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POWER LIST 100 STARS LEAD BY EXAMPLE

Volkswagen Golf GTI pumped for final petrol fling • More power, chassis upgrade and cabin revamp mark petrol hot hatch swansong

Kia begins blitz of smaller EVs • Line-up will expand to include EV2 city car, EV3 crossover and EV4 saloon by 2026

Kia EV5 gets UK go-ahead to fight Ford Explorer • Electric family SUV will arrive in 2025 in single-and twinmotor guises from £40k

Lambo makes EV supercar call

New Citroën C3 is 2CV for EV era • Supermini majors on simplicity and sustainability to offer a 199-mile range for £20k

Time is up for the baby Volkswagen

Enyaq to lead Skoda tech shift • The firm’s new wave of EV tech, including the SSP platform, will start with the Enyaq

Skoda Fabia tipped to live on under revised emissions rules

ULTIMATE AIR-COOLED 911 ENGINE – FROM SWINDON

What happened to the Euro 7 rules? • EU set to water down new emissions regulations after pressure from the car industry

What the new regulations will look like

SECRET SOURCE • OUR INDUSTRY INSIDER

2024 Geneva return ‘confirmed’ • Organisers promise Covid-imposed hiatus will end; cost-cutting changes will be made

Chinese giant Chery to send third brand to UK market

TESTER’S NOTES

MY WEEK IN CARS

RACING LINES

MERCEDES-AMG GLC 63 • Performance SUV follows C-Class cousin in ditching V8 for four-pot PHEV system

ARIEL ATOM 4R • More power, faster gearbox, fancier suspension and better aero for a driver’s dream

FORD TRANSIT CUSTOM • Britain’s best-seller aims to offer even better ease of use and driving satisfaction

VAUXHALL CORSA ELECTRIC • Crucial update brings more range, new cabin tech and smart looks

HYUNDAI KONA ELECTRIC • Second generation of popular crossover is tested here in range-topping guise

HONDA E:NY1 • New HR-V-alike compact crossover is intended to take electric Hondas mainstream

MERCEDES-BENZ GLC 220d COUPE • Curvier-backed version of Mk2 SUV hits UK with AMG Line set-up as standard

TOYOTA PRIUS • Rakish reinvention of hybrid pioneer is full of promise – but not for these shores

“We compared other big automotive turnarounds. We can claim the fastest of them all” • For guiding the Renault Group from the precipice to record profits in less than three years, Luca de Meo was the consensus choice to top our 2023 Power List 100. Steve Cropley meets him

BIG BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM • Nick Gibbs profiles the rest of the top 10 car industry kingpins in our Power List 100

YOU’RE GONNA MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE • Audi’s R8 has been one of a kind for 16 glorious, sometimes frustrating years, but now its end is nigh. Andrew Frankel’s got his ticket for the long way round, one last time

QATAR LESSONS • Why is there now a Geneva motor show in Qatar, and what does the future hold for the car industry in this tiny Gulf state? James Attwood finds out

Maserati Grecale • What happens when you put a ludicrous engine into a sensible car? Read on to find out

Data log

VERDICT • A belting engine, but high-priced and not the best-driving Grecale

TOYOTA GR SUPRA • Straight six,...