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EV OWNERSHIP COMES AT A PREMIUM, FOR NOW

Aston sports cars reborn in 2024 new model blitz • Wild new Vantage and DBS-replacing supercar to lead fully refreshed Aston line-up

Valhalla to lead electrified push in 2024 with 998bhp V8 hybrid

Countryman lights JCW fuse • Fiery John Cooper Works SUV arrives with tuned suspension, go-faster looks and 296bhp

Musk ‘confirms’ cheaper Tesla

Wrangler EV confirmed for 2028 • Jeep off-roader to enter next generation with battery and range-extender power

Used electric car sales double as supply improves

Panamera: driver-focused controls, TikTok for passenger

EV insurance costs ballooning • Premiums have risen 72% in the past 12 months, compared with 29% for petrol and diesel cars

ELECTRIC PROGRESS KEEPS MOTORING ON

Vauxhall gives biggest discounts • Mystery shopping data reveals every car maker’s discount – and Vauxhall tops the list

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The Geneva 2024 no-show list grows

Shortage of parts fuels car crime • Fears dealers could unwittingly buy used parts from thieves

TESTER’S NOTES

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MY WEEK IN CARS

RACING LINES

MERCEDES-AMG GT • Angry supercar has been turned into something more befitting its name for its second generation

VOLKSWAGEN ID 7 • German giant finally comes up with an answer to Tesla’s huge-selling Model 3, and it’s one with 282bhp and a range of 386 miles

FERRARI SF90 XX • Don’t be fooled by the name: this is not a track-only special but an enhanced version of the V8 plug-in hybrid hypercar

TOYOTA C-HR HYBRID • Second-generation crossover tested with more popular ‘self-charging’ powertrain

ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING • The Lotus Elise was a revelation back in the 1990s, but what’s it like today and could you use one as a daily driver? Matt Prior took one under his wing to find out

GOING GO 1NG GON3 • Personalised numberplates can fetch big money but there are bargains to be had too. John Evans witnesses both at the DVLA’s final in-person auction of registrations

‘One day we could be like AMG’ • Dany Bahar is thriving, 11 years after leaving Lotus, and so is his company. Ares Modena makes bespoke cars for the ultra-rich but, he tells Mike Duff, a big-time deal is in the offing

What’s S1 like to drive?

CAN FORMULA 1 SAVE THE PISTON ENGINE? • F1 mechanic turned TV presenter Marc Priestley tells Iain Macauley that its work on e-fuels could be game-changing

Alpine A110 • Dieppe adds downforce, and sheds weight, to take the A110 into track car territory

Data log

VERDICT • Hardcore A110 has its lures, but probably not enough of them for £96k

AUDI TT RS • As a fitting finale, the last-of-the-line Audi sports car meets one they made earlier

NISSAN ARIYA • Can our new electric family SUV from Japan surpass that superb one from Korea?

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