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Europe’s automotive industry is navigating the most complicated regulatory environment in its history — EV mandates, emissions targets, Chinese competition, and a luxury market that keeps growing regardless. From Wolfsburg to Maranello, Stuttgart to Coventry, Cars & Code covers the European car industry: what it’s building, what it’s abandoning, and whether the continent that largely invented the modern car can hold its ground.
23 articles about Europe
Porsche has spent its entire existence making cars that reward driver engagement. The flat-six in the 911, the naturally aspirated howl at 8,000rpm, the mechanical intimacy of a well-chosen gear change — these are not incidental features. They are the…
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In ten days' time, somewhere in the rolling hills of Liguria, Ferrari's most loyal clients will gather at…
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For most of 2026, the narrative around Western electric vehicle manufacturers has been a catalogue of retreats: cancelled…
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At some point in the last five years, every major luxury car maker on Earth marched up to…
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There are roughly 60 days remaining until Monterey Car Week, the annual gathering at which luxury manufacturers reveal…
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At three o'clock this morning Central European time, while Brussels was asleep and most of the continent was…
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There is a particular kind of corporate communications strategy where you celebrate a 655% increase in one country…
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