and his team mate, Sergio Perez, as the drivers got to grips with a green Albert Park circuit. Read full article

Ahead of this weekend's Australian Grand Prix, as revealed by Motorsport.com, F1 race director Niels Wittich has reminded the teams that their staff scaling pitwall fences is outlawed under the FIA's International Sporting Code requirements and is subject to penalties.This constitutes a new clampdown on a long-standing tradition of F1 team members climbing up and leaning through pitwall fences  Read full article

Otmar Szafnauer has confirmed that Alpine spoke with Daniel Ricciardo about a potential drive for the 2023 season, before opting to sign Pierre Gasly – and says he “wouldn’t be surprised” to see the Australian return to the F1 grid. Read full article

The second race of the opening National Trans Am Series round was cut short when leader Ben Grice clashed with a slowing James Simpson at the Symmons Plains circuit.The contact pitched Simpson's car into a spectacular roll, both drivers lucky to emerge unscathed from the frightening incident.While the incidence itself was subject to any interjection from the governing body, its outcomes  Read full article

There was drama before the second race of the weekend even started, initially thanks to delays from the crash-affected Formula 3 qualifying.That meant the Supercars race went from a 15-lap duration to a time certain finished at 3:33pm local time plus one lap.As the delayed start neared there was a light sprinkle of rain around the Albert Park precinct, the race declared wet for a second  Read full article

Live coverage of Friday's second Formula 1 practice session for the 2023 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. Read full article

Baku is the first of six sprint events on the 2023 schedule and it comes at a time when teams are still building up spares inventories, introducing upgraded parts and in some cases complete new packages that will be in limited supply.The fact that the race is followed one week later by another street event in Miami puts even more pressure on teams to leave Baku with a minimal amount of  Read full article

The Trident rookie, who won the Bahrain feature race, set a 1m33.025s during the final flurry of laps as several drivers crashed in the closing moments of the session.Bortoleto took an early lead with a 1m34.064s, and despite being demoted by Franco Colapinto, reclaimed the top spot before the end of the session to lead by almost 0.2s.Second-year ART driver Gregoire Saucy will line up  Read full article

The Blanchard Racing Team Mustang was found to be running an incorrect drop gear in its transaxle at the end of Thursday's running at the Melbourne circuit.While the illegal ratio was a straight line disadvantage for Hazelwood, the zero tolerance approach to technical breaches means the car has been disqualified from the opening race – in which he finished last.Hazelwood has also been  Read full article

Weichai’s light commercial new energy vehicles will adopt the BYD Blade Battery. Read full article

F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has announced that F1 Academy, the new all-female driver category aimed at developing and preparing young female talents to progress to higher levels of competition, will support F1 at several Grands Prix in 2024. Read full article

Thanks to a recent interview with SVP Derek Jenkins we now know more about Lucid's upcoming SUV. Read full article

Maruti Suzuki Celerio is one of the many models from the Indian carmaker which has received a new colour scheme in the form of the Black Edition. This special edition was announced by the automaker to celebrate its 40th anniversary in India. Read full article

Red Bull’s Sergio Perez set the early pace on medium tyres at 1m20.267s, until Verstappen beat that with 1m19.332s on softs. Hamilton went third for Mercedes, three quarters of a second down despite a wild slide at Turn 9.Both Red Bulls improved after brief pitstops, with Verstappen lowering his P1 time to 1m19.278s and Perez just 0.015s slower. Verstappen then went even faster with a  Read full article