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TRUE DRIVER’S CARS STILL UNDERPIN ASTON & LOTUS

LOTUS CHANNELS ESPRIT • Theory 1 concept draws on Esprit’s ethos to pack 986bhp electric punch

SM TRIBUTE POINTS TO FUTURE OF DS • French premium brand taps into Citroën’s heritage to inspire its next-generation EVs

A390 JOINS ALPINE’S DREAM GARAGE AS MACAN RIVAL

VW GROUP IN TURMOIL AS CASH CRISIS HITS • Board stares down staff and unions in the face of factory closures

MAGNA SHINES A LIGHT ON NIGHT VISION TECHNOLOGY

CHARGER INDUSTRY SAYS IT’S ON TRACK • Roll-out is a success so far – but more support is needed

Grapevine

EX90 TO PIONEER VOLVO’S SOFTWARE-DEFINED ERA • Advanced hardware means cars can be given new features as they age

MY WEEK IN CARS

PRIOR CONVICTION

RACING LINES

YOUR VIEWS

GENESIS EXODUS

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MIKA MEON • Esoteric new Brit looks like a carefree beach buggy but is meant as a serious sports car – and an electric one at that

AUDI E-TRON GT • Updated electric four-door is almost entirely new underneath

VOLKSWAGEN ID 3 GTX • Wolfsburg finally gives Golf’s electric equivalent some GTI attitude

BMW 4 SERIES • Continues to fly the flag for accessible(ish) four-seat open-top motoring

McLAREN GTS • Woking’s more accessible supercar soldiers on with minor updates

VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2.0 TDI • Diesel rarity persists post-facelift

RENAULT MEGANE E-TECH ELECTRIC • Family EV gains range-extending heat pump and new touchscreen

ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE • Is there more to this wild Aston than headline-grabbing horsepower?

VERDICT • The Vantage grows up to spectacular, riveting effect

Testing, testing

Gone in the blink of an I • The pioneering and widely praised Jaguar I-Pace has been axed after only six years on sale. STEVE CROPLEY drives one of the last off the line and ponders if it was taken too soon

Learn the new lingo • Intrigued by EVs but don’t know your PSM from your EESM or the difference between NMC and LFP? Let Jesse Crosse explain all

Futures market • UK motorsport is giving the next generation an early insight into possible career paths. JAMES ATTWOOD joins them at an event

LAND ROVER DEFENDER • Did this extra-long, extra-plush 130 convince our classic 90 owner?

MASERATI MC20 • Just how rapid is our supercar compared with its mad uncle Enzo?

LEXUS LBX • Assistance – BING! – isn’t always – BONG! – welcome

THE CAR THAT SET VOLVO ON THE WAY TO ITS ELECTRIC ERA • EV version of the XC40 was the firm’s trailblazer and is a smart used buy

How to get one in your garage

I fulfilled my lifelong dream in my garage

How expensive can running a Panda really be?

Head to head

CAUGHT IN THE CLASSIFIEDS

Controversy over introduction of numberplates

ROAD TEST RESULTS

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