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FINALLY, COMMON SENSE ON SMART MOTORWAYS

THE ROLL-OUT OF smart motorways has been a

New Range Rover Sport to get 616bhp SVR plus hot EV

Next-generation Sport will receive BMW X6 M’s V8 and an equally potent EV set-up

Every Rolls-Royce to go electric

CEO discusses Cullinan, Ghost and Phantom EVs that are due after Spectre coupé

Toyota boosts Gazoo firepower

Performance division unwraps three motorsport-inspired concepts at Tokyo show

Subaru tees up eGT series entry with 1073bhp concept

SUBARU’S RADICAL NEW STI E-RA concept previews an

VW Camper on comeback trail

Retro ID Buzz van to arrive in March and bring new dynamic to firm’s EV line-up

Are disabled people being left behind by electrification?

Purchase costs, charging accessibility and EVs themselves pose issues, says charity

Bestsellers in their classes in 2021

SUPERMINI Vauxhall Corsa (40,919) Not only the best-selling

Smart motorway rollout halted – for now

‘Smart’ equates to variable speed limit and no

STOPPING SOUND FROM GOING THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

UNDER THE SKIN JESSE CROSSE GLASS MAY BE

THE NOTEBOOK

E-SCOOTER FOR ELITES Bugatti’s first EV packs 0.07%

Matt Prior

TESTER’S NOTES

Last year’s global car market winners and losers revealed

WINNERS Despite all the doomladen headlines of Covid-19

Jim Holder

INSIDE INFORMATION

Steve Cropley

MY WEEK IN CARS

Damien Smith

THE RACE OF HIS LIFE

The Per Ardua ad Infinitum regularity rally

Hero-Era events are open to pre- 1990 machinery

YOUR VIEWS

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The car that saved BMW

Some 31,000 700 Coupés were built from 1959

Turbine Dodge crosses US

Like Rover (see last week), Chrysler was keen

Works performance kits

It used to be common for car makers

F1 no longer the “ultimate expression of the driver’s art”

THERE WAS UPROAR when the FIA announced that

SLIDESHOW

The interesting sports cars that we forgot all about

BENTLEY FLYING SPUR HYBRID

Can a V6 and an electric motor create a better real-world limo than a V8 or W12?

FORD E-TR ANSIT

UK’s most powerful large van relies solely on an electric motor – and to good effect

GENESIS G70 SHOOTING BRAKE 2.0T

Executive estate from Hyundai’s premium brand arrives in the UK with petrol four

FORD RANGER RAPTOR SPECIAL EDITION

Pick-up truck goes out with a racing-stripes-adorned, off-road-honed bang

DACIA DUSTER 1.3 TCe 130 4x2

Refreshed SUV for budget buyers is tested in its bread-and-butter configuration

BMW i4

For the very first time, BMW targets its spiritual heartland with an all-electric model

KON A N THE BARBARIAN

The hot compact SUV might strike you as a curious amalgam, but they’re becoming increasingly prevalent – and increasingly muscular. Can Hy undai ’s new steroidal performance car put Cupra’s class leader to the sword? Illya Verpraet judges

Our very own Ferrari

Just how difficult can it be to spec a supercar to perfection? Matt Saunders finds out by stepping into the loafers of a Ferrari buyer and bringing the ultimate SF90 Spider to life

Old nails under the hammer

The Market is a classic car auctioneer with a difference.

THE ICEMAN GOETH

Kimi Räik könen has spent the past two decades as a polarising figure in F1. How does the famously cool newly retired Finn look back on his career?

JAGUAR XF

Combustion-engined Jaguars may be on their way out but, as our time with one showed, there’s life in the old cat yet

LEXUS UX 300e

Lexus arrives at the EV party with a converted version of its compact crossover

USED CARS

What to buy, where to buy it and how much to pay

IN THE BEGINNING

BMW created E30 and said let there be M3 and M3 was good. Oliver Young worships

HOW TO GET ONE IN YOUR GARAGE

An expert’s view DAN NORRIS, MUNICH LEGENDS “I

BMW Z4

Hidden in the shadow of the Porsche 718 Boxster, Jack Warrick finds a gem

Honda NSX £48,000

HONDA’S FIRST SUPERCAR was among the finest

NEW CARS A TO Z

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ROAD TEST INDEX

The best new cars rated as only Autocar knows how

GREATEST ROAD TESTS OF ALL TIME

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