TVR NEEDS TO START DELIVERING, LITERALLY

IT’S BEEN CLOSE to five years since TVR

Electric C-Class to be a game-changer

New tech will give coupé-like EV eye-catching range, less weight and more space

Special 911 harks back to 1972

Exclusive new Sport Classic gets retro design, Turbo’s engine and manual gearbox

HYBRID AND ELECTRIC ’VETTES COMING

A hybrid Chevrolet Corvette will arrive “as early

NEW RANGE ROVER SPORT NEXT WEEK

The all-new Range Rover Sport will be revealed

MARSIEN LIFE SOON TO BE DISCOVERED

Marc Philipp Gemballa Marsien deliveries will start this

LAMBO VETERAN TO LEAD MORGAN

Former Lamborghini project manager Massimo Fumarola has become

Wiesmann resurfaces with 671bhp RWD electric roadster

Dual motors will sling Thunderball to 62mph in

Demand for old classics cools

Buyers are overlooking traditional classics like the E-Type in favour of 1990s models

TVR plans Griffith EV for 2024

Revived company says electric sports car will follow yet-to-materialise V8 flagship

C02 down despite SUV sales rise

Average emissions fall to 99g/km in Europe, thanks to popularity of PHEVs and EVs

Raw materials hiking EV prices

Electric cars are getting more expensive as the cost of materials for batteries spirals

WHAT’S HAPPENING TO MODERN CLASSICS PRICES AND WHY?

Some traditional classic cars may be getting cheaper

THE TYRES THAT MONITOR WEAR AND MAKE THEIR OWN ELECTRICITY

At 31mph, the Energy Harvester produces more than

THE NOTEBOOK

A NICE CULTURE SHOCK “You can change people’s

Matt Prior

TESTER’S NOTES

Nissan pulls plug on budget brand Datsun after nine years

NISSAN HAS CONFIRMED it will stop producing cars

VOLVO’S FINANCES WEATHER GLOBAL STORMS

Volvo achieved “a stable financial result” in the

Jim Holder

INSIDE INFORMATION

Steve Cropley

MY WEEK IN CARS

THE NEW PRINCE OF WRC

At 21, Kalle Rovanperä is coming of age at the peak of rallying

BTCC at Donington Park

Hyundai, Honda and BMW won on BTCC’s first

MOTORSPORT GREATS

PETER REVSON

YOUR VIEWS

WRITE TO autocar@haymarket.com Automatic supremacy Once again, Autocar

New BMW 7 Series loses to rivals

The Autocar ON THIS DAY IN 1994 Mk3

Blackest weekend for Formula 1 at Imola

The recent Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix at Imola could

Ford’s plans to revitalise

Ford set itself up for the 21st century

LCC builds a V8 Rocket

The Gordon Murray-designed Light Car Company Rocket is

SLIDESHOW

Britain’s best car museums

KIA NIRO

NEW CARS TESTED AND RATED

MAZDA CX- 60

Independently minded firm creates its first PHEV and most powerful road car yet

LEXUS RZ

Brand’s first bespoke electric car introduces an exclusively by-wire steering system

BMW M135i

Engineers seek to create greater differentiation between two versions of hot hatch

CUPRA BORN

Can sportier take on the ID 3 appeal to keen drivers in a way the Volkswagen can’t?

Mercedes-Benz C-Class

Electrified C-Class aims to move the PHEV game on to new heights

THE LANDIE OF OPPORTUNITY

It’s now 25 years since the Freelander arrived, setting up Land Rover for a more prosperous future. Simon Huck nall considers its legacy

LIVING THE HIGH LIFE

A high mileage scares most people away from a used car, but John Evans promises that some are bargains, not money pits

YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION…

…but you’ll need plent y of talent and even more practice to master its scorching new SC500, finds A ndrew Frankel

THE SECRET SOURCE

It’s a well-kept secret that most low-volume, high-end cars contain third-party specialist engineering, often from the UK. Matt Prior looks around an industrial estate in Essex for clues

JAGUAR E- PACE

Updated compact SUV arrives at Autocar Towers with a plug-in hybrid powertrain

ALFA STELVIO QV

From booting our V6 SUV to utilising its boot, there’s a lot here to like

FIAT 500

Our EV meets its potent, Abarth-badged petrol sibling. Is it a taste of what’s to come?

HONDA HR-V

We evaluate its practicality by loading a bike and riding in a rival

JAGUAR XJ

BANGERNOMICS BEST BUYS

THE ONLY WAY IS NSX

Honda’s NSX changed supercars forever. Mark Pearson wants £40k to buy one

KIA STINGER

Take the least trodden path into sporty saloon ownership, suggests Jack Warrick

Mercedes-Benz S350d £24,500

TAKE IT LEAVE IT SINCE 1972, THE S-Class

NEW CARS AtoZ

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