FIESTA: THE END OF THE ROAD OR JUST PARKED?

FAREWELL THEN, Ford Fiesta. The supermini’s 47-year production

Caterham shocks with new three-seat sports EV

British firm goes after Lotus and Alpine with compact electric sports tourer

Renault designer hails end of bling

Gilles Vidal calls for car makers to eschew excess and pursue “striking minimalism”

Dacia Spring set to be the UK’s cheapest electric car

The Spring will arrive in the UK in

EV market is now ‘overheating’, warns VW Group China boss

Brandstätter said EV discounting is not in consumers’

Alfa tees up new GTV

Designers are working on an electric coupé that could come out in 2026 with looks based on the striking SZ

Alfa will stay selective on new in-car tech, regardless of rivals

Imparato will ensure Alfa Romeo’s cabins remain driver-focused

New Aston packs 705bhp V12

Limited-run £1m-plus Valour is said to have ‘the soul of a timeless analogue classic’

Mercedes CLE breaks cover

Details revealed of coupé and cabrio replacement for E-Class and C-Class two-doors

MG’s hot 4 XPower outpunches Mercedes-AMG A45

New 429bhp MG 4 XPower covers 0-62mph in

Final Fiesta leaves the line

Ford ends production of popular supermini stalwart after 47 years

Tamiya Wild One turns life-sized road-legal electric two-seater

THE TAMIYA WILD One R/C car – a

Aim Sport 01 set for FoS debut

SHIRO NAKAMURA – THE ex-Nissan design head honcho

HOT FISKER GT DUE AUGUST

American EV firm Fisker will unwrap its Ronin

THE THINGS THEY USE TO MAKE TYRES THESE DAYS

Continental tyre has 65% renewable and recycled material

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WE BRITS HAVE come to expect a wiper

Steve Cropley

MY WEEK IN CARS

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Ford pulls out all stops to create ideal supermini

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The sporty cars that actually were pretty slow

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TESLA MODEL S PLAID

Pioneering electric saloon returns to the UK with 1020bhp for bonkers acceleration

ALPINA B5 GT

Buchloe bids auf wiedersehen to the G30 5 Series with its most powerful creation yet

MERCEDES-BENZ GLC COUPE

Does sportier petrol version of mid-size SUV impress as much as square diesel did?

VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT

Sensible estate takes a step up in both size and plushness for ninth generation

BMW M2

Munich keeps faith with a three-pedal layout for its smallest M car 

22B OR NOT 22B?

That is the question to be asked of the Prodrive P25, which seeks to modernise and enhance one of the 1990s’ finest performance cars. Steve Cropley seeks an answer

ON A STRING AND A PRAYER

It’s the fastest motorsport you’ve never heard of, like a cross between Swingball and a mini wall of death. John Evans visits the world of tether cars

BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME

The 30th Goodwood Festival of Speed begins tomorrow. Simon Huck nall finds out how they prepare for a global event that attracts over 200,000 visitors

ALL GROWN UP AND LEAVING HOME

The latest car from emerging Swedish brand Polestar, an 872bhp Taycan-baiting GT, is being developed by a skunkworks-style operation in the UK. R ichard Lane drops by

VAUXHALL ASTRA

Did the plug-in hybrid get under our skin and restore belief in C-segment saloons?

ALPINA D3 S TOURING

We let our continent-crushing, ’bahnstorming executive express do what it does best

AUDI E-TRON GT

Does our big electric coupé live up to the last part of its name?

A SAFE PAIR OF HANDS

This premium-lite hatch is understated as well as underrated

James Ruppert

KICKING TYRES

ROAD TEST INDEX

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