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The GLE 400 e 4Matic Coupe is many cars in one, including a part-time electric vehicle. Does it work, or does it come apart at the seams?

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The Jaecoo 8 is a three-row SUV that promises much. But beyond outstanding efficiency, does it deliver?

Ordinary people need cars. Yet, the fundamental flaw of the COE system is that it ignores this human element.
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The Mifa 9 has a full-width LED light bar across the face that links the headlamps.
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2026 Maxus Mifa 9 review: What to drive when wife happens

As executive transport goes, the Maxus Mifa 9 is what to drive if your better half is handy with a stick

Toyota may be the world's biggest car company by volume, but it has hardly set the world of EVs alight, mainly because it has continued to bet heavily on hybrids such as the Vellfire Hybrid.
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The MG4 Urban feels more like a car a responsible adult would consider.
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MG’s MG4 Urban is largely devoid of character, but it has a place for everything

The bZ4X's most appealing trait is that it rides and handles better than the EV norm.
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2026 Toyota bZ4X review: A facelift transforms Toyota’s first EV, but kept one thing the same

Toyota has been busy with its bZ, but it’s still an electric vehicle aimed at drivers tentative about switching to battery power

The Subaru E-Outback is a 4.8-metre long SUV that can cart families around, plus all the gear that makes their lives interesting.
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Subaru e-Outback review: Japan’s best EV uses one key Chinese component

The E-Outback is Subaru’s boxy, button-covered flagship, and the most convincing evidence yet that Japan is back in the electric fight

The Mifa 7 Elite runs a 77-kWh battery with a claimed range of 410 km.
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2026 Maxus Mifa 7 Elite review: In losing something, this e-MPV gains plenty

Maxus strips back its Mifa 7 MPV to put seven seats within easier reach

To draw emotional succour from virtual companions is to risk losing some of the very humanity that they were designed to replicate.
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