Autocar

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.

ELECTRIC SPORTS CARS ARE DIVIDING THE INDUSTRY

NEW A110 PAIRED WITH WILD RENAULT 5 TURBO • Shared EV platform gives Alpine access to novel in-wheel motors

NEW MERC-AMG GLC 53 GETS 449BHP TURBO SIX • Straight-six SUV to pick up mantle from AMG’s outgoing four-pot GLCs

LEPAS TO JOIN CHERY SIBLINGS IN THE UK THIS YEAR

VOLVO OPTIMISTIC DESPITE DOWNTURN

BENTLEY EYES EXTREME BENTAYGA OFF-ROADER • One-off hardcore 4x4 tests water for a new Merc-AMG G63 rival

NEW BMW i3 TO RETAIN CONCEPT’S STRIKING LOOKS

ZF CHASSIS SYSTEM ADAPTS TO CONDITIONS ON THE FLY

INDIA STARTS TO OPEN UP ITS CAR MARKET TO UK AND EU • However, the new trade deals still offer protection for India’s own makers

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FINANCE CHIEF TAKES OVER REINS AT TOYOTA • New CEO Kon charged with improving ‘earning power’

RODENT DAMAGE A GROWING PROBLEM FOR UK MOTORISTS • Costly insurance claims caused by rats and mice have increased by 28%

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FERRARI 849 TESTAROSSA • Comprehensive update to SF90 hybrid hypercar results in 1036bhp revival of a famous old name

SKODA EPIQ • All-new urban electric crossover is the Cupra Raval’s strait-laced sibling

LEXUS RZ • From the brand that dares to be different, a new car like no other in the UK

ALPINE A290 • ‘Fast Renault 5’ electric hot hatch finally meets the Autocar timing gear

Testing, testing

The warm glow of twilight • As the sun sets for good on petrol hot hatches, two warmer ones are carrying the torch, including a new Skoda. ILLYA VERPRAET reports

Confused? You will be • The Birkett Six-Hour Relay is a hugely entertaining race with an incredibly complicated way of determining the winner. MATT PRIOR straps in

GROUP THERAPY • Got a Group B rally homologation car to restore? STEPHEN DOBIE knows the man you need to call

FORD PUMA GEN-E • Super-cheap EV showed us that Ford can still do the business in Europe

AUDI Q6 E-TRON • Turns out some modern tech can make your motoring life easier after all

BMW iX • Want to show off without being a show-off? Read this

RISE AND SHINE • Audi’s Q3 is more than an elevated A3, especially in Mk2 guise from £10k

How to get one in your garage

Learning and loving mid-engined handling

This ’80s Citroën is a Francophile’s dream

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