CHEAP CARS ARE BRILLIANT, EVEN IN 2023

GETTY IMAGES PRESS RELEASES that crow about the

Kia goes after BMW iX with upmarket electric flagship

Korean brand’s second bespoke EV is its largest global car yet, as well as its most expensive and technologically advanced – and it reveals clues to future Kia models

New Tourneo inherits Fiesta role

Van-like MPV will be cheapest Ford car, using platform and powertrains from Puma

BATTERY-SWAPPING ESTATE ON THE WAY

A new estate variant of the UK-bound Nio

UK NEW CAR SALES CONTINUE RECOVERY

New car registrations rose by 26.2% (to 74,441)

Cheaper Puma ST lands with 167bhp 1.0-litre mild hybrid

Unlike the new Azure Blue paint, its sporty

BMW spends £5.9bn on R&D for EV future

BMW INCREASED ITS spending on research and development

FORD FIRST WITH ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS

Ford has created a Type A school bus

Lambo details first PHEV system

New V12 engine, three electric motors and more combine for 1000bhp supercar

New-look Westfield and Chesil to return this year

Sport and Speedster will get new engine, the

Charger network growth slowed by grid bureaucracy

Fastned boss Hurst has cited delays connecting his

Jury out on low-traffic zones

Supporters and critics of LTNs lock horns amid differing findings of their effectiveness

UK government says road pricing tax is not an option

Rise in EV use poses revenue challenges for

Nissan hybrids to match ICE price

Pure-combustion cars and e-Power hybrids will cost the same by 2026, says the firm

Lynk&Co’s mid-sized 08 SUV targets Europe next year

Concept’s lights are retained LYNK&CO HAS RELEASED the

Polestar: ‘This is our moonshot’

EV firm plans to make a limited-run car without emitting greenhouse gas by 2030

BYD to chase Merc G-Class with rugged 671bhp 4x4

BYD IS TAKING aim at the Mercedes-Benz G-Class

HOW MUCH OF A RECYCLED OLD CAR CAN BE USED IN A NEW CAR?

UNDER THE SKIN

Tata Tech boss: UK needs incentives

THE UK ISN’T doing enough to keep hold

MERCEDES PULLS WRAPS OFF ALL-NEW GLC COUPE

OFFICIAL PICTURE The second-generation Mercedes-Benz GLC Coupé has

INSIDE INFORMATION

Many of our EVs come from China, such

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TESTER’S NOTES

Car telematics could tell the government where you’ve

MY WEEK IN CARS

Cropley loved Wrangler but still has his eyes

RACING LINES

Indycar gave us a thrilling battle for

WORCS IN PROGRESS

New Morgan boss Massimo Fumarola tells Steve Cropley how he will enhance and expand the eccentric Malvern-based sports car maker

HOW WILL MORGAN GO ELECTRIC?

A 2018 concept hinted at Morgan’s future Morgan

YOUR VIEWS

LETTER OF THE WEEK From Ingolstadt to Valletta

Turbo upgrade for MG Metro

AFTER BRITISH LEYLAND had killed off the MGB

Maestro, Uno, 205 and more make debuts at Geneva

Plenty of historically significant models made their debuts

Top Gear films Autocar

Our road test of the MG Metro Turbo

Exciting F1 season opener

The 1983 Formula 1 season began in exciting

SLIDESHOW

The world’s finest shooting brakes

POLESTAR 2 BST EDITION 270

TESTED 9.3.23, BEDFORDSHIRE ON SALE NOW PRICE £68,990 

BYD ATTO 3

Chinese battery giant enters British car market with family-focused crossover

LEXUS RZ 450E

Lexus enters fast-filling premium electric SUV club with jazzed-up Toyota bZ4X

MERCEDES-AMG SL 63

New SL is a little lacking in 55 form. Chassis upgrades and extra 108bhp might help

BMW 230i COUPE

One of the many who missed out on Toyota’s brilliant GR86? Step right this way…

Subaru Solterra

Japan’s quirky 4x4 brand gets a helping hand from Toyota for its first EV

A hint of Subaru-typical capability doesn’t take this EV quite far enough

VERDICT Even as electric car adoption rises, the

WHAT’S IN THE SPRING BUDGET?

Only eight new cars on sale in the UK today cost less than £15,000, and here we have five of them. So let’s find out which is the best bargain to snap up while you still can

BREAK THE PIGGY BANK

Look ing to make your money go even further? John Evans k nows a dozen ways to do it

EVs are making our air cleaner yet a cloud still hangs over them. So is battery production the environmental disaster people think it is?

Jesse Crosse investigates the fallout of the automotive industry’s race to electrification

PEUGEOT 308 SW

Our PHEV estate provided a welcome antidote to SUVs despite issues of its own

VOLKSWAGEN MULTIVAN

A cracked windscreen, a dinged door and a £740 bill have rather soured the mood

FORD MUSTANG MACH-E

How ‘emissions-free’ can a 2.2-tonne car really be?

FORD FIESTA

Production ends this summer but don’t worry: the smart choice is a used one anyway, says Mark Pearson

KICKING TYRES

A 2013 208 for £2490 with 50k miles

CONCORDE OF THE ROAD

BUGATTI VEYRON

HOW TO GET ONE IN YOUR GARAGE

An expert’s view CARL HARTLEY, TOM HARTLEY LTD

NEW CARS A TO Z

ROAD TEST INDEX

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