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.

WHY A HYUNDAI TAKES THE FIGHT TO A PORSCHE

DS TO ENTER NEW ERA WITH BOLD 5 SERIES RIVAL • Luxury range-topper set to follow styling lead of SM Tribute concept

SKODA TARGETS NIRO WITH CUT-PRICE ELROQ • Electric crossover ushers in new design language, priced from £31,500

MICROLINO BURSTS AMI’S CITY BUBBLE

CAN INDIA CHALLENGE CHINA IN EV ARMS RACE? • Country’s major automotive players ramp up plans for EV expansion

LIKE A CIRCLE IN A SPIRAL, LIKE A MOTOR IN A WHEEL

JLR FACES ONGOING PART SUPPLY ISSUES • Repair backlog and parts availability remain a problem

BYD BUILDS LOCAL FACTORIES TO BEAT EU IMPORT TARIFFS

LPG IN DECLINE AS INCENTIVES DISAPPEAR AND PUMPS CLOSE • Cheaper, cleaner fuel falls further out of favour despite its advantages

MY WEEK IN CARS

PRIOR CONVICTION

RACING LINES

YOUR VIEWS

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FERRARI 12CILINDRI • Maranello refines the recipe for its V12-powered, front-engined GT flagship, but it comes at a price

BENTLEY CONTINENTAL GT SPEED • New-gen grand tourer adopts a plug-in hybrid V8 with a 738lb ft punch

SUBARU FORESTER • Unpretentious SUV stalwart marches on in sixth-generation form

CUPRA TERRAMAR • New mid-sized contender looks to emphasise the ‘sport’ in SUV

MAZDA CX-80 • Japanese iconoclast rolls out its seven-seat, six-cylinder diesel SUV

LEAPMOTOR T03 • Compact Chinese offering aims to democratise electric motoring

AUDI Q6 E-TRON • EV introduces a new platform and a new design language for Audi

VERDICT • Hard to love, easier to recommend

MERCEDES-AMG S-CLASS • Is the most potent S-Class yet still recognisable as the luxury limo of old?

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Testing, testing

FIRST AMONG EQUALS • Do you pick the desirable brand-new car or the even more alluring yet risky used one for the same price? It’s a quandary no pub argument has ever resolved but JAMES DISDALE has the answers

Heaven in the city of angels • Any petrolhead visiting LA simply can’t miss the Petersen Museum, discovers JACK HARRISON

VAUXHALL CORSA • Does our new arrival have what it takes to avoid its old Fiesta rival’s fate?

PEUGEOT E-308 SW • It really doesn’t take much to inflict £2000 worth of damage these days

POLESTAR 2 • Family holiday in France provides a valuable lesson

THE AGELESS, CLASSLESS SUPERMINI THAT SAVED FIAT • Future classic bows out after 17 years and can be bought now for £1000

How to get one in your garage

A Veedub owner who really caught the Bug

Cheap and most definitely full of cheer

Head to head • Brief: Find a rally homologation special for less than £80,000

CAUGHT IN THE CLASSIFIEDS

When F1 was full to bursting with terrible teams

ROAD TEST RESULTS

Why I love… JIM CLARK

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