New cars 2023: what's coming and when
We look at some of the best metal that will hit the streets
Over the course of the year we’ve listed all of the biggest model launches for 2023. But now there's just one month left.
There's still a stream of interesting metal coming though, ranging from electric cars to super luxury yachts, via a couple of MPVs.
Below are the final few new models that you can expect to see in a showroom near you before you'll need to switch to our new cars of 2024 article. Or if you'd like to see the cars coming from 2025 and beyond, read our future cars piece.
*Cars arriving in December 2023 *
-BYD Seal-
This Tesla Model 3 rival is set to arrive in the UK before the end of the year as part of Chinese firm BYD’s bid for a slice of the burgeoning electric car market. It’s priced from £44,990, which nets you a single-motor model with lots of kit, 308bhp, and a range of 354 miles.
*Read our BYD Seal review*
-Lexus LM-
Lexus has responded to the burgeoning popularity of luxury minivans – many imported from Japan – by bringing the next-generation LM to the UK. In four-seat configuration it effectively serves as a mobile executive lounge, with two massaging thrones in the back facing a whopping 48in screen.
*Read our Lexus LM review*
-*Volkswagen ID 7 *-
Volkswagen’s answer to the Tesla Model S arrives later this year priced from around £50,000. That nets you a 77kWh battery pack that – combined with an efficient new rear motor producing 282bhp – gives a range of 382 miles. Deliveries are expected to begin in December, following production delays as Volkswagen scaled back EV production.
*Read our Volkswagen ID 7 review*
-*Rolls-Royce Spectre *-
Just as important as the Mini, its BMW Group stablemate – albeit much more exclusive and, ahem, a touch heftier – is the third electric car to enter series production in the UK: the Rolls-Royce Spectre. Tipping the scales at a hair under three tonnes but capable of matching a Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 to 62mph, the 577bhp Spectre promises to be one of the most beguiling and technologically impressive cars of the modern era. It is built around the latest iteration of Rolls-Royce’s Architecture of Luxury and draws its energy from a mammoth 120kWh battery, good for a claimed 323 miles between charges. It’s also one of the most aero-efficient cars around and the stiffest car the firm has put into production so far. The most advanced Rolls-Royce since FAB 1? It should well be, given its £275,000 pre-options price.
*Read our **Rolls-Royce Spectre review*
-*Volkswagen ID Buzz LWB*-
Volkswagen’s retro-futuristic minivan finally gets the seven-seat layout it deserves, stretching the regular version by 250mm to shoehorn the third row in. A larger, 85kWh battery option should boost range beyond the 258 miles of the standard 77kWh car, but it's likely to weigh more and be slightly less efficient as a result. Deliveries will start by the end of the year.
*Read our VW ID Buzz review*
