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NEW GLORY • Chevrolet’s long-running Corvette is reinvented as a mid-engined junior supercar, and it’s coming to the UK in right-hand drive.
A CORVETTE FOR THE UK
Bugatti eyes EV… stretched Flying Spur rumoured… Dieselgate still haunts Audi
New Golf Mk8: it’s your eight-point briefing • Faster GTIs, slick hybrids and digital inside. Georg Kacher introduces the new Golf
It’s the new 911, more and less • The less expensive non-S Carrera lands
Was the British GP the new Dijon ’79? • 40 years after that epic French GP, has the title of F1’s best ever battle been nabbed?
It’s open season • Our spy photographers have hunted down some big sports car game over the summer testing period.
What Callum did next… • As Jaguar’s retiring design boss launches his own business, we salute his 20 years at the brand and ask what’s next?
CALLUM’S TOP 5 GREATEST HITS (SO FAR…)
‘Volvo was very vulnerable’ • The exec who co-wrote Volvo’s turnaround plan is now changing the way we buy cars
Six questions only we would ask
Room for another one? • Yes, but only if we flatten the back end
Lunar year • 2019 is rich in anniversary editions, for the Moon landings and more.
Invasion of the self-driving cars • 5G is here, capable of monitoring everything all the time – and providing the missing link that could make full autonomy an everyday reality.
It came out of the sun • Sunshine’s energy. EVs need energy. Start-up Lightyear has seen the light.
‘Under the bonnet there’s no synergy between EV and ICE’ • Do electric cars need bespoke platforms or can combustion engines share the same hardware? VW’s Frank Bekemeier and PSA’s Vincent Blessing argue their corners
Tech vs tax • We like driving cleaner cars – so long as they don’t leave us out of pocket
Mazda’s diesel-esque petrol engine • Skyactiv-X is a petrol engine with compression ignition, and promises the best of both worlds.
Does it work?
SQUEEZE OR SPARK HOW IT WORKS
Multi-national treasure • Morgan puts a BMW straight six to great use in a modernre-invention of its timeless sports car template. Finally, then, is this the Morgan for you?
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As AMG as it gets • The smallest AMG is now also one of the best. Immense power and a genius diff makes this a riot of a driver’s car
THE FIRST HOUR
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New-build estate • BMW’s 3-series wagon returns without compromise. Better start saving
THE FIRST HOUR
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It’s all relative • A seriously sorted hybrid. But be careful what you jump into it from…
THE FIRST HOUR
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The devil, tuned • Upgrades to the seven-seat 4x4 mean you can now go to hell in a mild-hybrid handcart
THE FIRST HOUR
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Brain over brawn • The flagship 1-series gains a driven front axle. But what’s been lost along the way?
THE FIRST HOUR
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Try to remain calm • New Cayman GT4 has a soft-top Boxster twin. Just like the coupe, it’s far from shabby
Opinion • THE ELECTRIC LOTUS + DIESEL REVIVAL + CAR OVER THE DECADES
Dirty laugh
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