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New Mini EV heralds bold design and range shake-up

Compact electric crossover, due 2024, initiates reboot of Mini’s look and line-ups

TVR Griffith EV set to be followed by saloon and SUV

New backer supports 2024 launch of V8 coupé; trio of EVs to come

New Civic Type R is hottest yet

“Fastest, most a ddictive” Type R set to sign off combustion-only Hondas in Europe

A110 E-ternité points to Alpine’s all-electric future

ALPINE HAS REVEALED the battery-powered A110 E-ternité as

MINI MONTE HERO HOPKIRK DIES AT 89

Legendary rally driver and charismatic brand ambassador Paddy

Porsche plots new luxury SUV

EV will sit on a new, Porsche-developed platform variant, priced above the Cayenne

Recruitment crisis looms as Chinese brands set up shop

Top talent is in demand amid a turbulent employment market

Post-Covid China changes tack to court foreign talent

Experience managing production lines is a valued skill

HOW BENTLEY’S LATEST TECH LEAVES YOU SITTING PRETTY

Bentley’s new Airline Seat Specification rear seats conceal

Matt Prior

TESTER’S NOTES

UK firm plans fuel cell future

CATALYTIC CONVERTER and hydrogen technology specialist Johnson Matthey

EV UPTAKE OFFSETS VOLVO’S SALES SLIDE

Volvo sales fell sharply in the second quarter

INSIDE INFORMATION

The internet is up in arms at BMW’s

Steve Cropley

MY WEEK IN CARS

WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE

Why the retiring Peter Riches will be a huge loss to the BTCC

YOUR VIEWS

WRITE TO autocar@haymarket.com What the beep? We were

Lancia presents the Car of the Year

Mk1 Delta was produced from 1979 until 1994

SLIDESHOW

The greatest Britishdesigned car engines

MERCEDES-BENZ VISION EQXX

NEW CARS TESTED AND RATED

ASTON MARTIN DBX 707

Thorough engine and chassis upgrades make a fine SUV even more accomplished

CITROEN C5 X PHEV

Fastback has a lot to live up to and mostly just parts bin kit to do it with – and yet…

KIA XCEED

Big-selling high-rise hatchback arrives in lightly refreshed form

FORD MUSTANG CS850 R

Clive Sutton works its magic to create an 847bhp road-friendly, track-focused ’Stang

CUPRA BORN 77KWH E-BOOST

Bigger battery pushes the real-world range closer to 300 miles – but for a price

Cupra Leon

Can the pure-petrol hot hatch claim bragging rights over its Golf GTI stablemate?

MASSIVE ATTACK

Mammoth by name, this Hennessey-tuned pick-up truck is also gargantuan in size, weighs 3.5 tonnes and packs 1012bhp from a supercharged V8 for 0-60mph in 3.2sec. Matt Prior drives it

LIGHTS, CAMERA , TRACTION

The 1983 WRC Group B duel between Audi and Lancia contains all the ingredients for a great movie – and now there is one. Damien Smith is on set to see it being made

THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY

Hampton Court Palace concours? Jim Holder prefers the vibe at the Hampton village show

TAKING THE HIGH ROA D

More and more people are driving under the influence of drugs – and innocent bystanders are being injured or killed as a result. John Evans investigates

DACIA DUSTER

Our value-led 4x4 SUV made such an impression during its long-term test that its keeper decided not to hand it back

JAGUAR E-PACE

While our PHEV is in for repair, will its stand-in woo us away to a diesel life instead?

VOLKSWAGEN ID 4 GTX

Never mind its 295bhp: how does it handle daily family duties?

VAUXHALL CORSA

This supermini has something to offer for almost every kind of driver, reports Oliver Young

James Ruppert

KICKING TYRES Yellow VW Beetle attracts attention without

IT CAME, IT SOARED, IT CONQUERED

A 2006-2011 911 GT3 or GT3 RS starts at £90,000. Oliver Young says it’s priceless

NEW CARS A TO Z

For full reviews of every car listed here, visit our website, autocar.co.uk

ROAD TEST INDEX

The best new cars rated as only Autocar knows how