FILE PHOTO: A Toyota Mirai car is seen during a presentation at the 16th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition in Shanghai, April 21, 2015. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
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You want a hydrogen car. You just don’t know it yet

Fuel cell cars are clearly a revolutionary technology. The problem is, that message is unclear

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Mini John Cooper Works Aceman review: Feisty, and fat-shaming with it

The Mini JCW Aceman is brimming with personality, but does it live up to its own legend?

Lexus' LS Coupe Concept, a tall-riding four-door, suggests that one nameplate can stretch across wildly different forms.
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Why a six-wheel Lexus, Japan’s Rolls-Royce and an incomplete car matter so much to Toyota

The ongoing Japan Mobility Show reveals that both the country and the world’s biggest car company need to regain their mojo

The Q6 e-tron quattro is a mid-sized premium sport utility vehicle that still feels like a car instead of a gadget.
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Audi Q6 e-tron review: Familiarity breeds content

The Audi Q6 e-tron quattro is polished and poised, but it’s also priced perilously close to something more desirable

The IM6 is an early example of what the industry calls a software-defined vehicle – one where the car’s behaviour, features and user experience are driven more by lines of code than by mechanical hardware.
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IM Motors IM6 review: When software creates a Porsche rival

The IM6 Performance is 778 horsepower Chinese EV programmed to be a ballerina one moment, a luxury barge the next

The single-motor RWD Long Range G6 packs enough punch to hit 100 kmh in 6.7 seconds, with firm suspension to keep the 2.1-tonne car composed around bends.
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2025 XPeng G6 facelift review: The speed of fright

With more than 80 updates in only 23 months, the electric SUV shows that its maker can iterate faster than rivals can...

Chinese car companies focus on palatial cabins, hospital-grade air filtration and other indulgences.
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Europe’s car giants are solving the wrong problem. And China knows it

Contrary to popular belief, the battle between legacy car companies and Chinese firms isn’t a technology race

As for how it actually drives, the Avatr is more soothing than sporty by far.
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Avatr 11 review: A Rolls-luxe submariner

Changan, Huawei and CATL’s radical EV sells the pleasure of not driving, looks like a submarine and subverts the old rules of...

The new Forester is for people who covet all that thoughtful Subaru practicality, with an added dose of efficiency from its hybrid system.
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2025 Subaru Forester e-Boxer Hybrid review: No fuel like an old fuel

With petrol-electric power and thoughtful practicality, the Forester makes a case for taking the EV transition slowly

After a facelift, the BMW iX still looks mostly the same, with its slab-sided body and carbon shell, but the grille now lights up and the headlights look a bit sharper.
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BMW iX M70 review: Too hard to sell? 

The most powerful BMW EV isn’t headed for showrooms here. Here’s what we’re missing out on