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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?

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

Promotional image of the Fulwin T6 from 2024 with a red ribbon and Chinese lettering announcing model and price.

Autocade reaches 5,500 models

Proof once again that the milestones aren’t always planned, we reached 5,500 with the unlikely Fulwin T6, the plug-in hybrid version of the Chery Tansuo 06. As far as the Fulwin line-up goes, it’s one of the more interesting shapes, being more avant-garde than the T8, which really is a Chery Tiggo 8 with a plug-in… Read More »Autocade reaches 5,500 models

Yellow Kaiyi Xuandu, as it appears from above.

A more modern turn

One of the lesser known Chinese brands, Kaiyi, is now online on the main site. You may know it as Cowin, the budget brand spun off by Chery in 2014. Not unlike Jetta, the brand that Volkswagen spun off from a model line in 2019, Cowin was tasked with selling obsolete Chery cast-offs, and Autocade… Read More »A more modern turn

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

MG 3 crash test, view from inside the vehicle.

Serious seat mechanism failure on MG 3—Euro NCAP issues warning

This is unfortunate: our sister publication Lucire really rated the third-generation MG 3, but Euro NCAP gives a stark warning: during the frontal offset crash test, the driver’s seat latching mechanism failed. This is serious, and such a failure has never been seen before at Euro NCAP. The driver’s seat twisted part-way during the impact,… Read More »Serious seat mechanism failure on MG 3—Euro NCAP issues warning