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MEET VOLVO’S LATEST BOLD DESIGN CHOICE

VOLVO’S SHIFT FROM a maker of dull but

Mercedes C111 reborn as futuristic EV

Bold ’70s prototype is reimagined as a wild hypercar shaped by cutting-edge tech

Toyota Gazoo working on a ‘fun to drive’ BEV

Sports car to get the latest battery tech but also ICE-era characteristics such as engine noise and manual shift

RENAULT EXPLORES FUTURE DIGI-CAR

Renault and five French tech firms have created

GREEN LIGHT FOR NEW ELECTRIC ELISE

British design house Callum will build battery firm

‘EDGY’ MK2 TOYOTA C-HR COMING SOON

The new Toyota C-HR will be revealed on

ASTON EMBARKS ON RETAIL RETHINK

Ever wondered how it feels to be an

Rafale SUV is new Renault flagship

Hybrid powertrain and fresh design language for all-new, sporty rival to Peugeot 408

Fiat shows 600 electric crossover

OFFICIAL PICTURES Video was produced to announce Fiat’s

MYSTERIOUS START-UP UNVEILS £6000 EV

Say hello to the Ark Zero, claimed to

New seven-seat VW due 2025

Tayron SUV shares platform with new Tiguan; offers petrol, diesel and PHEV power

VW: no ID Bug to follow ID Buzz

Beetle EV rebirth won’t happen on Schäfer’s watch

Volvo enters new design era

Firm’s new design boss explains how his tech background will shape its future EVs

Citroën readies new £25k C3 EV

Affordable electric supermini with 180-mile range will take on cheap Chinese arrivals

Land Rover duo get big tech boost

Upgrades to Evoque and Discovery Sport bring new technology to overhauled cabins

Aehra launches hot Taycan rival

OFFICIAL PICTURES US-Italian start-up’s second car has 794bhp

HOW TYRES ARE MOVING WITH THE EV TIMES

UNDER THE SKIN

New Citroën CEO sets sights on major global sales growth

Koskas, at Citroën since February, has a sales

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TESTER’S NOTES

Steve Cropley

MY WEEK IN CARS

Damien Smith

RACING LINES

YOUR VIEWS

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AUTOCAR

The original car magazine, published since 1895 ‘in

We sample life as a London taxi driver

ON THIS DAY IN 1937 Such taxis were

Bugatti unassailable in highly gruelling, dramatic Le Mans

This year, the Italians are celebrating the end

Vincenzo’s last masterpiece

Lancia’s Augusta of 1933 had “made many friends

Where are our new roads?

With the effects of the 1931 European banking

SLIDESHOW

Great European cars powered by American engines

HONDA ZR-V

Honda vertically stretches the Civic for the fiercely contested hybrid-powered family crossover class

VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN

There’s more to the third generation of the Golf-based crossover than meets the eye

FORD R ANGER 3.0L ECOBLUE V6

Historically best-selling plush specification meets crowd-pleasing new engine

DS 7 BLUEHDI 130

Lesser-powered diesel is sole survivor of French premium brand’s pure-ICE SUV cull

MAZDA 2

Facelift two has changed nothing mechanical, so is the hatch now awfully outdated?

Mercedes-A MG GT

MODEL TESTED 63 S EPERFORMANCE

Rocket-ship GT with astonishing powertrain but still lacks driver reward

★★★★☆ C onsidered as an achievement of engineering,

RARE, BUT VERY WELL DONE

BENTLEY BATUR

SKODA’S TROVE OF HIDDEN TREASURE

SKODA DEPOSITORY

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LE MANS 24 HOURS

VOLVO XC40 RECHARGE

Our six-month test has uncovered pros and cons about life with this likeable EV

ALPINA D3 S TOURING

Want a fast 3 Series estate with a straight-six diesel? We did too, of course, so here it is

SKODA ENYAQ vRS

Which marque does the fast everyday car better: Skoda or Ford?

R ANGE ROVER

Fancy driving someone else’s 5m-long, 2.2m-wide, £137k SUV in busy London?

ORA FUNKY CAT

Cat stuck in a (Brain) tree? Ora’s dealers will be happy to help

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