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THE CHINESE ARE COMING, TARIFFS OR NOT

Bentley’s first EV will be a 100bhp statement of intent • UK firm will launch electric offensive in 2026 with a W12-obliterating all-new model

Q6 E-tron kick-starts new era for Audi EVs • SUV ushers in a new platform for premium EVs and pioneers tech that’s destined for future Audis

New Clio EV lined up to join hybrid • Renault’s all-new supermini is due in 2026 – and an electric version is in the pipeline

Renault to shrink development time

Skoda previews entry-level SUV • Epiq concept revealed as latest chapter in Czech manufacturer’s electric car story

Aceman outed ahead of Beijing show reveal

ID 3 and ID 7 Tourer get GTX upgrade

PORSCHE TAKES A MORE ACTIVE APPROACH

AMG readies 1000bhp all-electric Taycan rival • Tech-packed four-seater breaks cover ahead of launch next year

A-Class saved after EV rethink

SECRET SOURCE • OUR INDUSTRY INSIDER

Seven-seat EV for less than £50k • New 5008 SUV gets battery power as Peugeot sets sights on seven-seat EV class

Callum plots wheelchair-friendly EV

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RACING LINES

SKODA SUPERB ESTATE • Fourth-generation load-carrying stalwart sticks with tradition and retains its very conventional estate car form

MASERATI GRECALE FOLGORE • Big SUV relinquishes V6 engine as Italian luxury brand initiates electric transition

YANGWANG U8 • The maker of the Seal and the Dolphin produces a car that can actually swim

VOLKSWAGEN ID 5 • More powerful motors, more efficient battery and improved ergonomics for EV

BMW iX2 • Sportier, more stylish alternative to the underwhelming iX1 arrives in the UK

TOYOTA C-HR PHEV • Popular crossover gains plug-in hybrid powertrain with 40-mile electric range

A DRAM WITHOUT DRAMA • The fabulously cultivated W12 engine that revitalised Bentley is retiring, at the same time as a very different type of Bentley arrives. Mark Tisshaw drives a Flying Spur up to Scotland for a first and last taste

THE WORLD OF WHISKY

HOW LEGENDS ARE MADE

How to design the perfect BMW • Author Steve Saxty is an expert on BMW design. He gives John Evans an insight into eight essential features that make a BMW a BMW

Is Silence golden? • A Spanish firm has used its electric motorbike tech to create a miniature electric ‘car’ that we can buy in the UK. Matt Prior has a go

BMW X6 • Munich’s fastest full-size SUV-coupé gets mid-life powertrain and chassis tweaks

Data log

VERDICT • Unyielding performance focus makes for a fast but compromised SUV

FORD RANGER RAPTOR • Stepping out of a tiny roadster and into the largest car on our fleet

McLAREN ARTURA • A supercar that can do 1285 miles on one tank of fuel? Maybe after the update…

JEEP AVENGER • Ever suffered systems failure on a dark, wet motorway?

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