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China's latest EV is a 'connected' car from smartphone and electronics maker Xiaomi

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Land Rover Defender 130 2024 long-term test

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Month 1 - Specs Life with a Land Rover Defender 130: Month 1 Welcoming the Defender 130 to the fleet - 5 June 2024 No sooner had I written that the Ford Ranger Raptor had left Autocar's long-term fleet (to join Steve Cropley's personal fleet, and fair play to him), a similarly large vehicle has arrived to replace it.

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Citroen C4X 2024 long-term test

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That aside, there was not much between the two cars in terms of overall boot volume, with the ë-C4 X's battery The gripes I did have appeared across both models. Electronics Software issue or not, no car should lose its vital systems when in a precarious position. Well, several hundred miles later, it's clear that it's a mixed bag.

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McLaren Artura 2023 long-term test

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Fit and finish is exactly what you would hope it would be for such a car and those electronics have as yet not dropped so much as a stitch. Wrong cruise control stalk aside (it lacks the button that varies the distance to the vehicle ahead but otherwise works just fine), the car is perfect. And I'm already a huge fan of the electric side.

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Maserati MC20 2024 long-term test

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Yes, really: they understand that an MC20 isn’t driven by the type of rich wrong ’un you’d normally try to avoid Murray Scullion Back to the top Maserati MC20 specification Specs: Price New £222,025 Price as tested £310,735 Options Exterior carbon pack £36,240, Giallo Genio special paint £9650, lightweight monocoque racing seats £5900, carbonfibre (..)

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MG 4 2024 long-term test

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I didn’t have the car for very long, so I’m curious to see how it will perform in a longer-term test. Second Opinion I last drove an MG 4 Extended Range in winter and its, er, extended range failed to fully materialise due to slightly disappointing cold-weather efficiency.

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McLaren Artura 2024 long-term test

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And I have a theory about this, which goes as follows: the car knows it's on winter tyres not just because the tyres contain microchips that constantly post messages on the car's electronic bulletin board, but also because the car itself is set to winter tyre mode. And I'm already a huge fan of the electric side.

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