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The SMMT has exclusively provided us with a list of the top 20 best-selling cars of 2020 With the pandemic forcing the closure of showrooms for months last year, registrations hit a 28-year low Some 1.6m new passenger cars were bought in Britain in 2020 despite Covid, with EV sales booming It means the list of most popular motors looks quite different to year before - and THREE vans were bought in enough numbers that they would break into the top 20 rankings 

The best electric cars of 2021 Happy New Year to readers of Courier Motoring. If 2020 was a year when electric cars became mainstream, 2021 will be the year many more exciting new models join the market. Here are some of the best to look forward to. Ford’s new Mustang Mach-e is by far one of the most exciting EVs due to arrive this year. As the firm’s first standalone electric vehicle, the Mustang Mach-e is how the Blue Oval will properly announce its entry into the battery-powered world. W...

2020 has proved to be a big year for electric vehicles. With increasing demand, the production of EVs has increased significantly and newer and more innovative models have come onto the market. It means that 2021 looks set to be an even bigger year for battery-powered cars. Needless to say, there are some exciting new electric vehicles on the horizon, but we’ve picked out some of the key ones you should be getting excited about. Ford Mustang Mach-e Ford’s new Mustang Mach-e is by far one of...

John Cooper Works Mini EV or the Evolution of Small Appliances? John Cooper Works Mini and electrification, do they go together? Do buyers who pay a premium for the JCW brand want or need an electric version? Does the evolution of the Mini model range and parent corporation BMW’s ongoing expansion of electric mobility offer anything new for enthusiasts and loyal owners of the John Cooper Works brand? Driving enjoyment being the raison d’être for JCW, does this mean that extreme perfor...

Arnold Clark targets education over sales with £5m AFV Innovation Centre Was this article useful? 2 people found this useful Arnold Clark has set aside its car sales priorities with the opening of a £5 million Alternative Fuel Vehicle (AFV) Innovation Centre which aims to educate motorists on the benefits of EVs. The AM100 car retail group regenerated a former Phoenix Car Company dealership to create the building which at the heart of a project developed in partnership with Transport Scotla...

It’s likely that over the next few years electric vehicles will become an even more crucial part of how we get from A to B. As more emphasis is put upon drivers to make the switch from petrol and diesel to EV, motorists will need to get up to speed with an altogether different set of requirements. But what are the key things you need to know about electric cars and what are the main areas you need to look out for? Range Electric car being charged. Range is a central part of an electric vehicl...

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From Mini to McLaren: our favourite new cars of 2020 (McLaren) By almost any yardstick, 2020 hasn’t been a vintage year. Thankfully, during those seemingly rare times when we weren’t locked down, we managed to drive some brilliant new cars. These aren’t the best cars of 2020 per se; you can search elsewhere for worthy lists of reliable crossovers or practical people carriers. Rather, these are the cars that surprised us, delighted us – and that we loved driving. They ...

Common ground: the Peugeot (left) and Vauxhall Credit: Christopher Pledger You know the one about comparing apples and oranges? Well, this isn’t that. In fact, the difficulty here is that we’re not just comparing apples and apples, we’re comparing fruit from the very same tree.  The pure electric Peugeot e-208 and Vauxhall Corsa-e both come from the PSA Group; they sit on the same platform, have the same 50kWh lithium-ion battery (46.2kWh usable capacity) and offer a similar combined ran...