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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.

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Star contributors

LUXURY’S NEW DAWN • Mercedes re-invents the limousine – electric, silent, forward-thinking and impossibly handsome.

WHAT THE RIVALS ARE PLOTTING

Concept 4: a designer’s defence

Cayman and Boxster: from flat-fours to full electric • Porsche looks to switch its 718 models to pure electric power by 2023. Don’t fret – the 911’s safe for now.

Lutz Meschke Deputy chairman

Time machines: the past in Bugatti’s future • A coupe crossover, the next Chiron, limos and a new supercar – just some of the ideas on Bugatti boss Stephan Winkelmann’s notepad.

VW Group looks to tear itself in half... Porsche to boss the posh brands?

Whatever works for you • Whether it’s ’70s films, sci-fi or hooning around a Korean test track, potent stuff has inspired this little lot

The amazing DeLorean story again • Hollywood just can’t leave John DeLorean alone – here’s 2019’s second film about the man behind the ’80s icon.

‘It isn’t nice being at the back’ • Williams’ George Russell, one of the slowest men in F1, is on course for a glittering future…

Six questions only we would ask

It’s like engines never happened • Merc EV concept rewrites history

His dark materials • Black can look great on a watch, and there are functional benefits too. But mostly it looks great.

RS Q3: Audi’s Group B SUV • Five-cylinder power with four-wheel drive? Smells like a new Audi Sport hero.

Tech • THE INNOVATIONS TRANSFORMING OUR DRIVING WORLD

Inside VW’s vast EV-making monster • The Zwickau plant used to churn out Golfs. Now it’s being reconfigured for the electric age.

RUNNING THE NUMBERS: VW’S ELECTRIC REGENERATION

Air force four to the rescue • The airbag hasn’t run out of puff just yet, as shown by a quartet of innovations.

CRASH SMARTER LIVE LONGER

‘There’s new technology, but also a change in attitudes’ • The manual ’box looks doomed, but what’s the best replacement: a torque-converter auto or a twin-clutch system? Two leading engineers lock horns.

F1’s race to stay relevant • Too expensive, boring and predictable, Formula 1 is taking a long, hard look at itself

One trick we’re happy to fall for • Audi’s drastic S engine switcheroo is a big deal. Can a derv V6 convincingly replace a petrol V8, post-Dieselgate?

Does it work?

S GOES DIESEL HOW IT WORKS

King of no-man’s land • Is the new flagship M car a languid Grand Tourer, a lithe super-coupe or an M5 in an expensive sports jacket? Hard miles on road and track in the M8 to find out

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The 40-mile club • The hybrid A-Class has enough electric range to make a huge difference

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Destiny’s child • It had to happen – a plush GT spun from McLaren’s familiar supercar building blocks. Are we convinced?

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X marks the what? • It’s the ‘urban crossover utility vehicle’ version of the Ceed. It’s good, whatever it is

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Right steer, right now • Tech overkill and immense power you expect. But driver involvement?

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Club swings for Golf

Paths, beaten • Audi’s new A6 Allroad is entirely capable at mud-wrestling. But would you want to?

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