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ALL CARS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ARE MORE EQUAL…

G-Class EV revealed as luxury, hardcore off-roader • Mercedes claims its big electric 4x4 is “better than the combustion version off road”

Aceman tipped as Mini’s star car • New mid-range electric crossover will arrive in two states of tune, with a JCW to follow

Aston revamps DBX cabin, chassis and engine line-up

C3 Aircross reborn as a seven-seater

Quattroporte ‘an important problem’ • Maserati mulls replatforming delayed saloon EV to ensure it’s outstanding in all areas

New-old sports car is Abarth’s 75th-birthday present to itself

Alfa to politicians: forget car names and save industry • Boss Imparato speaks out after minister compels Milano rebrand

Volvo on the cusp of a production revolution • Radical new mega-casting production method will cut complexity while boosting flexibility

WILL HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS EVER STACK UP?

Vauxhall reinvents the Grandland • New version is bigger, sleeker and available as a 435-mile EV, mild hybrid and PHEV

Mazda reveals CX-80 seven-seat flagship

SECRET SOURCE • OUR INDUSTRY INSIDER

Car clubs at mercy of insurers • Soaring insurance costs now pose an ‘existential threat’ to community car sharing

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MY WEEK IN CARS

RACING LINES

DACIA DUSTER • With a more sophisticated platform, design-savvy look and fresh tech, has this all-new version lost sight of the model’s value appeal?

PORSCHE MACAN ELECTRIC • New platform, different motive power, more weight: can the electric version really behave like a Macan should?

AUDI A3 SPORTBACK • Four years later, Audi moves to address criticisms of its swanky family hatchback

AUDI S3 SALOON • Warmed-up version of A3 sets out stall with more power and RS3-spec driveline tech

MERCEDES-BENZ CLE CABRIOLET • Convertible follows coupé to complete newly consolidated two-door range

LOTUS ELETRE S • Massive electric SUV that introduced us to ‘new Lotus’ is at last driven on British roads

TOP 100 CARS ON SALE TODAY • Choosing the best new cars and ranking them in order is a mighty task. We did it so you don’t have to

The final countdown: from fifth to first • Here, then, are our five finalists, each of them a car of the first order. Richard Lane makes the difficult decision and declares a winner

BAG A TOP 100 CAR FOR LESS • Second-hand needn’t mean second-best, so here’s the cream of the classified crop

MUSTANG ALLEY • Around 800 Ford Mustangs lined up at the British Motor Museum in celebration of the everyman sports car’s 60th birthday. Felix Page was wowed by the variety on show

‘If you don’t have great racing, you don’t have anything’ • The British Touring Car Championship has evolved into the world’s greatest domestic motor racing series. Steve Cropley meets the man who keeps it on track

Bentley Bentayga • For the first time, Crewe’s most extravagant offering is an SUV. Does it stack up?

VERDICT • It lacks the Mulsanne’s charm but is a better luxury car by far

ABARTH 500e • Can this pint-size but pricey hot EV deliver day-to-day...