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The candidates for the 2020 World Car Awards have been announced, with 31 vehicles featuring on the “provisional list of eligible vehicles” for the overall prize. Of course, in April 2019, the Jaguar I-Pace grabbed the World Car of the Year title, along with two other gongs. And now it’s ...

A high-ranking McLaren executive has lashed out at rival automakers for “just chasing volume” with SUVs. Darren Goddard, who holds the title of director of McLaren’s Sports Series range, told motoring.com.au “there is nothing cool about an SUV”. He went on to slam rival ...

The fifth-generation Toyota RAV4 has struggled to complete Swedish motoring magazine Teknikens Värld’s dreaded “Moose Test”, although the Japanese firm says it is “confident in the safety” of all its vehicles. The Moose Test is one of the toughest handling evaluations ...

Mercedes-AMG CEO Tobias Moers has admitted the new Porsche Taycan “sets the bar” for all-electric performance vehicles. He made the comments to carsales.com.au after Mercedes-Benz’s Affalterbach-based performance division confirmed its own plans to build an electric model. "Taycan ...

A new report from Bloomberg suggests the 992-generation Porsche 911 is the “most profitable” vehicle – “proportionately speaking” – launched in 2019. According to Bloomberg Intelligence’s analysis, the sportscar accounted for nearly 30 percent of Porsche’s ...

Land Rover’s chief design officer says it would have been “suicide” to build the new Defender to appeal to “traditionalists”. Speaking to Autocar after the long-awaited reveal of the off-roader, Gerry McGovern said he nevertheless hoped traditionalists would say the new ...

Volkswagen has revealed its new “clearer and simpler” logo, which the Wolfsburg-based firm says is the “start of a new era” for the brand. The new VW logo features a two-dimensional design, with the automaker saying its insignia has been “reduced to its essential elements”. ...

Volkswagen Group South Africa says the 200 000th example of the sixth-generation Polo has rolled off the production line at its Uitenhage plant in the Eastern Cape. The local arm of the Wolfsburg-based firm says 153 582 units were exported and 46 418 were produced for the SA market, with production ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has taken a swipe at Porsche for using the “Turbo” badge on its new all-electric Taycan. The SA-born Musk took to Twitter to call out the Zuffenhausen-based firm after the reveal of the new four-door electric sports car, which will count the Tesla Model S as one of its ...