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Autocar

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USED CAR BARGAINS ARE BACK AT LAST

AFTER A SPIKE in prices due to Covid-era

New electric Macan packs up to 630bhp and 833lb ft

Dynamic SUV will hit the UK this year and usher in a new generation of Porsche EVs

Lambo lifts veil on EV future

Italian brand will tune its EV tech to deliver emotional appeal as well as sheer pace

Stellantis EVs: 500 miles, 700bhp+

Cutting-edge new STLA Large platform brings “unparalleled technology flexibility”

New Q7 on course for 2026 debut

Seven-seat Audi SUV tipped to feature a long-range PHEV

Vehicle production in UK tops one million

Output figure for 2023 “surprised” car industry, making for its best year since 2019 

Electric off-roader on sale at £50k

Czech firm launches go-anywhere Spartan with 793lb ft of torque, 150-mile range 

Matt Prior

TESTER’S NOTES

DR who? Emerging Italian firm set to enter the mainstream

LITTLE-KNOWN ITALIAN firm DR looks set to rapidly

THE TYRES THAT TALK TO YOUR CAR’S CHASSIS

UNDER THE SKIN JESSE CROSSE

New Vauxhall set to break cover

OFFICIAL PICTURE Frontera returns to Vauxhall line-up, replacing

SECRET SOURCE OUR INDUSTRY INSIDER

SAFETY RECALLS are both expensive and embarrassing, so

Damien Smith

RACING LINES

Ich liebe mein coupé

LETTER OF THE WEEK

Tatra’s tremendous combination of innovations

FROM THE ARCHIVE 77 cost £990 – halfway

SLIDESHOW

Ultra-rare road cars

VOLKSWAGEN ID 7 PRO

TESTED 24.1.24, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ON SALE NOW

BMW ALPINA B5 GT TOURING

TESTED 18.1.24, OXFORDSHIRE ON SALE SOLD OUT

SKODA ENYAQ

TESTED 23.1.24, KENT ON SALE NOW 

MERCEDES-BENZ GLE 400E

TESTED 11.1.24, BEDFORDSHIRE ON SALE NOW

BACK WITHIN REACH

Used car values are finally falling again after Covid and the chip crisis, so there are some super bargains at all price points if you k now where to look. Richard Bremner does…

Kia EV9

By venturing into luxury SUVs, has Kia bitten off more than it can chew?

Style, space, versatility, range – for amore reasonable price than rivals

VERDICT ★★★★☆ It may be all about style,

Testers’ notes

ILLYA VERPRAET There’s a big gap between the

‘YOU NEED TO INVEST. GENE DIDN’T WANT TO DO THAT’

Guenther Steiner convinced Gene Haas to fund an offbeat F1 team a decade ago but couldn’t sell him his ambitious vision of the future, he tells Adam Cooper

THE TRUTH ABOUT E Vs

EV newbie John Evans visits specialist Cleevely Electric Vehicles for valuable insights

Code to nowhere

Essential in racing, driver-in-loop simulators have entered the complex world of road cars. R ichard Lane learns how you can develop anything without leaving the building

MA ZDA MX-30 R-EV

What’s not to like about an EV with a rotary engine to extend its range? Let’s find out

NISSAN ARIYA

Our Ariya is leaving us a bit cold – quite literally – because of its low range

HONDA ZR-V

You too can feel like a track star thanks to a direct lineage (of sorts) to the NSX

JEEP AVENGER

Our EV’s had cold water poured on it, but we’re not deterred

YOU ARE THE ONE I WANT

A sporty RWD hatch for when a ho-hum old Golf just won’t do

James Ruppert

KICKING TYRES HMS Sunderland is willing and able

ROAD TEST INDEX

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