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Maserati: MC20 is just the start • A €2.5bn revival plan involves more electrification and more SUVs, but also more of the sportier cars that built the Maserati legend

Audi to take control of Bentley… luxury e-SUVs planned... more sharing due

New face of luxury: BMW readies electric i7 • Developed alongside drastically different-looking new 7-series, 2023’s i7 saloon will take on the Merc EQS.

Saving the best for first • Hot on the heels of the regular Mk8 Golf GTI, here’s the ’Ring-ready Clubsport version

The Fiesta ST’s worst nightmare • i20N built to bloody fast Ford’s nose

Hummer by name, and now by nature • Hummers have been conquering things for decades: from political regimes the US doesn’t like to the streets of Beverly Hills. Its next target? The internal combustion engine.

How to bounce back from a €7.3bn loss • New boss outlines his plan for ‘loser’ Renault to get fit fast with dramatically-styled EVs and fresh impetus for Alpine.

F1 loses Honda, gains Domenicali • As Honda leaves, unable to square F1 with its EV future, the sport gets a new boss, ex-Lambo man Stefano Domenicali. CAR writes his to-do list…

The veterans’ view • ’90s Grand Prix heroes Johnny Herbert and Damon Hill on F1’s challenges

Bugatti’s trackday superhero • Ever thought you’d see a track-only, slick-shod Chiron? Us neither. Meet Bugatti’s unlikely Bolide

‘We will focus on our strengths’ • Nissan admits it tried to expand too far, too fast. We hear from the man making it leaner and fitter

Six questions only we would ask

Premium for less • Jaguar’s made the XF more competitive

Home time • Three new watches with strong British heritage

316mph the old-fashioned way • American firm SSC have smashed the production car speed record. Here’s how

Land Rover’s handy X-ray vision tricks • Don’t let solid objects get in the way of the stuff you want to see – choose Land Rover’s ClearSight systems.

Play and display • The first original car from Cupra may have lively performance and plenty of visual flair, but does anybody know what it is they’re looking at? We take it to meet its potential public

MERCEDES-AMG GT BLACK SERIES Turned up to 11 • AMG’s GT goes out with a £335k bang that’s beyond extreme

LAND ROVER DEFENDER 90 P300/P400 Sawn-off survivalist • It’s way, way more than you’ll ever need. Thus, the 90 is perfect

BUGATTI CHIRON PUR SPORT Gearly beloved • Track-focused handling and revised ratios make this the liveliest Chiron ever

LEXUS UX300e Isolation station • Posh EV’s relaxing silence gives you space to think of where else your money could go

MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS A smart car from Mercedes • The new S looks much the same from the outside, but debuts radically revised tech. Has it kept the same old magic?

BMW iX3 More than meets the eye • Looks unambitious, but X3-based BEV is both efficient and good to drive

Opinion • ISSUE 700 + HONDA’S MISSED TRICKS + ELECTRIC RESISTANCE

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‘At Goodwood I encountered the greatest auto epiphany of my life with the Taycan Turbo S’

‘Unbelievably, a British driver is right now within reach of winning the World Rally Championship’

HOT HATCH OF THE YEAR 2020 • ID.3, new M3 - 2020’s given us some big new cars. But the really high achievers are a class of outstanding new hot hatches. Ten precocious talents, one winner…

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