Future

Future

Type 135 to be true to lightweight Lotus Ethos
​Development of the keenly anticipated electric successor to the Lotus Elise looks to have hardly been affected by the split with Alpine
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Alpine, Lotus sports EVs safe
​Plan to co-develop the Elise and A110 EV successors is dead but both cars will live on
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Dacia considers Citroen Ami rival to tap new market
​Dacia is looking at the viability of a diminutive, barebones city car in the vein of the Citroën Ami in a bid to tap into the rapidly growing shared urban mobility market.
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Dacia Sandero to be reborn as rugged EV
​Top-selling hatch will become a high-riding ‘active’ car with electric power in 2027
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Audi RS Electrification blitz to invigorate hot models - electric reinvention of RS7 five-door coupé
​Slew of fiery EVs on the way as Audi ups RS focus. RS-branded successors to today’s models and full-fat Audi Sport EVs are incoming.
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All-new 2024 Citroën C3 EV Due October, priced at around £25k
​Citroën readies new £25k C3 EV. Affordable electric supermini with 180-mile range will take on cheap Chinese arrivals.
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No bowing to Volkswagen Beetlemania
As a diehard classic Beetle enthusiast and owner, I couldn’t be more pleased that the name won’t be returning any time soon
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Volkswagen: no ID Bug to follow ID Buzz
​Volkswagen CEO Thomas Schäfer has ruled out reviving the Beetle for the electric age, even as some of the brand’s most famous model names are primed for comebacks
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2025 Volkswagen Tayron all-new seven-seater set for UK
​New seven-seat VW due 2025. Tayron SUV shares platform with new Tiguan; offers petrol, diesel and PHEV power.
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Toyota GR EV ‘Fun to drive’ and undergoing testing
​Toyota Gazoo working on a ‘fun to drive’ BEV Sports car to get the latest battery tech but also ICE-era characteristics such as engine noise and manual shift.
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CLE name for two-door all new 2024 Mercedes-Benz
​Coupé and convertible CLEs will get four-cylinder, six-cylinder and PHEV power
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Skoda will use the VW ID 1 tech to create a more rugged hatch
​Skoda’s take on the ID 1 would fill a gap left in its line-up by the diminutive Up-based Citigo-e iV, but crucially it would serve more directly as a successor to the petrol-engined Fabia
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2025 Volkswagen ID 1 - Sub-£17,000 electric city car
​VW flat out to put ID 1 on streets for under £17k. Inbound tech developments will allow new entry-level electric VW to dip below £17,000.
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Skoda’s Estate survives as an EV
​It won’t be all SUVs in Skoda’s electric future, as the big estate is destined to make the transition. Hurrah.
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Alpine and Lotus call off electric sports car collaboration
​Alpine and Lotus have ended their collaboration on the development of an electric sports car architecture that was expected to spawn successors to the Alpine A110 and Lotus Elise
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All new 2025 Kia EV9 GT to rival BMW iX M60 i20
​The EV9 GT is set to arrive in 2025 as Kia’s most powerful model yet and will serve as a brand-building rival to the likes of the BMW iX M60 i20.
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Future of Kia - small electric cars next on the agenda
​Kia thinks small in big EV push. Rivals to the Jeep Avenger and VW ID 2 feature in the brand’s major EV expansion.
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Don’t bet against Jaguar’s future as a maker of £120k EVs
​For a while it’s been hard to shake off the feeling that if there’s a banana skin, JLR will step on it.
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