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THE LOTUS DREAM THAT HAS FINALLY COME TRUE

FOR MUCH OF its recent history, Lotus’s main

Lotus guns for Taycan, then Macan, Boxster

Hethel brand’s EV era will ramp up with a saloon packing up to 904bhp, a compact SUV and a ‘pure’ sports car

Skoda Fabia could face the axe…

Complying with proposed EU emissions rules for 2025 would make hatch too pricey to be viable, says CEO

ORA TO BRING MODEL 3 RIVAL TO UK

Great Wall Motor will follow up the Funky

RANGE ROVER GOES ELECTRIC AS A MK1

Can’t wait until 2024 for an electric Range

No new ICE Skodas after 2023

New Superb and Kodiaq (below) will be ICE

Defender 130 gets 493bhp V8

This eight-seater takes 5.4sec to cover O-62mph OFFICIAL

YOUNG NEW DRIVERS MAY GO IT ALONE

New drivers under 25 face up to a

MG ‘CUTS CRAP’ WITH EV THAT ‘SLAPS’

MG has rebadged China’s Wuling Air EV for

Cupra fancies itself a Dark Rebel

Surprise unveiling of arresting-looking, sporty grand tourer previews new EV flagship

Ioniq 5 N lined up for Goodwood FoS debut

THE HYUNDAI IONIQ 5 Nwill make its debut

All-new Caterham EV imminent

Seven maker targets new buyers while continuing to “apply the same philosophy”

Swedish flat-pack EV slashes price

Start-up targets sub-£8800 price for Citroën Ami rival through innovative production

Seat’s future as a car maker in doubt

SEAT COULD STOP selling cars entirely by the

BRING ME SUNSHINE, IN YOUR BULBS

New-tech LEDs in the EX90 replicate “near sunlight”,

Jim Holder

INSIDE INFORMATION

Matt Prior

TESTER’S NOTES

MINI HATCH MORE ICONIC THAN EVER

Get more style, more fun, more features as standard and one year free car insurance with the MINI Hatch [1]

Steve Cropley

MY WEEK IN CARS

Damien Smith

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Nissan’s amazing half-price Ferrari

GT-R did 0-60mph in 3.8sec and topped out

Global financial crisis bankrupts Chrysler and GM

The global financial crisis that began in the

First-ever diesel hybrid car

Japan was pioneering hybrid tech in the 2000s,

Revolt over F1 budget cap

The costs of competing in Formula 1 spiralled

SLIDESHOW

Cars that transformed into something quite different

MINI COOPER

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JEEP WRANGLER 4xe RUBICON

Plug-in hybrid technology makes a very good 4x4 even better, but there is a catch

MERCEDES-BENZ EQS SUV 450 4MATIC

EV equivalent of the GLS is created using hardware from the talented EQS saloon

TESLA MODEL Y RWD

Entry-level electric crossover sets out to prove that less is more

Citroën ë-C4 X

Quirky C4 turns into an even quirk ier, affordable, all-electric fastback

VERDICT

EV motoring done differently, with value, but some qualified successes

DYNAMO FROM ZAGREB

With a good deal more power and torque than even a Bugatti, the Rimac Nevera is as rapid as cars come. Matt Prior drives the Croatian hyper-EV on UK roads with its chief engineer in the passenger seat

Long queues, soaring prices, broken infrastructure – signs of a crisis brewing or an unfair portrayal of the UK’s public EV charging network?

With 2030 creeping ever closer and charging operators scrambling to keep up with growing EV uptake, Jim Holder quizzes their leaders on the state of play

Game-changers

ZF’s 8HP gearbox is the industry benchmark and now the default choice for a dizzying array of cars. Stephen Dobie reflects on its evolution and ZF’s shift to electrification

TH IS IS SPARTAN!

Cur vaceous lightweight from down under is a passion project par excellence. R ichard Lane straps himself in

RANGE ROVER

Our new arrival is generating more buzz than the coronation, as befits road royalty

RENAULT MEGANE

This Gallic electric crossover feels right at home in the capital

AUDI E-TRON GT

Hot electric Audi continues to impress in isolation – and against some top ICE talent

SSANGYONG KOR ANDO E-MOTION

Charging network could do better – as could those who use it

OLD-SCHOOL COOL

PORSCHE 911 (993)

James Ruppert

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