AUTOCAR

The original car magazine, published since 1895 ‘in the

AUDI IS ABOUT TO REDEFINE ITS FUTURE ALL OVER AGAIN

“What you see now is what you’ll get.

NEW EX60 TO BLAZE A TRAIL FOR VOLVO EVs

Electric SUV will be launched in January with game-changing tech

ALPINE PROMISES TWO NEW ELECTRIC CONVERTIBLES

Brand to expand with drop-top next-gen A110 sports car and all-new A310 GT

NEW BABY LAND CRUISER SETS SIGHTS ON DEFENDER 90

OFFICIAL PICTURES Land Cruiser FJ’s design “expresses a

TOYOTA CREATES BRAND TO RIVAL BENTLEY

Bold SUV-coupé will expand Century’s range to three

HONDA WILL BRING SPORTY ELECTRIC CITY CAR TO UK

Super-N: Tokyo show car previews the new baby

NEW £2.5M ROLLS PHANTOM MARKS 100 YEARS IN STYLE

Special edition highlights key centenary moments with high-end details

Q&A CHRIS BROWNRIDGE, CEO, ROLLS-ROYCE

How important are collections like this one? “There’s

PORSCHE PRIMES NEW EXTREME PANAMERA

Track-honed model has V8, roll-cage, variable suspension

EX-McLAREN BOSS LEITERS TO REPLACE BLUME AT PORSCHE

Leiters has been McLaren Automotive CEO and Ferrari

NEW JAGUAR OPENS UP

SPY SHOT The long wait for Jaguar’s game-changing

RISE IN MOT COSTS MOOTED

The cost of your MOT could be about

MACAN ELECTRIC BOOSTS DRIVER APPEAL WITH GTS

Macan GTS Electric is priced from £89k; range

LEITERS: THE RIGHT PERSON AT THE RIGHT TIME FOR PORSCHE

Oliver Blume’s problem was not a failure to

UK TECH FIRM DOES IT AGAIN

Yasa has broken its own record for EV

POTHOLES ON THE INCREASE

Think roads are getting worse? You’re not imagining

UPDATED ICE LEON CRUCIAL TO SEAT’S NEW-LOOK FUTURE

Seat to revise ICE models before any EV shift as VW Group’s entry brand

CHIP SHORTAGE HALTS GOLF PRODUCTION

US-China trade row is affecting Nexperia chip supply

NEW FORD OF EUROPE BOSS FACES A GRUELLING REBUILD

Sales have halved since 2015 – and now the Chinese are eating its lunch

PETROL GIULIA, STELVIO LIVE ON

Alfa is also bringing back hot Quadrifoglios – as it delays EV successors

Steve Cropley

Cropley is desperate for a go in this

Matt Prior

S pare a thought for the MPV, won’t

RANGE-BUSTING CHERY TIGGO 9 PHEV HITS THE UK

Tiggo 9 has a 91-mile EV range, 422bhp

BYD SHRINKS THE PHEV WITH ATTO 2

BYD is preparing to launch the UK’s smallest

PORSCHE IS STEERING ITS WAY TO BETTER RECYCLING

Mixed waste material is recycled into foam for

Grapevine

We’ve been getting mixed messages about a new

Damien Smith

Toyota’s Evans could become the first British WRC

Testing, testing

De Simone (left) leads a team of 400

DRIVING A VAN

They’re not fast, quiet, smooth, desirable or –

What we did this week

TOY-OTA TREAT What do you choose at a

YOUR VIEWS

ROAD TO RUIN I am currently facing a

I GOT THE BLUE

Letter of the week

Next week’s issue

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Weekly winner

Letter of the week wins this ValetPro exterior protection and maintenance kit worth £48

Japan’s street racers scare the daylights out of us

A s Japan’s automotive industry began to flourish

ROAD TEST RESULTS

Autocar’s historyof empirical road testing is the longest

FERRARI 296 SPECIALE

TESTED 18.10.25, EMILIA-ROMAGNA, ITALY DELIVERIES SPRING 2026

HONDA PRELUDE

TESTED 7.10.25, NICE, FRANCE DELIVERIES MARCH 2026

PORSCHE 911 TURBO S

TESTED 18.10.25, MALAGA, SPAIN DELIVERIES DECEMBER

SEAT IBIZA

TESTED 18.10.25, IBIZA, SPAIN DELIVERIES JANUARY 2026

ALFA ROMEO TONALE

TESTED 21.10.25, PISA, ITALY DELIVERIES JANUARY 2026

BMW M2 CS

TESTED 22.10.25, CUMBRIA DELIVERIES NOW

VAUXHALL FRONTERA HYBRID 145

TESTED 21.10.25, WILTSHIRE DELIVERIES NOW

SMART #5 PRO

TESTED 21.10.25, GLOUCESTERSHIRE DELIVERIES NOW

MG IM6

ROAD TEST 5782

VERDICT

The exceptional mixed with the bland and irritating

TIME TRAVELLER

But this is no TT from the future, insists Audi’s CEO, who joins JAMES ATTWOOD for a drive in the radical Concept C prototype

Bin there, done that

UK success story Dennis Eagle has seen it all. FELIX PAGE tours its HQ

Keep it in the family

McLaren has been rewarding customers with some very special track-day events. Circuit virgin WILL RIMELL was invited too

VOLKSWAGEN TAYRON

The Tiguan’s publicity-shy bigger brother joins the Autocar fleet

JAECOO 7

A new menu brings relief – but we would sooner order buttons

RENAULT 5

Our car earns its racing wings at the waterlogged Watergate Bay Sprint

VOLVO EX30

It’s not a big car but in many ways perfect for parents

SNAPSHOTS

BYD DOLPHIN SURF Mileage 789 Last seen 15.10.25

WHEN DACIA REDEFINED THE TERM ‘ECONOMY DRIVE’

The no-frills Sandero was just £6k new. Today it’s an even bigger bargain

How to get one in your garage

AN OWNER’S VIEW DAVID TURNER “I bought my

Dry your eyes, mate. Your Stag’s a beauty

M otor shows are where dreams are made,

Something borrowed, something blue

I got married earlier this year, and the

Head to head

MATT PRIOR 2009 AUDI A8L vs STEVE CROPLEY

CAUGHT IN THE CLASSIFIEDS

VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R32 2006, 95,000 miles, £9500 The