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JLR MERITS PRAISE FOR TACKLING CRIME ISSUES

Vantage ups its game in all vital areas to battle hot 911 • Redesigned Aston gets more power and pace, new cabin tech and retuned chassis

Taycan assured long future at Porsche ‘like 911’ • Sporting EV canlive on alongside future electric versions of the Panamera

VW Group UK calls for EV incentives

Ford’s affordable EV secret is out • Skunkworks team has been working on a platform that cuts EV costs, reveals CEO

Pricier parking for porkers in Paris

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JLR urges government to crack down on car crime • Thefts and unjustified insurance cost rises are hitting Brits hard, says CEO

JLR cuts parts backlog but crisis not over yet

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Design boss on Bentley’s new era • Robin Page talks exclusively to Autocar about the marque’s first EV, due in 2025

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AUDI S3 SPORTBACK • Major update is intended to boost the fun side of Audi hot hatch’s all-rounder appeal

SKODA KAMIQ • Refreshed small crossover remains focused on value, practicality and ease of use

SKODA SCALA • Similar updates for family hatchback, which gets a peppier design too

BMW X6 M COMPETITION • More powerful V8, addition of electric motor and chassis alterations for hottest X6

JAGUAR XE • Junior saloon will soon be read the last rites, yet still seems in the best of health

DS 3 E-TENSE • Price drop and AI voice control aim to return bougie French EV to relevance

TAYC TWO • How do you make a sequel better than the critically acclaimed original? With Hollywood in his rear-view mirror, Felix Page finds out by driving a prototype of the new Porsche Taycan

CAR OF THE YEAR HALL OF FAME • To celebrate COTY’s 60th anniversary, we’ve gathered its very finest winners to pick the all-time great. Simon Hucknall reports

COTY’s greatest vs 100 laps of the M25 • Today, we’re lauding the Ford Focus as Car of the Year’s alltimebest. But when it originally became a COTY winner, we gave it a much harder time, as Simon Hucknall recalls

STARING DOWN THE BARREL • We return to Catesby, home of a unique aerodynamic test facility converted from a disused railway tunnel, to help Ariel refine its latest sports car.

Tesla Model 3 • Game-changing EV gets a refresh after seven years, but is it enough?

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VERDICT • Packs a real punch, but both updated Model 3s are fine propositions

GENESIS G70 SHOOTING BRAKE • Thiscardoesn’tmake muchsenseon the face of it. But did we love it anyway?

SMART #1 • Electric crossover represents a total reinvention of its maker. Is it a successful one?

NISSAN ARIYA • We chicken out of taking our EV up north – but its PHEV substitute isn’t much better

JEEP AVENGER • Trips to the tip and wintry Welsh forests prove our plucky EV’s toughness

MAZDA MX-30 R-EV • If only the fuel economy were as pleasing as the interior

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