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Every month CAR interviews the stars of motorsport, demystifies the latest in-car technology and shares our writers’ passion for car culture and car design. Discover the world’s newest and most exciting cars: join us to drive everything from supercars and hot hatches to family cars.

Welcome • Some of these name changes seem pretty significant

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Turmoil at VW is just the start

Hyundai: it knows exactly what you want

All aboard the gilded lifeboat of luxury

Audi in F1: winner in waiting or big-money mistake?

China’s EVs are winning on tech, not just price

The best way for cars to go green? Engines!

“Oh, what fun it is to Drive …” • with a subscription for only £19.99

No one wins Dakar in the first year. Dacia could

Familiar names, remixed

Repetizione! Is car design in a crisis?

Heat seeker • Alpine’s sportier version of the Renault 5 is that very rare thing: an EV that could actually benefit from more power

Basic, in a good way • The sub-£100k entry 911 remains a fantastic experience

Nautical but nice • And then there were four: BYD’s UK range gets a family crossover

Altitude slickness • New Flying Spur is better than ever, with clever powertrain and chassis tech enhancing both luxury and performance

Opinion • EXPLORER vs EXPLORER + BUSINESS USERS + SUVs PLEASE

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‘How many European EV car-maker start-ups are there? Of any size and scale, just one’ • THE VOICE OF EXPERIENCE

‘I saw a Mk1 Mondeo the other day. Wow! When was the last time I saw one of those?’ • THE INCURABLE ENTHUSIAST

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BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY • The new BMW M5 is a plug-in hybrid. The perfect blend of petrol (Audi RS6) and electric (Porsche Taycan), then?

SEARCHING FOR THE HAPPY MIDDLE

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THE SPECIAL ONE • Bugatti sits at the top of the automotive food chain – the new 1775bhp, V16 Tourbillon is proof of that. But it was this car, the Type 35, that put it there. We drive it

THE LEGACY MAKERS

Dead cat bounce • Jaguar’s last roll of the dice is here – and JLR’s betting everything on pink

CHALLENGING ON ALL COUNTS

COMETH THE POWER • Nearly 30 years a Porsche man, Frank-Steffen Walliser – fluent in future platforms and plugged into the VW Group’s decision-making apparatus – is now steering Bentley

THE CARS THAT MADE HIM

THE FUTURE? THAT OLD THING? • Tesla’s Model Y arrived like a family-friendly gift from a sci-fi utopia. But the old-timers at Renault and Ford aren't content to let Elon Musk have it all his own way

TIME TO ADJUST YOUR EV EXPECTATIONS

MASTER AND COMMANDER • What makes the S-Class such enduring phenomenon? And is it still as good as it was… or even better? We pit the classic 560 SEL against the hybrid S63 AMG

TO CUT A LONG STORY SHORT

The centre can hold • Expensive A3? Budget RS3? Or sweet spot in the range?

It’s the little things

Tech rescue

The full Tic Tac

In the spin room

Swings, meet roundabouts • Relationships with Alfas get complicated. This is no exception.

Taking the psi • Can lower tyre pressures remedy the Swift’s dodgy ride? Well…

Italian for plug-and-play • Time’s up for our e-hot hatch after half a year of daily use.

Whatever it was, it isn’t now • Transformation complete. Once a laughing stock, then pretty decent, now Skodas are the stuff of dreams.

Flawed cake, fancy icing • For all its glitz, is the electric 5-series estate quite as clever as it thinks it is?

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