Publish and be damned

The 1990s was a golden era for consumer publishing – and for car magazines in particular. PATRICK FULLER was in the thick of it

WILL McLAREN SUCCEED WHERE ASTON STRUGGLES?

COVER: GETTY IMAGES The bombshell news that McLaren

McLAREN UNLEASHED BY SHOCK MERGER DEAL

Merger with UK start-up Forseven will transform McLaren’s future line-up way beyond sports cars

McLAREN-FORSEVEN MERGER: YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

We unpick what it means, how it will work and what will happen next

BOLD FUTURE OF CORVETTE SHAPED BY GM’S UK STUDIO

General Motors’ British-based design team forges new ideas for icon

IONIQ 6 GAINS SLEEK NEW LOOK

Early facelift for Hyundai saloon ditches ducktail rear for “refined curves”

HYUNDAI BACKS HYDROGEN WITH BOLD NEW NEXO

HYUNDAI HAS REAFFIRMED its commitment to hydrogen cars,

INSTER TURNS WILD ELECTRIC HOT HATCH ON STEROIDS

BODYKIT Box arches feature fully functional vents, tidying

WHY NEW PUNCTURE-ON-DEMAND TECH IS A SAFE BET

Te.Sense Bloom kit allows testers to deflate a

SKODA TURNS NEW ELROQ INTO ELECTRIC HOT HATCH

Stiffer and lower suspension, sharper steering, extra 52bhp for vRS

BOLD TWO-DOOR CONCEPTS SHOWCASE FUTURE OF GENESIS

X Gran Coupé and X Gran Convertible are

ROWAN UNEXPECTEDLY DISMISSED AS VOLVO CEO

JIM ROWAN IS no longer the CEO of

CAR INDUSTRY ‘CARTELS’ HIT WITH £460M FINES

Car makers, trade bodies colluded over vehicle recycling

SEAT AND CUPRA BOSS GRIFFITHS STEPS DOWN

CEO Griffiths oversaw Cupra’s growth after it was

Grapevine

Nick Collins: “amazing opportunity to have a once-in-a-lifetime

Steve Cropley

McGloin hasn’t let paralysis stop her from being

Matt Prior

J ust as I watched the last episode

Damien Smith

The 1970s was a wild time of screaming

Testing, testing

Jaecoo 7 will need the mother of all

Why I love... SUPER MARIO KART

As computers and games consoles rapidly evolved in

YOUR VIEWS

WRITE TO autocar@haymarket.com

Lost in the archive

’90s Special

ROAD TEST RESULTS

Autocar’s history of the independent, objective and empirical

Road tests revisited

1969 ALFA ROMEO 1300 GT JUNIOR Cheapest

AUDI A6 AVANT

New platform, new hardware and new looks for next generation of combustion-engined big estate car

LEAPMOTOR C10 REEV

Electric SUV turned range-extender

NISSAN QASHQAI E-POWER

More poke, more MPG for hybrid

SKODA ENYAQ

Efficiency gains and extended kit lists for new-look electric family SUV

SKODA ENYAQ COUPE

Swoopier version tested with 4WD

JAECOO 7

Chery’s SUV brand hits the UK with a family PHEV that’s big on value

VERDICT

Efficient, keenly priced, but too many usability flaws

RANGE ROVER

Does six-pot PHEV power suit the remit of this updated luxury off-roader?

VERDICT

A unique and enthralling character that brings added refinement in PHEV form

Now that’s what I call a group test

Nostalgia has never been so appealing, so we’ve made a compilation album of the decade’s greatest motoring hits. STEVE CROPLEY is your DJ

DC, rapid charger

David Coulthard reminisces about his rockin’ 1990s in Formula 1 with DAMIEN SMITH – and reveals what he really thinks of the sport today

Magic moments: the 1990s remembered

From write-offs to rip-offs, our team recall their most enduring memories

Second-hand stars: best buys of the ’90s

Prices for legends like the Honda NSX and Lancia Delta Integrale have soared, but there are ’90s bargains out there

Sweet petite

In the 1990s, soaring insurance costs put paid to affordable hot hatch fun. But luckily, says STEPHEN DOBIE, the French had a trick up their sleeve

World in motion

New rules formulated by the BTCC for 1991 created a golden era of racing that attracted global attention.

The standout moments

The result of Cleland’s infamous attempt at “going

AUDI A3 SPORTBACK

In a world of SUVs and electrification, did a diesel hatch still do it for us?

JEEP WRANGLER

Cropley bags another brightly coloured off-roader. Yeehaw!

TESLA MODEL 3

Sentry mode off, Chill mode on, sun out: a range-winning combination

CUPRA TAVASCAN

Over-eager safety tech isn’t our only problem with this EV’s braking

INEOS GRENADIER

Car absolutely not designed for road trips gets taken on a road trip

VW TIGUAN

How much of a difference do the modes make? A fair bit, actually

SKODA SUPERB ESTATE

It’s the ideal car for moving house – and quite a lot more besides

WHEN McLAREN WROTE THE HYPERCAR RULEBOOK

The F1 is perhaps the greatest road car of all time. Buy one if you can

How to get one in your garage

AN OWNER’S VIEW RAY BELLM, FORMER OWNER

Oh whoops, I bought a V12-engined Ferrari

My car & I

Baja Bug is more ‘to-do’ than done

The list of things I have to do

Head to head

STEVE CROPLEY 1993 FORD ESCORT RS COSWORTH

CAUGHT IN THE CLASSIFIEDS

JORDAN-FORD 191 1991, price on application