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Retro-styled £1.7m special is based on Aventador with V12 and electric motor

More multimillionaires’ marvels materialise in Monterey

BENTLEY FLYING SPUR MULLINER Bentley’s Mulliner coachbuilding division

Rounding up the other big model debuts from American luxury motoring pageant

BUGATTI BOLIDE Bugatti has at last confirmed that

New tech key to ‘affordable’ ID 2

Downloadable options will help keep the VW electric crossover’s price at £17,000

Aston lifts lid on Valkyrie

New open-top Spider version will hit 217mph and is due next year

WEVC to start line-up of cars, vans, buses

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Designer Mini explores future

Strip concept, by Paul Smith, sets out new Mini themes of sustainability and function

Classics plug in to EV demand

Converting classic cars into EVs is becoming big business, but does it have a future?

Toyota hypercar iced

REPORTS FROM JAPAN suggest Toyota has halted or

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MY WEEK IN CARS

BRINGING BACK BROOKLANDS

Museum celebrates 95 years since the very first British Grand Prix

NEWS ROUND-UP

Silverstone Sprint qualifying trial was considered a success

Variety is the spice of racing

In praise of liberal rules that let all LMH and LMDh cars look distinct

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Third model to join the sporty crossover ranks promises to be the most focused

ALPINA B8 GRAN COUPE

Renowned BMW specialist turns its hand to the V8-powered four-door 8 Series

RENAULT MEGANE E-TECH PHEV

Plug-in hybrid powertrain finally reaches hatchback version of Renault’s family car

AUDI Q5 50 TFSIe

Battery improvements lengthen PHEV’s electric-only range for greater tax savings

HYUNDAI SANTA FE PLUG-IN HYBRID

Big SUV now comes only with hybrid powertrains, this one bringing an extra 35bhp

Skoda Enyaq iV

Czech entry into the fast-growing electric family car class aims for a familiar feel

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Practical, rangy, well priced. Hits a sweet spot in the EV market

Testers’ notes

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BRITAIN’S BEST AFFORDABLE DRIVER’S CAR

Which new car offers the most driver appeal on a real-world budget? Our road test team heads to Scotland to find out

FUELS RUSH IN

Synthetic fuels could secure a future for motorsport and makers of big-engined cars, as Bentley recently demonstrated at Pikes Peak. Jesse Crosse investigates

The Highway Code is about to change

Proposals have been made to change who is given priority. John Evans explains them and clears up some old confusion

“Success in F1 doesn’t come overnight”

Publicity-shy businessman Lawrence Stroll has placed himself at the helm of Aston Martin’s Formula 1 effort. Damien Smith grabs some rare insight

CUPRA FORMENTOR

We’re about to get familiar with this head-turning crossover in plug-in hybrid form

KIA SORENTO

A trip to Suffolk gives our family-size SUV a chance to stretch its legs

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