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Mercedes has retired Stirling’s greatest car after final run at Revival

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Lizzie Dudley, Alfie Westlake and James Gwilliam made

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Down but most definitely not out

Haas may be rooted to the back of the Formula 1 grid, but its future is look ing brighter than ever, as team principal Guenther Steiner explains to Edd Straw

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Electric Elise successor to crown Lotus’s EV rebirth

New 2026 two-seater will kick-start an electric era of Hethel-developed sports cars

Aura is British EV tech showcase

New roadster concept combines innovative technology from five UK companies

FORMER FCA BOSS LEAVES STELLANTIS

Mike Manley, former Jeep boss and Fiat Chrysler

ADDISON LEE ADDS ID 4, GOES EV-ONLY

Britain’s biggest private hire firm, Addison Lee, will

Murray touts EV potential of iStream process

GORDON MURRAY DESIGN (GMD), the all-encompassing engineering firm

UK firm claims “holy grail of battery modelling”

SILVER POWER SYSTEMS (SPS) claims it has achieved

SUMMER LAUNCH FOR GRENADIER TRIO

Ineos will launch the Grenadier in the UK

LOTUS EMIRA NOW ON SALE AT £76K

The new Lotus Emira is priced from £75,995

For Cupra, UK is ‘a big challenge’

CEO of buoyant Seat and fast-rising Cupra tells us how the two brands will develop

Citroën’s vision of urban mobility

SKATE, A NEW platform concept, is Citroën’s vision

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THE TWIN HYDROGEN tanks in BMW’s new iX5

Mini plots radical new line-up

Design chief talks of a new approach for an expanded, more varied model range

‘We knew we had to be different’

Polestar’s UK boss discusses its creation, first year of sales and aims for the future

Jim Holder

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BMW iX

Comfort-conscious yet also strong and athletic, this large SUV is the incredibly bold new flagship for BMW’s family of electric cars

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GENESIS G70

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AUDI Q8 60 TFSIe

Audi’s flagship SUV adds an electric motor and battery to its 3.0-litre turbo petrol V6

MERCEDES-AMG GLE 63 S

Mighty 604bhp SUV arrives with the intent of high-performance cosseting

Renault Mégane

Ageing hatchback gets a novel hybrid system to see out its twilight years

DANCING TO A DIFFERENT TUNE

Muscle cars are an American obsession that Matt Prior suggests more Brits ought to indulge in, as these highly tuned coupés offer real thrills for relatively modest bills

Aston Martin DB5

Special version of impressive grand tourer commissioned for anonymous professional

WHAT IN THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS…

…were they thinking? Andrew Frankel picks the worst cars that 007 ever drove

HOT OFF THE PRESS

A thriving engineering firm is using rescued tooling and historic paper work to help keep Britain’s classic car industr y on its wheels. Steve Cropley pays them a visit

MAZDA M X-30

Can the electric crossover charm enough customers into overlooking its modest range? Here’s our final verdict

CUPRA FORMENTOR

Our potent crossover isn’t always easy to live with

THE GREAT ESTATE

What to buy, where to buy it and how much to pay

READERS’ QUESTIONS

QUESTION I’m about to enter the shark-infested pool

PEUGEOT 208

The 208 is a plush supermini but it does have foibles, as Mark Pearson explains

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FOR YOUR DRIVE ONLY Aston Martin DBS V12

AUCTION WATCH

VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE LIMO Do stretched cars make good

CLASH OF THE CLASSIFIEDS

USED CAR DESK DOES BATTLE

THE COMMON TOUCH

The Ford Escort XR3i always felt more down to earth and accessible than a Golf GTI or 205 GTi. But John Evans says this once common hot hatch is sought after today

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