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KIA HAS JUST SMASHED ANOTHER GLASS CEILING

‘NEW KIA BEATS Defender’ is one of the

Major overhaul of VW Golf headed by pumped-up GTI

Big ergonomic, powertrain and design revisions aim to reinvigorate hatch’s appeal

Honda NSX to return as halo EV

Company boss confirms electric sports car is being developed as a 0 Series flagship

Lexus turns to GR Yaris for hot LBX

New 300bhp Morizo RR packs the Toyota hot hatch’s engine and gets go-faster aero

Fisker signs off affordable EV

Family hatchback is due with a host of unique features in 2025, priced from £28k

Legal fears over sport exhausts

Drivers warned that emission limits “grey area” could result in more prosecutions

Electric A6 ready to roll

All-new Audi estate to take on BMW i5 with 400-mile-plus range

PARK AND CHARGE: JUST LEAVE IT TO THE ROBOTS

Bosch and VW division Cariad are testing autonomous

SECRET SOURCE

OUR INDUSTRY INSIDER

Matt Prior

TESTER’S NOTES Do small cars driving slowly bring

Steve Cropley

MY WEEK IN CARS Mk1 Rangie has made

Damien Smith

RACING LINES

YOUR VIEWS

Give up the ghost As surely as the

SLIDESHOW

When sensible car firms went wild

FORD TOURNEO COURIER

TESTED 15.1.24, BARCELONA, SPAIN ON SALE NOW

LEXUS LM 350H AWD TAKUMI

TESTED 15.1.24, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ON SALE NOW 

SUZUKI JIMNY 5-DOOR

TESTED 28.12.23, KWAZULU-NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA ON SALE NOW (SELECTED MARKETS)

Jeep Avenger

MODEL TESTED ELECTRIC SUMMIT

GOING UP IN THE WORLD

The new EV9 finds itself rubbing shoulders with luxury large SUVs from Land Rover and Audi. So will buyers really pay £75k for the Kia? Matt Saunders puts it to the test

The young and the slammed

Bicester Scramble has changed greatly over the past decade – and so has the site. Murray Scullion mixes with the zoomers to perform a sitrep

Charlie Martin

PORSCHE 911 (997) 

Jonathan Bryce

ALPINA D4 S CABRIOLET 

Sam Phillips

BMW M5 (E39)

Murray Scullion

FERRARI TESTAROSSA 

AREA 21

Designed by artificial intelligence and 3D-printed by robots, the Czinger 21C has the potential to transform the car industry, according to those behind it. Felix Page heads to their US base

THE REALLY WILD SHOW

Mark Tisshaw has seen the future and, he reports from CES, you better brace yourself for what’s to come

BMW X5

Conspicuous consumption with aconscience: is it really possible? It’s time to find out

RENAULT CLIO

Dry January? Don’t know about that, but it certainly is warm

GENESIS G70 SHOOTING BRAKE

Four-cylinder petrol estate gets a deserved break from the rigours of everyday life

VOLKSWAGEN ID BUZZ

Cornish holiday gives the chance for aCalifornia comparison

MOST IMPREZZIVE

SECOND CHANCE SUBARU IMPREZA TURBO

James Ruppert

KICKING TYRES

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