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Toyota to grow Land Cruiser brand with two all-new EVs • Big, luxury 4x4 and compact urban variant will expand line-up and take on Defender

Volvo readies new flagship EV • BMW i5 rival could have up to 637bhp and will be revealed in the coming months

Bullish Chery eyes UK as site for car factory

Mindt goes back to drawing board for VW EVs • Design chief reveals new recipe for company’s upcoming cars as it seeks to capture old mojo

Uber leads London’s EV charge • Ride-hailing firm is installing 700 chargers and incentivising its drivers to go electric

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Volkswagen previews ‘fixed’ Golf • Extensive changes seek to address the widespread criticisms of usability and quality

TVR loses planned production site

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Glue-less Cupra in sticky situation • Lack of Ukrainian thermal paste has left it unable to complete Born battery recall work

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MY WEEK IN CARS

RACING LINES

MASERATI GHIBLI 334 ULTIMA • Modena says goodbye to V8 power with special edition of moribund saloon

MERCEDES-BENZ CLE 220D COUPE • A brand-new car with two doors and a diesel engine… Can this really be 2024?

AUDI Q8 E-TRON EDITION DAKAR • Want a plush electric SUV and fancy yourself as Carlos Sainz? Well, guess what…

MASERATI LEVANTE V8 ULTIMA • Does this second swansong special reflect Maserati of old or where it’s finally going?

A VERY BRITISH COUPE • Has Aston Martin finally succeeded in its mission to match Italy’s suave GTs? Matt Saunders introduces the new DB12 to a Ferrari and a Maserati

‘WE WANT TO MAKE OUR WORK PERFECT’ • Richard Hammond talks to Steve Cropley about his classic car restoration business, TV, what the future holds for the car and his dream for this summer

HAMMOND ON…

POLITICIANS WANT THE MOTORIST’S VOTE. BUT WHAT DO MOTORISTS WANT? • The rescheduled petrol and diesel vehicle sales ban may be years off, but politics and technology have demonstrated that direction change can arrive unexpectedly (see the recent by-election in Uxbridge and South Ruislip for evidence). At the start of a general election year, politicians are making vote-seeking overtures to the motoring public. Iain Macauley looks at their policies and asks experts to reveal their motoring vision for the UK

Porsche 911 • A new breed of 911 pays homage to the Paris-Dakar-conquering Porsche 953

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VERDICT • Dakar-themed throwback charms like no other modern 911

BYD ATTO 3 • First impressions aren’t always reliable but you can be sure of these final ones

VOLVO V90 • You can’t buy a new Volvo estate any more – so we’ve bagged a 2021 V90

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