REVEALED: 2026 Toyota RAV4 GR Sport

A 300bhp Family Rocket urban off-road warrior?!

The world’s best-selling SUV has just had a serious upgrade. I was at an exclusive Toyota preview event in Brussels to get my hands (and camera) on the brand-new 2026 Toyota RAV4 GR Sport, and let me tell you, this is a whole new beast. Yes, the sixth-generation RAV4 has officially made its global debut, and it’s not holding back. Toyota’s taken everything that made the RAV4 a suburban legend – and added more power, more tech, and a whole lot more attitude.

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REVIEW: Classic Fiat 500e 

A Tiny Italian Bundle of Fun Rebooted by Silent Classics

There are many questions in life for which we have thus far failed to find a satisfactory answer. For example: why does toast always land butter-side down? Or what precisely is the purpose of a rubber chicken? And most pertinently on this occasion, what happens when you take a classic Fiat 500 – a car only marginally larger than a ripe melon – and stuff it full of EV batteries and magnets instead of a noisy two-pot and Italian expletives?

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10MPH Speed Limits in Cities? Are They Having a Laugh?!

A charity, a Road Safety Foundation, is proposing 10mph speed limits – seriously?!

Sometimes the news hits you with something so utterly ridiculous, so mind-meltingly daft, you can’t ignore it. So here we are. Hold onto your steering wheels. Because apparently, 20mph wasn’t slow enough – now they want to cut urban speed limits to 10mph. Yes, TEN. And no, check the date below, this is not an April Fool’s Day post.

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Inside the UK’s Most Exclusive Car Event

SMMT Media Test Day at Millbrook!

Once a year, something quite magical happens. An event so uniquely brilliant that if you’re a proper car nut and a seasoned motoring journo and content creator, like yours truly, you mark the date months in advance and count down the sleeps. I’m talking about the SMMT Media Test Day – the Glastonbury of car journalism, if you will – held at the legendary Millbrook Proving Ground.

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UK Car Industry in Crisis!

“Existential Threat” – SMMT Boss Mike Hawes Doesn’t Hold Back on UK Auto Industry Crisis

Some speeches are polite, PR-friendly affairs filled with vague optimism and corporate buzzwords. Not this one. Mike Hawes, Chief Executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), came out swinging at SMMT Test Day 2025 with what felt more like a rallying cry for survival than a standard industry update. “The industry faces an existential threat,” Hawes warned. And if that sounds dramatic — well, good. It should. Because the message he delivered was clear: the UK automotive sector is on a cliff edge, and we’re running out of road fast.

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Why You’re Losing £££ Behind the Wheel!

Are You Driving Yourself Broke? Here’s How to Save £1,000 a Year Without Even Trying

Some drivers burn rubber. Others just burn money. You might be a brilliant driver – parallel parking like a ninja, reversing into tight spots with one hand on the wheel, nodding proudly at yourself in the rear-view mirror. Ace! But while your skills might impress, your driving habits could be slowly, silently mugging your bank account.

I’m talking about £1,000 a year. Yes – a grand. Gone. Evaporated. Not from big repairs or blown engines – but from little things. Tiny bad habits that you might not even realise are costing you every single day.

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Supercar Brands Will DIE – Unless They Do THIS

Aston, Ferrari, Lamborghini and McLaren all risk extinction if they continue on their current paths

Last weekend, while surrounded by a jaw-dropping display of supercars at Brands Hatch with the Drivers Union crew – Lambos, Ferraris, McLarens, Astons, all gleaming in the sun – someone asked me a question that got me thinking: “What do you think is going to happen to these brands in the future?” 

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UK Car Trade Deal US & India

Two trade deals in one week could save uk car factories and jobs

After what feels like an eternity of bad headlines – factory closures, job cuts, parked-up cars, Brexit chaos, and Trumpian tariffs – we’ve actually got some good news to report. Yes, you heard that right! In a surprising and very welcome turn of events, the UK government has secured not one, but two major trade deals this week: one with India and one with the United States. And for the UK automotive sector, these could be game-changing. Let’s break it down.

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