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The newest UK car buying, finance, insurance and electric-vehicle guides, ordered by publication date.
- Used Polestar 2: the electric fastback that’s suddenly serious value for UK buyers The Polestar 2 has managed something most premium electric cars never pull off on the used forecourt: it has become genuinely affordable to its tier without turning into…
- Why EV insurance costs more in 2026 — and the models quietly beating petrol on premiums The received wisdom that an electric car will always sting you harder on insurance is finally starting to crack — but not evenly, and not for everyone. The…
- Audi A6 TDI review 2026: the long-haul exec diesel that still makes UK sense Everyone told me diesel was finished. Then Audi kept the A6 TDI on its 2026 UK price list at £59,005 for the Avant, and I stopped nodding along.…
- Best premium electric SUV UK 2026: the £60k-plus picks worth leasing Spend north of £60,000 on an electric SUV and you expect it to be untouchable. In 2026, only a handful actually are — and when Auto Express crowned…
- Volvo EX90 review (2026): the seven-seat electric Volvo that finally makes sense for UK families Ninety-six thousand pounds bought you exactly one thing when the Volvo EX90 first landed on UK driveways in 2023: an Ultra-trim seven-seater and no choices to make. It’s…
- BMW i7 review 2026: is the £100k electric limo worth it for UK buyers? Start with the number that frames everything: £101,865. That’s where the BMW i7 now opens in the UK, per What Car?’s 2026 review, and it climbs to £184,420…
- Mercedes EQE review 2026: the executive EV that’s quietly got cheaper to lease A used Mercedes EQE now starts at £37,028. The same car, new, opens at £69,365. That gap — very nearly half the sticker price wiped off — is…
- Audi Q6 e-tron UK 2026: price, range and the trim I’d actually buy £60,565 gets you behind the wheel of an Audi Q6 e-tron — but the version most buyers will actually want sits another three and a half grand higher,…
- Approved-used vs independent: where I’d buy a used executive saloon Walk onto a franchised forecourt for a three-year-old BMW 5 Series and you will pay more than the independent down the road is asking for the same car,…
- VW ID.7 Tourer UK 2026 review: the electric estate that out-boots a BMW i5 Six hundred and five litres. That is the boot figure Volkswagen wants you to fixate on with the new ID.7 Tourer, and after a week spent with the…
- Best used electric cars to buy in 2026: the second-hand EVs I’d actually shortlist A 2021 Tesla Model 3 Long Range now changes hands for £15,000 to £19,000, and a battery-checked Kia Niro EV for less than that, which is the real…
- Lexus RZ 2026 UK: the steer-by-wire electric SUV, and whether it’s worth £67,795 Lexus has built the first car you can buy in Britain that has no mechanical connection between the steering wheel and the front axle. Turn the yoke in…
- Best used executive saloon 2026: BMW 5 Series vs Mercedes E-Class vs Audi A6 e-tron Here is the uncomfortable truth that should shape every used executive saloon purchase in 2026: the Audi A6 e-tron that Autocar rates as the most accomplished electric executive…
- Classic Car Insurance 2026: How Agreed Value and Limited Mileage Actually Work Here is the number that ought to reframe how you think about insuring a cherished old car: £154.59. That is the average UK classic car insurance premium for…
- Best Used Hybrid SUV in the UK for 2026: Toyota, Lexus or Honda? One used hybrid SUV can shed close to half its value in three years; another barely moves off its forecourt price. That gap, stripped of all the showroom…
- Temporary Car Insurance UK 2026: When Short-Term Cover Is the Smart Call £19.22 buys you an hour of fully comprehensive cover. That single figure, pulled from Confused.com’s 2025 temporary insurance data, is exactly why I think a lot of people…
- Used Porsche 911 (992) buying guide UK 2026: the one to buy A flat-six 911 with a manual gearbox, no rear seats and 35kg shaved off the kerb weight — and in the 2026 used market it is the smart…
- Home EV Charger Costs in 2026: The Install, the £500 Grant and How Fast It Pays Back From 1 April 2026 the Government’s chargepoint grant jumped from £350 to £500 a socket — and yet, for most homeowners reading this, that headline number is a…
- The cheapest electric cars to run in the UK in 2026 — and why the price tag is the wrong place to look A new electric car that costs £12,240 to buy will still cost you more to run than a smarter one you charged properly, and that, in a single…
- Young driver insurance in 2026: how I’d cut a £2,000 premium down to size For the first time since March 2023, the average 17-year-old in Britain is paying under £2,000 to insure a car, and I think that headline is quietly dangerous.…
- Hire Purchase vs PCP in 2026: Which Car Finance Actually Costs You Less Two drivers, the same £25,000 car, the same showroom, and one of them walks away having paid £28,190 while the other settles up at £24,500. Same metal, same…
- Best salary sacrifice cars UK 2026: the EVs that maximise the saving Four per cent. That single figure is the whole game in 2026. HMRC’s published benefit-in-kind schedule, which now runs through to 2029/30, sets the company-car tax on a…
- Ford Capri EV 2026: does the revived name finally deserve it? Ford has just taken up to £5,070 off the Capri, and the entry car now starts at £36,985 — and yet the question I keep coming back to…
- PCP or PCH for an EV in 2026? The finance choice that quietly costs you thousands Here’s the figure that should stop you before you sign anything in 2026: on a Kia Sportage, like-for-like on the same forecourt, the car costs £359 a month…
- Used Audi A6 vs BMW 5 Series vs Mercedes E-Class: which executive saloon I’d actually buy A 2011 Audi A6 3.0 TDI quattro cost £39,100 the day it left the showroom. Five years and roughly 50,000 miles later, you could buy that same car…
- BMW X3 vs Audi Q5 vs Volvo XC60: the used premium SUV I’d actually buy in 2026 Here is the number that reframes this whole class for me in 2026: a near-new Volvo XC60 now changes hands from around £44,000 against a list price of…
- Modified car insurance in 2026: how to insure without overpaying (or voiding your cover) One in five cars on Britain’s roads is reportedly carrying a modification its insurer knows nothing about. That estimate, drawn from Kael Tripton’s 2026 analysis of the modified-car…
- BYD Sealion 7 UK review: the £44,990 Chinese EV that makes the Model Y explain itself Tesla spent years telling us nobody could undercut the Model Y on price and beat it on kit. Then BYD parked a 530hp, 312-mile coupe-SUV on UK forecourts…
- Deal of the Day: Cupra Tavascan salary sacrifice in 2026 The Cupra Tavascan salary sacrifice numbers, worked from HMRC BiK rates and current UK prices, plus which trim to order and the catch before you sign.
- Vauxhall and Opel recall UK 2026: the affected models explained Forty-four thousand UK cars, a free 30-minute fix, and a fault that gets more dangerous in the rain — that is the headline number from the Vauxhall recall…