Which 4x4 is best for families?

CAN LOTUS EMULATE PORSCHE’S EXAMPLE?

JUST THREE WEEKS after our first verdict on

Eletre SUV marks Lotus’s shift to high-tech EV maker

All-new EV will arrive next year as an Urus-sized, tech-rich, high-performance SUV

Electric Honda SUV due 2023

Firm’s second EV will be a compact family model and join an all-electrified line-up

Kia readies Range Rover rival

Boldly styled EV9 electric large SUV will go on UK sale next year

Ferrari Purosangue breaks cover

OFFICIAL PICTURE The first official image of the

Gov’t promises 300k EV chargers by 2030

THE NUMBER OF EV chargers in the UK

Indian EV firm ready to hit UK

Ola Electric’s ambitious plan is to introduce a range of premium cars and scooters

Plug-in hybrids under scrutiny

PHEVs aren’t as green as they can seem, so EU and UK are considering their future

Stellantis and LG plan Canadian gigafactory

STELLANTIS AND LG Energy Solution have announced a

Volkswagen Group flying high

Focus on premium brands during chip crisis yielded 33% profit-per-car increase

NEW CUPRA HYBRID SUV DUE 2024

Cupra will launch a new mid-size SUV in

HOW SIMULATION CAN STRETCH THE RANGE OF AN ELECTRIC CAR

Driver-in-loop and hardware-in-loop simulation allows the thermal state

THE NOTEBOOK

CLEANING THE STREETS As well as pioneering EV

Matt Prior

TESTER’S NOTES

Why Suzuki isn’t following the agency retail model trend

Many UK Suzuki dealers are small scale and

Jim Holder

INSIDE INFORMATION

Steve Cropley

MY WEEK IN CARS

COMEBACK KINGS

RACING LINES

1000 Miles of Sebring and Sebring 12 Hours

Michael Christensen and Kévin Estre won GTE Pro

MOTORSPORT GREATS

Kevin Magnussen’s dad was great, whatever his slim

YOUR VIEWS

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SLIDESHOW

Fifty years of the wedge

CADILLAC CT5-V BLACKWING

NEW CARS TESTED AND RATED

CADILLAC CT4-V BLACKWING

America’s answer to the BMW M3 arrives with a twin-turbocharged V6

ALPINE A110 S

Alpine aims to improve superlative sports coupé without diminishing its purist appeal

AUDI R8 V10 PERFORMANCE RWD

Final incarnation of piston-propelled Audi supercar arrives in Britain

NIO ET7

TESTED 6.3.22, SHANGHAI, CHINA ON SALE NOW (CHINA)

MERCEDES-BENZ C220d ESTATE

Base diesel version of new big-booted C-Class should hold plenty of fleet appeal

VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R ESTATE

TESTED 14.3.22, WARWICKSHIRE ON SALE NOW

Volkswagen Transporter

Can VW successfully transpose the GTI treatment onto a Transporter van?

Not compromised but hardly enhanced by its sporting agenda

★★★☆☆ T he Autocar road test dips only

NORMAL SERVICE HAS BEEN RESUMED

The M240i is BMW back to its traditional best – on the face of it. In reality? A Cayman and CLA 45 S help Richard Lane decide

Holiday on ice

What can you offer the multimillionaire who has ever ything? Lamborghini thinks it k nows the answer writes Mike Duff

Sparks fly

First, electric cars became de rigueur. Now, the first t ype-approval has been issued for an electric aircraft. Colin Goodwin parks up his Skoda Enyaq iV and takes to the skies

ROUSING RETURN

The famous Group A Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth is being given a new lease of life courtesy of three in-period continuation models. Mark Smyth pays the work shop a visit

FORD PUMA ST

Having loved a regular Puma, our man fancies a go in the new performance version

HONDA HR-V

Adaptive cruise control and road departure mitigation cause trouble

DACIA DUSTER

It’s diesel, it costs about £20,000 and it might just be all the car you will ever need

VOLKSWAGEN ID 3

How did we feel going back to the EV after playing the field?

USED CARS

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

POETRY IN MOTION

The Alfa Romeo GTV is a coupé worthy of Wordsworth, reckons Mark Pearson

JEEP COMPASS

Few SUVs have more cred than a Jeep. Jack Warrick points you in the right direction

Vauxhall VX220 £19,950

WHY DIDN’T THINGS work out for the Vauxhall

NEW CARS ATOZ

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ROAD TEST INDEX

The best new cars rated as only Autocar knows how

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