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AUDI IS ABOUT TO REDEFINE ITS FUTURE ALL OVER AGAIN
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NEW EX60 TO BLAZE A TRAIL FOR VOLVO EVs • Electric SUV will be launched in January with game-changing tech
VOLVO HAS TO GET THIS ONE RIGHT
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
HONDA WILL BRING SPORTY ELECTRIC CITY CAR TO UK
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
PORSCHE PRIMES NEW EXTREME PANAMERA • Track-honed model has V8, roll-cage, variable suspension
EX-McLAREN BOSS LEITERS TO REPLACE BLUME AT PORSCHE
MACAN ELECTRIC BOOSTS DRIVER APPEAL WITH GTS
LEITERS: THE RIGHT PERSON AT THE RIGHT TIME FOR PORSCHE
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
RANGE-BUSTING CHERY TIGGO 9 PHEV HITS THE UK
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NEW FORD OF EUROPE BOSS FACES A GRUELLING REBUILD • Sales have halved since 2015 – and now the Chinese are eating its lunch
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PETROL GIULIA, STELVIO LIVE ON • Alfa is also bringing back hot Quadrifoglios – as it delays EV successors
Q&A JULES TILSTONE, UK MANAGING DIRECTOR, ALFA ROMEO
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Damien Smith
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FERRARI 296 SPECIALE • Evolution of V6 plug-in hybrid supercar is billed as the “most fun to drive, emotionally charged” Ferrari yet
HONDA PRELUDE • Yes, it really is a new cheap sports coupé – but there’s a zeitgeisty twist
PORSCHE 911 TURBO S • Hybrid power pushes most serious non-GT variant 911 beyond 700bhp
SEAT IBIZA • Brand awakens from coma to lightly revamp eight-year-old supermini
ALFA ROMEO TONALE • Can fresh look and PHEV upgrades improve family crossover’s fortunes?
BMW M2 CS • Accomplished junior coupé getsM 523bhp Competition Sport treatment
VAUXHALL FRONTERA HYBRID 145 • Low-cost small crossover belatedly arrives in right-hand-drive form
SMART #5 PRO • Brand’s largest car yet arrives here in entry-level single-motor spec
MG IM6 • Having swept up sales in the bargain basement, MG is heading upmarket
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Testing, testing
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...