Porsche 944

TOYOTA’S HYPERCAR IS BORN PURELY OF PASSION

CONTRARY TO belief, Toyota doesn’t have to build

Toyota crowns GR line-up with 1000bhp hypercar

All-new road-going GR Super Sport will arrive in 2022 with a race-bred hybrid set-up

Emira is Lotus’s ICE swansong

Marque’s first new car since 2009 is Porsche 911 rival with turbo four and blown V6

Williams and Italdesign offer firms ‘turn-key’ EV package

WILLIAMS ADVANCED Engineering (WAE), the Formula 1 team’s

New HR-V coming to UK as 129bhp hybrid

Honda has redesigned its Volkswagen T-Roc rival inside

CONFIDENTIAL

SKODA IS WELL on the way to electrifying

Kona heats up with 276bhp N

Sporting version of Hyundai SUV arrives with aggressive look, stiffer shell and LSD

Richard Parry-Jones

1951-2021 British engineer famously saved Ford’s image with sparkling driving dynamics

Nio plans 2021 Europe launch

Europe boss of innovative Chinese EV brand discusses strategy in exclusive interview

Will truck market pick up again?

Sector has experienced sales downturn and brand exodus after years of expansion

Swiss Evija rival to use ‘disruptor’ tech

OFFICIAL PICTURES Morand hypercar will cost £1.79m SWISS

WILL HYUNDAI’S N DCT CONVERT THE DIEHARD MANUAL SHIFTERS?

UNDER THE SKIN Hyundai’s eight-speed N DCT control

Jim Holder

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Handbags came out after crash between Russell and

M-Sport’s French connection

Rookie could be joined at Ford WRC team by legendary compatriot

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LOTUS EVIJA

Can a £2m-plus electric hypercar with around 2000bhp still feel like a Lotus? An early drive in a prototype proves very revealing

HYUNDAI IONIQ 5

Is this electric concept car made real as fantastic to drive as it is to look at? We get our first indication from a top-spec prototype

PORSCHE TAYCAN CROSS TURISMO

Plush sporting electric estate gets off-road makeover. One ingredient too many?

NISSAN ROGUE

Latest version of North America’s X-Trail shows Europeans what to expect next year

BMW 530d xDRIVE TOURING

Executive estate, here in punchy diesel form with four-wheel drive, sharpens its act

Dacia Sandero

 It might be the biggest bargain on the new car market, but is it a car worth having?

VERY GOOD, SIR

But is the car of choice for chauffeur-driven owners still the best in the world? Matt Saunders aims to find out by pitting the all-new Mercedes-Benz S-Class against an uber-luxury rival that is six cylinders and £60,000 to the good, Bentley’s Flying Spur

GET FLASH WITH YOUR CASH

If you don’t have £170,000 in change rattling around your pocket but dream of piloting a Flying Spur or being ferried about in a luxo-barge, you can do so at a fraction of the price on the used market. Joe Holding pores through the classifieds so you don’t have to

‘We wanted to put Lotus back on the map’

After a long period in the doldrums, Lotus is being revitalised with an all-new line-up spearheaded by the 2000bhp Evija hypercar. MikeDuff meets the man presiding over Hethel’s dramatic transformation

Back to where it all began

The very first rechargeable EV was made by Gustave Trouvé all the way back in 1881. Jeremy Hart has a replica built to recreate the 140th anniversary of its maiden drive

Magic Mike

As the enticing hypercar era of the WEC begins this weekend, few would bet against reigning champ Mike Conway winning again. Damien Smith meets the Toyota racer

FORD TOURNEO CUSTOM

Our man meets van. Can the people-carrying Transit really work on battery power?

BENTLEY BENTAYGA

With restrictions easing, we’re finally able to unlock our luxury SUV’s potential

SKODA OCTAVIA

We’ve swapped our everyday diesel hatchback for a model still frugal and practical but much more invigorating

STICK OR TWIST?

What should one reader do with his three-car conundrum?

VOLKSWAGEN GOLF

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READERS’ QUESTIONS

QUESTION My 330d Touring was bought new in

MERCEDES-BENZ SLC

A folding metal roof makes this a practical year-round roadster. John Evans reports

BMW 320d SE £21,750

FIVE- STAR SAVING New car sales and the

REASSURINGLY EXPENSIVE

A V12 Vanquish is neither cheap to buy nor cheap to run, but they’re robust and reliable and can make a great used buy. John Evans finds out more

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