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Audi A4 swaps to electric in 2025 and gets 510bhp S4 • EV-only saloon and estate pack next-gen tech; S4 to be followed by even hotter RS4

Roomier new Kodiaq gains PHEV • SUV arrives next year with new-era styling, fresh tech and a long-range plug-in hybrid

Suzuki breathes new life into Swift hatch

BMW X2 grows and goes electric • Second-generation SUV-coupé presented in 296bhp M35i and 279-mile iX2 guises

Tories to clamp down on ‘anti-driver’ policies

VW lines up rugged ID 3 sibling • Golf-sized raised crossover will arrive in 2026 and tap into advanced new tech

Aston back in Le Mans top echelon in 2025

Nissan unveils bold EV vision • Forward-looking concept brings striking looks and a sustainability focus to city EVs

Porsche: design heritage will help fend off start-ups

SPEAK AND IT SHALL BE DONE, WITH AI’S HELP

Could salary sacrifice revive public’s appetite for EVs? • Scheme whereby lease comes out of pre-tax salary can save employees thousands

SECRET SOURCE • OUR INDUSTRY INSIDER

Electric boost for big diesel vans • UK firm’s retrofit range extender tech prolongs service life of vans for around £25k

TESTER’S NOTES

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MY WEEK IN CARS

RACING LINES

LAMBORGHINI REVUELTO • Electrified V12 Aventador successor packs new-age tech that, in theory, could take supercar thrills to a different level. So does it?

MAZDA MX-30 R-EV • The rotary engine returns… to extend the range of an eccentric electric crossover

PEUGEOT E-308 • Stylish and dynamically adept family hatchback at last gains electric powertrain

ZEEKR X • Yet another Chinese EV brand eyes up the UK – but this one claims to be European

PORSCHE MACAN • Sporting brand’s best-seller has been recreated from scratch as its second EV

An exercise in self-discovery • To revitalise the Land Rover Discovery, JLR is transforming it into a brand of its own. How will that look in reality? Hilton Holloway has a think

Voyage of Discovery

Stack race heats up • Common printed circuit boards will enable much quicker and cheaper production of hydrogen fuel cell systems, says a young British firm. Jesse Crosse investigates

CRASH COURSE • Volvo has long been the car company with the strongest reputation for safety, and its new EX90 takes things up yet another notch. Charlie Martin gets a test-side seat

THE TECH KEEPING THE EX90 SAFER

SUBSCRIPTIONS, EVER-UPDATING SOFTWARE AND SWAPPABLE BODIES: IS THIS THE FUTURE OF CAR OWNERSHIP? • Tom Cheesewright, an engineer and EV enthusiast who predicts future trends for major global firms, enlightens Iain Macauley

Peugeot 408 • Striking French crossbreed aims to tempt people away from SUVs

Data log

VERDICT • Novel Peugeot shows an alternative path for the family car

BENTLEY FLYING SPUR • Did plug-in hybrid power kill the traditional Bentley vibe? Here’s our final verdict

TOYOTA GR SUPRA • Rain stop play? Not when you have this car and those roads at your disposal

KIA NIRO EV • The champagne or cava of EVs? We...