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A yellow BYD Seagull with UK plates on the road.

Same old BYD?

Before I started the Autocade website (I had been using the name prior as the motoring section of Lucire in print), I blogged about the BYD F0, or F1 as it was originally called. I called them out on the very obvious piracy—this was a Toyota Aygo clone—and BYD even went as far as to… Read More »Same old BYD?

Orange Nissan Fairlady Z432.

Z cars (plus one)

Two very different Japanese model lines have been completed on Autocade. The first is the Suzuki MR Wagon (not to be confused with the Suzuki Wagon R), which, once upon a time and badged as the Maruti Suzuki Zen Estilo, replaced the original Zen. Despite the name, it never had a mid-mounted engine or rear-wheel… Read More »Z cars (plus one)

The re-created Hyundai Pony Coupé Concept, at the Hyundai Heritage Exhibition.

Hyundai’s genesis

The Volkswagen Golf was important in 1974, but probably more significant was the dawn of Hyundai as an automotive force, something the Korean giant celebrates with pride 50 years on Originally published, with more images, in Autocade Yearbook 2024 Looking through that Motor show number, dated October 19, 1974, mentioned in the previous item, you… Read More »Hyundai’s genesis

1977 Pontiac Laurentian, side view, from brochure.

Autocade reaches 43 million page views

Exactly two months since we cracked 42 million page views, we’re now on 43 million on the main site (15,364,474 plus 27,647,011 on the previous installation totals 43,011,485). We’re also serving 337,430 unique visitors per month there at the time of writing, though I noted in private correspondence we had cracked 300,000 during May. This… Read More »Autocade reaches 43 million page views

A red Ford Falcon ESP, 1982 print advertisement image. Also features a female model and a falcon.

Fifty-seven years of Ford Falcons

Ford Falcon is the most-visited model line page on Autocade. No surprises: it was once the longest-running passenger-car nameplate that Ford had (1959–2016), covering production in North America, Australia and Argentina. Mustang has since surpassed that time span. We started adding Falcons to the main site early on. The BF was the current model in… Read More »Fifty-seven years of Ford Falcons

Red Saab Sonett III in a field, with a couple walking toward it.

Autocade reaches 42 million page views

Surprisingly, we have cracked 42 million page views in two months, and that’s with “AI” bot blocks. We’re also blocking bot activity from Semrush (there is a lot of attempted entry), and letting through Ahrefs in a controlled way (a page a day, I believe). I’ve detailed the maths elsewhere: the original site netted at… Read More »Autocade reaches 42 million page views

1956 Ford Thunderbird, Ford Motor Co. photo.

Thunderbirds are go

All 13 generations of the Ford Thunderbird are on Autocade now. I believe the first entry of the 13 that we put in was the boxy, Fox-platform 1980 generation, completed on August 17, 2009. The 1977–9 Thunderbird was added in 2011. A few more generations were added in the first few days of January 2014.… Read More »Thunderbirds are go

Side view of a 2025 Haval Xiaolong Max.

Haval’s current line-up on Autocade

With the addition of the Xiaolong and Xiaolong Max, we believe we have Haval’s (哈弗) current range now up. It’s a tricky bunch with export names differing from the home ones, and as it’s Autocade, the home ones are what get indexed. With this Chinese SUV brand’s rapid growth—a few years ago, the H6 Coupé… Read More »Haval’s current line-up on Autocade

Roewe D6 in a pale metallic green.

Roewe’s all up

With the addition of the unremarkable Roewe Clever microcar, we now have all the Roewes up—hopefully we’ve covered both past and present models of this brand, which owner SAIC once saw as the successor to Rover, had it managed to secure the Viking longship badge and the Rover trade mark. While well known outside China… Read More »Roewe’s all up