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Every month CAR interviews the stars of motorsport, demystifies the latest in-car technology and shares our writers’ passion for car culture and car design. Discover the world’s newest and most exciting cars: join us to drive everything from supercars and hot hatches to family cars.

Welcome

Insider • Porsche’s huge-selling Macan goes entirely electric. Is that really a good idea?

THE UK’S MEN IN SHEDS EMBRACE EV REVOLUTION • How Britain’s low-volume sports-car makers are gearing up to go electric.

FORD’S CAPRI TO RETURN AS AN EV

SPICE UP YOUR LIFE

‘WE MUST FOCUS ON NEW TRENDS’ • Bosch is preparing for a future less reliant on spark plugs by dialling up the digital and putting Dieselgate behind it.

TECH • Artificial intelligence is invading the car industry, supposedly bringing benefits to car buyers and manufacturers alike.

THE SWISS ARMY KNIFE OF EV PLATFORMS • Alfa, Jeep, Maserati and more will all use the versatile STLA Large platform.

MERC’S AUTO LANE-CHANGER • The next level of automated driving? Letting the car overtake and change lane for you.

First drives • The raucous Dark Horse version of the new Mustang is swimming against the tide by coming to the UK. We get an early taste in California

GLS is more

GRatuitous brilliance • Minimal room or need for improvement, but Toyota did it anyway

Family values • Sharing genetics with the Puma gets Ford’s smallest van-shaped MPV very far

Naughty or nice?

Opinion

Car

‘Why do car companies bother disinterring dead brands? It never works. Take Bugatti’

‘Early EV adopters loved this savagery and the screams they’d get from their passengers’

THE LONG GAME • Finally, big SUVs like the latest X5, Cayenne and Range Rover are delivering the plug-in hybrid promise of pace combined with good electric range

HERO VILLAIN WINNER • Christian Horner’s Red Bull team – including the world’s greatest F1 car designer and a driver at the top of his game – wiped the floor with all their opponents in 2023. How the hell will they follow that?

AUDI DREAMS BIG AGAIN • Audi’s icons, the TT and R8, are set to be reborn. We have the inside story on the vision, the challenges and the delays

DUNE: PART TWO • Inspired by a CAR adventure drive nearly 30 years ago, we’re driving a Ferrari to the Sahara desert – 3.5 million square miles of eerie, beautiful emptiness. But first, the Atlas mountains…

FIVE ALIVE • It makes 829bhp. It’s worth over £7m. Only five will be built. And we’ve had a world-exclusive drive in it: the new Pagani Codalunga

The rare necessities • How unusual, and how welcome: a pure, traditional sports car.

First-world problems • At the risk of sounding ungrateful…

Commuting for fun

What a grey day

The secret’s out • Word has finally got around: more and more people know how good the Jogger is.

You can’t beat bricks and mortar • Having actual dealers still makes for a better owning experience.

Towing the EV line

Concept style on the road

The car with two left feet

Changing minds

Even the cat will miss it • A diesel SUV may sound like an anachronism, but in reality our time with the Mk5 Range Rover has been a glorious seven months.

Easy rider • As the Porsche Taycan departs, we’ll miss the bewitching way it combines ease of use with brilliant handling.

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