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Every month CAR interviews the stars of motorsport, demystifies the latest in-car technology and shares our writers’ passion for car culture and car design. Discover the world’s newest and most exciting cars: join us to drive everything from supercars and hot hatches to family cars.

Welcome

Insider • After a successful rebirth and dramatic new design direction, Vauxhall plots its future with the Experimental concept.

‘As a brand, we’ve still got work to do…’

ADAMS FAMILY VALUES • The new concept builds on the highlights of a patchy heritage

2027’S ELECTRIC SANDERO FOR THE MASSES • A keenly priced electric Dacia Sandero is on the way, using Renault tech.

WHY CITROËN IS THE NEW DACIA • Citroën has a new boss with a new strategy. One very close to Dacia’s.

My career in three sketches

FROM THE FRINGES • Small, highly specialised car makers are shaking up the status quo.

‘WE’RE INVESTING IN THE LONG TERM’ • Improving Britain’s public charging infrastructure involves mastering the art of the compromise.

ME TIME • Bamford’s bespoke scheme gets you closer to your perfect timepiece.

‘THERE’S NOTHING WRONG WITH BEAUTIFUL WHEN IT COMES TO CAR DESIGN’ • Celebrating the five-decade career of the design veteran who transformed Volvo, Geely and Lotus.

Three Horbury highlights in a stellar career

HOW GREEN IS YOUR NEW CAR… REALLY? • Electric cars are cleaner in use but dirtier to build. What causes this green paradox, and how can EV manufacture be cleaned up?

CAMP OVERNIGHT IN A DACIA JOGGER • Is Dacia’s purpose-built bed for the boot of the Jogger actually the best way to go camping?

The great beyond • Who needs a huge V12 when electric power can bring out the qualities that make a Rolls-Royce a Rolls-Royce?

Shouldn’t work. Does • AMG brings out the all-round excellence lurking in an ordinary Merc

Old friend’s electric • The trusty hatch takes a leap into the zero-emissions future

Behind you! • Polestar goes rear-wheel drive in a bid to aid dynamics and efficiency

Seamless • Digital and mechanical join together harmoniously in the hybrid-heavy new E-Class saloon line-up

Simmer gently

‘BMW and Audi never considered the X-Type a threat, and have never considered Jaguar a serious rival since’

‘I asked ChatGPT for an idea for a monthly car column. This was an uneasy moment’

FRESH HEIR • Hyunda has built the electric Ioniq 5 N as a clean-running successor to classic hot hatches. We hitch a ride

HIDDEN FIGURES • MG’s 4 electric hatch has been a sensation. The hot new XPower version – cheaper and more powerful than VW’s Golf R – threatens an upset. But since when were great hot hatches about the numbers?

GRAVE DIGGER BLUES • V8 muscle is fast disappearing. To mourn its passing, we take a Dodge Challenger on a trip through another great US tradition, the blues

GT 20 • They thought it was all over for Bentley – until the Continental GT gave it a youthful vitality 20 years ago. How did that happen – and what happens next?

THIS IS NOT A DRILL • For the first time ever, the hot version of the definitive US sports car seriously could beat the range-topping 911. But will it?

Entering the life of luxury • Dynamics, pampering and technology are all turned up to 11.

Trials, no error • A 450-mile round trip to get muddy on motorbikes should have undone our electric Audi. Didn’t.

Handle(s) with care

Hunt the shunt • Odd jerkiness probed.

Acorn, meet oak • How much continuity is there really in BMW’s EV family. The i3 wasn’t just electric, it was also innovative and clever. But the i7? Hmm…

Je ne regrette rien… beaucoup • The C5 X...