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Autocar is the car nut’s weekly fix, delivering you a unique mix of the latest news, opinion, features, first drives of new cars and in-depth road tests – all complemented by the best photography in the business. No other magazine covers the subject you love with such enthusiasm, insight and quality every week of the year. Autocar stands for the highest quality in car journalism – and is rewarded with access to the best new cars and the biggest news stories before any of the opposition which we share with you, our readers, every week.

VALEN IS GREAT BUT ASTON NEEDS A SHIFT IN STRATEGY

ASTON UNLEASHES V12 VALEN • Exclusive Vanquish-based hyper-GT will cost £1.5m and put out 838bhp

ASTON’S MOST SPECIAL SPECIALS

LAMBORGHINI TURNS UP WICK ON REVUELTO • New SV cranks up downforce, gains trick suspension and pushes power to 1051bhp

THREE OF THE MOST SUPER SUPER VELOCES

HYBRID STRATEGY PAYING OFF FOR LAMBO

MANUAL McL 6GT KICKS OFF NEW ERA AT McLAREN • First new model line since Forseven merger is limited-run ‘analogue’ car

DAKAR DEFENDER TURNS ROAD CAR

MONTEREY CAR WEEK: MORE STARS

JCB SETS LAND SPEED RECORD •  Hydrogen-combustion car averaged 406mph, driven by Andy Green

THE LAND SPEED RECORDS FOR DIFFERENT POWERTRAINS

THE ELECTRIC RECORD IS THERE FOR THE TAKING

MUSTANG SUPER-SALOON TO TAKE FIGHT TO BMW M5 • Ford is lining up the four-door Mach 4 as it expands the Mustang range

GM GETS COLD FEET OVER CADILLAC RELAUNCH

AION TEES UP SUB-£30K ID 3 RIVAL FOR UK

UPDATED C-CLASS GETS NEW PETROL AND DIESEL ENGINES • Styling revisions adopt look of EV version and cabin tech is upgraded

NATIONAL MOTOR MUSEUM TO LEAVE BEAULIEU BY 2030

SUVs AND EVs ‘NOT TO BLAME’ FOR UK’S POTHOLE CRISIS • Experts say climate change and poor maintenance are the real culprits

CITROEN BACKS AI TO FIX POTHOLE ISSUE

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YOUR VIEWS

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NISSAN X-TRAIL • Underappreciated large SUV sharpens its attire and goes hybrid-only

FORD MAVERICK • Ranger’s baby brother uses SUV platform and hybridised petrol four

VOLVO EX60 • Big new SUV introduces Brits to Swedish brand’s latest EV technology

RAM 1500 • When a Ford Ranger just won’t do, here’s a 5.8m-long, V8-powered Ram

Escape with Autocar this summer • Get 13 issues for just £38.99

RAM 2500 • If the 1500 V8 beast isn’t enough, pick-up buyers still have bigger options

NISSAN LEAF • Can the EV trailblazer once more lead by example in its third generation?

Socket to them • Porsche’s Cayenne has beaten all comers for decades in ICE guise. Can the new electric version follow suit? MATT SAUNDERS lines up two key rivals

TO HELL WITH ELECTRONS • Three ways to spend Cayenne Electric money on a fast ICE SUV that’ll put a smile on your face.

‘We know who we are’ • Fiat is finally a big brand again, and it’s all thanks to small cars, Europe boss Gaetano Thorel tells JAMES ATTWOOD

GRIZZLY IS REALLY A CUDDLY BEAR

LEAPMOTOR C10 • Novel range-extender powertrain impressed – as did much else besides

SEAT IBIZA • Does this warmed-up FR compensate for the lack of a hot Cupra Ibiza?

SNAPSHOTS

Unusable clutch results in battery death • 2004 TOYOTA MR2

THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE • There are GTs and then there are Bentley GTs, a class apart from £22,000

How to get one in your garage

This Jag is like an M BMW – but better

Evans Knows John Evans

Deals of the week

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