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KIA HAS JUST SMASHED ANOTHER GLASS CEILING

Major overhaul of VW Golf headed by pumped-up GTI • Big ergonomic, powertrain and design revisions aim to reinvigorate hatch’s appeal

Honda NSX to return as halo EV • Company boss confirms electric sports car is being developed as a 0 Series flagship

Hydrogen cars will follow battery-electric, says Honda

Lexus turns to GR Yaris for hot LBX • New 300bhp Morizo RR packs the Toyota hot hatch’s engine and gets go-faster aero

JLR design director resigns after 13 years

Fisker signs off affordable EV • Family hatchback is due with a host of unique features in 2025, priced from £28k

Defender transformed into a £100k soft-top

PARK AND CHARGE: JUST LEAVE IT TO THE ROBOTS

Legal fears over sport exhausts • Drivers warned that emission limits “grey area” could result in more prosecutions

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Electric A6 ready to roll • All-new Audi estate to take on BMW i5 with 400-mile-plus range

Lamborghini records 10,000 annual sales for first time

TESTER’S NOTES

MY WEEK IN CARS

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RACING LINES

FORD TOURNEO COURIER • Ford renews its smallest Transit van and its MPV sibling using Puma underpinnings

LEXUS LM 350H AWD TAKUMI • Newcomer is much more than just a van with seats. Limousines beware…

SUZUKI JIMNY 5-DOOR • Beloved baby off-roader gets enhanced practicality – but only in certain markets

GOING UP IN THE WORLD • The new EV9 finds itself rubbing shoulders with luxury large SUVs from Land Rover and Audi. So will buyers really pay £75k for the Kia? Matt Saunders puts it to the test

The young and the slammed • Bicester Scramble has changed greatly over the past decade – and so has the site. Murray Scullion mixes with the zoomers to perform a sitrep

MY STAR CAR

AREA 21 • Designed by artificial intelligence and 3D-printed by robots, the Czinger 21C has the potential to transform the car industry, according to those behind it. Felix Page heads to their US base

THE REALLY WILD SHOW • Mark Tisshaw has seen the future and, he reports from CES, you better brace yourself for what’s to come

SHOW NOTES

Jeep Avenger • Maiden EV is a small car with big hopes of cracking Europe. Does it have what it takes?

Data log

VERDICT • It isn’t perfect but it successfully takes Jeep in a new direction

BMW X5 • Conspicuous consumption with a conscience: is it really possible? It’s time to find out

RENAULT CLIO • Dry January? Don’t know about that, but it certainly is warm

GENESIS G70 SHOOTING BRAKE • Four-cylinder petrol estate gets a deserved break from the rigours of everyday life

VOLKSWAGEN ID BUZZ • Cornish holiday gives the chance for a California comparison

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