INNOVATION IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN 2023

DESPITE ONGOING supply problems in the car industry,

Volvo EX30 gets new tech and fresh look to lure Gen Z

Compact EV will go big on styling, tech and sustainability to woo younger buyers

M car traits to live on in EV era

So claims boss as BMW’s performance division begins testing first electric sports car

Jaguar picks visionary engineer as new boss

JAGUAR HAS NAMED Philip Koehn as its new

VW’s electric 4x4 is back on

Seven-seat EV off-roader has been revived using the Ford Ranger pick-up’s chassis

Lotus’s Taycan rival set for 2023 debut

THE LONG-AWAITED Lotus Type 133 – asleek luxury

New Kona grows in radical revamp

THE NEW HYUNDAI Kona – due on sale

Lexus to try again to crack Europe

Upmarket Toyota brand aims to win over buyers with new EVs and driving dynamics

Pothole problem set to worsen

Rising repair costs, funding cut and tighter budgets – plus snow – add to pothole toll

Wells Ver tige production to begin

British lightweight sports coupé refined in testing; Warwickshire factory now ready

‘Amazing’ EV future for RS Audis

Future of TT and RS may be uncertain but electrification opens new doors, says MD

ELECTRIC MOTORS ARE THE TECH THAT KEEPS ON GIVING

UNDER THE SKIN

New one-off Chiron up for auction

A ONE-OFF Bugatti Chiron has been revealed as

AEHRA SHOWS MAIDEN CAR’S MULTIMODAL INTERIOR

Italian-American EV start-up Aehra will launch its £155,000

Jim Holder

INSIDE INFORMATION

Matt Prior

TESTER’S NOTES

Steve Cropley

MY WEEK IN CARS

SAND WE’RE OFF FOR 2023

RACING LINES

Gulf 12 Hours

Ferrari 488 won convincingly from strong field of

LETTER OF THE WEEK

WRITE TO autocar@haymarket.com ID Buzz sightings are taunting

AUTOCAR

The original car magazine, published since 1895 ‘in

Looking back on our diamond year

The Autocar ON THIS DAY IN 1955 A

SLIDESHOW

The slow starters that became stars

AUDI Q8 E-T RON

New name but not a new car, instead a range-boosting update to E-tron electric SUV

AUDI SQ8 E-TRON

Sporty sibling is similarly enhanced

SHELBY DAY TON A COBRA

Licensed recreation of one of the most evocative and valuable 1960s race cars

BMW ALPINA D4 S GRAN COUPE

Legendary BMW tuner turns its hand to the latest 4 Series, giving it a 350bhp diesel six

MASER ATI GRANTURISMO

Familiar design cloaks new platform, interior and powertrains, including this EV one

BMW 220D COUPE

The only thing rarer than a small coupé now is a diesel one. We encounter a unicorn

BENTLEY BENTAYGA EWB

There’s a whole lot more to Crewe’s new flagship than simply extra rear leg room

Mercedes-Benz EQE

Mercedes’ mini-me EQS makes sci-fi electric luxury that bit more accessible

SPHERES OF INFLUENCE

Dismissed as idiotic by some, Citroën’s hydropneumatic suspension proved so successful that it redefined the brand. Has its effect faded down the years? Matt Saunders finds out in a DS, an XM and a new C5 X

THE FRENCH COLLECTION

The Louvre? Paris has an even more fascinating museum to visit, finds James Disdale

NEW CARS 2023

Hypercars, family work horses, super-SU Vs, budget cars, sports cars and even a few newcomers with the rarely spotted V12 engine – here’s our insider guide to the 130 most important cars making their debuts this year

PROPER SUPER- SUVs

ON SALE JUNE As Nissan’s Europe chairman, Guillaume

EXEC SHOWDOWN

ON SALE NOVEMBER T he executive segment is

CHEERS TO CHEAP AND CHEERFUL

Happily, the world has moved on from Covid.

FAMILY FAVOURITES

r It’s not all about roaring V8 supercars

Black magic

Now here’s a blast from the past: a 2.6-tonne SUV powered by Audi ’s 6.0-litre, 500 horsepower diesel V12 . So what did Matt Prior make of his new daily driver?

PEUGEOT 308 SW

In with the new year comes a new long-term test car: an estate – remember those?

BMW iX

Now our iX is finally fixed, we’re going to keep a watchful eye on it. Here’s how

KIA SPORTAGE

Long drive up to Blyton Park and back reveals more about hybrid SUV’s character

SKODA FABIA

You have to appreciate good things while they last

PORSCHE PANAMERA

Stuttgart’s take on the executive car mixes sporting prowess with practicality and even economy. Oliver Young has a look

James Ruppert

KICKING TYRES A sight every Bangernomics believer dreads

WARTS AND ALL

Mercurial rotary sports coupé giveth and taketh away, reports Mark Pearson

HOW TO GET ONE IN YOUR GARAGE

An owner’s view CHRIS BOOTHE “I’ve owned mine

NEW CARS A TO Z

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