IT’S TIME McLAREN PUT ITS CARDS ON THE TABLE

So many exciting cars are making their debuts

NEUE KLASSE 4 SERIES TO GET PETROL, EV AND M4

BMW will cover all bases with upcoming rakish alternative to 3 Series

ID POLO REVEALS VW’S NEW-ERA CABIN DESIGN

Sub-£22k EV brings back physical controls and raises perceived quality

SKODA INSIDERS KEEN TO BRING BACK FABIA vRS

New Fabia vRS would be Skoda’s first hot

TWINGO-BASED NISSAN WAVE TO TAP RETRO LOOK

New Renault-twinned electric city car will draw on design of Pike models

TWO-SEAT SMART #2 DUE THIS YEAR

OFFICIAL PICTURES Smart #2’s platform is a Geely-Mercedes

RENAULT BOSS BACKS 4x4 R4

A DECISION ON whether the Renault 4 Savane

MITSUBISHI TEES UP UK CARS

Mitsubishi will sell the Outlander plug-in hybrid SUV

MERCEDES DESIGN CHIEF WAGENER TO LEAVE FIRM

The man who has defined the brand’s look will quit this month after 28 years

FORD CALLS FOR UK TO FOLLOW EU IN EV ROLLBACK

FORD HAS BECOME the strongest voice among UK

IT’S GOOD TO TALK – ESPECIALLY FOR VEHICLES

More than two million VWs have Car2X communication

‘UNBELIEVABLE OFFERS’ IN STORE FOR BUYERS IN 2026

Experts predict a strong buyers’ market this year, particularly for EVs

BENTLEY URBAN EV SHAPES UP

Crewe’s first electric car sheds chunky camouflage as production nears

BYD PRIMES PLUG-IN HYBRID SUPERMINI

BYD WILL BRING plugin hybrid power to the

HIGH FIVE FOR AUDI LANDMARK

Audi has marked 50 years of its fivecylinder

Steve Cropley

MONDAY I headed back to work early by

Matt Prior

E ek, graunch, oops, sorry. There will be

Damien Smith

Formula E can’t compete with Formula 1, but

Testing, testing

One of these seven will soon be crowned

YOUR VIEWS

FAKE FORDS To my mind, the Renault platform

Next week’s issue

ON SALE 14 JANUARY

Lost in the archive

British car industry breaks silence over sales figures

ROAD TEST RESULTS

Autocar’s history of empirical road testing is the

Why I love... ICONIC CAR ADS

Cog’, ‘Cake’, ‘Think Small’, ‘Snow Plow’ and ‘Mass

SKODA FABIA 130

Mk4 supermini gets warmed up for winter

CUPRA LEON VZ

Cupra celebrates racing success with 321bhp special-edition hot hatch

XPENG G6

New battery and 451kW charging among 20,000 claimed developments

KIA EV5

Newcomer aims to convert legions of Sportage fans to electric motoring

AUDI Q3

Big-selling small SUV has a new look. Does it have a new purpose too?

VERDICT

Neat, classy and refined, but straitjacketed to drive

NEW CARS 2026

Our special report on more than 150 star new arrivals this year covers everything from a city car renaissance to a £1.8m V12 British hypercar

Ted talks

Sky Sports’ pit lane reporter Ted Kravitz has written a book about his hard-working life in Formula 1. DAMIEN SMITH meets him

Shifting sands

Manual superminis may have dwindled in number as auto ’boxes take control but, as STEPHEN DOBIE discovers, stick-shifters are far from old news

SKODA ELROQ

Where our long-term test cars have been and what they’ve done

HONDA HR-V

Some negative feedback – but it’s mostly overwhelmingly positive, really

AUDI Q6 E-TRON

Big SUV is surprisingly easy to drive, if not always to run

CROSS EXAMINATION

HOW TO BUY A TOYOTA AYGO X

Teenager seeks first car and buys Audi S8

Among the many surprises Cameron Peters has up

Head to head

ALEX WOLSTENHOLME 2017 BMW 750i vs CHARLIE MARTIN

CAUGHT IN THE CLASSIFIEDS

BMW i7 60 105.7KWH M SPORT XDRIVE 2023,