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Gerry McGovern introduces the Jaguar Type 00 and rebrand in Miami, Fla. in 2024.

What do we know so far about Gerry McGovern’s departure from Jaguar Land Rover?

Gerry McGovern, OBE’s surprise sacking from Jaguar Land Rover—with no comment from the car maker—must go down in history as one of the more shocking departures, up there with the Carlos Ghosn arrest or Lee Iacocca’s firing. Autocar India theorizes it was over the Jaguar rebrand—not whether the resultant car will succeed, but the way… Read More »What do we know so far about Gerry McGovern’s departure from Jaguar Land Rover?

Ram Hemi, photograph courtesy Stellantis.

Keep the US truck out of Europe

In Autocade Year of Cars 2026, the mutual recognition deal between the US and the EU was mentioned—though we could have underestimated its severity on the bases that Europeans were unlikely to opt for huge US trucks that are impractical for their roads, too expensive to run, and a danger to others around them. This… Read More »Keep the US truck out of Europe

Audi Q6 E-tron in blue.

Six model lines completed

After a heavy period working on the release of Autocade Year of Cars 2026, we’re back on updating the main reference site, where a few model lines were completed: the Subaru Forester, Audi Q3, and Audi Q5. The Porsche Macan, Audi Q6 and Škoda Kodiaq saw their second generations go up (and therefore they are… Read More »Six model lines completed

Toyota bZ3X, in white, with black roof.

Autocade reaches 46 million page views

The Autocade stats are showing, since the counter reset a few years ago, 18,359,220 page views. Add that to the 27,647,011 we had previously, and we’ve passed the 46 million mark, at 46,006,231. We’ve successfully blocked many new bots and “AI” scrapers, checking in on our visitors daily. It’s sad that this has become a… Read More »Autocade reaches 46 million page views

Leapmotor Lafa 5 in yellow, three-quarter view.

Leapmotor, Dongfeng Yipai up

Recently completed on the main site: the entire history of Leapmotor (not hard considering the firm is only a decade old) and the Dongfeng Yipai (eπ) sub-brand (only two models, the 007 and 008). The BMW X3 and iX3 nameplate and model pages are also complete. We are still seeing some odd traffic patterns, even… Read More »Leapmotor, Dongfeng Yipai up

Dongfeng Yipai eπ 007 in grey with the front scissor doors open.

Autocade reaches 45 million page views

Autocade has reached 45 million page views since our launch in March 2008. The latest million has taken one and a half months to notch up—very healthy indeed. Doing the maths, we’re adding 17,387,989 to the 27,647,011 from the old server, arriving at 45,035,000. We had some concerns that there were bots and “AI” scrapers, as… Read More »Autocade reaches 45 million page views

2025 Volkswagen T-Rocs in yellow and red.

Don’t Roc the boat

 Volkswagen has released a second-generation T-Roc, with familiar design cues to those who loved the original. And there are plenty who did, with over two million sold worldwide. Volkswagen says the new T-Roc has been developed from scratch, with a new interior whose centrepiece is a 33 cm infotainment screen with background lighting, more room,… Read More »Don’t Roc the boat

A bronze IKCO Reera, appearing as though it is moving.

Autocade now on 44 million page views

We got there ahead of time: the main Autocade site has clocked up 44 million page views since we started in 2008. The counter is reading 16,356,122, which added to the 27,647,011 of the earlier installation, totals 44,003,133. This is with all known “AI” bots blocked, including ones that weren’t identified by one of the… Read More »Autocade now on 44 million page views