Greg Kable

Automotive Journalist

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The wolf is back at Volkswagen. And it's howling in China.

The German car maker has revived the historic Wolfsburg crest, once seen on the Beetle and other models, with a modern interpretation for its China-built YOZ 09 sedan.

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Two brands. Two small-car specialists. Two sub-3500mm concepts. 29 years apart.

Mini unveiled the Spiritual Too at Geneva in 1997.

Now Fiat has come up with the Multiplina.

MINI got cold feet and never built it.

Will Fiat be any braver, or is this another one for the museum?

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Mercedes-Benz knows how to put on a show

15,000 people. 140 cars. One night in Stuttgart

The debut of the AMG GT SUV. A concert by Die Fantastischen Vier. And three S-Classes returning from a 65,000 km journey across 55 countries

140 years after inventing the automobile ...

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Two T-Rocs. Two different Volkswagens.

China's new T-Roc L has surfaced in regulatory filings — and it looks nothing like Europe's 2nd-generation T-Roc.

1.4T and 1.5T petrol engines. No hybrid mentioned.

Same name. Different car. Different market.

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Porsche has just shown the world what comes ABOVE the 911.

Meet the Mission S.

Mid-engined. Analogue rev counter. Physical switches. No giant centre touchscreen.

And here's the big news: Porsche plans to make this a permanent part of its range.

Not another one-off hypercar.

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King James. A V12. And a slam dunk for charity.

LeBron James has designed his own Mercedes-Maybach S 680.

Now a near-identical twin is heading to auction in New York this November.

Proceeds go to his "I PROMISE" program.

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Into the dragon's den

BMW has begun production of its Gen6 EV batteries in Shenyang, China, for locally built Neue Klasse models

Lighter, faster charging and greater range

BMW's China sales fell 24.8% in Q3. Now it's taking the fight to the Chinese. On their turf.

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An 11-year-old Chinese car brand is helping drive Stellantis's European recovery (Alfa Romeo, Citroën, Fiat, Peugeot, Opel, Jeep ... others)

Q3 '26 shipments rose by 54,000 YoY (534,000 vs 588,000)

Leapmotor added 34,000 (10,000 vs 44,000)

63% of the increase

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BMW Group's Q3 2026 sales reveal a brutal divide

China: -24.8%
Germany: +2.1%
USA: +2.5%
Europe: +2.7%

Global: -6.3%

EV sales in Europe surged 37.5% YoY

BMW is growing once more in Europe and the US. But China is more than wiping out those gains

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@philbranagan Composure. You can't teach it ...

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@ArbroathMackem @InsideChinaAuto @VW That's the great thing about design. It's subjective. One sees dull, the other sees understated. One sees bad, the other sees restrained. It would be a boring world if we all agreed.

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Ahhh, that’s better!

Volkswagen’s new ID. Tiguan fixes many of the ID.4’s quirks

Real buttons (volume knob, too!)
Proper door handles
295bhp
373-mile range

Plus, it finally looks like an SUV, not a jellybean

Turns out the future needed a few things from the past

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@ArbroathMackem @InsideChinaAuto @VW It's a Volkswagen. A people's car. The job of VW design isn't to shock or provoke. It's to make cars that appeal to a broad cross-section of buyers. Cars that age well. There's a difference between dull design and bad design.

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Xpeng is wasting no time ramping up assembly operations at Magna's plant in Graz, Austria.

G6. G9. P7+. Now the G9L as well.

Four models in barely a year.

Europe's car industry is changing. Right on its own production lines ...

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Porsche Q3 2026 numbers

911: 42,217 (+12%)
Macan: 51,025 (-21%)
Panamera: 13,714 (-35%)
Taycan: 8699 (-31%)
718: 3291 (-79%)

Porsche delivered 27,996 ICE Macans against 23,029 electric Macans

Porsche's problem isn't demand. It's the model it no longer builds

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@sven_hau @Porsche Steering precision, feel. Control weighting. Seating position (Taycan). Repeatable performance. But, yeah, it is not easy emulating the low end hum, vibrationary traits, induction change (blare) and top end of a flat six ...

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Porsche has bought itself more Nürburgring DNA

It's taken a 67% stake in Manthey Racing

More extreme road cars
More limited-run specials
More track-focused upgrades

Porsche's Sportwagenschmiede '35 strategy is already taking shape

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The China Patient

Mercedes-Benz Q3 2026:

🇨🇳 China: -31%
🇩🇪 Germany: +13%
🇺🇸 USA: +6%
🇬🇧 UK: +7%

Record EV sales: +61%
Global car sales: -8%

Mercedes is growing almost everywhere that matters. Except the market it desperately needs to recover

The cure?

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