Autocar

Autocar is the car nut’s weekly fix, delivering you a unique mix of the latest news, opinion, features, first drives of new cars and in-depth road tests – all complemented by the best photography in the business. No other magazine covers the subject you love with such enthusiasm, insight and quality every week of the year. Autocar stands for the highest quality in car journalism – and is rewarded with access to the best new cars and the biggest news stories before any of the opposition which we share with you, our readers, every week.

IF ALFA CAN’T SUCCEED NOW, THEN WHEN?

Fiery M5 CS sets new BMW records for pace and power • Hardcore version of the super-saloon wields 626bhp and covers 0-62mph in 3.0sec

NEW i4 SALOON TO GET M TREATMENT

M5 WILL TURN PHEV AFTER THIS

Major update for Mini models • Revised look plus new equipment and options for 3dr, 5dr, Convertible and Electric

Lotus retires Elise, Exige and Evora

FIAT 500 FAMILY REFRESHED AGAIN

EQA ready to rival ID 3 and i3 • Entry-level electric Mercedes crossover will take on VW and BMW EVs from spring

Q&A GORDEN WAGENER, DESIGN CHIEF, MERCEDES

Hot AMG-tuned EQs on the way

NEW FABIA BREAKS COVER

Renault 4 also to be revived as EV • Retro electric city car will arrive in 2025, two years after the sportier new 5 supermini

FAMILY SUVs KEY TO RENAULT REVIVAL

ELECTRIC AMBITIONS: THE NEW RENAULT EVs DUE BY 2025

Stellantis boss reveals plan • Firm created from FCA-PSA merger sees its diversity as a strength

ULTIMATUM FOR UK GOVERNMENT

SHUFFLE FOR MANAGEMENT TEAM

CONFIDENTIAL

Car finance to become ‘fairer’ • From tomorrow, the rules tighten on dealers making money from car finance plans

WHICH FINANCE OPTION IS NOW YOUR BEST BET?

THE DIFFERENCE MADE BY THE INTEREST RATE

WHY CLEVER DRIVER ASSIST TECH RELIES ON CLEVERER SIMULATIONS

Subaru staying in Europe despite ‘disastrous’ 2020 • New boss is initiating transformation after “insane and ridiculous” performance

Jim Holder • INSIDE INFORMATION

Steve Cropley • MY WEEK IN CARS

AUDI Q5 SPORTBACK • Really, another Audi SUV? You betcha. As part of the hugely popular Q5’s facelift, a liftback option has been introduced

AUDI SQ5 SPORTBACK

JAGUAR XF P300 • Jag has cut prices, gone all in on a cabin revamp and left the drive to speak for itself

BENTLEY FLYING SPUR V8 • Fast luxury saloon sheds four cylinders and 107kg, but are these losses really a gain?

TOYOTA RAV4 PHEV • Plug-in hybrid flagship combines 302bhp with a claimed 46-mile electric range

VAUXHALL CROSSLAND • Crossover is no longer X-rated after a targeted overhaul to boost its appeal

JANUARY SALE

McLaren GT • McLaren reaches into luxury GT territory. Should Bentley, Mercedes et al worry?

Range at a glance

Weights and measures

Multimedia system

Track notes

Data log

Plenty of pace and purity; less GT-typical usability and refinement

ROAD TEST RIVALS • Verdicts on every new car, p82

PERKS AND RECREATION • Which of these three tax-friendly plug-in hybrids is best suited to keen company car drivers for whom the bottom line isn’t the bottom line? Simon Davis finds out

Niche appeal • Steve Cropley meets the designer of a clever new chassis that could stop low-volume vehicle manufacturers getting left behind after the 2030 electric car revolution

A DREAM CAR COME TRUE

ROVER’S RETURN • When Richard Bremner contacted his insurer after his faithful Rover was damaged, he was offered £1000 for it. Naturally, he instead spent that on fixing the 75 himself

ACCELERATION’S WHAT YOU NEED •...