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Autocar is the car nut’s weekly fix, delivering you a unique mix of the latest news, opinion, features, first drives of new cars and in-depth road tests – all complemented by the best photography in the business. No other magazine covers the subject you love with such enthusiasm, insight and quality every week of the year. Autocar stands for the highest quality in car journalism – and is rewarded with access to the best new cars and the biggest news stories before any of the opposition which we share with you, our readers, every week.

OUR MEGA-TEST SHOWS HOW EVs ARE CHANGING

Neue Klasse X sets template for BMW’s next electric SUVs • New platform, drivetrain and ‘superbrain’ tech for iX3 successor – plus a classic grille

Major update for G-Class • Hybrid power boost, efficiency gains and new technology – including a touchscreen

Active Ride Control for enhanced AMG G63

Adrian Hallmark quits Bentley to become Aston Martin boss

Why is nothing being done to fix Britain’s pothole crisis? • Councils aren’t spending the government’s Potholes Fund, leaving only 47% of English and Welsh roads in a good condition

Espace could return to its roots • Renault mulls MPV revival as it looks to expand EV offering with reimagined classics

Ocean production on hold as Fisker tries to raise cash

CAN CLEANING CHEMICAL AMMONIA CLEAN UP ICE?

How the UK is tuning Nio’s future • Chinese brand’s European expansion relies on a crack team of engineers based in Oxfordshire

SECRET SOURCE • OUR INDUSTRY INSIDER

Seat plots renewal, baby EV • Current line-up will be revised and new EVs such as an ‘ID 1’ sibling are in the frame

Fiat’s 500 EV may turn to petrol

TESTER’S NOTES

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MY WEEK IN CARS

RACING LINES

SUZUKI SWIFT • Fourth-gen supermini has a fresh look, a new electrified engine and Suzuki’s trademark lightness and compactness to offer former Ford Fiesta buyers

POLESTAR 4 • Can Swedish EV specialist outwit Porsche with its big new SUV? Definitely maybe

HYUNDAI IONIQ 5 N • Four-wheel-drive, 641bhp hatch is both technically complex and simply entertaining

JEEP AVENGER E-HYBRID • Compact crossover has gained a mild-hybrid petrol option. Is it better than the EV?

CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN • We’ve gathered the 12 finest electric cars currently on sale for less than £40,000 – and our crack team of testers – to choose Britain’s best affordable EV in 2024

THE EYES HAVE IT: WHICH IS THE BEST-DESIGNED AFFORDABLE EV?

THE FINAL FOUR

Fiat 600 • Stellantis’s Italian volume brand follows electric 500 with larger, longer-legged EV

Data log

VERDICT • Decent value and easy to drive, but otherwise a little easy to overlook

VOLKSWAGEN ID BUZZ • Cheery electric MPV says farewell after bringing some colour to gloomy Britain

BMW X5 • Clever tyres and great dealer service equal a very speedy puncture remedy

VOLVO V90 • A properly laid-back experience is possible, if you know the trick

YOUR VIEWS

The perils of safety

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KICKING TYRES

Chrysler Airflow becomes the… Croydon

ROAD TEST INDEX • The latest and greatest rated as only Autocar knows how

NEW CARS A TO Z • For full reviews of every car listed here, visit our website, autocar.co.uk

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