BMW 3 SERIES TOURING

WANTED: MORE SUCCESS AT JAGUAR LAND ROVER

IF THER E’S ONE car company I’m especially

Land Rover to revitalise Disco with radical reboot

Next Discovery is set for a bold reinvention from 2025, including a pure-EV version, to boost flagging fortunes

WHAT’S COMING WHEN

Five more new Land Rovers will arrive in the next three years

CEO Bolloré leaves Jaguar Land Rover after two years

Bolloré’s EV-only Jag plan didn’t include the stillborn

Abarth heats up Fiat’s 500 EV

City car given garish makeover, motor tuned up to 152bhp for 695-challenging pace

WAYMO ROBOTAXI TO USE GEELY TECH

American autonomous vehicle company Waymo will use Geely’s

HYDROGEN VAN SET FOR ROAD TRIALS

British-Canadian start-up First Hydrogen will start on-road trials

Electric Mercedes G-Class begins off-road testing

DURABILITY TESTING OF the Mercedes-Benz EQG has begun

Toyota previews C-HR’s EV sibling

TOYOTA HAS HINTED at plans for a rakish

FIRST LOOK AT NEW SCOUTS

The rebirth of the International Harvester Scout from

NEW RIMAC IS CERTIFIED FASTEST EV

The Rimac Nevera is officially the world’s fastest

FIVE STARS (ALMOST) ALL ROUND

Euro NCAP has given a five-star safety rating

Praga set to unleash hypercar

New Czech road-legal two-seater due 2023 with 700bhp per tonne and £1.3m price

WHAT’S IT LIKE TO DRIVE?

How close are Praga chief engineer Jan Martinek

Q&A MARK HARRISON, CEO, PRAGA CARS UK

How expensive will the Bohema be to run?

Maserati can be market leader, says boss

New models and bigger profits are on the way

Electric vehicles to lose road tax exemption from 2025

EVs are currently exempt from fuel duty and

Porsche gives 911 Dakar treatment

Rally-inspired 473bhp coupé is designed for extreme pace both on road and in desert

Real-world waiting times revealed

We uncover realistic delivery times for new cars and find out how to avoid a long wait

THE NEW AUDI THAT LITERALLY SUCKS CO2 OUT OF THE AIR

WHO WOULD EVER have guessed that some of

Jim Holder

INSIDE INFORMATION

THE NOTEBOOK

NO DOUBTING THOMAS Volkswagen may be one of

TESTER’S NOTES

Who would ever have thought that a Prius

MY WEEK IN CARS

Cropley’s wallbox is getting plenty of use with

TOO EASY FOR TOYOTA

But what comes next is what really matters for the WEC champions

Rally Japan

Neuville mastered forests and towns of Nagoya region

MOTORSPORT GREATS

RED BULL CONTENT POOL As another Formula 1

YOUR VIEWS

WRITE TO autocar@haymarket.com New-car ban is not enough

We drive the quickest car on sale

Tail-lights were the only parts shared with the

Trying BMW skunkworks’ clown shoe for size

Of considerably more interest to the average performance

Common rail arrival

All of today’s diesel engines feature common rail

AMG goes truly bonkers

The A-Class was discordant with the Mercedes-Benz brand

SLIDESHOW

Shire-county stalwarts

PEUGEOT 408

Peugeot follows Citroën in creating a super-stylish SUV-estate hybrid. What besides these distinctive looks sets it apart?

FORD RANGER RAPTOR

All-new hot pick-up ditches diesel for a twin-turbo petrol V6 and serious off-road kit

PORSCHE 911 CARRERA T

Entry-level 992-generation 911 gets a choice of gearboxes – at last

TOYOTA bZ4X

Wheels now firmly attached, Toyota’s first battery-electric car takes aim at the EV6

NISSAN X-TRAIL E-POWER E-4ORCE

All-new large SUV with innovative petrol-electric powertrain arrives in the UK

Renault Mégane E-Tech Electric

French firm’s traditional hatchback is reborn as a for ward-look ing EV

IT’ S A KNOCKOUT

Another 12 months pass and another eclectic selection of the year’s finesthandling machines assemble for Autocar’s annual Britain’s Best Driver’s Car contest

PLAYING THE FIELD

A NDREWFRANKEL Aston Martin DBX 707 It’s a

THE RULE OF THREE

H ard and fast rules are best avoided

FACTS AND STATS: THE FINAL SCORE

N o points are awarded for power, acceleration,

GAME, SET AND MATCH

S othis is what a slow-burner looks like,

LAND ROVER DISCOVERY

Has the reborn Defender made the Disco feel obsolete? Our final report reveals all

BMW iX

Another fault for the EV – but at least we’ve had some positive charging experiences

KIA SPORTAGE

Is our big hybrid suitable in town? And is it better than a VW?

MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS

A S GOOD AS NEW

James Ruppert

KICKING TYRES Honda CR-V was let down only

BACK IN THE GAME

Ferrari regained its mojo with the brilliant – and best-selling – F355.

HOW TO GET ONE IN YOUR GARAGE

An expert’s view PAUL BOUCHER, SALES MANAGER, ECOMOTIVE

NEW CARS A TO Z

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ROAD TEST INDEX

The latest and greatest rated as only Autocar knows how

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