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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 • ‘Why has Ford decided its EV newcomer needs the Mustang name?’

Star contributors

FORD PARTIES LIKE IT’S 1964 • Ford’s new Mustang is… a pure electric crossover, on sale in 2020. And its rebooted Bronco is the Defender-battering off-roader of your dreams.

THE CARS THE MACH-E MUST BEAT

Hotter Alpine incoming… radical thinking at VW… new BMW boss…

Nissan Z car reborn for an electrified era • Stick with a petrol six? Plump for hybrid? Or risk a sports EV? Nissan is weighing up its options.

Ivan Espinosa • VP for product planning, Nissan

Maybach SUV takes the fight to Bentley • Mercedes’ high-end sub-brand is having another go – this time in direct competition with the Bentayga.

INSIDE MAYBACH’S LUXURY SUV

‘Design will be the difference’ • One of the creative forces behind the new Defender, Frascella loves a challenge.

Six questions only we would ask

It’s time to get reasonably excited • No messing with multi-million seller

3 things to know about Tesla’s Cybertruck • From anybody else it would look like a sci-fi geek’s daft fantasy. But the Tesla badge says this may be the future of pick-up trucks

Simples! • All they do is tell the time, with an elegant style to reflect their mechanical simplicity.

How Mazda opted out of the EV arms race • Serious about saving the planet? Then a sledgehammer of an EV isn’t the answer…

MAZDA’S FIRST EV IN DETAIL

AMG’s wild inline four • 415bhp from a 2.0-litre four? How the hell did AMG manage that?

Toyota’s three-wheeled jam buster • The world’s biggest car maker reckons the i-Road is the answer to all our problems. Finally, we drive (ride?) it.

Does it work?

HOW IT WORKS

MERCEDES-AMG GLB 35 A touch of (G-)Class • AMG’s on a roll, SUVs sell and everyone loves the big, boxy G-Class, right? So just how nailed-on is a new AMG-fettled Merc compact SUV that looks (a bit) like a G-Class?

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Multi-dimensional • Peugeot’s smallest SUV is now bigger, smarter and more versatile

THE FIRST HOUR

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Object of desire • The RS6, long awesome but numb like an arm you slept on, is back; more handsome and now with actual driver appeal

THE FIRST HOUR

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Alchemy in action • How do you make a seriously good car of Corsa? Just add PSA ownership

THE FIRST HOUR

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Weight of expectation • What started as a badge on fancy Volvos has evolved into a manufacturer in its own right. Is Polestar’s first car any good?

THE FIRST HOUR

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Green with envy • Don’t think of the basic Taycan as merely a planet-saving Porsche. It’s also great fun

THE FIRST HOUR

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Imperfect Tense • A wafty, sophisticated SUV is even more wafty and sophisticated in hybrid form. But also more expensive

Opinion • TECH OVERKILL + OWNING A STELVIO + OVERDOING LIGHTNESS

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‘Fuel cells are the future’: predictions for the 2020s

‘The early TVR Cerbera was like a McLaren that was built in Blackpool using polystyrene chip trays’

Freshly hatched chic • Small French cars have been leaning on past glories for generations. Time for a rebirth. New Peugeot 208 meets new Renault Clio in the city that created the supermini

THE FORMULA FOR FRENCH SUPERMINI...