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CAUSE FOR OPTIMISM, EVEN WITHOUT GENEVA
AMG makes PHEV debut with 800bhp-plus GT73e • GT 4-Door Coupé flagship will arrive this year and outgun Porsche Panamera rival
THE ORIGINAL HAMMER
AMG’s new C63e to tap into F1 tech and GT73’s PHEV set-up
MERCEDES TO SCALE BACK COUPE AND CONVERTIBLE LINE-UP
Volvo adds electric coupé-SUV • Firm’s second EV is more stylish sister of XC40 P8, with 402bhp and 260-mile range
C40 SHOWS VOLVO ’ S DIRECTION
Aston Martin to bin new V6 after AMG deal
TOYOTA CONFIRMS NEXT-GENERATION CITY CAR FOR EUROPE
CONFIDENTIAL
Defender flexes V8 muscle • Performance version of SUV offers 518bhp and “unrivalled agility and driver appeal”
Hyundai reveals new Bayon, its entry-level SUV to take on Puma
Entries open for Autocar’s Drivers of Change contest
Chips are down for car makers • Manufacturers plot end to semiconductor chip crisis that has stalled car production
CHIP CRISIS PREVIEWS BATTERY PINCH POINTS
SUPER-TRICK WHEELS: COMING TO A SPORTS CAR NEAR YOU
How UK grid will cope with EV revolution • Executives from National Grid and home battery firm Moixa discuss the challenges
Jim Holder • INSIDE INFORMATION
Steve Cropley • MY WEEK IN CARS
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AUDI E-TRON GT • Is this luxurious, performance EV a Porsche Taycan clone in a more sharply creased suit or does it offer something different?
SKODA FABIA • Budget supermini graduates to a newer platform used by the Volkswagen Polo
MERCEDES-BENZ EQA 250 • Compact electric crossover reduces the brand’s entry-level EV territory to £40k
JAGUAR F-PACE SVR • Supercharged V8 SUV gains a new gearbox, revised suspension and updated tech
ALPINE A110 LEGENDE GT • The most expensive – and presumably most profitable – A110 tries its hand at luxunear-£60ry
KIA STONIC • Mild-hybrid tech and a trick manual gearbox arrive as part of the crossover’s update
Toyota GR Yaris • Is this insane, rally-bred pocket rocket the most exhilarating hot hatch in a generation?
Range at a glance
Weights and measures
Multimedia system
Track notes
Data log
Toyota, on a roll with driver’s cars, provides yet another winner
ROAD TEST RIVALS • Verdicts on every new car, p82
PRICE MATCH PROMISE • How much choice does £40,000 provide if you stick to one manufacturer’s line-up? Richard Bremner goes shopping for a new BMW to find out
£40,000 THREESOMES FROM OTHER MAKERS
NOT THE GENEVA MOTOR SHOW • For the second year in a row, Covid-19 has put the brakes on the car industry’s big gest annual event. Steve Cropley considers what the big stories in Switzerland would have been
WHAT GENEVA MEANS TO ME
MEET THE NEW BOSSES
Do you know who I am? • Personal data is supposed to be private, but dealers and insurers have been accused of downloading it from cars without permission. John Evans hears one man’s story
WHATEVER NEXT?...